The letter: February 1, 2012 Honorable Dwight C. Jones Office of the Mayor 900 East Broad Street, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23219 Re: Opposition to Proposed 2nd Street Connector The Sierra Club Falls of the James group would like to express our many concerns regarding the recent proposed riverfront development just west of downtown. In [...]
From Hills and Heights: 5th District Council Seat officially a 3 way race From Byrd Park: Three or Four-way Race in the 5th District?
Former Oregon Hill resident Joan Cook Charles kindly sent in this advertisement (the picture includes her father Willie Cook):
From Richmond Peace Education Center: Youth EduConcert honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Friday, February 3, 7 p.m., Richmond Public Library, 101E. Franklin–FREE! Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m., Science Museum of VA, 2500 W. Broad St.–Free with Museum Admission View a video clip from 2010 Download a Flier
At last week’s Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting, David Gammino announced he was challenging Marty Jewell for his 5th District Council seat. The Times Dispatch is now reporting that Jewell has failed to account for his fundraising. From the article: While he said he doesn’t plan to make it an issue, Gammino said Jewell’s “inability [...]
Trash can, Monroe Park, this morning: See previous post by clicking here and here. As I have stated before, personally, I defend feeding fellow humans in the park and other public places, but I find the trash unacceptable.
This Wednesday at 8 pm at the VCU Commons Theater, VCU’s Green Unity will have its second meeting of the semester. It will feature a presentation about climate crisis (70 degrees in February, folks!) from the Climate Reality Project. Click here for the Facebok event page. Then, Thursday night, the Richmond Anarchist Black Cross is [...]
Excerpt from Times Dispatch article: Richmond’s fiery last days of the Civil War will immerse visitors in a new interactive version of history at the American Civil War Center when an $8 million fundraising campaign is complete. The campaign announced today has already secured pledges of $6.3 million from board members and riverfront neighbors of [...]
From Craigslist ad: I’m looking for some small metal containers (16oz maximum, preferably less) for a student art project. Any condition. F-style, round topped, pour cans. Anything. But it has to be small.
I meant to post this earlier- Richmond Magazine writer Harry Kollatz Jr. explaining how Pixar’s latest connects to a Richmond cemetery mausoleum, or how the American Civil War met Mars, or how…well, here’s an excerpt (but you should really just *click here* to read his entire post on John Carter craziness): In Burroughs’ telling, a [...]
