An application of John & Mandy Tennyson and Amber Reitz for a special exception from Sections 30-300 & 30-413.7 of the zoning ordinance for a building permit to construct an addition to a single-family detached dwelling at 521 SOUTH PINE STREET (Tax Parcel Number W000-0119/025), located in an R-7 (Single- and Two-Family Urban Residential District). The lot coverage requirement is not met.
Their representative will be at the upcoming OHNA meeting.
From FaceBook event Flying Brick Library Housewarming:
GOOD NEWS everyone! After months,ahem, years of planning the Flying Brick Library is moving & we couldn’t be happier. After over a dozen years in a private residence in Oregon Hill we’ve decided to take the plunge & expand to a public location. We are joining forces with the fine folks at the Richmond Zine Library at Gallery 5 in Jackson Ward. Now not only can you dive into the ever growing zine collection, but now you are welcome to cozy up to the hundreds of books that the library will have on hand.
Help us celebrate, not just our new digs, but also Gallery Five’s twelve year anniversary that week. Performances by Jake Mayday & Andrew Alli will round out a very festive evening.
Thursday, April 6 at 7 PM – 10 PM
FInd out at the Flying Brick Library on March 30.
From Flying Brick Library‘s FaceBook page:
“You know you want to come on over to the Flying Brick today during open hours and drink some tea….”
From the Flying Brick’s website:
We here at the Flying Brick Library are excited to be co-hosting this event with the William Byrd Community House!
When: November 17th, 7pm
Where: The William Byrd Community House, 224 S. Cherry St. in Oregon Hill
The June 2013 Uprisings in Brazil
A presentation by participants
Last summer, Brazil exploded in protests unlike anything in living memory. At the peak, a hundred cities participated in fierce clashes with the authorities; a movement that began with demonstrations against public transit fare increases and became a veritable popular uprising. Yet as the middle class joined in, nationalist
and reactionary narratives muddied the message.
Despite this, the movement succeeded in blocking the fare increases in many cities, demonstrating the effectiveness of new forms of struggle without parties or unions. Autonomous and horizontal groups forced other issues to the surface, including the consequences of the upcoming World Cup and Olympic games in Brazil.
In this presentation, Brazilian anarchists will describe the context from which the events of 2013 emerged, and explain their impact on other ongoing struggles. What conclusions are Brazilians drawing from their experiences, and what can North Americans learn from them?
For more background:
http://crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/brazilpt1.php
http://crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/brazilpt2.php
Facebook Event:
From the FaceBook event page:
There will be two presentations! One Monday, April 15th at The Flying Brick at 7pm and the second Tuesday, April 16th at Richmond Salon III in the VCU Student Commons at 7pm.
The presentation based on crow’s book Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective (PM Press) is used as a foundation for a visual, fast moving and engaging presentation of stories to show what ordinary people can do to change their own worlds without governments. It is equal parts personal story, radical history and organizing philosophy based on crow’s experiences as a radical and anarchist organizer in the US. Some highlights covered are the connections and influences of past movements on current grassroots political organizing, the creation of the Common Ground Collective–the largest anarchist/horizontal inspired organization in modern US history formed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005–crow being labeled a ‘domestic terrorist’ by the US government and investigated for 10 years as and the effects of the ‘war on terrorism’ on political dissent and building power from below.
I mentioned this before, but here’s is it’s own posting:
From the Flying Brick blog:
On Friday, February 15th, at 6 PM, Alexis Zeigler will conduct host slideshow and discussion titled:
Living free of fossil fuel and corporate dependence. Taking charge of our future. Find out how.
How do peak oil, climate change, and the limits of growth affect abortion rights, income equality, and civil liberty? The presentation will examine the hidden connections between ecology, economics, politics, and social justice, and how to use those connections to effect real, long-lasting change.
Human cultures evolve in responses to changes in ecological and economic circumstance. Thus changes in the supply of soil and oil have impacts on our politics, or social structure, and ultimately on our religion and moral attitudes. These facts are very well documented in the anthropological and historical record, yet these same facts serve to undermine the importance of academic, religious and political leaders as agents of change through history, thus they are largely ignored.
We are capable of understanding our own cultural evolution in a whole new way. We can create a social movement that links changes in ecological sustainability to effective changes in community organization and personal attitudes. The tools are in our hands. All we need do is to close our fingers around them. Alexis Zeigler will conduct a presentation and discussion about practical technologies and political strategies that will allow us to consciously choose our own future.
Alexis is the author of a book, Integrated Activism: Applying the Hidden Connections between Ecology, Economics, Politics, and Social Progress (North Atlantic Books, August, 2013).
From their website:
Join the Flying Brick Library for a four-part workshop/screening of “The Century of the Self,” a British documentary mini-series that covers the western psychological theories of the 20th century as they relate to capitalism and democracy… specifically, in terms of consumerism, propaganda, mass media, advertising and ideas about normalcy and identity.
Each session will start with a screening of an hour-long episode, followed by discussion. You don’t need to attend all four events to attend one, although each flows into the next.
When: 4pm on Dec 10, 13, 17 and 20 (Mon and Thurs)
From the Flying Brick blog:
New letterpressed bookmarks in lots of colors! Hand printed/ hand cut y’all. Selling for donation, sliding scale $2-5! You can pick ‘em up during open hours or at events that we table!
From the Flying Brick Library’s website:
On Halloween Night, 2002, 4 Richmond anarchists and organizers moved into a house at 506 S. Pine St in Oregon Hill. The 4 aimed to expand the lending library they had been a part of in a previous home, but little did they know their little project would still be alive 10 years later!
They are planning their 10-year celebration (sober/no alcohol!) for Friday, Nov. 2. Bring food, and memorabilia if you have it! Go to the site for more details.