Late notice, but some neighbors are volunteering this morning to do a litter cleanup. Usually meet at the gazebo around 9. Here are some pictures from the Bread and Puppets show on Sunday in Monroe Park and the Halloween parade last night on Laurel St.
Folks-
Just a reminder that some pretty cool stuff will be going on
in Monroe Park in the next few days, so please note:
On Sunday, Oct 26 at 4PM in Monroe Park, World Famous Bread and
Puppet Theater bring their larger than life puppet show complete with
relevant social commentary to the Park. There is no admission but
donations will be accepted.
On Tuesday, Oct 28 from 1-3 PM, Rock the Vote will hold a FREE PRE
CONCERT RALLY in historic Monroe Park. On hand, according to Rock
the Vote, will be The Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson and Sheryl Crow,
hanging out and playing music.
On HALLOWEEN, the Oregon Hill Parade feating NOBS Brass and All
the Saints Theater Company will meet in Monroe Park at 7 PM for the
start of the Parade. This event is not to be missed as it gets
better each year.
Please pass the word along and come out for all if you can.
Todd.
As VCU celebrates its 40th birthday, Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President Scott Burger calls on VCU and the Richmond community to reflect on the university’s encroachment into surrounding neighborhoods.
This is a positive development. I am assuming this is ADA compliant (?). Hopefully there will be more ADA improvements in the future.
The October Really Really Free Market will be on Saturday October 25th from noon until 6. The Really Really Free Market happens the last Saturday of every month in Monroe Park, at the corner of Main and Laurel.
Community Movie Night:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
October 17 at 7:00 P.M.
Grilled hotdogs, chips, served
(last movie until Spring)
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MONDAY OCTOBER 20TH AT 6PM, SynerGeo is hosting the O. Hill community
dinner of the month. Please join us to share a meal together and meet
some new neighbors or talk to someone you’ve been meaning to for days.
We do ask that you please bring a dish or dessert to share with
everyone! We also ask that you please stay and sit and engage in
conversation. It is meant as a community builder!!
We are located at 349 S. Laurel street on the corner of S. Laurel &
Albemarle streets. Please come and also help us spread the word!!!
If you have questions or want more info. on the dinner or about
SynerGeo, you can email me at
cowleskatie@yahoo.com
or visit www.synergeo.org
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Friends-
Im happy to announce that on Sunday, October 26th at 4 PM in
Monroe Park, The World Famous Bread and Puppet theatre will perform
for your pleasure. This company did a wonderful performance in the
same park last year and was a delight for young and old. The puppet
spectacle mixed with relevant social commentary made for a most
entertaining afternoon. There is no admission but donations are
gratefully accepted. Please mark your calendar and tell your friends.
Also, on Halloween (which is of course October 31), Lily
Lamberta’s All The Saints Theatre company will stage a wonderful
Halloween parade starting at 7 PM in Monroe Park and proceeding down
Laurel into Oregon Hill, coming back up Pine Street. This is also a
tradition not to be missed!
Todd.
William Byrd Community House is pleased to announce the next lecture in its Hans S. Falck Lectureship on Social Responsibility, Civil Rights and Race Relations in Virginia Public Education: A Case Study in Social Change, for Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 7-9PM at St. Andrew’s School Auditorium (236 S Laurel St., Richmond, VA 23220). For additional information and directions call: 804-643-2717 or visit the WBCH website at: http://wbch.org.
More candidate questions from RVAnews.com.
Here are 5th District Council candidate responses (Jewell is still a self-admitted “dinosaur” when it comes to computers):
Mark Brandon: (3/5)
Assets : Its location on the James, it’s diverse neighborhoods and its history.
Liability : Its history
Marty Jewell (incumbent): (0/5)
NO RESPONSE
Lee Shewmake: (3/5)
Richmond’s greatest assets are history, architecture and neighborhoods. The three are so often interconnected and serve to define Richmond as unique in the tri cities area.
Richmond’s greatest liability is the infrastructure, which is very old and was severely neglected for so many decades. Improvements/replacements of these will be huge undertakings and the school structures are but one category.
in front of 121 S. Cherry
on 300 block of S. Laurel
The Flying Brick Library, Richmond’s Oregon Hill-based radical lending library, has announced plans to reopen in early 2009.