Monthly Archives: July 2011

Reminder for WBCH’s Mamma Zu Dinner

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Press release:

Contact: Jessica Turner FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (804) 643-2717
Email: jturner@wbch.org
A SPECIAL DINNER AT MAMMA ‘ZU TO SUPPORT A LOCAL COMMUNITY NON PROFIT
Join William Byrd Community House for a Special Evening of Food and Support
Ed Vasaio, the owner of Mamma ‘Zu, is preparing a special menu for William Byrd Community House’s dinner held at his restaurant on Sunday, August 7 at 5:30 pm. Mamma ‘Zu, a favorite Oregon Hill restaurant, is known around town for their delicious and sometimes unique version of authentic Italian food. The dinner will support the local non-profit which helps the working poor of inner city Richmond.
It will be a wonderful evening of fun and food all while supporting a great cause. Founded in 1923, William Byrd Community House provides families of Richmond’s inner-city neighborhoods with a full range of prevention-oriented, community-based programs to empower the individual, strengthen the family, and enhance city neighborhoods. William Byrd Community House gives the working poor access to services for their most pressing needs in five key program areas, Early Childhood Education, School Age program, Youth and Young Adult Services, Grace Arents Library and Education Center and Emergency Family Services. The mission of WBCH is to help people transform their lives and build self-sufficiency.

Tickets for this event will be $75.00 per person (not including alcohol or gratuity) and will be available through the William Byrd Community House Finance office. Call (804) 643-2717 for more information or check out our website at www.wbch.org.

Review of The Reservoir

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Belle Boggs blog has this to say about the new novel, The Reservior:

It’s both an exciting and lyrical read–I couldn’t put it down–and raises interesting questions about guilt and justice and family bonds. I went back and forth, often on the same page, in the way I felt about Tommie. I’m not one for fluffy beach reads (I read Revolutionary Road on my honeymoon), so I think this book, which is both a literary novel and a crime story, would be a terrific summer read or book club pick. You need someone to read it with you, though, so you can argue about it.

Richmonders will love the descriptions of Oregon Hill and Hollywood Cemetery, and I’m sure fellow readers from the Middle Peninsula will enjoy reading about the people and landscape of our counties more than a century ago; I think the historical details are deftly handled, adding richness without overwhelming the story or characters.

Flying Brick Library Profiled

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RVANews.com has an article this week on special libraries around town. It includes a profile on Oregon Hill’s Flying Brick Library:

Stats:

Free
Circulating
All about radical topics
Find the library online
Find the library in person: 506 S. Pine St.
Allison Self, one of the Flying Brick volunteers and someone who has lived in the library house, chatted with me when I went to visit the collection. A cozy green flowered couch graces one corner of the room, there are shelves all the way up to the ceiling on multiple walls, and the collection of over one thousand zines is displayed in one corner. “I like all of it…the zines are my favorites when it comes down to it,” Allison said after hemming and hawing over what her favorite item in the collection might be, adding, “We also have a really good collection of books on women’s health.”

To my query about what makes the Flying Brick library stand out (aside from its name), Allison explained that the books are “more radical leftist.” The library has been around in various forms for quite some time, originating with the General Strike Collective.

Byrd House Market This Afternoon

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From announcement:

Byrd House Market – July 19 – 3:30 to 7:00 pm
What’s in store?
3rd Tuesday Acoustic Jam – Play music for us! Anthem Lemonade Stand (raising money for the Childrens Hospital)
25-30 vendors on any given Tuesday with food that is in season, fresh and nutrient-rich
And we take SNAP EBT and Credit / Debit cards as well!
Easy location, easy shopping, easy good eating!

For more information, visit the Byrd House Market blog.

Record/Moving Sales On The Hill

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From email announcement:

Giant Oregon Hill record and collectibles show – This Saturday July 16, 2011 – 9am-3pm on the 300 block of south Pine beside Vinyl Conflict Record Shop

There will be three vendors/salers along with sidewalk participation from Vinyl Conflict which will also be having a 10% off sale

Items will include: Many many crates of Rock, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Punk, Country and all kinds of oddball LPs and 45s.
Some Records and 45’s starting as low as 50 cents – top dollar collectible records.

A great seller from Lexington, Kentucky will be on hand with lots of top of the line small collectibles, antiques and paper items including: race related material, a fantastic assortment of early adult magazines, pre 1970’s baseball cards, tobacco and alcohol adverts, postcards and rare photos.

Also there will be: Cheap cds, cheap dvds, cheap VHS, Nascar die cast cars and model cars, early Hardy Boys books, pop-culture related books and music magazines and all kinds of other oddball items.

Will certainly be the most unique sale in town this weekend, don’t miss it.
Questions – Greg 502-338-3825

From Craigslist:

AWESOME MOVING SALE!

9 AM – 404 1/2 South Laurel Street

GREAT STUFF:
-furniture
-kitchen appliances {blender, bread machine, coffee maker, all like new!} dishes, glasses, vases etc
-lots of great art!
-jewlery, clothes
-TONS of DVDS
-books
-working sewing maching
-and more!

– plus lots of FREE STUFF!

stop by and browse! hope to see you there!