From Cherry Street neighbor Todd Woodson:
This big ol’ boy showed up for the party dressed like a raccoon. Pretty good costume, eh? Last I looked, he was doing the Macarena…
“the racaroona”
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‘Old Shoe’ Laurel Street
Condos Going Up
New Overlook condos under construction.
Jack O’ Lantern Contest Deadline Extended
Sad news. No one, to my knowledge, entered the St. Andrew’s/OregonHill.net Halloween Jack O’ Lantern contest. Were my rules too scary? So here goes: I am extending the contest deadline to Sunday evening at 7 pm. First prize is $50, people! (Note: Open only to Oregon Hill residents).
Yard Sale Flyer
Great Weekend For Some Opera!
Join Ben Kwak, popular tenor from Grace & Holy Trinity’s In Love with Music concerts, along with parishioners and musicians Chase Peak, baritone, and George Pugh, pianist, for an afternoon of thrillingly beautiful and varied duets and arias from opera. The program will include works from Verdi’s Don Carlo, Puccini’s La Boheme, and Bizet’s Carmen. The Music Ministry Team will host a reception following the concert. Free parking is available behind the church and in the V.C.U. Main Street Deck at Main and Laurel. The concert will take place in the parish hall. Please invite family and friends to this exciting concert of glorious music.
An Afternoon of Tenor-Baritone Duets and Arias: Saturday, October 29 4:00 p.m.
Mulhouse Missing
From announcement:
Mulhouse the cat is missing. He lives on the 400 block of S Laurel St. Last seen around 8pm last night (Thurs 28 Oct). He has a collar with his name and our contact number.
Update: He came back and is now safe.
Hollywood Cemetery Makes List of ‘Spooky Southern Cemeteries’
Garden & Gun magazine has a blog post entitled ‘Grave Matters: Spooky Southern Cemeteries’ with the line
Day or night, these six Southern cemeteries make for a memorable Halloween field trip.
Hollywood Cemetery is listed second.
The nineteenth-century burial ground is the second-most-visited cemetery in the nation, behind only Arlington National. Its 135 riverfront acres—dotted with ancient tulip poplars, bald cypresses, and black gum trees—are home to the grave sites of two presidents and thousands of Confederate soldiers.
Movie Friday Tarzan
From email announcement:
Community Movie Night
Friday, October 28 @ 6:30 pm
Pleasants Park
Final movie till Spring
Leaf Collection Scheduled For 11/28 – 11/30
According to the City work schedule, Oregon Hill will have leaves collected from streets 11/28 – 11/30. Keep in mind that this may change due to weather and other work scheduling issues.
Click here for Times Dispatch article on City leaf cleaning plans.