Ana Anderson took these photos of the three antebellum houses being knocked down in 1990 on the south side of 900 block of Idlewood. You can still see in the background of the photos the houses on Linden Street (where the Grace Arents Community Garden and Byrd House Market are now) that were demolished circa 2000.
From FaceBook event page:
Grab your blankets and lawn chairs and join Afrikana Independent Film Festival for Starry Night Cinema,our 1st lawn chair series! Starry Night Cinema will be held on the Historic Tredegar Ironworks lawn and will showcase feature-length films underneath the beautiful night sky.
Evolution of a Criminal is a documentary that recalls the true story of filmmaker, Darius Clark Monroe, who, at 16 years old, after seeing his mother and stepfather struggle to make ends meet while living outside of Houston, Texas, decided to help them by robbing a bank with two friends. In the film, Monroe interviews his family members, close friends and mentors who recount the stages of his transformation, going from a joyous childhood to the moment he realized the severity of his family’s financial problems, and how their struggles changed his outlook on society and his life as a whole.
Oh, and don’t worry if you don’t have someone special to come with, Speed Date RVA will be there to hook up those that have a blanket but no boo!
Gates open at 8p
Screening starts at dusk (around 8:45p)
Concessions and adult beverages will be available
Open to the Public
Suggested donation $10*In the case of inclement weather, meet us under the big tent in the Tredegar Courtyard
WWBT NBC Channel 12 is reporting that:
VCU police sent out an alert early Tuesday morning for students to stay inside, while officers investigated reports of a shooting near campus.
Police responded to the 400 block of North Harrison Street around 3:13 a.m. Witnesses told them the suspects, two white men and one black man, left the area in a red Mini Cooper heading east on Grace Street.
Right now, officers are still investigating. When our photographer went to check it out, he spotted what appeared to be shell casings.
Police say no one was hit by bullets.
VCU Police sent out another alert saying everything was safe, but they are still patrolling the area.
Several Oregon Hill residents have said they were woken up by the alert sirens.
The City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on August 21 at 10:00 am in the 5th Floor Conference Room at City Hall. The agenda includes the review of plans for a mural on the Belvidere Street wall separating the Parsons Linear Park in Oregon Hill from the sidewalk. This mural project related to the UCI bike race has been approved by the RVA Public Art Commission. The artists of the project include Ed Trask, Greig Leach, Matt Lively, and Hamilton Glass.
This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup.
This will be the first time for Oregon Hill to use the new, larger rolling recycling containers. Ideally, they are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
In national recycling news, RecyclingToday.com has a story on EPA proposals to reduce landfill emissions:
As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued two proposals to further reduce emissions of methane-rich gas from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. Under these recent proposals, landfill gas emissions at new, modified and existing landfills would be reduced by nearly one-third compared with current requirements.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 25 times that of carbon dioxide, the EPA says. In addition to methane, landfills also emit other pollutants, including the air toxics benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and vinyl chloride.
MSW landfills are the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the U.S., accounting for 18 percent of methane emissions in 2013—the equivalent of approximately 100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution—the EPA says.
Open to the public:
The Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority (VNECA) Board is meeting Thursday, August 20 at 10am at the VCU East Engineering Hall, Room E3218. 401 West Main Street, Richmond, VA.
Additionally, as a reminder the last meeting of the year will be held on Thursday, November 5th at 10am in Richmond. Please mark your calendars if you have not already.
As you may have seen, the Governor announced five appointments to the VNECA board last week. In addition to reappointing David Christian, Mary Alice Hayward and Matthew Mulherin, Dr. William Briscoe of GWU and Mr. Woody Lawman of Flowserve were appointed to the Board.
All five appointments are for four years running until June 30, 2019. Their titles and contact information is listed below.
William J. Briscoe of Charles Town, West Virginia, Chair, Department of Physics, George Washington University and Director, GW Institute of Nuclear Studies, GWINS;
David A. Christian of Toano, CEO, Dominion Generation;
Mary Alice Hayward of McLean, Vice President, Government Affairs & Advocacy, AREVA INC.;
Woody Lawman of Midlothian, Director of Sales for Navy and Nuclear Products, Flowserve-Limitorque;
Matthew J. Mulherin of Yorktown, President, Newport News Shipbuilding;
See proposed minutes from previous meeting by clicking here.
Some additional nuclear news:
“$19 Billion for Dominion’s New Nuclear Reactor? Huge cost involved to expand North Anna plant.”
“Low-dose radiation exposure slightly increases leukemia risk: study”
Excerpt from Times Dispatch newspaper article:
The Reapportionment Joint Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday in House Room D. The panel will receive an overview of the 3rd District case and adopt public criteria for redistricting.
The House Privileges and Elections Committee will hold a public hearing to solicit input on potential redistricting plans at 3 p.m., also in House Room D.
“These meetings are important and necessary prerequisites to filing redistricting legislation,” Howell added. “Once these meetings are complete, the House will work efficiently and diligently in an effort to meet the court-ordered September 1 deadline. Redistricting is a complicated and arduous legal process made more difficult by the compressed time frame under which we are operating.”
Please post if your household is planning to take part in the yard sale this Saturday (August 22). Please give your address so it can be added to the list for the Craigslist ad.
Hope for good weather!
There is a Symbolism and Monument Styles Walking Tour of Hollywood Cemetery today from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Learn to interpret the spiritual, occupational, vegetal and fraternal signs and symbols found on headstones and ironworks. Discover the historical origins of monument styles including cradle stones, pyramids, pier stones, mausoleums and reliquaries. Meet at the entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets.
$15 per person
$5 for Valentine Members
Walk-ups welcome.
Cash or check
On-street parking.
– See more at the Valentine’s event page.
Fun fact: The office at Hollywood Cemetery was first built as a gate house, designed to look like the ruins of a stone tower. It cost just over $2,000 to construct.
