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‘Craft Night’ Tomorrow Evening
Sponsored by Pine Street Baptist Church
400 S Pine St, Richmond, VA 23220-6241, United States
Duration: 2 hr 30 min
Even if you aren’t crafting, come hang out with community and enjoy some productive art making and socializing!
This week: special Easter Egg decorating for children!
RVA Environmental Film Festival Continues…
The RVA Environmental Film Festival, which has a long history here, and has been mentioned here many times in the past, continues tonight at the Main Library, Oregon Hill’s branch.
Wednesday, February 25, 6:00 PM – “The Street Project”
Main Library – Richmond Public Library
“The Street Project” will be followed by a panel discussion with representatives from local organizations who seek to make the streets safer for anyone not in a car, including pedestrians, cyclists, and public transportation users.
More upcoming…
Thursday, February 26, 6:00 PM “The Cigarette Surfboard”
University of Richmond, Jepson Hall, Room 118
Hosted by University of Richmond Office of Sustainability
There is a reception with the filmmaker, Ben Judkins, and a Q&A following the film!
Yes – it is about a surfboard made of discarded cigarettes and the activism around that.
Friday, February 27, 5:30 PM – “Common Ground”
ICA/ VCUarts hosted by VCUarts Cinema program.
This film highlights how regenerative farming practices can heal the soil, improve health, and stabilize the economy, while also addressing issues of racism in the food industry.
Saturday, February 28, 2:30 PM- “Teach Me to Be Wild”
The Robins Nature Center – Maymont
A beautiful and touching film about an animal sanctuary and a therapeutic program for ‘at-risk’ youth.
(Free – ticket to Robins Nature Center not required)
Tuesday, March 3, 5:30 PM- “The Little Things that Run the World”
@LaPrade Library hosted by Chesterfield County Public Library
Through striking visuals and authoritative voices, “The Little Things That Run the World” uncovers the essential role insects play in sustaining life on earth.
Stay tuned for the festival’s grand finale, March 7th! (See www.rvaeff.org)
In addition, the MountainFilm On Tour is a great little traveling film festival that is coming to the Ashland Theater this Saturday Night. And, though it is not free admission like the RVAEFF, it is also highly recommended.
“I Love Main St. Station”
Bill Draper’s Aurora Borealis
Overlook neighbor and photographer extraordinaire Bill Draper took this great shot of Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Over Oregon Hill, Richmond, Virginia, 10:10 PM Tuesday, November 11
Next ‘Community Craft Night’ Planned For November 20th
November 20, 6pm – Pine Street Baptist Church
Bring your craft and your conversation! Enter from Albemarle St.
Look Ahead… To Craft Night, Oct. 16th
From announcement:
Join your neighbors and share your crafting skills at our Community Crafting Night on Thursday, October 16, at 7:00 at Pine Street Church. Hosted by Pine Street Church and Ashley Gremel, bring your creativity and conversations to share with one another. Bring a snack to share as well. A great way to experience community and learn something new. Questions: email info@pinestbaptist.com
‘Rise and Click’ This Sunday
Large Atlantic Sturgeon Breaching, Osborne Boat Landing, James River. With Mike Ostrander, Discover The James Tours, Monday Afternoon, September 22.
When you are making your weekend plans, don’t forget Oregon Hill neighbor and photographer Bill Draper’s ‘Rise and Click’ photography workshop/tour this coming Sunday. You may not see a sturgeon, but you will definitely get a new appreciation for the natural beauty and history around us. Learn more and RSVP at www.hollywoodcemetery.org/visit/events
The Watermelon Gang
The Carytown Watermelon Festival takes place on August 10th.
“The Oregon Hill Review” – “New zine a tribute to the small things people love about Richmond”
Well, given that citizens usually celebrate the birth of this country and its independence and freedoms, and right now it is building concentration camps- can’t say ‘Happy Fourth of July’ today.
But, making a big shout out to new, local, literary zine “The Oregon Hill Review”.
Many missed the it’s release party/reading last month, but relatively new, news source The Richmonder covered it and interviewed its creators.
https://www.richmonder.org/new-zine-a-tribute-to-the-small-things-people-love-about-richmond/
“Like most things in my life,” poet Mathias Svalina said of The Oregon Hill Review, “it started as a joke.”
Contrary to the “ironic gravitas” of its title, he envisioned The Oregon Hill Review as a DIY literary zine focused on small, forgettable, beloved things.
And then “the joke turned into, ‘Oh, yeah, I should just do that,’” Svalina said. He describes the first volume as “a collection of little love letters to Richmond.”
It is worth mentioning that the name of this neighborhood, Oregon Hill, is a bit of a joke. Richmond, the city, was founded to the east of downtown in Church Hill, and the story goes that this neighborhood, when it first began, seemed as far west as Oregon, thus the name.
But it is also meaningful and touching that this zine does celebrate the small things people love about Richmond. Hopefully, this small neighborhood is among those things, and Richmond, despite attacks by Richmond300 and City planners, will continue to hold it as dear as it’s visitors and own residents do.
(It’s also pretty great that donations for the zines are being directed to the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project (RRFP).