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Reminder: Oregon Hill Walking Tour On Sunday

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This is a reminder that there will be a walking tour of Oregon Hill on Sunday, October 17 from 2pm to 4pm.

Settled by Irish and Welsh ironworkers in the 1840’s, Oregon Hill is one of the oldest intact neighborhoods in Richmond and continues to thrive as a tight-knit, working class neighborhood. Includes a visit to St. Andrew’s Church and School. Meet at Laurel and Idlewood streets.

For more information, please click here.

HandsOn Open High This Saturday

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This coming Saturday Hands On Greater Richmond is hosting a big volunteer day with projects all over the region. There are at least two of them that are directly related to Oregon Hill. One is at the William Byrd Community House and one is at Open High School. Here is the Open High one’s details:

Description:

Open High School’s mission is to produce students who will be goal oriented individuals proficient in all of the core subject areas. Equally important is our commitment to fostering competence in and an appreciation for the arts and humanities. In addition, we view students as individuals, competent in the use of technology as well as community resources to further their personal and academic goals. Through shared decision-making and community service, it is our belief that students will develop a sense of personal and social responsibility that will guide their future decisions and actions as democratic citizens.

In lieu of a cafeteria, Open High School has a student lounge where students can eat lunch and interact when not in class. But the lounge desperately needs your help to make it an inviting place to hang out!

Specific Tasks:
– Paint the lounge
– Assemble new furniture and tables to be used for eating and studying
– Construct student cubbies

The minimum age for volunteers is 16 years old. All volunteers under the age of 18 are required to bring a signed copy of the Youth Waiver form to the project in order to participate.

Please note: HandsOn Day will start with a Kick Off Celebration at Richmond International Raceway.

Impact Areas: Other

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
Construction/Home Repair, Education, Special Events

Skills: The skills helpful for participation in this project are:
Construction, No skills needed

Click here for direct link to the HandsOn Greater Richmond Open High project.

Click here for direct link to the HandsOn WBCH project.

Fuits of Fall – October Days – Byrd House Market & You

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From: Ana Edwards
Date: October 4, 2010 2:02:45 AM EDT
To: Byrd House Market Subscribers
Subject: Fuits of Fall – October Days – Byrd House Market & You
Reply-To: byrd-house-market@googlegroups.com

Greetings all – October is here and the end of the 2010 market season is approaching fast! The fall growing season has been refreshed and re-invigorated by several inches of rainfall last week and the weather this week will be bright and cool on occasion. Pefect!! Fall blooms and produce alike are vibrant and ready for the pickin. We look forward to seeing you at Byrd House Market this week. Apples, Apple cider, Apple preserves, chutneys, relishes, butters, jellies. Start thinking about those warm autumn soups and stews. I encourage you to go to the Vendor Product/Update link at byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com and select a few vendor websites to visit. It’s a nice way to plan your shopping and see what our folks are up to between market days.

This week Chef MaMusu is not only recovering from this year’s 2nd Street Festival in Historic Jackosn Ward, but she’s madly and wonderfully preparing to be one of the lucky vendors at this year’s Richmond Folk Festival. So, plan to get your Mixed Greens fix at the festival this weekend because she won’t be at the market.

So, we reached into the Way Back Machine and brought back former market manager Laura Morand Bailey in the guise of Ettamae’s – the new restaurant she, her brother and her mother have opened up in Historic where??? Jackson Ward, right o 2nd Street near Leigh. So look for Ettamae’s just inside the garden where MaMusu has been stationed.

Byrd House Market seems to be developing a spa-type environment – rest and contemplation under the Mulberry Tree for you mind, leisurely strolls through the market to get the freshest most healthful foods for your body, reinvigoration and stress relieved with a few minutes of upper body massage – people come to our market and spend time along with their dollars and sometimes even when they don’t have any. Byrd House Market is just a great place to hang out.

I like my job.

See you at the market.

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Byrd House Market
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry St. Richmond, VA 23220
ByrdHouseMarket@gmail.com
(804) 643-2717
byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

Richmond Road Runners Club Race On Saturday

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Richmond Road Runners Club will be hosting a 10 mile race Saturday. Driving out of the neighborhood Saturday morning may be interesting. From the map, it looks like the runners will come down Laurel Street to the Oregon Hill Parkway to 2nd Street.

Details
Time: October 2, 2010 from 7am to 10am
Location: Capitol
Street: 10th and Bank Streets
City/Town: Richmond
Phone: capitol10M@rrrc.org
Event Type: 10m, rrrc club race
Organized By: Ed Carmines

Race Route
This Richmond Road Runners Club Eastern Regional Championship race is run on the streets of Richmond. The race is designed for runners. The course is a single loop through Richmond streets. It starts and ends at the State Capitol (9th and Grace Streets). The course goes west on Grace Street, running through Byrd Park and returning by Hollywood Cemetary and Oregon Hill. The course continues up Second Street to Franklin finishing on Bank Street at the foot of the Capitol. The race features chip timing and awards three deep in five year age groups. The course will be USATF certified.

Website
http://www.rrrc.org/events/capitol-10m

Paula Dean and ‘Tater Salad’ at Landmark This Weekend

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“The unrivalled queen of Southern Cuisine- Paula Deen, a nationally renowned restaurateur, television chef and cookbook author, is known for her “down-home” personality and traditional southern cooking. She has authored thirteen books, publishes the magazine Cooking with Paula Deen and stars in two TV shows, Paula’s Home Cooking and Paula’s Party on the Food Network”

She appears Friday at Landmark Theater. Click here for more info.

also

From Richmond.com :

Comedian Ron White, best known as “Tater Salad” from the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” hits Richmond’s Landmark Theater with a new stand-up show on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

White has two Grammy nominations, over 10 million CD sold and wrote the New York Times Best Seller “I Had the Right to Remain Silent… But I Didn’t Have the Ability.”

Appalachia Rising At Flying Brick

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The Flying Brick Library will be hosting an event on Sept. 30 at 6 pm with Tricia Shapiro, author and Mountain Justice campaigner.

Here’s some background:

Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: A mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment?all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. In recent years, local people fighting against MTR’s destruction of their homes in West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia have invited volunteers from outside Appalachia’s coalfields to help them bring national attention to this shameful practice, and abolish it. Since the Mountain Justice campaign began in 2005, dozens of local coalfield residents, students, Earth Firsters, and others have been arrested in nonviolent protest actions against MTR.

Tricia was there for some of it. Tricia is coming to us at the Flying Brick to offer her perspectives and experiences as an on-the-ground, inside reporter with the Mountain Justice Campaign. Her book, published by AK Press, is being released just as Mountain Justice and other environmental groups plan to converge on Washington DC for Appalachia Rising, the largest convergence against MTR in history. Please join us during open hours at the Flying Brick Library for a casual and educational talk on the struggle against Mountain Top Removal.

Brought to you by The Flying Brick Library, AK Press, and James River Earth First!