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Byrd Market tomorrow and Cameroon cooking Saturday

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Byrd House Market presents

the fabulicious
Susan Greenbaum
locally grown corporate babe turned singer/songwriter
Tuesday August 24
5:30 – 7:30 pm
AND
4th Tuesday Wine Down
featuring the fine fermentations of

and

Grayhaven Wines on sale from 3:30 – 8:00 pm / Tastings begin at 6:00 pm

(Market Hours Extended to 8pm on 4th Tuesdays)

Vendors returning from breaks include:
A Wise Gardener
Manakintowne Specialty Growers
Simply Delicious
Jill Parker Designs
and

Saturday 28 Aug. 9:30 am -12 noon
Cooking as a 2nd Language #6
Cuisine from Camaroon with Yvette Zintseme
(pronounced Zeen-chem)
Registration Necessary & Re-Confirmations Due Wednesday 8/25!

VCU Move In Days this weekend

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Email from VCU:

MPC move in map.2010

Friends of VCU,

It is time for all new and returning VCU students to begin moving in. This process may impact all of us in different ways. In an effort to better manage, I am attaching our move in maps for both the Monroe Park Campus and the MCV campus. We will begin blocking off surrounding streets at approximately 6:00 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday and will end the process at 7pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday. I am also attaching the informational letter we send to students about how the process works.

Ron Brown

Mayor’s Youth Academy Show At Landmark This Friday

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From City announcement:

Richmond, VA – Teens from the Mayor’s Youth Academy will present the Lifestages Showcase at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 20, 2010, at the Landmark Theatre, 6 North Laurel Street. The showcase will feature Mayor’s Youth Academy participants ages 14 through 15 in a variety of artistic performances to include song, dance, theatre, fashion and more. The public is strongly encouraged to attend this free event.

“It has been an exciting summer and I am pleased with all that the young people involved with the Mayor’s Youth Academy have accomplished over the past few months. I have a real vision for our youth in Richmond and I pledge the city’s continued investment in their future,” said Mayor Dwight C. Jones. “I would like to thank the public, private and non-profit entities who have partnered with us in providing this tremendous service to our city’s youth.”

During recent months, more than 442 city youth participated in the Mayor’s Youth Academy program. Approximately 172 youth between the ages of 14 and 15 participated in the Life Stages program which consisted of leadership training and life skills enrichment opportunities, while 67 youth within the same age range participated in the Youth Urban Conservation Corps. This summer, 203 city youth between the ages of 16 through 19 were employed in public, private and non-profit organizations.

Mayor Jones launched the Mayor’s Youth Academy earlier this year to reduce teen crime, social deviant behavior and create a future emerging workforce. The program is constructed to provide development opportunities designed to promote leadership, career awareness, workforce skill development, community engagement, improve school attendance, heighten understanding of career and educational pathways, and increase the number of high school students graduating with post-secondary aspirations. The Mayor’s Youth Academy program has had a 98 percent retention rate with several youth being offered both full and part-time employment.

WBCH Carnival on Friday

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This Friday from 4 to 8 pm, the William Byrd Community House is holding its annual Carnival celebration.

Join us for our annual Carnival! Bring the kids, Learn more about WBCH programs, there will be games, slides, and fun for all ages! This event is free, open to the public! Sponsered By Capital One, the Kiwanis Club of Richmond, and Seventh Street Christian Church.

Click here for a few photos from last year.

Byrd Market Tuesday & Boka Truck

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From Byrd Market Manager Ana Edwards:

It’s mid August and the flavors are at their peak! You know me, I’m perfectly happy to drool as I draft a long, long list of the delicious foods available at our market on a weekly basis. I just made my first quiche (really my first, and really yummy, and REALLY EASY) this weekend and all I could think was how I couldn’t wait for Tuesday to start experimenting with all the good ingredients at my fingertips. How about you? Tried a new recipe this summer?

The SPCA will be with us this week as well as the 3rd Tuesday Jam with Epic Gardens’ own Patricia Stansbury.

Madyun’s Jewelry and A Rose Above Pastries observe the Muslim tradition of fasting for the month of Ramadan, so they’ll take a break from the heat of the market day at this time and rejoin us mid September. Also away: Fertile Crescent, A Wise Gardener, Manakintowne Specialty Growers.

However, joining us this week will be Boka Truck (with Noodles!) and on 8/24 Jill Parker Designs will bring back her groovy glasswork jewelry.

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
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