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“Renegade Market” tomorrow and Festival on April 12th

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Yes, it’s another April showers day! And our “Renegade Market” vendors will be selling their goods and wares. We know these showers will soon bring happy produce and May flowers! Tuesday 3:30-7 p.m. We love that you spend your Tuesday afternoons with us.

Come and celebrate our BHM Appalachia Spring Family Festival on Saturday, April 12.
Our new spring festival brings both familiar and unexplored opportunities for family fun in honor of a new season, the Byrd House Market hosts the Appalachian Spring Family Festival, a care-free and inspired day of getting outside to celebrate the creative opportunities blossoming all around. This Saturday, April 12.

Nearly two dozen vendors, farmers, artists, food vendors and craftsmen will showcase the best of Virginia’s bounty and celebrate the return of long days and sunny skies. An event for the young and old alike, the festival has something for everyone to enjoy. Shop for fresh produce, explore local traditions, or bring an instrument and join the live music. You can even decorate a bird house to take home.

Highlighting the state’s diverse cultural history, the Center for African American Genealogical Research will provide opportunities to trace your family heritage, and folk artist Anndrena Belcher will share traditional Appalachian storytelling, music, art and dance.

“Anndrena is one of our secret national treasures. More than ever is her gift as a storyteller needed today. We may have lost our tribal memory, at least for the moment. It is an artist like Anndrena Belcher who can help us recapture it.”
~ Studs Terkel

The Appalachian Spring Family Festival is Saturday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Byrd House Market, located directly behind the William Byrd Community House, at 224 South Cherry Street in Oregon Hill. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 804-643-2717, visit http://byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com or email byrdhousemarket@gmail.com.

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Patty Parks
224 S. Cherry Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
804-643-2717
laptoplibrarian@gmail.com
BHM Farmers Market Librarian

Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tours return tomorrow

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The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tour kicks off tomorrow. The tour is every Monday-Saturday from 10-11:30 until October 31st. Meet the guide at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Street. $10 adults; $9 in advance; $5 History Center members and children 6-18 years old; children under 6 are free.

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Byrd House Market this Tuesday

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The Byrd House Market will be open April 1, from 3:30-7PM, with the official season opening set for May 6. Come and get back into the habit of shopping at the BHM, pick up some fresh and local seasonal produce, farm fresh eggs, grass-fed meats, free-range chickens along with all the yummy baked goods. Come and see what are crafters have been creating over the winter!

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Slaughterama 2008

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There is an article in RVA Magazine that outlines all of the details of the events with locations and times…here is a link to the pdf. scroll down to page 64

http://www.rvamag.com/shared/webRVAv3i12.pdf

As many of the people that run this live in the neighborhood, I imagine most of this is caused by out-of-towners, but if you have a chance, go out and check out the festivities…it’s fun stuff!

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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008
Subject: [OregonHill] Slaughterama 2008

I just wanted to warn everybody to be on the lookout for illegal activity in the neighborhood this weekend. Last year the neighborhood got tagged in numerous locations and trash was left everywhere. I’m all for having a good time as long as everybody keeps it legal, respects their neighbors and cleans up their mess.

Upcoming Events, Art Mania

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Neighbor Peter Baldes (Also see article in this week’s Style):

Hello All!

This week, my department (VCU Painting and Printmaking) is hosting
the Southern Graphics Council Conference.

Over 1000 printmakers, from all over the world will be attending….
There are many events which are free and open to the public, of note
are the Thursday (Main st area) and Friday (Broad st.) gallery walks,
but get this,
on Saturday, from Noon to 4 pm are the Open Portfolio sessions. These
will be in the basement of the Landmark Theatre and are open to the
public.
The Open Portfolio consists of over 500 individual artists,
collectives and presses showing and selling their works….. its a
fantastic opportunity to get some great art from great people…. we
have been working on this conference for over two years, and I wanted
to invite the neighborhood to some really fun events…

see you there….

for more info visit.
sgc.vcu.edu

pete

Rush Hour Anti-War March Tuesday

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From: RVA4Peace [mailto:rva4peace@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 7:45 PM
To: rva4peace@gmail.com
Subject: Rush Hour Anti-War March Tuesday 3/18 5PM

WHEN: Tuesday, March 18th, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

WHERE: Beginning at the Virginia War Memorial (621 South Belvidere
Street, 23220) marching through downtown Richmond to the US Federal
Court House at 10th and Main Streets.

WHAT: A peaceful demonstration and march calling attention to the 5
year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Protesters dressed in
orange, wearing black hoods over their heads (similar to Federal
prison detainees) will be lead by two people dressed as President
George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney. Other marchers
will be carrying signs, drums and noise makers. US Naval veteran,
Toni Davy, will provide her Winter Soldier testimony at the War
Memorial prior to the march. (http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier)

WHO: Richmond citizens who want peace and justice. Please join us –
bring your voices, signs, drums, flags and wear orange!

This march is part of a week of anti-war activities marking the 5th
anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

Please respond to let us know you can be there.
Thank you!
Mary
http://www.myspace.com/rva4peace

SynerGeo Community Dinner on March 17th

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Hi Everyone-
Just wanted to put up an announcement about our upcoming
community dinner we will be having at SynerGeo on March 17th at 6pm.
Starting in March we will have a community dinner every month on the
3rd Monday at 6pm so hopefully people will get in the habit of
stopping by! It is a pot luck style dinner so we do ask for you to
bring something to share if you can.(beverage,side dish,main dish)
If you do not know what SynerGeo is, let me fill you in a little
bit. It is a non-profit on the corner of Albemarle and S.Laurel that
runs afterschool programs as well as other community outreach
programs such as these community dinner. Our current staff is trying
to start up some new projects including a teen center and a mural on
our building displaying our name so people will know something does
exist in that purple building. We will be sending out a neighborhood
wide survery along with our Winter newsletter very soon so please
look for those in your mailbox.

I hope to see you all at the community dinner or if you can’t
make it but are interested in learning more or helping out at all,
please contact me, Katie Cowles at cowleskatie@yahoo.com

gallery night at the Apprentice

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The Apprentice Salon Training Clinic will be hosting Gallery Night at The Apprentice, which will feature several of the areas most dynamic and innovative artists. “GALLERY NIGHT AT THE APPRENTICE” will be held on Saturday March 29, 2008 from 6-9PM at 723 W. Cary St. Richmond VA 23220. More information regarding Gallery Night at The Apprentice can be found at theapprenticesalon.blogspot.com or by calling (804)225-9725. [via]