The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association will be meeting Tuesday, October 28, at 7 pm at the William Byrd Community House.
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Food Day @ the Byrd House Market
From email announcement:
Happy National Food Day!
It’s Real JUST Food Day @ Byrd House Market
Shop Real Food from our Local Growers and Makers.
RAFFLE!
Check out all items being raffled at the information table at the Byrd House Market Tuesdays 3:30-7 PM. All proceeds will benefit William Byrd Community House’s Byrd House Market and Neighborhood Nutrition Incentive Fund (provides SNAP matching funds and family discounts at the Market)! Winners will be announced on the opening day of Renegade Market. Prizes include:
a photography book titled “Sunburn” by local artist Chris McCaw
a numbered and signed lithograph of the Byrd House Market from local illustrator Eliza B. Askin
a gift package from Quirk GalleryMAKE YOUR OWN BIRDFEEDER!
Children can join Emily and Louis in the Community Garden today to make their very own birdfeeder to take home.RENEGADE MARKET
Renegade Market, our winter market, will begin Tuesday, November 4. Join us every Tuesday of the season between 3 and 6 PM!THE $10 DEAL graciously offered by
Agriberry, Origins Farm, Byrd Farm, Epic Gardens, and Tomten FarmOpen to the Public @ VCU:
TONIGHT, October 21st
Growing Cities Film and Discussion; Commons Theater, 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Thursday, October 23rd
Healthy Eating on $5 a day; Commons Theater, 12:30 – 1:30 PM
Real Food, Just Food Panel Discussion; Commons Virginia Rooms C/D, 7:00 – 8:30 PMOct. 28: Closing Day
Deals, a Vendor Pot-Luck & Raffles!
Nov. 4 is Election Day and first day of the Renegade Market!
SNAP @ THE MARKET
Use Your Credit, Debit or SNAP EBT Cards!
Visit byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
for directions and more.
UDC Idlewood Roundabout Review
The City’s Urban Design Committee will be doing a final review of the plans for the Idlewood roundabout on Thursday, November 6th at 10 am in the 5th floor conference room at City Hall.
Please click the following link to see the letter on this subject.
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Also, you can click here for a previous post.
Teen ’14 Event at the Main Library Thursday
16 Young Adult Authors at the Main library on Thursday, Oct. 16. It is an evening of just talking about books! The event will also have food and raffles and plenty of opportunity to visit with the authors.
Environmental Events At VCU This Week
The Partnership For Smarter Growth is sponsoring an author talk on Monday, October 6:
Please join PSG and the VCU Urban and Regional Planning Student Association (URPSA) as we welcome Benjamin Ross, author of
Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism
Monday, October 6
7:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
VCU Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballroom ABenjamin headed Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit during much of its long fight to build a light rail line outside Washington, D.C. After a 25-year battle, the Purple Line will begin construction next year.
In Dead End he traces how the ideal of a safe, green, orderly retreat where hardworking members of the middle class could raise their children away from the city mutated into the McMansion- and strip mall-ridden suburbs of today. He finds that sprawl is much more than bad architecture and sloppy planning. Its roots are historical, sociological and economic.
It is free, but please register by clicking here and signing up for a ticket.
Then, on Friday, James River Association & Green Unity VCU are co-hosting the award-winning film Damnation at 8 pm, also at the VCU Student Commons.
Some call it a movement, others call it a generational shift in values. DamNation documents both – and the undeniable momentum behind river restoration that has begun to take hold in our country.
“Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause”
From Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page:
If you haven’t had a chance to read “Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause”, you can buy a copy of the book at our event on Oct. 8th. Author Heath Lee will be talking about the book’s connections to Hollywood Cemetery and signing copies. We hope you’ll attend!
Some Saturday Events
Some things happening tomorrow that might be of interest..
The Cathedral of Sacred Heart is having its 3rd Annual International Food Festival from 11 am to 4 pm:
Members from parishes and local missions are coming together for a culturally diverse celebration with the Richmond community. You’ll find international selections from Our Lady of Lourdes Filipino Festival, St. Benedicts Oktoberfest, Sacred Heart Hispanic Festival and many more.
This is a 100% Pure Non-Profit festival. 100% of every purchase made supports that unique mission or parish. There will be culturally diverse entertainment and raffles along with lots of children’s activities, as well as tours of the historic Cathedral that include the museum and crypt.
Admission is FREE and there is convenient parking at the VCU deck
adjacent to the Altria Theatre.
The Gay Community Center of Richmond is hosting the 8th Annual Richmond Zine Fest from 11 am to 5 pm. While it may not be that close to Oregon Hill, it bears mentioning simply because all of the local zinesters (including Throttle writers) who have called the neighborhood home.
I already plugged the Library book drive, there’s a Gellman Room Concert at 2:00 PM- Small Trunk Opera presents “Cox and Box”- an 1866 comic operetta with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan fame.
Finally, there’s this weirdness:
Drive-Through Book Drive This Saturday
Busy weekend- but there is also this-
The Friends of the Richmond Public Library are hosting a Drive-Through Book Drive this Saturday from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at the rear loading dock of Main Library. See the flier for complete details. We hope to see you there!!
Bluegrass Service This Sunday
From email announcement:
On Sunday, October 5, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will hold its 11:00 am Service of Communion outside at the Grace Arents Garden where the Byrd House Market is held. Music will have a bluegrass flavor, and prayers, chants and hymns will celebrate and give thanks for the wonder of creation. You are invited to bring photos or drawings of animals or things in creation that are special to you and/or that you would like to pray for and bless with special intention. You may also bring cut flowers to help decorate the altar. There will be no live pets at this service. All are welcome!
The Theme of This Year’s Halloween Parade
Following up on last year, from All The Saints Theater Company:
The THEME of this year’s HALLOWEEN PARADE is:
“A funeral Procession for Grace Street and other Graces”
Open studio workshop times for giant puppet building will be EVERY TUESDAY till Halloween 6-9pm. Come help make some art.