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Halloween Parade Excitement Building

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Richmond.com has a nice listing for the upcoming Halloween Parade:

All the Saints will host its 8th annual Halloween Parade. You can show up to watch this artsy parade or join in the parade yourself. Bring horns, drums, or your own band to march with. All the Saints is planning huge larger than life dragon demons, day of the dead groomsmen, huge Chelsea Manning and Eric Snowden puppets, the founding fathers, a 25 foot pirate ship and much more. To help make puppets for the parade, join All the Saints’ Lily Lamberta at LoveBomb (6 West 21st between Bainbridge and Hull) on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. Parade will held on Halloween,Thursday, Oct. 31. If you want to join in, meet at Monroe Park at 7 p.m. Otherwise watch the parade make its way through the streets of Oregon Hill.

Special thanks to St. Andrew’s for doing some fund-raising for the parade. I am sure Lily would appreciate more if anyone else would like to chip in.

Councilman Parker C. Agelasto to hold 5th District Meeting Next Wednesday

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City press release:

Councilman Parker C. Agelasto to hold meeting in the Richmond Central 5th Voter District

All Richmond Central 5th Voter District residents invited and encouraged to attend

WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) — The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Central 5th Voter District will hold a district-wide meeting in the Richmond Central 5th Voter District. This is part of regular meetings he holds, which include information on his Central 5th Voter District goals and accomplishments; a thematic agenda of current interest; and, special guests. This meeting is free and open to the public and all Richmond Central 5th Voter District residents are invited and encouraged to attend.

The planned agenda/discussion topics for the upcoming meeting include:

Agenda

· Virginia General Assembly – Update
The Honorable Betsy Carr, Virginia State Delegate
Virginia House of Delegates 69th Voter District

· Richmond Code Enforcement Presentation
Mark Bridgman, Richmond Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS)
Program Manager, Richmond Department of Planning and Development Review

· Richmond Citizens’ Request System and See, Click, Fix – Presentations
Richmond Government Administration

· Richmond Capital Improvement Plan Requests/Updates
for the Richmond Central 5th Voter District
The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Central 5th Voter District

· Richmond Public Schools Update
The Honorable Mamie L. Taylor, Member
Richmond Public Schools Board of Trustees – Central 5th Voter District

· Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions and concerns

WHEN Wednesday, October 23, 2013
6:30-8:00 p.m.

WHERE Richmond Public Schools – Swansboro Elementary School
3160 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, Virginia

WHO The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilman
Richmond City Council, Central 5th Voter District

CONTACT For more information, please contact Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, Richmond City Council, Central 5th Voter District, at 804.646.6050 (tel), or parker.agelasto@richmondgov.com (email)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE ___________________________________________________________________

Meetings held: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 12, 2013 (Holiday Party)
Virginia War Memorial
621 South Belvidere Street
Richmond, Virginia

Remembering Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom Event Saturday

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From the Remembering Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom Project:

October 12, 2013 – Community Conversation on African and African American Resistance to Slavery in Richmond, VA

On Saturday, October 12 from 10 AM – 12:30 PM at the William Byrd Community House, Ana Edwards will lead a presentation on two revolutionary African Americans, Gabriel and Lucy Goode Brooks. Following the presentation, Dr. Michael Blakey will facilitate an open dialogue and discussion. What are the stories of resistance that you know and would like to share? What modes of resistance or key figures would you like to learn more about? What do these histories mean to you?
Following a break for lunch after the discussion, Omilade Janine Bell of Elegba Folklore Society will lead a guided walk of the Trail of Enslaved Africans, beginning at 2:30 PM and ending at 6 PM.

The flyer for the event is available here. Because of space constraints, we ask attendees to RSVP through Facebook, email (remembering@wm.edu), or phone (757-221-7889).

Hopefully, Robert Pleasants and Samuel Parsons will be mentioned.

Book and Fish Notes

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Two upcoming events at the main branch of the Richmond Public Library–

On Oct. 4:

First Friday@ Main
6:30-9pm
Join us for an opening reception for exhibiting artists. The Richmond Writers Series with Howard Owen THE PHILADELPHIA QUARRY at 7pm. Multi-media poetry with John McLaughlin at 8:15.

Howard Owen is also the author of “Oregon Hill”.

On Oct. 5:

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Gellman Room Concerts- Richard L. Rose
2pm
“Fisher of the James” song cycle for baritone and piano by composer Richard L. Rose.

The People’s Library: Where Your History Becomes Part of the Main Library’s Permanent Collection

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The Main branch of Richmond Public Library continues to reach out to the surrounding community. PLease consider this event on September 20.

From FaceBook event page:

After many months of workshops and endless help and support from the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library (especially the incredible teens!) the People’s Library is opening to the public! What does that mean? It means you can check out one of our homemade books, write your history in it and return it to the library to be included in their permanent collection! It’s all free, all you need is a library card. But come out for the opening for food, friends, and brainstorming sessions on how to allow the project to continually to evolve and expand!

The People’s Library is a highly collaborative, sustainable and interactive public art project. Since February 2013 community members have been working together to design and build a library authored by the community. During a series of workshops participants transformed discarded books into hundreds of blank books for anyone to write their histories in. Every book will be included in the library’s permanent collection at Main.

On September 20th, from 5-7:30 at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library, the blank books will be available for any community member with a library card to check out and take with them. The books can then be filled with histories, photos, drawings, anything. Once they checked back they’ll become part of the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library’s permanent collection. The books can then be checked out by anyone in the community creating a real and symbolic meeting place for our diverse state.

Bicycle Film Festival Weekend Kickoff

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The new Bicycle Film Festival brings the awesome to RVA for 2013. It’s a whole weekend of bikes, bikes, bikes, and more bikes and it starts right here in Oregon Hill:

Friday, 9/6
BFF Opening Party @ Bunnyhop Bike Shop
349 South Laurel Street
8pm -10pm
FREE. Come by. Say hi. Get stoked.

Saturday, 9/7
BFF Pizza Crawl @ Carytown Bicycle Company
3112 West Cary Street
4pm Registration
5pm Ride
$10 for pizza & crawl
$20 includes t-shirt
https://www.facebook.com/events/484377448325453/

Sunday, 9/8
BFF Film Programs @ The Byrd Theater
2908 West Cary Street
Different film programs @ 3pm, 5pm, and 7pm
$10 per program
$15 for all-day pass