From Richmond Public Main Library calendar:
Gardening@ your Library
Monday, April 16th
3-5 PM
Hey tweens and teens, do you have a green thumb? Well, let’s start a gardening community at the Main Library. We will also have experts to give us a kick start to making our garden grow. Call 646-7223 for more details.
It’s not too late to make plans to join VCU’s Paint The Town Green effort this Saturday morning.
Afterwords, you may think about enjoying the VCU Intercultural Festival, which takes place from 12 noon to 6 pm in Monroe Park.
Given the protest the day before, it is pretty clear that Monroe Park is getting a lot of use. I will just add the editorial comment that it would be good to see its planned renovations funded.
From Fan of the Fan’s post:
VCU students and neighbors will work together to beautify the neighborhoods around the college during Paint the Town Green this Saturday, April 14. Meet at in Monroe Park at 8:30AM for breakfast, community service projects begin at 9AM. Participating neighborhoods include Jackson Ward, The Fan, Oregon Hill, Randolph, and Carver.
All of the volunteers assembled at Monroe Park before breaking up into teams to work in neighborhoods surrounding campus. Photo by John Venuti. (Paint the Town Green 2011)
“We hope to have close to 500 volunteers this time,” said program director and Community Coordinator, Ron Brown. “This year we have partnered with more neighborhoods [including Jackson Ward] and the City of Richmond’s Love My Block initiative,” said Brown. This year’s Paint the Town Green Event will include both the Monroe Park and Medical campus. To register for the event or for more information, email neighbors@vcu.edu.
Paint the Town Green, a community service and partnership initiative, is held tentatively on the second Saturday of every April and October. Paint the Town Green is sponsored by the VCU Council for Community Engagement, the neighboring VCU communities, the Monroe Park and MCV Student Government Associations and The Alumni Association.
Submitted by Jose Menjivar
From Richmond Public Library:
Best-selling author David L. Robbins has adapted his suspense-filled, compassionate thriller, Scorched Earth, for the stage. A rural Virginia community is torn apart when the tiny body of a stillborn, mixed-race baby is exhumed from the graveyard, and the neighboring church is burned to the ground. Join us as Robbins discusses his creative process and the upcoming world premiere on April 13 at the Barksdale Theatre.
Robbins began writing fiction in 1997 and has since published nine novels, and the stage play Scorched Earth. He is the founder of the James River Writers, co-founder of the non-profit Podium Foundation and currently teaches advanced creative writing at VCU.
The program is free and the public is invited.
Friday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Main Library
Davenport Special Collections Room
Also, please note:
All libraries will be closed Friday, April 6. The Main Library will be open from 6:30-9 p.m. for the First Friday Art Walk.
Courtesy of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church:
April 5 – Maundy Thursday: 10:00 am joint service at Pine Street Baptist (special service for those who are homeless); 7:00pm, church.
April 6 – Good Friday Liturgy: 12:00 noon, church; and 7:00pm, church.
April 7 – The Great Vigil of Easter – Annual Episcopal Visit from Bishop Shannon Johnston, 7:00pm, church.
April 8 – Easter Sunday: Joint service at Pine Street Baptist, 8:30am; parish breakfast and egg hunt, 9:30am, St. Andrew’s House (in Baldwin Hall if it rains); Feast of the Resurrection, 11:00am, church.
(Childcare provided for all evening services and Sunday morning.)
The VCU Polish Student Association is sponsoring a film festival in the VCU Student Commons. See the schedule by clicking here. It runs on different days throughout April.
I am not sure if it is a joke or not, but the Sex Club of VCU has a meeting scheduled for tomorrow from 3 to 4 pm at the VCU Student Commons Forum Room according to the VCU calendar. The title of the meeting is “My little pony at VCU”.
VCU’s Off Campus Living Fair is coming up on Thursday March 29th from 10am to 3pm at the VCU Student Center Commons.
Click here for more information.
Councilperson Jewell has a district meeting later that evening in Randolph.
From the Valentine Richmond History Center:
April 2 Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery (10-11:30am) WALKING TOURS
Monday – Saturday, April 2 – October 31
Learn about the cemetery’s history, artwork, symbolism and famous residents, including two U.S. Presidents, writer Ellen Glasgow, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart. Meet at the rear of the stone structure on the left at the cemetery entrance, Cherry and Albemarle streets.April 8 Hollywood Cemetery (2-4pm) WALKING TOUR
An extension of the daily “Highlights” tour, this version covers in more detail the cemetery’s unique history, landscape design, architecture, symbols and residents. Meet at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets.
Paraphrasing City announcement:
The only MPACT sponsored Community Conversation with Mayor Jones regarding the City Budget is scheduled to take place at the Virginia War Memorial on Wednesday, March 28th at 6:30PM.
Let your voices be heard regarding the City Budget, Capitol Improvements, and other projects and issues that concern Precinct 4. Feel free to contact Hope Cousin, ETRP/MPACT Coordinator for the City of Richmond/Dept. of Public Works (Hope.Cousin at Richmondgov.com) if you have any questions.