The Renegade Market will be open New Year’s Eve. 3 to 6 pm.
Renegade Market Open Tomorrow
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Trash/Recycling On Thursday
Due to the holiday, the trash and recycling pickup will be on Thursday. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup Thursday night. They do not belong on the sidewalk after Thursday night.
In recycling news, on Saturday, January 11, 2014, the City’s Department of Public Works is sponsoring the fourth annual “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling program. In addition to Christmas trees, the event will include electronics recycling, document shredding and donations of clothing and small household items to Goodwill Industries.
“Bring One for the Chipper 2013” will take place in the paved lot at 1710 Robin Hood Road (northeast corner of Robin Hood Road and North Boulevard), from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on January 11. The event began in 2010 as part of Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ City-wide sustainability initiatives. Recycling keeps the Christmas trees and electronics equipment out of landfills, which helps reduce the City’s carbon footprint.
OHNA Meeting Tonight
Don’t forget the Holiday Market this afternoon.
The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association will meet TONIGHT, December 17th, at 7:00 pm in the William Byrd Community House.
The Oregon Hill City Carolers Tomorrow Night
From email:
The Oregon Hill City Carolers will be making our annual trip around the neighborhood tomorrow spreading joy and cheer around 8pm. We look forward to seeing everyone’s smiling faces!
This is funny given some of the recent attention Mamma Zu’s has received–
CARITAS Needs Donations
From Councilperson Parker Agelasto’s FaceBook page:
CARITAS Furniture Bank is reporting a significant shortage of sofas, chairs, linens, and pots/pans. If you have extra items in the garage or attic, please consider making a donation this holiday season to help a family in need. For VCU students, landlords, or anyone who may be moving at the end of the month, please coordinate with CARITAS to have your surplus items become more than a pile on the sidewalk or alley.
Holiday Fun On Laurel Street
“Day of Infamy”, Also Don’t Forget the Christmas Parade On Broad Street
Tomorrow the Virginia War Memorial will hold a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony.
From the Times Dispatch:
The event from 11 a.m. until noon Saturday will honor Virginians and all U.S. military who were killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941.
The ceremony is sponsored by the Richmond Council of the Navy League of the United States. The Richmond chapter’s president, Milton Owen, will speak.
The program will include laying of memorial wreaths and special tributes to Pearl Harbor survivors who’ve been invited to attend.
From Wikipedia:
The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States’ entry into World War II.
The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. There were simultaneous Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
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There were numerous historical precedents for unannounced military action by Japan. However, the lack of any formal warning, particularly while negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”.
Also, don’t forget the Christmas Parade On Broad Street tomorrow.
“NO SHOCKOE STADIUM!”
Over thirty people turned out yesterday evening at the William Byrd Community House for an organizational meeting of citizens opposed to the Shockoe Stadium proposal. In addition to a summary of the proposal, a listing of upcoming related dates, and much discussion, there was a preliminary presentation of alternatives to the City administration’s proposal for Shockoe Bottom development.
Meanwhile, 5th District Councilperson Parker Agelasto, who has come out against the Shockoe stadium plan so far, has announced a meeting on Jan. 9 at George Wythe high school to discuss Shockoe Bottom development. Other City Council members have announced meetings also.
Obamacare Info Forum Tuesday At St Andrew’s School
From email announcement:
GOTH (Grace On The Hill) is pairing with Virginia Organizing to host an informational forum on ACA this Tuesday @ 6 at the St Andrew’s School (Cherry & Idlewood). Snacks and a Navigator will be present.
From The Camel’s Beers and Banjos Night
RVA Magazine recently reviewed a night at The Camel. Here’s a portion:
Beers and Banjos night features a different band every Friday, typically in the folk music genre. This week the band was Birdseye Speedwell. Birdseye Speedwell is a family band, comprised of Hannah Rucker, her parents (James and Anne Rucker), her aunt (Laura Kinnaman), and her uncle (Bruce Blizard). The family “started playing while living together locally in Oregon Hill,” but this was their first gig together in front of an audience at a venue–not that you’d notice. The band members played an array of instruments: guitars, fiddles, banjo, washboard, a bongo drum, and acabasa.