From email announcement:
Join St. Andrew’s Church for a pancakes, sausages, and baked apples at our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Tuesday, Feb. 21; 5:00 pm to 6:15 pm in Baldwin Hall of St. Andrew’s School. Donations accepted.
From email announcement:
60+ degrees, snow melted, winter vague and unsure
Renegade Vendors sure and steady, 3pm – Sunset
Tuesdays through April…
Just south of the heart of VCU
On the northern edge of Oregon Hill
Near the back gate of Hollywood Cemetery
Easy off the RMA-195 at Belvidere Exit
Easy on the RMA-195 or I-95
Lots of Parking – on street or on the field behind the gymChickens & YOU Training Workshops
– Leading to Master Chicken Keeper CertificationFebruary 25th, 9am-5pm: Chickens & YOU Training Workshop 2 (SIGN-UP NOW!)
Way of the Hen: Using Broody Hens to Incubate and Hatch Eggs Naturally
Composting and Biomass Recycling with Chicken Helpers
How to be a Chicken Whisperer
March 22nd, 7-9pm: Chickens & YOU Training Workshop 3
Egg-traordinary Eggs! The Science and Chemistry behind Cooking with Eggs!
March 31st, 10am-4pm: Chickens & YOU Training Workshop 4
Chicken Coop/Tractor Construction
REGISTER at ChiknEGG.eventbrite.comCooking as a 2nd Language – March 17
Honduran Cuisine with Elicet Von Der Lippe
Savory Tamales Con Pollo! ummm yummmy
Register today (or very soon) at EatGoodGrowGreat.blogspot.com—
Byrd House Market
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry St. Richmond, VA 23220
ByrdHouseMarket@gmail.com
(804) 643-2717
byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
Kenneth Glenn passed away last week. He loved Oregon Hill and lived there all his life. He was 74. He will be missed by many.
The posted obituary:
GLENN, Kenneth Ellwood “Skuggy” Sr. 74, passed away Friday, February 17, 2012 at his home. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; one brother, and the love of his life, his wife, Emily “Boo” Glenn. He is survived by three children, Karen Jarrell (Kenneth), Kenneth . Glenn Jr.(Paula) and David Glenn; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Linda Brannan and Birchie Church; nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was an avid bass fisherman and enjoyed being on the water almost everyday. He loved his family and friends, especially his lifelong friend, Paul Lumpkin. A special thanks to Shawna Glenn who was there for him. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, February 19 at Bliley’s-Central Funeral Home, 3801 Augusta Ave. A graveside service will be held at Hollywood Cemetery Monday, February 20 at 11 a.m.
From City press release (originally released last week):
Richmond, VA – As part of the process to develop and implement Richmond’s Sustainability Plan, RVA Green: A Roadmap to Sustainability, Mayor Dwight C. Jones will host a public workshop to share the draft sustainability plan and gain community input for action steps and resident participation in plan implementation. The workshop will be held:
Thursday, February 16, 2012
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Richmond Police Training Academy, 1202 West Graham Road
Registration and light refreshments begin at 4:30 p.m.The Sustainability Plan is part of Mayor Jones’ Green Richmond Initiative created to support the City’s sustainability goals. Those goals are to improve the quality of life for residents, create a healthy environment and enhance economic opportunity in the city of Richmond. During the workshop, the City will share the draft Sustainability Plan and provide opportunity for community input to develop action steps for resident involvement in the implementation of the plan.
Once the community begins implementing the plan, the City will use metrics to report annual progress and assess future sustainability efforts for City government and the community.
Those planning to attend who require assistance or special accommodations are asked to please contact Ashley Gresch at agresch@vhb.com or (804) 343-7100. Please make request by February 13, 2012 to allow time to arrange the accommodations.
The planning process is fully funded by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.
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It seems like just yesterday when the Mayor launched RVA Green….
From St. Andrew’s School website:
Help fill our hearts at St. Andrew’s School!
We have set a goal to raise $2,012 in February to support healthy initiatives at our school and need your help to make this happen.
We have raised $375 toward our goal of $2012!It is our commitment to foster healthy hearts, bodies and minds since academic potential is not optimal if our students come to school hungry and are not healthy. Some of the staggering statistics in our area are:
-35% of children in the Richmond Metro Area live in poverty.
-9% of Virginia’s households are “food insecure,” which means they lack access to enough food to fully meet basic needs.
-34% of children are not meeting daily recommended physical activity targets.
-Only 4% of young people in Richmond meet the USDA recommendation of nine servings of fruits and vegetables per dayWe have set a goal to raise $2,012 in the next 29 days and need your help to make this happen. Your support will promote wellness and healthy living by:
-providing our students a balanced, nutritious meal at no cost to our families.
-integrating healthy lifestyle elements into our curriculum.
-ensuring our families can provide food in the home by maintaining a food pantry.
-organizing family workshops on nutritious cooking and food budgeting.
-participating in the backpack program which sends food home with students each weekend.
-teaching the importance of fitness through physical education classes.St. Andrew’s School fosters healthy hearts by educating the whole child through instilling healthy choices.
Excerpt from Times Dispatch profile:
It was a special Sunday for Smith, who celebrated his 65th anniversary as a preacher. He stood at the front of the church for much of the 100-minute, music-filled service, strumming his Fender Stratocaster and singing with the congregation.
His energy never waned, and rarely did he sit down. He sang a duet with his wife of 44 years, Judy, and also sang solo.
Church member J.D. Burge said it’s important to celebrate “all the years (Smith) has given to the Lord.” Burge travels 24 miles from Hanover County to attend The Full Gospel Tabernacle each week because, he said, “the spirit of God fills the church.”
Much of that can be attributed to Smith, who is the son of a Blackfoot Indian father and an Irish mother. He grew up on Oregon Hill and as a 15-year-old led worship services in Monroe Park and headlined a two-week revival at Calvary Pentecostal Tabernacle on Hull Street that lasted a full year.
“You have to either learn how to preach under those circumstances or forget it,” he said.
Smith’s career in ministry led him to preach in 16 foreign countries, most extensively in the Philippines.
From announcement:
Byrd House Renegade Market
Tuesday, 3pm til Dark, Good Good Winter Farm & Home Made Stuff
It’s definitely chillier this week and that calls for hot food, warm food, delicious, homemade, simmering goodness by the light of a… in the toasty confines of… curled up savoring the… oh you know where this is headed, so just come get some good food and make some!!! byrdhousemarket.blogspot.comCooking as a 2nd Language – Polish Cuisine Part 2 with Agnes Chojecka!
If you weren’t able to make Cooking as a 2nd Language – Polish Cuisine Part 1 you missed a unique opportunity to experience pierogi Turkish-style and the accompanying stories by our good friend and Sub Rosa Bread baker, Evrim Dogu. We learned that there probably isn’t a culture in the world that doesn’t have dumplings of some kind. This Saturday, 18 Feb., 9:30-12 noon, Agnes Chojecka returns from Poland and brings you Polish Cuisine Part 2 and features the original Polish pierogi – that nation’s quintessential delicacy – right to our little spot at William Byrd Community House. From chickpeas and lamb garnished in tomato sauce and garlic yogurt to cabbage and cheese garnished in sour cream and well, sounds creamy and yummy all round…and the variations are actually endless. If you haven’t signed up already, please do so by Wednesday, 15 Feb. at 6pm via EatGoodGrowGreat.blogspot.com – Watch – Listen – Make – Eat – Remember – Make & Eat Again!At the House:
www.wbch.org – William Byrd’s Annual Spaghetti Dinner at Perly’s, Thurs, 16 Feb. Tickets just $15/person, Call 643-2717.
gracearentseducation.blogspot.com – your community LibraryThing with BOOKS, computers for use, Genealogy research assistance, Nutrition Education resources, Black History Month displays, new doings in the Farmlet and Community Garden and Womens Herstory Month and more coming soon.If you’d like to help out, let’s chat: byrdhousemarket@gmail.com or ckosakowski@wbch.org
Friend and Laurel Street neighbor Tommy Birchett has put together this show:
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Doors open 8:00pmTatsuya Nakatani solo + N.G.O. (Nakatani Gong Orchestra w/ 6 local participants)
ABOUT THE EVENT
Experimental percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani returns to Richmond with
his array of drums, singing bowls, cymbals, bows, sticks, and gongs
for another incredible performance. This concert will feature both a
solo set by Tatsuya, and a collaboration with six local participants
(Peter Baldes, Tony Brown, Liz Canfield, Scott Hudgins, Will
O’Donovan, and Gina Sonderegger) to form the Nakatani Gong Orchestra.
At the core of the N.G.O. is 40-inch gong that creates extremely
low-frequency sound waves. These low, ebbing sounds are layered with
the tones of the other gongs to create a pool of sounds that can be
felt deep in the body.Local Participants:
– Peter Baldes (Laurel Street neighbor) is an artist and educator currently teaching media arts at VCU.
– Tony Brown is a musician and tradesman based in Richmond VA.
– Liz Canfield (Pine Street neighbor) as an artist and educator at VCU.
– Scott Hudgins (former Laurel Street neighbor) is currently guitarist in Hex Machine; also of ENE,
Tulsa Drone, and Sliang Laos.
– Will O’Donovan is a computer programmer who makes his own noise instruments.
– Gina Sonderegger is an artist and musician from Houston, TX and
currently resides and works in Richmond, VA.Ghostprint Gallery
220 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html
http://www.hhproduction.org/NGO.html
https://www.facebook.com/events/289432541104115/
Quite a few residents of the neighborhood are members of the Sierra Club, which should come as no surprise given the neighborhood’s affinity for the river. The Sierra Club also has a history of speaking up for the neighborhood.
This Wednesday evening, 7 pm at the Science Museum of Virginia, the Sierra Club Falls of the James will be holding one of its regular monthly meetings. Its free and open to the public. This month’s meeting features a presentation called “My Journey of Discovery on the James River”, by Kaleigh Remaldo, an Open High student.
From the SCFOJ newsletter:
Kaleigh Remaldo, a student at Open High in Richmond, along with 20 other high schoolers in 2011, won a $50,000 Dominion Power grant to take a 28 day canoe trip from Covington to the Ches Bay, her “Journey of Discovery on the James River”. On their trip, they were to measure and map the relationship between land uses and water quality, keep journals, and record their experiences. This should be a unique presentation. Also, Glen Besa, our Virginia State Chapter Director, will provide our annual briefing on the General Assembly. Learn about the good, bad, and ugly legislation in the 2012 General Assembly.