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Flying Brick Presents Ciclovida

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From the Flying Brick Library website:

We are excited to host the crew from Ciclovida: Lifecycle, who will be stopping in Richmond to present their documentary and to host a workshop!
On April 20 at 3 p.m. Ciclovida will host a workshop on Pedal and Solar Powered Projection systems!
On April 21 at 7 p.m. we will host the first backyard movie screening of 2011 with the presentation of the documentary, Ciclovida: Lifecycle.
The film pedals alongside a group of subsistence farmers from Brazil who bicycle over 6,000 miles across the South American continent in search of natural seeds.
This feature-length documentary is made up of moving stories from landless peasants, indigenous communities, and small farmers that expose the devastating effects of industrial agriculture destined for agrofuels. Filmmakers and protagonists will be here for both events!

Magazine33 Correspondent Sadie Powers profile

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Local, music/culture online publication Magazine33 has added a nice profile of one of its writers, Sadie Powers:

Sadie Powers is the bass player for indie band Those Manic Seas, based in Richmond, Virginia. She started playing violin in fifth grade to get out of math class and met the love of her life, bass, four years later. Powers has played in several bands, including the Richmond cult post-rock band Planar.

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Powers lives in Oregon Hill, RVA and restores porcelain in order to fund her music habit.

Passing of Tom Robertson

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A neighbor supplied this sad news…though more can be seen on a FaceBook page.

Thomas E. Robertson (1942-2011) passed away April 7 after a brief illness. Tom resided at 302 S Laurel St.

Born in Richmond, Tom was orphaned and left school in the third grade. He was pipefitter by trade, Tom was with his beloved domestic partner Bette Wilson for 34 years until her passing last year. Despite a lack of education, Tom bought and sold property and ran an innovative natural lawn care service/health food store in Northside. Tom picked up stray animals out of kindness. Tom left no family but will be missed by Bette’s four grown sons, and his dog Cleo. Tom will be cremated; in lieu of a funeral.

Favorite Lyric:

Broken windows and empty hallways,
a pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey.
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it’s gonna rain today.

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Get Wise About Plants At The Library Tomorrow

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From the Grace Arents Facebook page (now what would she think of social media?):

Get ready for Virginia Garden Week – John Wise, one of our favorite garden Gurus and a BHM vendor will be at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library on Wed. April 13 at noon for a talk about the history of landscape plants in Richmond. It is a free talk and open to the public. Come and ask John garden questions, his knowledge about woody plants is encyclopedic/wikipedic!

Mayor’s Walk-Through Tomorrow Afternoon

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Mayor Jones’ office has confirmed that he and other City staff, including members of Public Works, Richmond Police Department, and Community Development, will be conducting a ‘walk-through’ of the Oregon Hill neighborhood tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday).

One of the main purposes of this event is to give residents a chance to meet first-hand with the Mayor and provide valuable feedback on City services and neighborhood needs.

The walk though will start at 4:30 pm at the William Byrd Community House on Cherry Street. Weather permitting, the group will then walk to different parts of the neighborhood.

(Personally, I encourage residents to attend and to bring written or printed documents to share with City staff in order to have an effective meeting.)

LOST FLUFFY CAT!

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From Craigslist ad:

Sassafrass got out the evening on April 4th when I was not home, she has long brown and black fur, and a very fluffy tail. She has no id tags but is wearing a hot pink rhinestone collar and a flea collar. She is very sweet and a strictly indoor cat, she has never gotten out before. PLEASE return her! She is missed very much. She lives on the 300 block of S Pine street.