Start of Folk Festival:
Irish music and dancing:
Broom dancing (I imagine this probably happened in some Oregon Hill kitchens):
Funana music and the Great Bitori:
A bluesy end to the first night:
More Richmond Folk Festival on the way today and tomorrow!
While its not in the neighborhood, I know many neighbors who enjoy the close by Little Mexico restaurant.
From the FaceBook event page:
Hi guys, its Nivi, as you all know there’s been alot of things going on right now. Rosio & I wanted to do our part & throw a little fundraiser to raise/collect donations (whether money or necesities) for Mexico & Puerto Rico.
TUESDAY, OCT 10 from 3PM to 7PM, Little Mexico will take a percentage of the proceeds made during this time and date will be donated to United for Puerto Rico & Omaze to help the victims of the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and earthquakes in Mexico, as well as accept items (LIST BELOW) that are gonna be sent to PR. Unfortunately I havent found anyone whose going to be shipping to MX to send items, so if anyone knows PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
This is something that is very personal to me, as I’ve had very little communication with family but I’ve been made aware of family members who have lost their homes completely and/or belongings. Hope to see ya’ll there! Anything is appreciated!
If for any reason you can’t make it to the event and/or would like to make an additional donation, you can donate online to the websites or donate to a little fundraiser I’ll have open on FB until OCT 11TH! These orgs aren’t an option so I put it under my name and I’ll personally donate the funds to them!
https://www.facebook.com/donate/347360749039938/
https://donate.omaze.com/mexico
http://www.unitedforpuertorico.com/—-LIST OF ITEMS THAT CAN BE DONATED—-
Water, Canned Food, Batteries, flashlights, water purifying tablets, first aid kits, bandages, small tool kits, hygiene products, sewing kits, small fire extinguishers, manual can openers, wrenches to turn off gas lines, battery-operated radios, garbage bags, dish soap, disinfectant, paper cups, plates, napkins, latex gloves and work gloves, baby wipes, sterile eye wash, sun screen, hand sanitizer, antibiotic ointment, adhesive tape and prepackaged tarps
From Pine Street neighbor Haleh Pedram’s post (reposted with permission):
Hello DIYer neighbors and friends! Starting immediately I will be offering Saturday morning basic upholstery workshops. Three hour sessions, $75 includes instruction, use of proper tools and materials (not including foam or fabric).
10 am- 1 pm at my studio on Pine street. Each session limited to two attendees, you needn’t be from the neighborhood but I thought this was a good place to start.
Get your place spruced up by the holidays and have the pride of knowing you did it yourself. Haleh.pedram@gmail.com to sign up or for more details. Thanks!
Letter from neighbor:
Dear Richmond Urban Design Committee and Planning Commission
Monroe Park was once a beautiful public park with its most delightful feature being its vibrant urban tree canopy. Now, under the guidance of a few individuals, it has lost much of its beautiful urban forest which previously served as an aesthetic wonder, habitat for animals and the proverbial “lungs” of our city. The city under the direction of the Monroe Park Conservancy is now requesting to forego planting 8 more trees that were included in the approved master plan and replacing them with planters in order to increase the surveillance scope from cameras attached to the Checkers House soffit. This is unacceptable and I respectfully ask that this request for approval of the tree deletion be denied.
Thank you,
Charles T Woodson
Richmond Va 23220
The tree removal request will be heard THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th at 10am at the Urban Design Committee meeting. Please sign and share!
New petition on Change.org
The Friends of the Richmond Public Library are having a Drive-Thru Book Drive on Saturday, October 7th from 9am-2pm.
Sad news today that local celebrity Donnie Corker, a.k.a. Dirtwoman, has passed away after suffering from heart failure and other ailments.
Corker grew up in the Oregon Hill. Condolences to the Corker family.
From email announcement:
Hello all
OHNA will be meeting Tuesday, September 26th, at 7 pm, in the St Andrew’s Parish House.
No confirmed speakers yet, but I’ve been asked to add the following items to the agenda: STOP signs, Code enforcement for absentee landlords, Monroe Park Checkers House Plaza, a possible tool bank for the neighborhood.
Hope to see everyone there
Jennifer
Lead by Pine Street neighbors Stephenie Harrington and Ruth Twiggs, volunteers worked on clearing sidewalks in yesterday’s beautiful weather. Thank you!
