Note: Gayla Mills served as Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association president in the early 2000’s. The couple has since left the neighborhood but they are missed.
“Oregon Hill” by Gayla and Gene Mills
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Category Archives: Entertainment
Late notice: Gypsy Band Plays In Monroe Park This Afternoon
The Petrol-Free Gypsy Carnival Tour are in Richmond right now and they are playing in Monroe Park at 4 pm during the Food Not Bombs meal. Click for Facebook event page.
From the Tour’s website:
The Petrol-Free is a bicycle-powered music and art tour to promote peace, social justice, and a healthy planet. On the tour, musicians carry only the essential instruments from city to city on their bicycles. At each venue, amplifiers and other large or heavy equipment are provided by a local band.
Pink Razors’ Ode To Fine Foods
Speaking of punk rock, I hope I am not being insensitive by posting this song that is named after Oregon Hill convenience store Fine Food in wake of the recent robbery. It’s by the local band Pink Razors, who, like so many others, are no longer together.
Flying Brick Screens From The Back of the Room
This Thursday at 8:30 pm, the Flying Brick Library shows the film From The Back of the Room.
Many people have the impression that the Riot Grrrl movement in the mid-90s was the end-all, be-all of female involvement in DIY punk. This is definitely not the case! Plenty of amazing ladies prior to this era paved the way for it, and plenty of amazing ladies continue to help keep DIY together today. This documentary chronicles the past 30 years of female involvement in DIY punk, and has interviews with over 30 women from across the country, ages 17 to 40. Race, gender, sexuality, motherhood, class, and activism are all addressed in this film, giving a more complete picture of how these women participate in the DIY community, and how it affects their daily lives.
Please join us for these wonderful films!
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The Flying Brick holds sober events, unless otherwise noted. So please, no booze.
Volunteer for the Richmond Folk Festival
Volunteer solicitation:
“Richmond Folk Festival, Oct 14-16
richmondfolkfestival.org
Want to volunteer for the best festival in RVA? We need over 1000 volunteers for the Richmond Folk Festival and now is a great time to visit the website and sign up! FREE ONSITE PARKING, FREE T-SHIRT & INVITE TO THE ARTIST/STAFF PARTY!”
From the RFF website (click here to check out sound clips):
Six more artists added to the list of 2011 Performers
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Malian ngoni ensembleChatham County Line
contemporary bluegrass and countryDavell Crawford
“Piano Prince of New Orleans”Git-Hoan Dancers
Traditional Tsimshian dance and songLarry Chance & The Earls
doo-wopMagic Slim & The Teardrops
with Big Time Sarah
Chicago bluesMary Jane Lamond Quartet
featuring Wendy MacIsaac
Cape BretonThe Mighty Diamonds
reggaeRedd Volkaert Band
with Cindy Cashdollar
Masters of American
country guitar stylesSteve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
CajunWinograd’s Nue Tanhoyz Kepele
klezmer band
Review of The Reservoir
Belle Boggs blog has this to say about the new novel, The Reservior:
It’s both an exciting and lyrical read–I couldn’t put it down–and raises interesting questions about guilt and justice and family bonds. I went back and forth, often on the same page, in the way I felt about Tommie. I’m not one for fluffy beach reads (I read Revolutionary Road on my honeymoon), so I think this book, which is both a literary novel and a crime story, would be a terrific summer read or book club pick. You need someone to read it with you, though, so you can argue about it.
Richmonders will love the descriptions of Oregon Hill and Hollywood Cemetery, and I’m sure fellow readers from the Middle Peninsula will enjoy reading about the people and landscape of our counties more than a century ago; I think the historical details are deftly handled, adding richness without overwhelming the story or characters.
TRON: “I fight for the users!”
Rev. Turner:
“We will try again this Friday hopefully without rain.
Refreshments served”
Friday Night Community Movie: TRON
Friday, July 8 at 8:45 pm
Pleasants Park
Refreshments Served
There Is A Wolf
A recent Style Magazine story on Coby Batty reminded me of a post that I have wanted to do for a while:
There is a wolf, she sees with golden eyes;
She follows me, she knows my lonely mind;
How many times she is singing in my dreams and she knows all my songs;
And if I am right, she will sing along…At Idlewood and Cherry late at night;
The moon is full, the Hill waits for the sun;
Ol’ Salome and haze settle along the yellow lines
Hollywood bones love to sing along…
(I still need to capture that full moon though)
Do You Remember The Band, Flat Stanley?
I did not discover the local band Flat Stanley until after they had already broken up, but I did enjoy their recorded music. This video has some great film footage of Richmond, including VCU and Monroe Park.