I followed the yellow “GO FILM” signs to 400 block of S. Cherry Street. A lot of catering goin’ on. Some guy told me that there was an Anthem commercial being shot at this residential location. He told me no movie stars (like I cared about that). I thought about starting a single person Single Payer protest right then and there, but decided not to, considering the afternoon heat. Besides, I was not sure what to believe since I have heard of another film production coming to the area.
As part of Best Friends Day festivities, Tim Barry played an acoustic set in the FIne Foods parking lot this morning.
Benefit for the Richmond Peace Education Center
Saturday, July 24
John McCutcheon in Concert, with Susan Greenbaum
VCU Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave.
Get Your Tickets Today: $20 adults/$10 students/$50 family
email tickets@rpec.org or call 232-1002
Tickets also available at the door!
Community Movie Night
Friday, July 9 at Dark
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Pleasants Park – Refreshments Served
Community Movie Night
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of
Back to the Future
Friday, June 25 at 8:45 PM
Pleasants Park (corner of S.Laurel and Albemarle)
Hotdogs, snowcones, and more
Around 8:45 pm, this Friday, in Pleasants Park, refreshments served…the movie..
Alice in Wonderland
From email from the Flying Brick:
Tomorrow Night!!
Eating Disorders and Body Image: One Survivor’s Perspective
presented by Matt Wetsel of the Flying Brick Library! Starts at 6!Friday, the 14th: Our monthly potluck with a film showing of “XXY”. This is the fictional story of a 15 year old intersex person, living in a secluded village in Uruguay. Vegetarian and Vegan food welcome, and Gluten-Free options would be great! Please label! Starts at 7!
Sunday, the 16th: Flying Brick General Meeting! Starts at 7. If you are interested in getting involved, please try and come!
Sunday, the 23rd: Bike Workshop! All bikes welcome! Come learn to fix up bikes yourself, so you don’t have to pay someone else to do it for you! Hosted by Brian Wysong of R.O.T.A. bike club and U-Locks of Love. Starts at 6:30.
Saturday, the 29th: Film Screening of “The Corporation”, a film that attempts to explore the dominant institution of modern day life, and its accepted legal status as a “person”. Starts at 7:30.
Sunday, the 30th: Events/Workshops Planning Meeting. Please come if you have ideas for more events at the Flying Brick! Starts at 6.
Hope I see you all at these events! Tell all of your friends!
This coming Friday will be the first community movie night of the season. It happens in Pleasants Park around 8pm when it gets dark. The feature will be the Disney/Pixar animated movie “Up”.
Meant to post this earlier…free history this Saturday!
From the website:
Come see your history in action! More than 15 museums and historical sites in partnership with The Future of Richmond’s Past will offer a full day of free activities for the public at Civil War & Emancipation Day: the 150th Anniversaries. With the dual 150th commemorations of the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and the end of slavery in 1865, 2011-2015 will remind residents and visitors that these pivotal historic events continue to have a lasting impact on our lives today.
Don’t miss this remarkable opportunity to experience the history that Richmond has to offer.
(go to website link above for the following links)
Schedule of Activities
Other Free Attractions
Parking and Shuttle Service
Press ReleaseExhibitors Include:
2nd Rhode Island Infantry, Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Virginia Union University, Dabbs House Historic Site, Museum of the Confederacy, Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, Violet Bank, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of History, Virginia Aviation Museum, and Museum on Civil War Medicine, Virginia Historical Society, The College of William & Mary Sharpe Community Scholars, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, Valentine Richmond History Center, University of Virginia Department of History of Art and Architecture, James River Squadron, University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab …….and more!
Participating Institutions:
University of Richmond, Virginia Union University, Virginia Commonwealth University, American Civil War Center, Library of Virginia, Valentine Richmond History Center, The Museum of the Confederacy, Black History Museum and Cultural Center, National Park Service/Richmond National Battlefield Park and Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Elegba Folklore Society, Slave Trail Commission, Sacred Ground Reclamation Project, Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau, Venture Richmond, and the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Sponsors:
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Venture Richmond, Verizon Foundation, Virginia Tourism Corporation, Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau, NXL, Shockoe Company, Old Dominion Electrical Supply, and Odell
Supporters:
Johnson Marketing
Local blog Handfull Of Brains has details and commentary.
First show is May 7:
May 7th – Lee Brice w/ Puddleduck. (Lee Brice is Americana, Outlaw Country. “As Brice puts it, his music sounds like what would happen if Hank Williams, Jr. and John Mayer had a love child.” I don’t know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.)
Note that there will be a $2 charge now instead of being free.