Yes, Oregon Hill still has younger children residing here.
This is a reminder to parents here and elsewhere to register for kindergarten on April 7.
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Vegan Class at William Byrd Community House
From announcement:
WBCH is offering a new class for all you would be cooks out there! We are very excited to be offering a Vegan cooking class starting Wednesday, March 16 and going on every Wednesday for six weeks from 6 8pm with the last class being April 20th. The classes will $50 for the series or $10 per class if taking them individually. These classes are open to the public. Please call or email Jessica Turner to sign up today! jturner at wbch.org (804)643-2717 ext 324.
The vegan diet is free of all animal products including meat, eggs, dairy and any by products. Utilizing this diet correctly can embrace a healthful and environmentally conscience lifestyle. The class will be taught by Jenn Hurst, writer for the blog River City Vegan. WBCH is happy to be able to provide educational classes for the entire community.
Pescados and History
Pescados continues to impress. Besides running in yet another best new restaurant poll, it is continuing to offer ‘charity nights’, like the upcoming Friends of James River Park benefit.
But one thing that helps make it stand out is its website, which has a ‘history page’. Check out this excerpt:
The Belvidere Mansion and its extensive gardens were destroyed by fire in 1854, and the land was subdivided into residential lots for workers of Tredgar Iron Works and other industrial sites along the Kanawha Canal and the James River. Streets were named after trees, such as Pine, Laurel, Cherry, and Holly Streets. Pescados is located on China Street, which is named for the chinaberry tree.
Built in the early-1900s, the restaurant building was used as a residence until 1916 when S.T. Taylor, and later R.L. Chappell and R.E. Satterwhite, introduced grocery stores to serve the local community. Around 1930, it was converted to a confectionery which was operated for several decades by Richard Fuehar and later William O’Brien. In the 1950s, the Sisters of the Most Blessed Trinity ran a nursery school and after-school program at the site. From 1959-1961, a laundromat occupied the building. In the 1970s, the Chuckwagon (last owned by Joe Burns) opened and became a favorite hangout in Oregon Hill’s close-knit, working-class neighborhood. In 2001, the Chuckwagon was renamed Hollywood Grill (operated by Brock Burns), after nearby Hollywood Cemetery, until the property was sold in 2008 to its new owners, contractor Bob Windsor and chef Todd Manley.
Monroe Park Occupied
In case you were wondering whats going on across from Gladding Hall in Monroe Park, there’s an anarchist action taking place called “Occupy Monroe Park”.
From Facebook event page:
In a time of mass layoffs, increasing criminalization of homelessness and immigrants, gentrification, rising tuition costs, union busting, foreclosures, legislative attacks on the reproductive autonomy of women, rampant homo- and trans- phobia, an ever increasing gap between the rich and the poor, a still-prevelant system of institutional racism, and constant police surveillance and repression, there is only one option for those who seek to maintain their dignity and their hope…… RESIST!
The capitalist system will crush us all unless we refuse to be crushed. Take back the world that is being stolen from you!
Bring camping gear and your aspirations for a better world. The occupation starts NOW.
Leaf Cleanup On Laurel Tuesday Morning/Recycling Wednesday
Signs say move your car off Laurel Street Tuesday morning for street cleaning/leaf removal–
Also, this Wednesday is a Red Wednesday, which means recycling.
This Week at Byrd House Renegade Market
From announcement:
Faith Farm Foods – Mugsy’s Dogtown Treats – Byrd Farm/Rural Va Market – Snider Bros. – Subrosa Breads
and … well, you know how renegades are… kinda mavericky, y’know? Come on by and see who’s there – with the great goods at BHM’s Renegade Market, Tuesday, 3-5:30 pm
RETURNING AND PROSPECTIVE VENDORS: Don’t forget the VENDOR ORIENTATION MEETING on Tuesday, 1-2 pm. Share one scant hour getting up to speed on the Ways & Means of BYRD HOUSE MARKET AND YOU! RSVP please, thanks.
Coming soon:
Sacred Spaces in Oregon Hill
Coming up on their Spring 2011 schedule is “Sacred Spaces in Oregon Hill” (click any preceding text for website):
Wednesdays, April 27 to May 25
9 to 11 a.m.
Oregon Hill Historic District is a fine 19th- and early-20th-century working-class neighborhood with architecture and streetscapes that illustrate how industrial workers lived. Access to the James River and Kanawha Canal and the industries that were growing along these waterways furthered and expanded the growth of the population in the area. Through lectures and walking tours, we will look at the history of this Richmond neighborhood and examine such landmarks as Hollywood Cemetery, St. Andrews and Pine Street churches and the Virginia War Memorial.
Instructor: Edwin Slipek Jr., an architectural historian and architecture critic for Style Weekly, teaches at VCU and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies.
I don’t know if if this class is full yet, but for more information, you can call (804) 828-3635 or e-mail psworley at vcu.edu.
Solidarity is Sexy!
This evening at 7 pm at the Flying Brick Library:
Solidarity is Sexy!: International Sex Worker’s Rights Day will be an event to remember! Join sex workers and their allies to discuss the intersections of radical politics, sex work, consent, patriarchy, class struggle, and gender identity. Learn about one of the most marginalized groups of workers and the fight for autonomy and respect.
Early Morning Accident Takes Down Light Post on Laurel
Not too many details available. Around 4 am this morning, a car hit and knocked down a light post on Laurel Street across from Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Hopefully a reported injury was minor.
Guerrilla Gardening Opportunity?
Now that it looks like Dominion Power has finished work, perhaps there is an opportunity for some guerrilla gardening?