Hollywood Cemetery Civil War Walking Tour Saturday

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From The Valentine Museum website:

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From the Pyramid monument in the Confederate section to the gravesite of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, high above the James River, Hollywood Cemetery is the final resting place for over 18,000 Confederates, including J.E.B. Stuart, George Pickett, Fitzhugh Lee and many others. Meet at the rear of the stone structure on the left at the entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets.

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Hollywood Cemetery, 412 S. Cherry Street, Richmond, VA 23220
$15 per person
$5 for Valentine Members
Walk-ups welcome.
Cash or check, or purchase online.
On-street parking.

This tour is presented as part of the Richmond History Tours program, a service of the Valentine.

Museum Expansion At Tredegar

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports planned construction of a $37 million, 28,500-square-foot building that is expected to begin early next year. American Civil War Museum Foundation president Waite Rawls says the new building will offer expanded gallery spaces, an experience theater and improved storage and preservation areas for the museum’s collections of Civil War artifacts. It should open around summer 2018.

Click here for full article.

Brené Brown Workshop for Young Adults

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From email announcement:

St. Andrew’s Church is hosting a workshop June 4-5 for young adults (age 21-32) based on the research of Brené Brown and her latest book, Rising Strong. This workshop is about showing up in the world as our deepest selves. We will delve into our stories, especially those of struggle, to explore what holds us back so that we can be the authors of our own lives. Cost: $25.00 (scholarship assistance available). Led by Abbott Bailey, Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Beth Magill, Missioner at the Episcopal Student Center at the University of Texas – Austin, both Certified Daring Way (TM) Facilitators.

Date: 9:30 am June 4-5:30 pm June 5.
Location: Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond, VA

For more information and for questions about scholarship assistance, please contact Abbott Bailey at abailey@standrewsoregonhill.org. Registration deadline is May 20.

Registration is here. Flyer here.

Feel free to pass this information along to anyone you think might be interested.

If you’re not familiar with the work of Brené Brown, you can view her TedTalks here (on the power of vulnerability) and here (on shame resilience).

Change In Command At Virginia War Memorial

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From the Richmond Times Dispatch article:

John C. “Clay” Mountcastle, a professor of military history at Fort Lee, will succeed Jon Hatfield to become just the second executive director at the memorial.
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The war memorial first opened in 1956. By the time Hatfield became executive director in 1997 as the memorial’s first employee, the shrine’s eternal flame was snuffed out and the memorial wall was on the verge of collapse. Hatfield oversaw the restoration of a monument drawing fewer than 10,000 visitors annually and the addition of an 18,000-square-foot education center. Last year, the memorial overlooking downtown Richmond drew more than 70,000 visitors.
Hatfield, who will retire June 15, also began the work on another $23 million project to expand the memorial’s signature shrine to include veterans who have died since 9/11 while adding more educational space and an underground parking deck.

Click here for the Virginia War Memorial website.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

A couple of additional notes:
Locally, with the school year drawing to a close, it is time for student renters and others who are moving to consider how to deal with all of their stuff. With the City budget strained, it is important that stuff is recycled and disposed of properly, without just dumping it on the sidewalk, street, and alley. I am happy to post neighborhood yard sale notices on this site. There are also certainly a number of local thrift stores and charities that are willing to receive furniture donations. Don’t forget the 19th Annual Big Yard Sale at the University of Richmond on May 14th.

In terms of Oregon Hill neighborhood cleanups, RVA CleanSweep has a Randolph/Oregon Hill litter pickup scheduled for May 21. Meetup link: http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep/events/228648874/
There is also a alley cleanup planned for early June.

In international recycling news, scientists are studying the anomalous sinking of spheres, which might lead to better recycling methods.

Request for Bike Share Station

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A neighbor is reiterating his request that the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association request a bike share station. According to the neighbor, there are 20 stations going in around the City but Oregon Hill is being left out, even though it has 11% of the population of the service area. He further suggests a street parking space next to Pleasants Park (corner of Albemarle and S. Laurel).

Click here to learn more about the City’s bike share program planning.

Oregon Hill Yard Sale Day Saturday

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Looks like a bunch of different Oregon Hill households will be doing yard sales this coming Saturday, May 7.

So far there will be yard sales on the 400 block and 600 block of S. Laurel as well as the 500 and 600 block of S. Pine. Others are welcome to join in.

Craigslist ad: https://richmond.craigslist.org/gms/5567630473.html

FaceBook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/233481807010493/

One other note: This is a way for student renters to get rid of their belongings in an orderly fashion and make a little money. The following Saturday, May 14, is the Big Yard Sale at the University of Richmond.