Renegade Market Today

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From email announcement:

Shop Like a Renegade..!…!
Seasonal temperatures with a little breeze make it easy to drop by and see how the community garden gets prepped for winter, plan your holiday menu and take stuff home to practice roasting, toasting, braising, blending, simmering and saucing.

Holiday Markets!
Beat the Black Friday factory madness by shopping local and handmade! Byrd House Renegade HOLIDAY Market Part One is next Tuesday, Nov. 26. Join us for holiday cheer under the Holiday Market Pavilion, warmth and good tides between shopping for a great selection of Renegade Vendor delights – homespun and gourmet, handspun and “OMG that is SO cool!”

NOTE: If you are a crafter with homemade* goodies you’d like to offer at the Byrd House Renegade HOLIDAY Market on Tuesday, November 26 and/or Tuesday, December 17, please send an email to me at byrdhousemarket at gmail.com. Spots are $10. Bring your own set-up or reserve a 6′ table under the Holiday Market pavilion. First come first served!
* Imported, handmade non-food items OK to sell if sourced from a humanitarian/social justice, nonprofit enterprise.

Renegade Market Food Drive
William Byrd Community House distributes food to more than 160 men, women and children every month, but as the weather gets colder, the need becomes greater and our shelves are emptying faster. Please ensure we don’t have to turn anyone away. For the next 4 weeks, the Byrd House Renegade Market will have a container into which you can drop off your contribution to our Food Pantry. Check www.WBCH.org for a list of nonperishable foods we need on a regular basis. Click on Wish List in the upper right corner for a menu of items
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

Belle Island Moonshine

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Richmond Bizsense.com has an interesting article on a new ‘craft distillery’ that is named after our beautiful island park, Belle Island.

An excerpt:

Production in Chicago, however, is only temporary. The team hopes to open a Richmond distillery in early 2014 and is close to signing a lease. They would not divulge an exact location but said they would like to set up their stills in Manchester.

“We want to have that river view, the city skyline – that’s where we want to be,” Wotring said.

The company’s founders would not disclose how much of an initial investment would be required to open the moonshine factory but said they recently brought private investors into the business. Marks, Wotring and Riggi plan to maintain their current businesses after launching their planned distillery.

About 30 area bars have picked up Belle Isle Moonshine, and 50 cases are set to ship this week to the ABC warehouse on Hermitage Road.

Another Riverfront Plan? This Wednesday At The Va. War Memorial…

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From Church Hill People’s News:

The Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (VA ASLA) will hold a public input meeting for the James River Corridor Viewshed study within the City of Richmond.

The viewshed study is being conducted by the VA ASLA in association with the national organization of the American Society of Landscape Architects as a community service project which each state chapter is conducting or has conducted within the year 2013.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday November 20, 2013 at the Virginia War Memorial Building at 621 S. Belvidere Street, Richmond 23220. The meeting will be between 6-8PM in the Freedom Hall room.

Anyone with an interest in James River Corridor is welcome to participate.

Contact VA ASLA at (804) 523-2901 or marykidd@vaasla.org with any any questions.

Tredegar Takes In Museum of Confederacy To Form New Civil War Museum

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It was alluded to earlier, but now it has been announced. From NBC12:

Now the Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War Center are joining forces to build a $30 million museum in Richmond with the goal of creating the top Civil War museum in the nation 150 years after the deadliest conflict fought on U.S. soil.

The marriage of museums, announced to The Associated Press, will meld the collection of Confederate battle flags, uniforms, weapons and other historic relics with a narrative-based museum that uses bold, interactive exhibits and living history events to relate its 360-degree telling of the war.

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In a joint announcement, the museums said the new historic attraction in the former capital of the Confederacy has yet to be named, but $20 million has been committed to its construction. Ground will be broken in 2014, with an expected opening the following year.

The new museum will be located along the James River, at the Tredegar Ironworks, where much of the South’s cannons were forged during the war. It’s also the home of the Civil War Center. The museums said bringing together both institutions will “further establish Richmond as the foremost Civil War destination in the United States.”

While other news sites are just reporting the announcement, many are still digesting what this means. A more nuanced reflection from an unnamed Oregon Hill neighbor:

Hmmm … no comment on the fate of the authentic White House of the Confederacy, coveted by VCU. And the $20 million pledged for this new museum would have gone a long way toward building a slavery museum in the authentic location in Shockoe Bottom. I wonder what proportion of that $20 million is being pledged by VCU foundations and their donors.

Between turning the canal location into an amphitheater, turning the slave market location into a ball park, and ceding the White House of the Confederacy to VCU, we are really at risk of losing the city’s authentic history.

Tree Stewards!

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From email announcement:

Richmond Tree Steward classes will begin again in January with a 10 week course that is packed with information and delivered by excellent speakers. Our hope is that the room is filled with citizens who want to join our efforts to help care for the urban forest and be a community resource. Since class size is limited preference will be given to those who wish to become Certified Tree Stewards and volunteer with our organization.

Get more information and apply at http://richmondtreestewards.org/tree-steward-class-2014/

According to the site, the deadline to apply is November 22.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night. They do not belong on the sidewalk after tomorrow night.

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The Virginia Recycling Association (VRA) recognizes the best programs in waste reduction, recycling and litter prevention as well as individuals in the state at our annual conference awards ceremony. We invite you to submit entries for recognition. Nominate your program or someone else’s! Deadline for submission – February 28, 2014.

Uprisings in Brazil Event at WBCH On Saturday

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From the Flying Brick’s website:

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We here at the Flying Brick Library are excited to be co-hosting this event with the William Byrd Community House!

When: November 17th, 7pm

Where: The William Byrd Community House, 224 S. Cherry St. in Oregon Hill

The June 2013 Uprisings in Brazil
A presentation by participants

Last summer, Brazil exploded in protests unlike anything in living memory. At the peak, a hundred cities participated in fierce clashes with the authorities; a movement that began with demonstrations against public transit fare increases and became a veritable popular uprising. Yet as the middle class joined in, nationalist
and reactionary narratives muddied the message.

Despite this, the movement succeeded in blocking the fare increases in many cities, demonstrating the effectiveness of new forms of struggle without parties or unions. Autonomous and horizontal groups forced other issues to the surface, including the consequences of the upcoming World Cup and Olympic games in Brazil.

In this presentation, Brazilian anarchists will describe the context from which the events of 2013 emerged, and explain their impact on other ongoing struggles. What conclusions are Brazilians drawing from their experiences, and what can North Americans learn from them?

For more background:
http://crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/brazilpt1.php
http://crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/brazilpt2.php

Facebook Event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/728696440492566/