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Halloween Parade Excitement Building
Richmond.com has a nice listing for the upcoming Halloween Parade:
All the Saints will host its 8th annual Halloween Parade. You can show up to watch this artsy parade or join in the parade yourself. Bring horns, drums, or your own band to march with. All the Saints is planning huge larger than life dragon demons, day of the dead groomsmen, huge Chelsea Manning and Eric Snowden puppets, the founding fathers, a 25 foot pirate ship and much more. To help make puppets for the parade, join All the Saints’ Lily Lamberta at LoveBomb (6 West 21st between Bainbridge and Hull) on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. Parade will held on Halloween,Thursday, Oct. 31. If you want to join in, meet at Monroe Park at 7 p.m. Otherwise watch the parade make its way through the streets of Oregon Hill.
Special thanks to St. Andrew’s for doing some fund-raising for the parade. I am sure Lily would appreciate more if anyone else would like to chip in.
Halloween Bike Parade Friday
From the FaceBook event page:
Come one come all on Friday October 25th to a Halloween Bike Parade!
Critical Mass/ bike parades are typically on the last Friday of every month.
5pm meet up in Monroe Park near the fountain. The ride will leave at 6pm!
Costumes encouraged as long as they aren’t the racist/sexist variety or other oppressive costumes.Bring music, signs, kids, etc. To celebrate bikes and Halloween!
The ride will be a group ride and we will try to stick together- its no race!
Restaurant News
I hope folks had a chance to see Ed’s recent feedback in regard to how events can have a negative effect on his restaurant, Mamma Zu’s, and the neighborhood in general. As I told Ed, I did take pictures of problems during the Folk Festival and shared them with authorities. Still no word back from Venture Richmond…even in response to compromise.
Up on Cary Street, 821 Cafe is rumored to be considering outdoor dining! Stay tuned for news on that.
Mojo’s is bringing back its Trivia Night tonight! From the FaceBook event page:
Trivia is back and it’s on a Wednesday. October 23rd at 8pm. All questions will be Halloween themed. Free to play! Prizes each round! Great food specials too.
‘Walkable City’ Lecture at VCU Thursday
Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time: on October 24, 7-8:30 p.m. in the VCU Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballroom, Jeff Speck, AICP, CNU-A and LEED-AP, will deliver the inaugural Morton B. Gulak Urban and Regional Planning Lecture. The event is free and open to the public, and a book signing will follow. To entice you to come on Thursday, here’s a link to a recent DC StreetsBlog.org post about Jeff’s message.
National Food Day Thursday
On Thursday, October 24, National Food Day will be celebrated at the Byrd House farmlet beginning at 3:30 pm. National Food Day serves to promote safer, healthier diets; support sustainable and organic farms; reduce hunger; reform factory farms to protect the environment and farm animals; support fair working conditions for food and farm workers.
The event will feature games, a Pop-Up photography exhibition, and family-style dinner tables hosted by Slow Food RVA, Tricycle Gardens, Farmers Market @ St. Stephens Church, Renew Richmond, Faces of Hope, Shalom Farms with Greater Richmond Coalition for Healthy Children, Open High School, Sub Rosa Breads and William Byrd Community House.
Each organization will provide the framework for conversation for their table and be responsible for recording the issues, solutions, plans and actions discussed. The insights from all the groups will be compiled, distributed to all attendees and made available to the public. While the event is not open to the public, media is invited to attend and engage in conversations with each of the parties.
For more information about this Food Day event, please contact Ana Edwards, Manager, Byrd House Market, 804/517-4049, byrdhousemarket at gmail.com.
Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association Meets Tomorrow Evening
OHNA (Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association) meets tomorrow evening, Oct. 22, at 7 pm at the William Byrd Community House.
Zipline proposal, Election Day, candidates, Venture Richmond theater proposal, parking, wifi, Halloween Parade support, green alley info, Idlewood roundabout proposal, Paint the Town Green day, etc.
It should be a full agenda.
Found: ‘JL’s’ Apple Device Charger
Found on the 100 block of S. Laurel:
Contact me at scottburger at mac.com if it is yours.
Byrd House Market Tuesday: Support For Halloween Parade
The Byrd House Market will be open Tuesday from 3:30 to 7:00 pm. Be sure to stop by the booth for St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and support the All Saints Theater Company 8th Annual Oregon Hill Halloween Parade.
On the second and fourth Tuesdays, St. Andrew’s has a table selling its preserves (Bread and Butter Pickles, Peach Marmalade, Fig Preserves and Marinara – all with 2/3 to 100% local ingredients from market vendors). Tuesday, October 22 is our last market of the regular season, and on that day will be donating 100% of our market proceeds to support The All Saint’s Theatre Company’s 8th Annual Halloween Parade through Oregon Hill. Come by our table, pick up some of our delicious preserves and support a new neighborhood tradition.
Yard Sale
