Byrd House Bash This Thursday

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Event description:

A fun and frolicsome event highlighting 20 spectacular one-of-kind birdhouses designed by a flock of local artists. Flap your wings to live music, sip signature drinks and dig in to yummy eats. Proceeds from the auction of the ‘Byrd’ houses will provide ‘seed money’ for William Byrd Community House programs which provides educational and social services to low-income and under-served communities in the Richmond area.

When: Thursday, May 26, 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Crt/Tanaka, 101 W. Commerce Rd. (across the river in Manchester).

Learn more by clicking here.

Reported Snakebite Leads to Search

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If you were like me and wondering what the helicopter was all about last night- here’s your answer- someone called 911 about a snakebite- and then could not be found.

Here is what the City’s emergency incident website showed last night:

412 S CHERRY ST RICH / CrossStreet: SPRING ST- FIRE, WATER RESCUE (Special Assignment) -On Scene 12:07 AM -47 YOA MALE C/B…JUMPED IN THE WATER…ADVISE HE IS NOW NUMB FROM THE BACK DOWN

Here is what WTVR reported this morning:

RICHMOND, VA (WTVR) – Richmond Emergency Crews Spent the majority of Sunday night into Monday morning searching for a man by the side of the James River.
Police called in emergency crews around 11 p.m. Sunday night.
CBS 6 has learned that the man called 911 saying he had been bitten by a snake in the woods near Hollywood Cemetery and the James River.
Multiple ground crews and a helicopter could be seen searching for the man. The search lasted for three and a half hours, and stretched from the Mayo Bridge all the way up to the Nickel Bridge.
No one was ever found. Crews called of the search at 3:23 Monday morning.

This seems a bit ironic considering recent posts….

Record Sale!

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Style may be all over the vinyl, but they did not get this announcement about this Saturday sale:

A not to be missed record sale blowout ranging from the super cheap to the highly collectible and everything in between. Will run from 9am-early afternoon. 310 south Cherry Street in Oregon Hill. Items of interest listed below:

– 20 crates of LPs (Rock, Soul. Jazz, Blues, Country, Punk, Indie, International & more) 50 cents & Up
– 4 boxes of DVDs $3 each
– Over 1000 45s 25 cents each
– Gemini PT-1000 DJ Turntable
– Klipsch Speakers
– Several hundred issues of Downbeat Jazz Magazine (70s-era)
– Over 300 CDs: 25 cents & Up
– Old issues of Ugly Things Magazine (about Garage Rock)
– rare pre-1960 mens’ magazines
– orig. ’77-’83 Star wars figures
– great pop culture related books and mags
– $1 vhs tapes
– Unusual collectibles from the 60s
– Very curious odds & ends not seen elsewhere

Vinyl Conflict Profiled In Style

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As part of their new music issue, Style Magazine has profiles of local record stores, including Oregon Hill’s Vinyl Conflict.

Vinyl Conflict

Location: 324 S. Pine St.

Store vibe: Small Oregon Hill spot, 400 square feet of hardcore punk with kitsch delights such as Ramones Russian dolls and a Descendents’ “Milo” bobble head.

Styles: Hardcore, punk and metal with some old-school stuff and an excellent local selection.

History: Opened in September 2008 by the husband-and-wife team of Brandon and Lauren Ferrell. A former drummer with Municipal Waste, Brandon saw the potential in filling a niche for the young punks and metal fans around Richmond, particularly in the Oregon Hill neighborhood. The couple also runs its own label, No Way Records.

Important Transportation Meetings Tonight and Tomorrow Night

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There are a few important meetings happening tonight and tomorrow evening that could use some citizen representation.

One is tonight:

Strategic Multimodal Transportation Plan for Richmond

http://byrdpark.net/2011/05/16/a-strategic-multi-modal-transportation-plan/

Tomorrow night a is state transportation hearing, also downtown.
This is important because it helps establish the six year fiscal plan for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/resources/SYIP.2012-17.03.11.PH.ad.pdf

(Also, don’t forget the James River TDML meeting tomorrow night)

SynerGeo Building/Steinmann Storefront Sold

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I erroneously reported it as sold once before, but I just heard from a reliable source that the SynerGeo building at the corner of Albemarle and S. Laurel has in fact sold. SynerGeo staff is selling some of the office furniture right now (call 648-2887 during the daytime ASAP) as they move into the SynerGeo office into Pine Street Baptist Church.

Many Oregon Hill residents are hoping that the new owner will put glass back into the storefront and return the property to its original purpose as a small business.