Flying Brick Presents Ciclovida

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From the Flying Brick Library website:

We are excited to host the crew from Ciclovida: Lifecycle, who will be stopping in Richmond to present their documentary and to host a workshop!
On April 20 at 3 p.m. Ciclovida will host a workshop on Pedal and Solar Powered Projection systems!
On April 21 at 7 p.m. we will host the first backyard movie screening of 2011 with the presentation of the documentary, Ciclovida: Lifecycle.
The film pedals alongside a group of subsistence farmers from Brazil who bicycle over 6,000 miles across the South American continent in search of natural seeds.
This feature-length documentary is made up of moving stories from landless peasants, indigenous communities, and small farmers that expose the devastating effects of industrial agriculture destined for agrofuels. Filmmakers and protagonists will be here for both events!

Pescados Benefits ROSMY and Plans Brunch Service

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Pescados China Street, the City’s ‘Best New Restaurant’, continues to benefit local charities on Mondays. This Monday (April 18), ROSMY will receive 15% of the day’s take from Pescados China Street, on Monday April 18th, either lunch 11:30- 2:00 or dinner from 5:00 until closing. ROSMY has been ensuring Virginia’s sexual minority youth an equal opportunity for success since 1991.

Also, I am hearing rumors of Sunday brunch starting in May.

Followed By The Black Dog….

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from recent blog post:

Interesting note, when the voices came back I was in college at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University). I’m an aspiring writer and love the unknown and grave yards and one day I walked around Hollywood Cemetery, a very large and peaceful place, admiring the old tomb stones and sepulchers. Its. As I entered I immediately felt like the dead knew I was there. I felt like I was floating away from the outside world. The cars and outside noises went away. I felt something calling me in the very center of the cemetery. If I were to follow it it be like I’d float right out of my own body. Hollywood cemetery, local legend, is known to be haunted. I followed the calling out of interest and as I went further I saw a black dog come out of nowhere. Now I know black dogs guard the line between life and death but I took it as a real dog. So I backed away and turned around, avoiding eye contact. I turned back around to see if it was following me, it wasn’t. It had disappeared.

(Btw, though no Black Dog in it, click here for another recent blog post about a walk through Hollywood Cemetery)

Magazine33 Correspondent Sadie Powers profile

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Local, music/culture online publication Magazine33 has added a nice profile of one of its writers, Sadie Powers:

Sadie Powers is the bass player for indie band Those Manic Seas, based in Richmond, Virginia. She started playing violin in fifth grade to get out of math class and met the love of her life, bass, four years later. Powers has played in several bands, including the Richmond cult post-rock band Planar.

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Powers lives in Oregon Hill, RVA and restores porcelain in order to fund her music habit.

Today: PH Construction and Tredegar Firing Demonstration

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Sorry for the late notice, but a few notes for today:

Received a press release:

The Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, Virginia’s first elementary charter school, kicks off its construction schedule with a week-long playground renovation and garden build.

The renovation, which will be mostly done thanks to the work of school and community volunteers, will begin on Saturday, April 16th at 9 a.m. On this day, volunteers will be clearing mulch and preparing the site for the new playground equipment to be installed Monday, April 18th. The garden team will be preparing the beds for spring planting.

Where: Patrick Henry School Building at 3411 Semmes Avenue, Richmond, 23225.

When: Saturday, April 16th from 9 a.m – 3 p.m.

About PHSSA: Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (PHSSA) is a kindergarten through fifth-grade school based on meaningful parent, educator and community involvement. The school will provide the children of our diverse community with an academically rigorous science- and arts-based curriculum that emphasizes environmental awareness and social responsibility.

About Patrick Henry Building: PHSSA will be continuing construction, including ADA and life safety upgrades to the 90 year-old school building, over the next two years. PHSSA will also replace kitchen equipment and windows to make the building energy efficient, provide computers and other technology for students, and make cosmetic upgrades to create an inspiring learning environment for the children. By investing in capital improvements in the building, PHSSA is also preserving a historic building. The overall cost of the renovation is $1.45 million. The cost of the renovations will be covered by a unique financial package that includes historic tax credits, private donations, a small portion of local and state funding and grants.

Also, I previously mentioned Civil War and Emancipation celebration, but then there is also this on the schedule:

3.30pm

Check out an Infantry Firing Demonstration at Historic Tredegar. It’s hard to imagine this as being anything but awesome.

Passing of Tom Robertson

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A neighbor supplied this sad news…though more can be seen on a FaceBook page.

Thomas E. Robertson (1942-2011) passed away April 7 after a brief illness. Tom resided at 302 S Laurel St.

Born in Richmond, Tom was orphaned and left school in the third grade. He was pipefitter by trade, Tom was with his beloved domestic partner Bette Wilson for 34 years until her passing last year. Despite a lack of education, Tom bought and sold property and ran an innovative natural lawn care service/health food store in Northside. Tom picked up stray animals out of kindness. Tom left no family but will be missed by Bette’s four grown sons, and his dog Cleo. Tom will be cremated; in lieu of a funeral.

Favorite Lyric:

Broken windows and empty hallways,
a pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey.
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it’s gonna rain today.

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Get Wise About Plants At The Library Tomorrow

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From the Grace Arents Facebook page (now what would she think of social media?):

Get ready for Virginia Garden Week – John Wise, one of our favorite garden Gurus and a BHM vendor will be at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library on Wed. April 13 at noon for a talk about the history of landscape plants in Richmond. It is a free talk and open to the public. Come and ask John garden questions, his knowledge about woody plants is encyclopedic/wikipedic!

Mayor’s Walk-Through Tomorrow Afternoon

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Mayor Jones’ office has confirmed that he and other City staff, including members of Public Works, Richmond Police Department, and Community Development, will be conducting a ‘walk-through’ of the Oregon Hill neighborhood tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday).

One of the main purposes of this event is to give residents a chance to meet first-hand with the Mayor and provide valuable feedback on City services and neighborhood needs.

The walk though will start at 4:30 pm at the William Byrd Community House on Cherry Street. Weather permitting, the group will then walk to different parts of the neighborhood.

(Personally, I encourage residents to attend and to bring written or printed documents to share with City staff in order to have an effective meeting.)