It’s that time of the year — thousands of Richmonders will be flocking to North Richmond to take in the millions of lights (okay, half a million) that illuminate Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens each holiday season. The show runs nightly from 5:00 until 10:00 pm from November 23 through January 7 (except December 24, 25 ...
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens will host an evening of shopping for the green thumbs in your life. Champagne ‘n’ Shopping will take place on Tuesday, November 13, from 5:00 until 8:00 pm. The event iis open to the public with no admission charged. The evening’s activities will include: Entertaining holiday music by local musicians A glass of champagne ...
Love Culture, a new community space with a socially responsible and culturally aware emphasis, has opened at 101 W. Brookland Park Boulevard in North Richmond. The grand opening of the new space will be this Friday, November 2, starting at 7:00 pm with art exhibits, guest performances and refreshments. Love Culture describes itself as a community ...
Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will be holding a series of community meetings about efforts to establish a Stormwater Utility Program to prevent neighborhood flooding in the future. The city has proposed a new utility rate schedule designed to equalize water and wastewater rates between residential and commercial customers. The proposed cuts would apply ...
Murry N. DePillars, professor emeritus and former dean of VCU’s School of the Arts, has an exhibit curated by his wife at Richmond’s Pine Camp Arts and Community Center — one of North Richmond’s hidden secrets. DePillars’ exhibit of paintings will remain on display through November 17. DePillars came to Richmond in 1971 to serve as ...
Central Virginia Waste Management Authority and the City of Richmond will be holding a one-day electronics drop-off at The Diamond on Saturday, November 17, from 12:00 until 4:00 pm. You do not need to be a resident of the City of Richmond to recycle your electronic items at a single-day collection. Payment for fees ...
Come enjoy the sounds of Desiree Roots at St. Paul’s Catholic Church on Thursday, November 8, from 7:00 until 10:30 pm. The $25 tickets for the jazz concert include food and beverages; you must be 21 or older to attend. For tickets, contact Demmie Murray at 514-2201. ...
Lewis Ginter’s Sunday FunDay this week — Sunday, October 28, from 1:00 until 4:00 pm — is “Goblins and Gourds.” Bring your young goblins by and Enjoy a concert by the Indigenous Gourd Orchestra Come dressed in your favorite costume Paint a pumpkin to take home. Food will be available for purchase. Regular garden admission. ...
If you don’t receive the Ginter Park Residents’ Association newsletter, you can download it online as a PDF. The October issue is loaded with information, including: An article on one man’s efforts to rehab and upgrade apartment units on Chamberlayne Avenue. An article on the still relatively new Northside Grille A great overview of what would be missing ...
Who: Citizen Volunteers What: Weeding Azalea Beds When: November 3, 2007; 10 am â 4 pm Where: Bryan Park Azalea Garden The Azalea Garden in Bryan Park has been a fixture in the City of Richmond for more than 50 years. The beautiful colors of the gardenâs 450,000 plus azalea bushes draw thousands of visitors to the park every ...
Councilman Chris Hilbert will hold his monthly Northside 3rd District meeting this Wednesday, October 24, from 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm at the Richmond Police Academy, 1202 W. Graham Road, room 245 (1 Block west of Brook Road â Near Virginia Union University). All members of the Third District are invited and encouraged to attend. ...
Today’s showers did nothing to raise the water table in the area, and the City of Richmond has announced mandatory water restrictions. From the Times-Dispatch: Richmond today imposed mandatory water restrictions. The city’s action affects water use in the city, and Mayor L. Douglas Wilder said Henrico, Hanover and Chesterfield counties, which buy much of their water ...
WWBT-12 has details on a meeting between city officials and residents of the Providence Park community (located east of Chamberlayne and Laburnum in Highland Park). Police report that there are some 650 members of 50 different gangs in Richmond, and some of those gangs may have played a role in at least two violent incidents ...
From today’s Times-Dispatch: Firefighters rescued a man during an overnight apartment fire in Richmond. A fire broke out in the kitchen area of one unit at an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Chamberlayne Avenue around 2 a.m. today. Firefighters had to walk through the flames to get the resident out. He was reportedly disoriented and was ...
From the Times Dispatch: Richmond police responding to 911 calls of a man down shortly before midnight Thursday found an apparently homeless man who had been fatally stabbed near a North Side intersection. The man was non-responsive when officers arrived at the corner of North Avenue and Essex Street, about a block south of Brookland Park Boulevard, ...
Richmond.com’s Michele Stuchell has a review of Lakeside Avenue’s Zed Cafe, and finds an energy she likes. ...
Richmond.com has plenty of details about this weekend’s rendition of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church’s Oystoberfest, a fundraiser for cancer research and a full day of entertainment: Richmond’s own restaurant businessman Johnny Giavos is responsible for bringing these delicacies of the sea from Cowart Seafood to Richmond this weekend, and will be offering almost every variety of ...
The Times-Dispatch reports that the city has signed a national development firm to make plans for the 60 acres of city-owned land surrounding the Diamond: Mayor L. Douglas Wilder said yesterday that the city has chosen The Staubach Co. as a real estate consultant to recommend the best options for developing the properties and then issuing ...
Several emails are circulating in the North Richmond community about an increase in the theft of copper and aluminum (downspouts, drains, valves, etc.) from businesses and residences. The Walgreens at Azalea and Brook, as well as a dentist office and bank on the 5000 block of Brook, reported that their sprinkler and water systems were ...
The Richmond Police Department’s Sector 412 includes the communities of Carver, Newtowne West, Scott’s Addition, Museum, Northern Barton Heights, Brookland Park, Edgewood, Ginter Park, Washington Park, John Marshall, Sherwood Park, Bellevue, Laburnum Park, Rosedale, Chamberlayne Industrial Center and Virginia Union (click for a map). Each month, the sector releases a community newsletter with details on ...