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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 on [...]
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 [...]
Who: Citizen Volunteers What: Weeding Azalea Beds When: November 3, 2007; 10 am — 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 garden’s 450,000 plus azalea bushes draw thousands of visitors [...]
