Jon Baliles of River City Rapids tells all at RVA News about the new theater complex currently under construction on the old Richmond Steel site on North Boulevard south of The Diamond. Whatever excitement you felt yesterday should triple today. Here’s Baliles’ recap (read the whole post if you want to feel really giddy): Let me ...
The new Community Kitchen at the Central VA Food Bank is open for business and looking for volunteers. The partnership project between the Food Bank and Meals on Wheels is designed to: Serve up to 10,000 meals daily in area Kids’ Cafes and seniors’ congregate settings, plus daily provide up to 3,000 home-delivered meals ‚ a ...
The following message is from the Richmond police’s Lt. Timothy R. Morley (4th Precinct – Sector 412): I’m asking for some help in raising the level of vigilance by people in our neighborhoods in response to recent incidents in which heat pumps and a/c units have been stolen from vacant / for sale homes in North ...
There has been a lot of talk about a new theater/retail complex coming to the former Richmond Steel building on North Boulevard just south of the Diamond. (Since way back in May of 2006 and as recently as Style Weekly’s breaking news last week on the project.) Today, that talk turned into action. Richmond.com and ...
There will be a public hearing on the proposed Richmond Downtown Master Plan held this Monday, December 3, at 6:30 pm in the 5th floor conference room of City Hall. For details on the proposed Downtown Master Plan, visit the city’s Department of Community Development website or Buttermilk & Molasses weblog. ...
“Juke Joint on the River,” a jazz party, will be held this Saturday, December 1, at the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Hotchkiss Community Center, 701 East Brookland Park Boulevard from 6:00 until 10:00 pm. Admission is $6 per person at the door. Dinner tickets are $8 for fried fish or chicken, sides, ...
Councilman Christopher Hilbert will hold his Northside 3rd District meeting tomorrow evening (Wednesday, November 28) from 6:00 until 7:30 pm in room 245 of the Richmond Police Academy, 1202 West Graham Road (1 block west of Brook Road behind Virginia Union University). All members of the Third District are invited and encouraged to attend. Key topics ...
The Times-Dispatch has all the details on Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s extravagant Gardens of Light holiday illumination: How many lights are up at Lewis Ginter? About 500,000. How long has it taken to arrange them? Staff members began putting them up on Labor Day. How much do the lights add to the electric bill? About 20 percent. What color ...
WRIC provides a bit more insight into the shooting death that took place earlier today just north of the intersection of Chamberlayne Avenue and Brookland Park Boulevard: Richmond Police are investigating a bizarre string of incidents Tuesday morning that led to the city’s 49th homicide of the year. According to police, officers responded to a shooting call ...
Style Weekly has the latest on plans for a multi-screen movie theater and companion retail center on the 11 acres of land on Boulevard just south of the Diamond. Groundbreaking for the Bow Tie Partners development happens next week at the former Richmond Steel property. Bow Tie co-founder Charley Moss foresees city approval of his company’s ...
From today’s Times-Dispatch: A man was found fatally shot about 7:30 this morning in front of an apartment building on Richmond’s North Side. Police responding to calls reporting shots fired found a man, believed to be in his 20s, lying in front of apartments at 3019 Chamberlayne Ave. in the Ginter Park neighborhood. The victim was transported to ...
Strategic consultant Jim Crupi came to Richmond yesterday, and he issued a call to action for the greater Richmond region. Among his list of action items — all of which are recommendations for the region to consider — was an idea of specific interest to North Richmond residents. (Get complete details on Crupi’s report at ...
Artist Duane Keiser posts a painting every day on his website. Yesterday’s painting is an evening streetscape in Bellevue. A few other recent North Richmond-themed paintings by Keiser include “Falling Leaf (Bellevue Number 5)” and “Fall on Pope Avenue (Bellevue Number 4).” ...
Richmond native R. David Ross has penned a new book, “Memory Lane: Richmond, VA.” Growing up, the Mechanicsville native had lots of family living in North Side, so the book is filled with famous North Richmond icons and landmarks. Style Weekly has a lengthy article on the new book in the latest issue: “After school we’d ...
Style Weekly’s Chris Dovi has few kind words for Richmond’s traffic circles, including the one surrounding the A.P. Hill monument on Laburnum Avenue: Traffic circles are something Richmonders have dealt with for years — ever since our forefathers began plopping down idol-worship statues of the Civil War’s losing top brass. Take, for instance, Gen. A.P. Hill, ...
Ginter Park Baptist Church will celebrate child-centered worship this Sunday, November 18, at 10:30 am in the church sanctuary. Children will lead the worship along with master storyteller Denise Bennett. Rev. Bennett will tell the story of “Stone Soup” as a reminder of God’s provision for us and our ability to share with one ...
Stop by Virginia Union University this Saturday and cheer on the young athletes competing in Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities annual Youth Football Championship Games. All games are free and open to the public. The schedule is as follows: 9 a.m. – Junior Varsity Midget Championship Game (11-year-olds) 10 a.m. – Junior Division Championship ...
Don’t forget to make plans to visit the Artisan Gift Sale at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, starting next Saturday, November 17. Click here for more details on the sale, which benefits an arts scholarship fund for city students. ...
The City of Richmond is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Recycling Event. The event will be held this Saturday at the Diamond from 12:00 pm 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. ...
The next meeting of the Rosedale Civic Association will be held on Wednesday, December 5, at 7:00 pm in the parlor of the Hermitage. In addition to new business, there will be a nomination/vote for a new vice president for the association. Following the meeting, there will be a holiday party with li We have new business, ...