Save 30% to 50% at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s winter sale at the garden shop through February 10. Save on GardenFest treasures and other non-holiday shop items. Members save an additional 10%. The garden shop is open from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm on Monday through Saturday, and from 1:00 until 5:00 pm on [...]
Join the community for the “Linwood Holton Elementary 8th Annual 5K Run/Walk, Holton Hustle and Family Festival” on Saturday, March 8. Details from the registration flyer: 7:45 am Check-In & Registration 8:15 am Kid’s 200 Meter Holton Hustle Begins 9:00 am Race Begins 10-2:00 pm Family Festival Don’t miss this great opportunity to spend a [...]
On Saturday, February 2, beginning at 4:00 pm the North Richmond streets of Confederate and Gloucester avenues will be filled with Mardi Gras-style festivities. Here’s the scoop: Decorate Your Car, Your Bike, Your Wagon, Your Pet and, yes, even your RIDING LAWN MOWER! Prizes Will Be Awarded! Participants: Arrive at 1503 Confederate Avenue between 3:30 [...]
Ginter Park United Methodist Church — at the corner of West Laburnum and Chamberlayne avenues — will be the host for CARITAS beginning Feb. 9. “Congregations Around Richmond Involved to Assure Shelter” (CARITAS) was organized in the 1980′s to address an unmet need for emergency shelter for homeless adults in the cold winter months. Today, [...]
NBC12 had an update on the proposed development along the North Boulevard corridor and the land surrounding the Diamond ballpark in North Richmond: Recommendations for the North Boulevard redevelopment plan call for a new 8,000-seat baseball stadium, the relocation of the Dept. of Public Works and a remodel of the Arthur Ashe Center. Proponents of [...]
North Richmond’s representative on City Council, Chris Hilbert, is facing some competition this fall in his bid for reelection, Style Weekly reports today: Third District Councilman Chris Hilbert will face at least one challenger when he runs for re-election in the fall. Jonathan Davis, a longtime district resident and community activist, says he’ll officially announce [...]
Our peeps at Church Hill People’s News alerted us to a workshop being held this Saturday: ACORN, in partnership with the Library of Virginia, will present Uncovering the History of Your House, a Seminar in Researching the History of Homes on Saturday January 26th, from 9AM to 12:30PM at the Library of Virginia (800 E. [...]
The Richmond Planning Commission is inviting the public to speak up on the city’s proposed Downtown Plan at a series of neighborhood meetings planned for late January and February. (Check out Buttermilk & Molasses for more information than you can stand on the Downtown Plan.) Property owners and interested members of the public are encouraged [...]
Richmond residents interested in learning the proper methods of plan and maintaining trees can become Richmond Tree Stewards by participating in a series of workshops sponsored by Richmond’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Class topics include tree identification, tree biology, soil characteristics, planting and care, health and maintenance, and proper pruning methods. The Tree Planting [...]
Richmond Parks and Rec presents a series of talks on African-American artists by Kathryn Reid at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center in celebration of Black History Month. Reid is a retired art teacher who taught for Richmond Public Schools and Virginia Union University. She has had a personal interest in African-American artists for many [...]
