The North Richmond YMCA Community Center will be one of several area YMCA’s to benefit from $100,000 in grants that will allow more children and teens in low-income communities to participate in YMCA programs. Altria Group Inc. and Capital One Financial Corp. each awarded $50,000 grants to provide assistance for memberships, day camp, child care [...]
Movieland, the new Bow Tie Cinemas venue on North Boulevard, opens tomorrow. You can go online to see what’s playing, or to find out details on pricing or Bow Tie specials like Movies & Mimosa or Insomnia Theater.
The Market Umbrella, a for-profit organizer of local farmers’ markets responsible for the highly successful South of the James Market in Forest Hill Park, will be setting up shop in Bryan Park this spring. The Market Emporium at Bryan Park will run every Tuesday from 3:00 until 7:00 p.m. from May until November. For more [...]
Just weeks after announcing that Chandler Middle School on Brookland Park Boulevard will close, Richmond Public School officials say plans are in the works to move Community High School to the North Richmond school building. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond school officials say today they’ll recommend moving Community High School from its West End campus [...]
On Thursday, Movieland and VCU Children’s Medical Center come together for a special premiere viewing of “Sunshine Cleaning,” written by Richmonder Megan Holley and starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt & Alan Arkin. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. with a reception of light hors d’oeuvres and beverages, and an opportunity to meet screenwriter Megan Holley. [...]
Northside Mardi Gras Parade; The Good Humor Band at Shenanigans; Tori Time at the Ginter Park Library; The Ray Pittman Project at Shenanigans; 3rd District Meeting with Hilbert and Mayor Jones; Amy Henderson at Shenanigans; Preschool Story Time at Ginter Park Library; Brad Spivey & the Honky Tonk Experience at Shenanigans; Brad Spivey & the [...]
Richmond City Council 3rd District Representative Hilbert will host his monthly meeting in the Northside 3rd District of Richmond to share his goals and accomplishments on behalf of the district. All Northside 3rd District Constituents are invited and encouraged to attend. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 25, from 6-8PM, at Richmond Police [...]
The Richmond School Board has voted to close Chandler MS at the end of the school year: Chandler Middle School will close at the end of the year, as the result of the Richmond School Board’s unanimous vote tonight. For the past seven years, Chandler, a 300-student school on East Brookland Park Boulevard in North [...]
Over the past month, community activists claiming rights as homesteaders have been fixing up 2913 Montrose Avenue, a property that they describe as having been vacant for 3 years. Given 24 hours on Monday to stop work and leave by the property owner, the notorious Oliver Lawrence, the protest/confrontation should play out during the day [...]
