In a creepy / heartwarming choice, The Wizard of Oz is playing at both Insomnia Theatre and Movies and Mimosas. I think the only movie with more creepy/heartwarming duality is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Oz was nominated for Best Picture but lost to Gone With the Wind! You can see the full list [...]
File this under weirdsies: Richmond police say a man went to a hospital Tuesday to report he had been shot four days earlier. Capt. David L. Martin said the man was treated at Richmond Community Hospital for a gunshot wound to one leg. The injuries are not life-threatening, Martin said. The man, 27, told police [...]
Photo by: Andrew Owen RVANews has a cool profile up on Feathernesters: Turner co-owns the vintage-style home & garden goods store and tea room with his partner, Marc Goswick. Partners in business and in life, they’ve run Feathernesters for six years, and Turner had a smaller shop across the street for 10 years before that. [...]
Michael Paul Williams has an article up about diversity (both in race and class) in Richmond City Schools. The article primarily focus on Holton Elementary and Henderson Middle. The Holtzes, white and middle class, enrolled their son Stephen at Thomas H. Henderson Middle School. In doing so, they defied the norm in a school district [...]
Park’s Combo on Chamberlayne Ave is for sale .. on Craigslist? Here’s the listing: BUSINESS FOR SALE CALL 804-276-5511 FOR DETAILS PRICE IS $50,000 OBO MUST SELL ASAP
Got a real Christmas tree (people still do that, right?)? Don’t throw that thing in the alley! Richmond City offers a tree recycling program: City residents are invited to recycle their Christmas trees by having the city chip them into mulch for use in landscaping. “Bring One for the Chipper 2010” will take place at [...]
Citizens! No Insomnia Theatre this weekend — I know aren’t you super bummed? I’m sure you were all ready to roll to yet another showing of Rocky Horror on Christmas Night. But! To make up for it, there’s Miracle on 34th Street for Movies and Mimosas. Does this blow your mind: Mo34S was nominated for [...]
The title kind of says it all: the Botanical Gardens, including the sweet GardenFest of Lights, will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. So, if you were planning on taking the family out to see the lights Christmas Eve you may want to reschedule to the 26th.
I have a bunch of Google Alerts set up for various Northside keywords, and one of them led me to this feature — which I had no idea existed — on the Times Dispatch: It’s called Snap!, and apparently people can upload their own photos for use by the RTD. The caption for this one: [...]
Update Ok, so this is just a new ABC license, not a new corner store. The store currently exists, as you can see: Either the store has never had ABC off, or they’ve come under new ownership. Sorry for the misleading post, totally due to a lack of diligence on my part. Original after the [...]
