This Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., the Diamond will be the collection point for electronics ready for the trash heap. The city will also be collecting herbicides and pesticides for safe disposal. Details: The City is gearing up for its annual electronic recycling day, just in time for those looking to recycle their [...]
Post your snow-related photos on Flickr with the tag “RVAsnow” and enjoy the show from across the region. As of this morning, there were several hundred photos posted. Check them out here.
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. [...]
We’ll be back in full force the week of February 23! Happy mid-winter!
I joined Richmond’s press today for a tour of Movieland, which looks like it is going to be an amazing addition to the Boulevard corridor. Valerie Catrow at RVANews did an excellent job of describing the tour, and Movieland’s features, so I put together a slideshow:
You can find a reasonably good summary of the presentation made by the developers of the proposed Shockoe Bottom and Boulevard projects at Buttermilk & Molasses. There is also a post capturing about 50% of the comments, questions and answers. The meeting was held earlier this evening at Holton Elementary School in North Richmond.
