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First Southern Barton Heights Really Really Free Market this Saturday

A Really Really Free Market (RRFM) is a community gathering where participants bring and give away absolutely free andy usuable items, skills, ideas, talents, friendship, excitement, discussion, games, and many other things that we as a community can come together and share. A RRFM is a 100% free and non-commercial event, creating a gift economy [...]

Introducing: Food Not Bombs, Southern Barton Heights

The Wingnut is starting a second Food Not Bombs program to compliment the existing feeding program in Monroe Park–which has been in operation for 18 years! While the Monroe Park program includes both a prepared meal and grocery distribution, the Southern Barton Heights program will feature only grocery distribution. We will put out produce on [...]

Get involved in the Southern Barton Heights mobile food pantry

Every second Saturday the Wingnut Anarchist Collective, in partnership with the Central Virginia Food Bank, holds the Southern Barton Heights mobile food pantry. According to their website, in March they distributed food to 225 adults, 156 children, and 43 children. That’s a lot of people! They are always looking for volunteers, so if it sounds [...]

Books on Wheels at the Wingnut

This Saturday (February 4th) Books on Wheel will be at the Wingnut providing free books and bicycle repair. In 2011 Books on Wheels distributed over 7,000 books to Richmond organizations. That’s a lot of books.

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Red beans and rice movie night: Die Hard

The Wingnuts are hosting a more grown up version of a community meal & movie, and January’s edition features Die Hard–which is one of my favorite movies of all time. We are starting a community meal/movie showing/hang out session that will happen on Monday nights, once a month.At 7pm we will start a movie, which [...]

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Knitting Workshop at the Wingnut

This Saturday (March 5th) at 4pm the Wingnut is hosting a knitting event! Knitters of all experience levels — even complete novices — are welcome.

RPD withdraws suit over FOIA’d documents

Earlier this week the Richmond Police Department sued Mo Karn to retrieve documents she had previously received via a FOIA request. The RTD reports: The city of Richmond is ending its legal quest to recover police documents turned over to an anarchist group, which posted them on its website. Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood said [...]

Police sue over FOIA’d documents

Last September the police released several procedure and training manuals to Mo Karn (member/spokesperson for The Wingnut) in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Then, the RPD decided releasing those documents was a mistake and requested them back. The RTD has that story: “In the present circumstances, the dissemination of these documents in [...]

Alison Self & Baltimore String Felons at The Wingnut

BANJOS AND UKELELES! Wednesday, January 6th The Wingnut (2005 Barton Avenue) will be hosting their first show of the year featuring Alison Self and the Baltimore String Felons. If you haven’t yet you really need to head over to Alison’s MySpace page and giver her music a listen. You won’t be sorry. Remember: Wingnut shows [...]

What is the Wingnut Anarchist Collective?

Self described as an “anarchist collective in Barton Heights”, the Wingnut Anarchist Collective, while being heavily involved in the neighborhood, draws frequent criticism. The group is simultaneously involved in food pantries and alley cleanups while monitoring police scanners to warn the neighborhood when the cops may be driving through.

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