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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.

Halloween Party at Yancey Street Park

The Wingnut Anarchist Collective in Southern Barton Heights is planning a Southern Barton Heights Halloween Party for Saturday October 30th from 3pm-dark in Yancey Street Park (at the corner of North Ave. And Poe St.) The event will include pinatas, bobbing for apples, pin the tale on the black cat, mask making, face painting, and [...]

Mobile Food Pantry to make regular stop in Barton Heights

The Wingnut Anarchist Collective has organized to bring the Food Bank of Virginia’s Mobile Food Pantry to Southern Barton Heights on the 2nd Saturday of each month at noon at the lot next to the Goal Post at 2400 North Avenue: If you know anyone in the Southern Barton Heights Area who needs more food, [...]