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this week’s calendar

Back-to-School Community Festival@Temple of Judah; Movie Night at Armstrong; 2009 Summer Reenactment Series; Back-to-School/Community Day@4th Tabernacle; Tuesday St. John’s Knitting Circle; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Garden Day at the NRC; Open Mic @ Poe’s; MORE…

Sheriff’s Office has school supplies for kids with incarcerated parents

The Richmond City Sheriff’s Office’s Second Annual Back to School Event is set for Saturday August 22 from 11AM-2PM at the Richmond City Jail: While other events are designed to support the community as a whole, the purpose of this event is to provide school supplies to the more than 500 children who have a [...]

CHA publishes Draft of Nominations

The Church Hill Association has posted in Draft of Nominations an update on the open board positions and the folks that have so far made themselves available to take on the the responsibilities of Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, and one of 3 open Director at Large seats.

Who robbed the Stop N Go?

Richmond Police needs the public’s help identifying and locating the suspects responsible for Wednesday morning’s robbery of the Stop N Go convenience store at 1600 Mechanicsville Turnpike.

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Richmond Hill presents Richmond’s Unhealed History

Richmond Hill presents Richmond’s Unhealed History 1607-2009, nine lectures by the Rev. Ben Campbell on the history of Richmond, on Tuesday nights from September 22 to November 17 at 7:30PM. Requested donation for the series is $90.

Local poets kick ass and take names

The online reading series Apostrophe Cast has some love for local Allison Titus: check out the interview and hear Allison read some of her poetry. In related news, the other half of the word-smithing duo Joshua Poteat makes an appearance in the upcoming Between Water and Song: New Poets for the Twenty-First Century due out [...]

Better Housing Coalition tours announced for October

Better Housing Coalition “invites you to see how we have been changing lives and transforming communities throughout Greater Richmond over the past 20 years” at any one of 3 fall tours: noon-2PM on Wed 10/7, Tues 10/13, and Tues 10/20. To sign up or receive more information, contact Drew Melson at (804) 644-0546 x23 or [...]

Long Arms and Maki @ Que Pasa on Saturday

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The Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District

RVA TV’s History of Church Hill

The folks at RVA TV have posted History of Church Hill, an episode of their Welcome to RVA series that includes a telling of the Patrick Henry story, in interview with Ed Canada of ChildSavers, and a history of the role of Chimborazo during the Civil War.

Candidates to post at Buzzy’s this evening

Potential candidates for council Deanna Lewis and Gary Powell will be in front of Captain Buzzy’s tonight from 7-9ish collecting signatures to get on the ballot for the City Council 7th District contest. Stop by, shake a hand, and help’em participate in the democratic process.

Be the change.

Vanessa “Big Momma” Diamond was on wtvr recently talking about HandsOn Greater Richmond, the site that hooks folks up with all sorts of volunteer opportunities. HandsOn Day 2009 is Saturday, October 17, 2009 — will you be one of the 1000 volunteers?

Lost cat on 26th Street

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