art&entertainment archive
June 29, 2008
this week’s calendar
FOJP and UHCA Summer Picnic/Cookout & Tree; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; MORE…
June 15, 2008
Loretta Watson’s There Is Hope
Following up on her 2007 novel My Mamma, My Teacha, Loretta Watson has reprinted There Is Hope, her 1996 book of poetry. For every copy sold, one dollar goes toward the Shirley Coleman – Loretta Watson Creighton Court Scholarship Fund and will help a child from Creighton Court pay for a portion of his/her college expenses.
June 8, 2008
this week’s calendar
Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; MLK PTA; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; CAPS Meeting / Public Safety Meeting; Unity Civic League; Church Hill Alley Rally; History Hounds Explore Church Hill; Poverty Simulation @ Peter Paul Development Center; MORE…
June 6, 2008
a busy Saturday
The Over-shadowing Hysteric All Church Hill Yard Sale is 9AM to sunset tomorrow at Libby Hill Park. The Church Hill Dog Park work party is 9AM-1PM at Chimborazo Park. Books on Wheels will be at MLK Middle School giving away free books and free bicycle repair from 11AM-3PM.
May 25, 2008
this week’s calendar
Historic Cemeteries Tour; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; CAR Meeting; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; MORE…
May 20, 2008
No One is Alone Now
No One is Alone Now, a show of new paintings by Eric Yevak, will open Friday, May 23rd, 7-9PM at Eric Schindler Gallery. Show runs through June 20th.
May 12, 2008
the shotgun shells dropped outside the market roll unspent and certain in the wind
The Spring 2008 issue of Blackbird, VCU’s online journal of literature and the arts, has a few poems by local writer a Joshua Poteat “that involve Church Hill and the surrounding area. They’re kind of downers, and strange [...]“. Check’em out.
May 7, 2008
ink for Trask’s paintings
The RTD gives some good coverage to the Ed Trask exhibition @ Eric Schindler Gallery. The show will be up until May 13.
“This is my second one-man show of Ed’s work,” says gallery owner Kirsten Gray. “I had one in 2006, and it nearly sold out. This is even better. It’s my favorite body of work he’s put together.”
April 22, 2008
Hope all over the city
A nice contrast to reports of the arrest of the recent spray-paint-vandal LAST, this week’s Style Weekly has a piece on the street artist Hope and his art in the “third space”.
April 19, 2008
Church Hill walking tour tomorrow
On this walking tour put together by Valentine Richmond History Center, explore the neighborhood described as “the best example of 19th century cityscape still standing in the U.S.” Join your guide for a walk through this historic district and examine the architectural treasures that are such an important part of Church Hill. This area, while rich in history, is also a neighborhood “in progress.” As you tour the area, you will see the work that is underway to revitalize this historic district. Sunday 2PM.
April 17, 2008
a new guide to Richmond
The National Park Service recently launched Richmond, Virginia - Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary as a guide to “one of the oldest and most historically and architecturally rich communities in the United States”. The featured sites include Leigh Street Baptist Church, Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District, St. John’s Church Historic District and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Union Hill Historic District, and the Woodward House.
April 13, 2008
this week’s calendar
Arbor Day tree plantings in Jefferson Park, Libby Hill Park, and Chimborazo Park; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; CHA Membership Meeting; MLK PTA; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; UHCA Neighborhood Watch Mtg.; Trask opening @ Schindler Gallery; Church Hill Creative Homemakers Society; Earth Day / Litter Rescue Walk; Church Hill Walking Tour; MORE…
April 13, 2008
Trask @ Schindler Gallery
Flowers and Bones, a show of new paintings by Ed Trask, opens Friday April 18 7-10PM at the Eric Schindler Gallery.
April 6, 2008
Feels Like Drowning going to Cannes
Feels Like Drowning (previously), a short film by Church Hill resident Lucas Krost, will be going to the Cannes Film Festival. [via]
Feels Like Drowning tells of a couple, played by Jackie Lamptey and Tyhm Kennedy returning from an airport and heading to a hotel, interspersed with scenes of an Arabic prisoner (Shahan Jafri) being waterboarded. It was written by local authors David Robbins, Dean King, Jim Daab, Hector Stockton and Krost, and former Richmonder Charles Slack.
The short film will be shown at the festival in France with about 10 others from around the world. Krost, who is producing and creating the visual effects for the locally filmed movie “Border Town,” will be at the screening and a reception, and hopes to catch some of the other featured movies at the festival.
March 9, 2008
ONE/OFF printmakers exhibition
ONE/OFF, a printmakers exhibition, opens today at the Eric Schindler Gallery with a reception from 1-3PM.
February 9, 2008
Untitled Invitational @ Eric Schindler Gallery
The Untitled Invitational opens this Friday (2/15) at 7PM @ Eric Schindler Gallery, and features work by 19 artists (Melissa Burgess, Chris Chase, Nicholas Cossitt, Andy Farkas, Tim Harriss, Dolly Holmes, Chris Milk Hulburt, Jack Lawrence, Katherine McGinn, Mark Pehanich, Jamie Pocklington, David Rohrer, Tracey St. Peter, Alex Schaub, Lisa Taranto, Ed Trask, Thomas Van Auken, R. Sawan White, Susann Whittier) and the ART180 community cookbook.
January 16, 2008
the city at night
Nighttime panorama of Shockoe and the city skyline as seen from Jefferson Park. The photographer, Tom Gehring, is considering selling copies of the photo. (larger!)
January 15, 2008
CHINESE
Does anyone have an explanation for this?
December 5, 2007
Convict back in the area? (UPDATED)
MLK Middle School is on lockdown in response to sightings of Alonzo Logan in the immediate area. 8:50AM: THEY CAUGHT HIM IN FULTON.
