art&entertainment archive
November 8, 2008
this week’s calendar
Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; CAPS Meeting / Public Safety Meeting; Slavery and Resistance in Richmond @ FRC; Unity Civic League; MORE…
August 31, 2008
this week’s calendar
East End Fellowship block party ; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; first day of school; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Habitat for Humanity info meeting; MORE…
August 11, 2008
East End Fellowship @ Chimborazo Park
East End Fellowship, a worship service in the extended Church Hill neighborhood made up of a diverse group of people, will be using Chimborazo Park for worship services for the next couple of weeks, starting yesterday. All are welcome!
August 9, 2008
this week’s calendar
Liberty or Death Reenactment ; Open House at Peter Paul Development Center; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; CAPS Meeting / Public Safety Meeting; Unity Civic League; Church Hill Creative Homemakers Society; Evening Church Hill Walking Tour; MORE…
August 3, 2008
this week’s calendar
Liberty or Death Reenactment ; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; National Night Out; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; CHA Board Meeting; Getting Started with Organic Gardening by Tricycle Gardens; MORE…
July 24, 2008
get yr drink on
As of yesterday, the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control deems it ok to down a few at Patrick Henrys Pub & Grille.
July 12, 2008
Tricycle Gardens announces Organic Gardening workshops
Tricycle Gardens are presenting the first of a series of workshops on organic gardening: Introduction to Organic Gardening (7/24), Getting Started with Organic Gardening (8/7), and Fall Gardening and Winter Preparations (9/11). Each workshop will cost $15 and take place at 211 West 7th Street in Old Manchester. Please contact allison@tricyclegardens.org if you have questions.
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…
