In following up at the Library of Virginia on a recent find , I was fortunate to receive a roll of microfiche containing a number of 20th century Richmond newspapers. Included were a number of precursors to our current crop of community blogs, including the mid-1960s The Citizen.
Books on Wheels will be making a return visit to the area and providing free books & free bicycle repair at the East End Library on 25th Street on Monday, July 20th, from 3-6PM.
Celebrating National Library Week, the East End Library Advisory Board invites everyone to an open house this Saturday, April 18, from 11AM to 1PM at the East End Branch Library (2414 R Street).
An opinion and response gathering meeting took place Thursday evening at the East End library as part of a city-wide project aimed at renovating all of the Richmond Public Library branches. Citizens and representatives from several area civic associations and the Library Advisory Board met with representatives from Fanning Howey to discuss the needs and [...]
The folks at the East End Library are asking for your input on the future of the of the lil’ library on 25th Street. The City of Richmond’s City of the Future project has provided funding to renovate all the Richmond Public Library branches. Library consultants and architectural/engineering firm will hold a meeting on Thursday, [...]
New Vision Civic League will be hosting a community meeting this Saturday, May 3rd, at the East End Library @ 10AM. Come out and learn about what has been going on in the area! (event flyer)
The RTD’s Housing 101 a helpful class looks at the free first-time homebuyers class offered monthly at the East End library. Freda Green-Bolling, the VHDA-certified trainer who leads the sessions, herself bought a house in Fairmount through the Neighborhoods in Bloom program program and Better Housing Coalition.
The episode of WCVE‘s weekly half-hour public affairs program Perspective that will air this Friday@9PM & Saturday@noon examines the topic of affordable housing. One of the guests will be Fairmount resident Frieda Bolling, who heads up the monthly Home Ownership Education Program at the East End Library.
Italian Festival, Virginia Gay Pride Festival, Friends of Jefferson Park Meeting, open mic @ Poe’s Pub,Growers’ Market, Richmond Downtown Master Plan Community Meeting, Crocheting with Sandra, more…
The East End Library Advisory Council met yesterday evening at the library at 25th and R Streets. The Council is working to put in place programs and events that complement the Mayors’ initiative for the East End Library of increased Early Childhood Literacy, and also to increase users of the library. To get one of [...]
There was a meeting tonight at the East End Library (25th and R Street) towards establishing a Library Advisory Board for the community branch library. The nascent Advisory Board is seeking representatives from local civic groups and organizations to join the board.
The East End Branch of the library has weekly computer help sessions and preschool reading events.
