Richmond is in for a treat as Shonen Knife plays at Plaza Bowl. This band is great and you’re not going to find a band like them in RVA. Go to this show. Also playing but under my radar (doesn’t take much) Hex Machine, Hot Lava, and Jeff the Brotherhood. Show starts at 8 p.m. [...]
After much feet-dragging on my part and a certain amount of badgering on Richard’s part, I finally designed a new web banner for H&H and tweaked a few colors and fonts. If the site looks wonky, try refreshing the page. If it’s still really goofy let us know in the comments.
According to the RPS home page all after school activities for today have been canceled due to the weather. RTD is saying that Chesterfield and Henrico have also canceled after school activities.
Being relatively new to RVA I am not familiar with Miller & Rhoads or the Snow Queen but know that we have lots of RVA natives in the area that might be interested in this event. Author and Richmond native Donna Deekens will be on hand to sign her new book “Christmas at Miller & [...]
From Historic Forest Hill Neighborhood we get the good news that FHNA voted in favor of making Forest Hill historic. This a huge undertaking and volunteers are needed, go to the website for more info. At Wednesday’s Forest Hill Neighborhood Association meeting, members overwhelmingly voted to approve seeking state and Federal Historic District status for [...]
I was unable to attend the meeting last night but David Hathcock has given us the summary below. The comments below were posted in the Forest Hill Lake Restoration Fall Update thread but that is not the most logical place to look for information on the roundabout. The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association voted last night [...]
There were several downed trees in the city last night, including one in the alley behind the 5200 block of Devonshire Rd. The horizontal tree, which is now blocking the alley, took out power lines to one house and damaged a garage. Virginia Power has been called to the site to check on the wires. [...]
From the Reedy Creek Yahoo Group; Please keep a look out for a scared (and obviously wet) dog running around Springhill and WH area. S/he is medium sized, brownish and is wearing a collar and tags. Last seen around 10:00 – 10:30 running east on the sidewalk of the north side of Semmes. By the [...]
From West of the Boulevard; Events start at 1 p.m. I haven’t seen if the weather will cancel this event. The City’s event will feature a bell concert on the unique clavier found on the upper level of the Carillon and played by City Carillonneur, Lawrence Robinson, Richmond’s Memorial Riffles will present a 21 gun [...]
A partnership between The Community Foundation and the R.E.B. Foundation, recognizes outstanding public school teachers from Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Richmond and the Department of Correctional Education. LaTonya Waller, Brown Middle School was awarded $10,000 to travel to Hawaii and Iceland to observe landforms and other phenomena taught in earth science. Congrats to Ms. Waller. Three [...]
4th District meets at St. Luke Lutheran Church 7757 Chippenham Parkway to discuss Leaf Collection Schedules, Changes in Solid Waste Collections, Changes in bulk pick up and Dr. Donald Stern Reports on Seasonal and H1N1 Flu issues for the city. Starts at 7 p.m. Forest Hills Neighborhood Association meets at Forest Hill Presbyterian Church at [...]
David Hathcock headed down to the lake and has these thoughts and photos for us. Thanks David. Just another perfect day at the lake. The cooler air pulls mist up to wrap around the trees, draped in autumn. The colors portend the dying of the light for the year, and the natural inhabitants of the [...]
Loose dog report from Caitlin; There was a small loose dog, black with white chest and feet, maybe 25 pounds, looked like a beagle mix, VERY skittish, no collar or tags that I could see, loose on Riverside between 42nd Street park and Reedy Creek park entrances. I spent about an hour trying to catch [...]
John M. at CHPN has the results of a 3 hour meeting held by the school board yesterday, be sure and go to the link to read more on the details. At a 3-hour meeting today, the School Board tentatively decided to pursue redevelopment for Huguenot High School, Broad Rock Elementary School, Oak Grove Elementary [...]
The Suntrust Marathon website has all the pertinent information such as street closings. I’ll do another post Thursday or Friday with the bands playing at the Party Zones in our area but for now take a tour of the course courtesy of Runner’s World. If you would like to see a non-video of the course [...]
Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (PHSSA) is seeking donations of goods & services for our Online Holiday Auction, Nov 18-Dec 9. The auction will feature everything from artwork to gift cards to trips at vacation spots. Please contact us at auction@patrickhenrycharter.org if you have something to contribute. All donations are tax deductible!
We have already had a post about the efforts to have the Forest Hill neighborhood declared historic but I also want to call some additional attention to the blog Historic Forest Hill Neighborhood that the organizers have launched. So far only two posts but this group is just starting out. I am looking forward to [...]
Celebrate the James River with an evening of storytelling on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Richmond Times-Dispatch downtown offices. The event will feature stories from the people who fish, explore, swim and protect the James. Times-Dispatch writer Rex Springston and photographer P. Kevin Morley will also share their experiences creating [...]
also performing will be EL PRESIDENTE and SYNVIOUS. I don’t have the ticket price.
Map of Forest Hill Neighborhood
The Maymont Dooley Noted Society is hosting a day of leaf raking in Maymont’s Japanese Garden Saturday November 21st from 9 a.m. to noon. Meet up at the Hampton street entrance for your chance to give back to Maymont. If you have any questions the contact number is 804-358-7166 ext. 310. Leaf Raking Flyer
The Committee for Historic Designation in Forest Hill Neighborhood Association will have a panel discussion on historic designation next Tuesday, Nov 10th, 7 PM at Forest Hill Presbyterian Church at the corner of 44th St. and Forest Hill Ave. The FHNA will vote on Wednesday night at their monthly meeting whether to seek historic designation [...]
John M. at Church Hill People’s News attended last nights informational meeting on school construction. In a poll the majority of council members are in favor of the mayor’s plan which includes a new Huguenot High School. This meeting was the first of two and John’s summary is here. Also read the comments as there [...]
I am a huge fan of Nate’s taco truck that is at the South of the James Farmer’s Market on Saturdays and I am not the only one. Richmond Inside Out gives them a try at Nate’s weekday location on the VCU campus. The picture definitely looks like it was taken at the farmer’s market. [...]
Style Weekly took an active role in catching an alleged thief of $50,000 from southbank business Scoot Richmond. Scoot was previously profiled by CNN and at the time the thief was still on the run. Two weeks ago, Style Weekly ran a Google search for Tourtelot and found her Facebook page. Tourtelot responded and accepted [...]
