This year’s Sunday in the Park with Friends will be on July 18th from noon to 4. There will be music, activities for children, watermelon, ice cream and much more. This is always a great day for the area and we will have more details soon including the list of musicians and the awesome poster. [...]
The second Music in the Park goes down this Sunday at 6 p.m. and will wrap up by 8 p.m. The band Skydog will be rocking the Allman Brothers tunes at the Stone House.
Thanks to John M. at River District News for cluing me in on this meeting. Tonight (Thursday June 10) at 6PM at Legend Brewing Company, City Council 6th District representative Ellen Robertson will be attending so a good chance for those working and living in Manchester to ask question and perhaps get involved with the [...]
Submitted by a reader; I just called the police because a man in a maroon ford ranger was in our alley going through our trash cans. My dogs were in the back yard and were barking so I went to see what they were barking at and saw the truck from my back door. I [...]
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is holding a workshop on building a rain barrel on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. The workshop will be at The Old Stone House in Forest Hill Park and cost $65. Why Rain Barrels? Rain Barrels can be attached to down spouts to capture roof [...]
Reports of incidents that have happened over the weekend. The first one I don’t have an address on but both come to us from the Woodland Heights Yahoo Group; Most of my 10×20′ canopy, was stolen off my car, off the alley, last Wednesday night so if anyone sees something like it please give me [...]
The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association meets Wednesday (tonight), June 9th, 7pm at Forest Hill Presbyterian. Below is the agenda 7:00 pm Call to order Grace LeRose 7:05 – 7:10 Approval of May minutes Vicky Hamrick 7:10 – 7:20 Financial Report Roger Clark 7:20 – 7:25 4th District Update Kathy Graziano 7:25 – 7:30 Park Improvement [...]
The James River Advisory Council is organinizing an effort to make the river we all enjoy a better place. Events are occurring all along the river in the counties and in our area they will be hitting Reedy Creek & Pony Pasture; This year’s event is expected to produce as many, if not more, bags [...]
The Enrichmond Foundation is pleased to announce that with the support of our corporate sponsor, Shoe City, a $1,500 scholarship will be awarded to a deserving high-school student this summer! Shoe City annually partners with community foundations and local radio stations to award college scholarships to high school seniors throughout the Baltimore, Washington D.C., Richmond [...]
Art 180 organized High School students throughout the city to create a mural on Hull St. and Cowardin Ave. There will be an official dedication this Saturday at noon. Wonderful job to all those involved. El Arbol de la Vida: Tree of Life mural changes the face of Manchester from Jen Lawhorne on Vimeo.
The World Cup starts on Friday. I realize that there is no real H&H story here but I know that there are some footie fans in the area so I am using that as an excuse to be self-indulgent. If you don’t like soccer/footie/futból please don’t continue on.
Saw this on Richmond Daily Beast and since we are pro-pet, pro-SPCA and have a Martin’s thought others would be willing to help out. Between now and June 19, purchase Companion brand pet food at MARTIN’S (official pet food supplier to the Richmond SPCA), drop it in the store’s collection bin, and MARTIN’S will match [...]
Dogwood Dell kicks off (officially) the 210 Festival of Arts this weekend with Upper East Side Big Band – Big Band sounds – 8 pm on the 11th, Elegba Folklore Society – African Dance, music – 8:30 pm (Minds Wide Open) on the 12th and Podium – Spoken word, Richmond Public School students’ literary journal [...]
From the folks working to have Forest Hill be declared Historic. I have checked out the calendar and it very well done, the perfect gift for the historian in your life and would look lovely on any wall. Calendars are $12 w/ $2 shipping and handling.; To defray some of these costs associated with achieving [...]
Heard from a reader that three cars were broken into last night on 42nd & Springhill. One car lost a stereo and had the a/c vents above it destroyed. The thief must have cut himself during the break-in as there was blood throughout the interior and on the street beside the car. Police were notified [...]
First up we have SOTJFM correspondent David Hathcock who submits the following commentary and photos. The common images at the market are usually natural ones, the vibrancy of fruits and vegetables, the bursting ripeness of color. This week, I thought we could take a look at a few of the images of creativity of a [...]
Only a week until the World Cup starts but our local soccer team has a great event this weekend; The Richmond Kickers School’s Out Festival will feature live music, inflatable games, delicious food, face-painting and fun for the whole family. Plus, don’t miss the Trackless Train, 24-foot inflatable slide and Adrenaline Rush Extreme – the [...]
The email below was forwarded to me from local volunteer Cate and I am happy to post about this problem and call for help. Kitten season has officially sprung, which means that we are beginning to receive as many as 30 new orphaned kittens, including neonates, into our shelter daily. We are in urgent need [...]
Richmond for Kids gives a little write up of the South of the James Farmers Market; Last week we headed out early to try and beat the crowds. After a brief coffee stop at the Crossroads stand we were ready to get down to business. I like to buy all of our weekly produce at [...]
From the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities press release; MARTIN’S donated 25 benches to Richmond ’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities today in a ceremony at Byrd Park . The supermarket chain, which now operates four stores in the city, encourages recycling and works with Trex® of Winchester , Virginia to [...]
Credit to River District News for this item about the Tricycle Garden’s Urban Farm stand which opened today; Stop by the farmstand this Thursday, June 3rd, and pick up some veggies. Chard, mustard, beautiful heads of romaine, sweet french turnips, italion dandilion, beets and more. Or just stop by to say hello and see what [...]
If anyone else out there captured the rainbow either send it directly to me or post a link in the comments. Thanks to Anne for her contribution. For the record all 15 of my attempts failed but officially I am blaming it on my location.
We noticed the closing back on March 9th but had no details. Fortunately Richmond.com has some more information on the closing of Private Stock but no real surprises. Wine coordinator Joe Michael attributes the store’s demise to “the changing economic climate and empty retail spots adjacent to the business. Nobody went back there [the center [...]
Some information for parents of the new school and others interested in the happenings of Patrick Henry; Tours of the Education Center at Woodland Heights Baptist Church. The next parent tour of the Education Center will be held on Saturday, June 5th from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The EC-WHBC is located at: 611 W. [...]
