Meadow Park (at Meadow and Park, appropriately enough) will host a series of summer concerts, beginning Thursday July 23rd, from 6-8 PM when B2B Band Acoustic Duo will perform beach music covers. Thursday, August 27th also from 6-8 PM is Sacttered, Smoothered, Covered, an acoustic roots band. Sunday, September 20th, form 5-7 PM is Susan [...]
Reviews are starting to come in for Plaza Mexico–the spot at Allen and W. Main St. that opened this past week. No alcohol yet, but early reviews are good. I had lunch there on Tuesday: Nachos Nuevos. I was pleased. It was fresh and spicy and filling, although I’m no Mexican junkie. A more detailed [...]
The RTD has a great opinion from John Moeser (senior fellow in the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond and professor emeritus of urban studies and planning at Virginia Commonwealth University) on the topic of regionalism. It’s not necessarily Fan specific, but certainly includes thoughts that bear on the Fan as [...]
Former VCU men’s basketball standout point guard, Eric Maynor was selected 20th by the Utah Jazz last night in the NBA’s draft. In a ‘down draft’–according to experts–Maynor was the seventh point guard (or nine total) drafted in the first round. Utah is a great fit for Maynor, mainly because they’re a good team. (They [...]
Richmond BizSense reports that Cuppa Tea has closed after 2 years in business near the corner of Main and Morris. With the economy the way it is, not many people are looking for the luxury items they sell. Especially VCU students. The article explains how many businesses in the VCU area are struggling especially now [...]
Next Sunday, June 28th, from 6-8 PM, Tricycle Gardens holds its debut ‘That Potluck’ in the Fan at Scuffletown Park. Thereafter, the potluck will be held the last Sunday of each month (future locations TBA). Here’s the scoop from Tricycle: OK, it’s hot! Summer is steaming in that Richmond kinda way. Your gardens are heaving [...]
Famelia’s Deli at Cary and Addison should be open by July 1. It will offer Mediterranean and American Food: Falafel, gyro, hummus, baklava, etc. Lunch hours Mon-Sat, delivery 11:30AM-2PM. (804)716-2421
If you are the holder of the 2009 Fan Decal it will expire on June 30, 2009. You have 2 options: 1. Mail in the application with the associated information required to City Hall, they have promised 2-day turnaround processing, or 2. Go to City Hall room 102 and renew in person (go to the [...]
Next Wednesday evening, June 24th, there will be an informational meeting about City Old and Historic Districts. The meeting will be at The Firehouse Theatre (at 1609 W. Broad St.) from 6:30-8:30 and is open to the public. Portions of the Fan fall within the Old and Historic District (namely Boulevard, Monument Ave, and West [...]
The park itself is not for sale, but lots of other cool stuff will be. This Saturday morning, from 8:30-2, friends and neighbors of Paradise Park (an alley Park in the Fan between Floyd and Grove and Allen and Vine) will hold a ‘park sale’ with a portion of all sales going to support the [...]
Richmond Department of Public Utilities has issued a warning of construction related to sewer line repair for W. Franklin Street between Laurel and Monroe beginning tomorrow and lasting 2 weeks. Beginning Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:30 a.m., subcontractors working for the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities will be performing sewer pipe installation [...]
Tess (eloquent as ever) has posted a bathroom review of 821 Cafe over at RVANews. The folks at 821 have taken the graffiti conundrum and made it fun, providing chalkboard walls and chalk so that bathroom defacers can have their (very non-permanent) excitement.
Jenny, the owner of Fleur, has posted on her blog (okay, 2 weeks ago–I’m not the fastest in the world) that the retail shop at 119 N. Robinson will be closing by June 30th. The business continues, but the storefront will close. It seems that the business side of a fabric store was just a [...]
Various outlets–from Twitter (‘Hi Twitters’) to the RTD–are reporting a confirmed case of swine flu (H1N1) at Fox Elementary. “The student remains out of school and is doing well,” Felicia Cosby, a spokeswoman with the Richmond public schools, said today
The Page Bond Gallery–at 1625 W. Main Street–is pleased to present Strides, a group exhibition of select second year MFA candidates in the Painting and Printmaking programs at Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale University. Artists include Josh Bonnett, Kate Kisicki, Erik Gonzalez, and Lana Waldrep. Additionally, the gallery announces the debut of Idaho, new paintings [...]
