RVAJazzfest 2010 Featuring Ray Anderson & Ombak, Adam Larrabee Trio plays “Money Jungle,” and Trio of Justice Saturday, February 6, 2010, 9pm sharp The Camel, 1621 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220. 804-353-4901 $15, $10 in advance. Tickets available online or in person at The Camel or at the RVANews office (1520 W. Main Street, [...]
Trash pickup will be delayed by one day this week. If your trash is normally picked up on Mondays, this week it will be Tuesday. You can figure out the rest.
Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts will be hosting an open house at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 4th to distribute copies of the student application, discuss the school’s curriculum and answer parents’ questions. This will be the last open house where student applications will be accepted. All student applications must be turned in [...]
Miss Virginia won the Miss America pageant tonight by answering a question about childhood obesity (children should turn off the tv, put down the video games, and go outside), wearing a “bold” yellow dress in the evening wear competition, and singing some Beyonce. Miss Virginia is Caressa Cameron, a 22 year old broadcast communications student [...]
RVANews has gathered the inestimable wisdom of NBC12 anchor Gene Cox in the Ask Gene Cox Oracle. Feeling self-reflective and taking the oracle for a test drive, I asked and Gene answered: Q: What do you think of Fan of the Fan? A: How come you never post anything??? That’s amazing!
The West Grace Street Association is hosting its first annual candlelight home tour on Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 4pm until 8pm. The tour–called Saveur and Voyeur–will feature an architecturally significant collection of homes on Grace Street (specifically 2510, 2506, 2231, 2021, 1652 2A, 1635). Each of the 6 homes will offer a gastronomic pairing of food and [...]
Going on now (Thursday-Sunday) at the Firehouse Theater is their annual festival of new plays. The deal: Staged readings of “American Pastime” by Mike Folie of Congers, N.Y., will be held onThursday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan. 30, while readings of “The Jag” by Gino DiIorio of New York City will be held on Friday, Jan. 29, and Sunday, Jan. [...]
It looks like Cous Cous’ loss is Balliceaux’s gain. First Fight the Big Bull and now Ombak. From RVAJazz: Ombak plays at Balliceaux on Wednesday night. UPDATE: It hasn’t been confirmed that this will become a bi-weekly gig, like their residency at Cous Cous was, and like Fight the Big Bull’s is now at Balliceaux. [...]
There’s an interesting, exciting article in the RTD entitled “Richmond looking beyond its slave-trading past”. Interesting because I am not so knowledgeable about Richmond’s full, dirty past and exciting because of what this dialogue portends for the future. Excerpts: “We’ve had a lot of dialogues for the sake of dialogue,” said Jonathan Zur, president and CEO [...]
Around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, apartments on the corner of N. Boulevard and Kensington were evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide. Only two occupants were home at the time, two females, both incoherent when the firefighters found them. The leak was caused by a pipe that had been disconnected in the basement. more details [...]
Connecticut, or The Giant, as my kids like to call him, is the large, Native American sculpture which currently resides at The Diamond. Since the Flying Squirrels are coming to town, there’s a need to find Connecticut a new home. (btw – you can try out to be the new mascot this Saturday, along with [...]
Open enrollment is the process by which parents can choose schools outside of their zones for their children to attend. At William Fox Elementary School for example, just under 50% of the students reside outside of the zone. Currently, if you live within the city limits and want to attend a school other than your [...]
Drove past Verbena around 8 last night and all the lights were off. Is this a bad sign? Also, their website looks to no longer be active. If this does mean the demise of Verbena, that’s too bad, I had a yummy meal there and I was looking forward to trying it again. UPDATE from [...]
HandsOn Greater Richmond’s MLK Service Day: This year there are 21 projects on January 18th ranging from making a PSA, building dressers, and painting a computer lab, to assisting with activities at an afterschool program. To register, visit the website.
Various outlets, including the RTD, are reporting the news that John Venuti is leaving the Richmond Police Department after 25 years to take the helm at VCU’s Police Department. The best quote from the article comes from Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Learned Barry, who prosecutes city homicides. “VCU is right in the heart of the city, and [...]
