Reminder: Both Henrico and the City of Richmond schools have a student holiday this Friday, May 25, in addition to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday. Friday, June 15 the last day of school and an early dismissal day for both school districts.
Camp Wilton on the James living history encampment will be held at Wilton House Museum (215 S. Wilton Rd) this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For 10 days in May of 1781, Marquis de Lafayette and over 900 troops made camp in the tobacco fields surrounding Wilton before the Siege of [...]
The Shops at Willow Lawn will host their 4th Annual Imagination Richmond family event from 10am-2pm this Saturday, May 19: Join us for Imagination Richmond, a FREE event featuring live music from acclaimed local children’s bands Silly Bus and The Diggity Dudes, a special live performance from Kamp Kreatures Puppet Theatre, strolling entertainment with the [...]
Photo credit: sljesq Bernard “Bernie” Nierle, founder and retired owner of Bernie’s Sub and Pizza Shop (415 North Ridge Rd), died last week at age 81. The shop will be closed until Friday, May 18. RTD Obituary
(From candidate’s Facebook page) While he hasn’t officially filed yet, Near West End resident Trent Park has launched a campaign for the 1st District Richmond City School Board seat that representative Kim Bridges will be vacating in November. Park currently serves on the RPS Rezoning Committee, and is employed by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. [...]
Effective July 1, 2012, University of Richmond will have a new Atlantic 10 conference-mate: VCU. VCU President Michael Rao announced today that VCU will be leaving the CAA athletic conference for the A10 this July. (RVA News story) “VCU believes the A-10 represents the best opportunity to meet our long-term aspirations for national academic and [...]
Special Olympics Virginia is looking for volunteers to cheer on competitors at the Special Olympics Summer Games, scheduled for June 8-9 at the University of Richmond. The goal is to have 2,000 fans cheering! Summer Games, our largest statewide competition, is nothing short of legendary thanks to the overwhelming support of more than 3,000 local [...]
The Patterson and Libbie Business District will be showing outdoor family movies again this summer, at the fields next to the old Westhampton School. The line-up is Puss in Boots on June 29 and Kung Fu Panda 2 (date not specified). Fans can vote in the Facebook poll about what the third movie should be: [...]
