Looks like it is going to be a great weekend for all the wonderful great outdoors activities going on. Actually there are so many great things going on, I just might have trouble deciding what to do.  The Seventh Street Christian Church is hosting Arts on the Grove on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Events include a juried art show, music, food, a moon bounce, childen’s activties,  trial rides on Segways and more.  On Sunday, The University of Richmond hosts Arts Around the Lake from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Arts Around the Lake features juried artists selling their art work in a beautiful setting, around Westhampton Lake.

Elsewhere in town: the Second Street Festival will attract crowds from all over the region to Jackson Ward.  Also of note is Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s annual Rose Fest, featuring 1,800 roses in bloom, tango on Saturday and free roses for the first 100 people on Sunday. In interest of full disclosure, I should mention, I also work at Lewis Ginter.

Style Weekly highlights Seymour and Audrey Topping, keynote speakers for the China-America Festival of Film & Culture.

Though both of the Toppings are well over the age of retirement — Seymour is 85, Audrey 79 — neither of them seems to be slowing down. Seymour, the author of historical novels set in China and Vietnam, is hard at work on a historical memoir. Audrey is the author of six books and regularly exhibits her photographs from the exotic locations she’s visited over the years.

Audrey and Seymour Topping will speak at the China-America Festival of Film and Culture Friday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at The Oates Theater at Collegiate School. The festival runs through Oct. 7. The Full festival schedule is available at www.therosegroup.org.

Here’s the latest (October) update from the University of Richmond’s Modlin Center for the Arts:

The latest from actor-director Tim Robbins

Less than two years ago, The Actors’ Gang visited Richmond with the heart-wrenching stories of Death Row inmates in The Exonerated. Known for creating bold, original works for the stage and daring reinterpretations of the classics, The Actors’ Gang returns this month with another production that will provoke our community into thinking about both local and global issues.

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