And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank
Feb. 5, 6, 7 – 7:30 pm, McVey Theatre, St. Catherine’s School

A multimedia play that weaves videotaped interviews of Holocaust survivors, Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg, with live actors, recreating scenes from World War II. Part oral history, part action, part direct address, part remembrance, this play has been acclaimed by audiences and critics in productions worldwide.

Performances are February 4,5,6,7 at 7:30 p.m. On the night of performance reservations will not be taken after 5:30 p.m. and tickets will not be held after 7:20 p.m. The cost is $4.00 reserved and $5.00 at the door.

Reserve your seats now: Online Reservation Form

The University of Richmond usually has an impressive array of speakers via events that are generally free and open to the public.  This event is no different, featuring acclaimed poet Andrew Zawacki on February 26th in Weinstein Hall’s Brown-Alley Room at 8pm.

From the official press release:

Zawacki will read from his third book “Petals of Zero Petals of One,” which was published this month.

A graduate of The College of William and Mary, Zawacki is a former Rhodes and Fulbright scholar. He teaches English at the University of Georgia and is co-editor of Verse magazine with the University of Richmond’s Brian Henry.

For more information, call the university at 804-289-8287.

Today, Wednesday October 1st, Barack Obama and John McCain’s top energy advisors will be debating at the University of Richmond Law School. What better way to get your questions answered about what Obama and McCain plan on doing! There is no better way to show what we want from a clean energy future than to speak directly to the people who write the policies during your lunchbreak!!

WHEN: Wednesday October 1st, 12:15 PM
WHERE: University of Richmond School of Law, Moot Court Room
Directions: http://www.richmond.edu/visit/directions
Map of campus: http://www.richmond.edu/visit/directions/campusmap.pdf

The University of Richmond’s Chapel Guild will conduct its biennial Christmas House Tour Dec. 6. Five homes along Kanawha, Bandy, Cary, Three Chopt and Cherokee roads will be open.

Tickets, limited to 500 people, are $30 and include lunch at the university’s Jepson Alumni Center. To purchase tickets, call (804) 288-2118 or the Chaplaincy Office at (804) 289-8500.

The Chapel Guild supports Cannon Memorial Chapel and the Office of the Chaplaincy at the university, including sponsorship of a choral production of “Messiah” every four years. In addition, the guild supplies Bibles and hymnals and decorates the chapel for major holidays. The house tour has been held every two years since 1983.

St. Christopher’s and the Collegiate School square off tomorrow at St. Christopher’s football field tomorrow (Saturday, November 3rd) for the popular long-standing game between the two rivals.

In addition, the two schools are working together to raise food for the Central Virginia Foodback. Spectators are encouraged to bring canned items to fill the 220 brown paper bags at the game.

“We just thought this would be a good cause and something we could easily collaborate on,” said Pierre Molster, president of St. Christopher’s Student Council.

“We do a lot of canned-food drives at Collegiate, but we thought this would be a good way to bring a lot more cans in,” said Melissa Trask, co-leader of the Collegiate Community Council.

The Times-Dispatch reports:

Fans from both private schools will pile canned goods into containers placed in front of the bleachers. Each school was supplied with 500 commemorative brown paper bags, donated by the Bank of Goochland, with the fleur-de-lis and paw print logos of the Saints and the Cougars.

North Richmond News has the info regarding Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities upcoming community meetings. These meetings will discuss efforts to establish a Stormwater Utility Program to prevent neighborhood flooding in the future. More info via the city’s press release.

The meeting for our area will be held Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Mary Munford Elementary School Auditorium, 211 Westmoreland Street.

“There is a tremendous need to create a dedicated funding source to address the flooding and drainage issues that are prevalent throughout our community,” said the Mayor. “This revised proposal for a stormwater utility provides a reasonable solution to help prevent those issues in the future.”

The reductions in the water and wastewater rates will virtually offset the cost of the stormwater utility fee for one- and two-person households with an average monthly utility usage, while the rate reductions will help to minimize the cost of the stormwater utility program for larger households.

“We need to bring about equity among the customers of our public utilities so that individuals are only paying their fair share of the expenses, not subsidizing the cost for non-residential customers,” said the Mayor.

DPU Director Chris Beschler will lead the meetings, which will be held in each part of the City and are open to all citizens. Below is the date for the North Richmond meeting, and five other meetings scheduled around town

Looks like another excellent, busy week in the NWEN area. If you have any NWEN-related events, activities, etc. you’d like to let us know about, please do!

• Monday – 10:00am: Storytime at Barnes & Noble at Libbie Place; 8:00pm: 21st Annual Weinstein-Rosenthal Lecture at UR
• Tuesday – 10:30am: Computer basics for seniors at West End Library; 4:00pm: UR hosts Domestic Violence Month programming; 6:30pm: PURE Belly Dancing
• Thursday – 10:00am: Infant to PreK at Barnes & Noble, Libbie Place; 4:30pm: UR hosts panel discussion titled “Fifty Years Later: The Legacies of Little Rock”
• Saturday- 9:00am: Richmond City Town Hall Meeting; 11:00: Brunswick Stew Festival

There’s a lot going on this week in the NWEN area including lots of Halloween activities on Saturday:

• Monday & Tuesday – Richmond Regional Summit on Preventing Infant Deaths at the Downtown Marriott
• Monday – Storytime at Barnes & Noble
• Tuesday – Computer Basics for Seniors at the West End Library
• Thursday – Storytime for PreK & Infants at Barnes & Noble
• Friday – Henrico County Surplus Sale
• Saturday – UR’s Trick or Treat Street, Boo at the Barn at Maymont and Mary Munford’s Spooky Saturday