The Richmond College Dean’s Office, Department of History and Center for Civic Engagement will host a panel discussion, “Fifty Years Later: The Legacies of Little Rock,” at the University of Richmond’s Tyler Haynes Commons Nov.1 at 4:30 p.m. [via]

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Caitlin Sasser of the University of Richmond passed along this info:

The University of Richmond is hosting a free e-waste recycling event on Oct 11-13 from 9am to 3pm. Visit our website for details: http://is.richmond.edu/ewaste/

We’re hoping to help keep potentially hazardous electronic waste out of Virginia landfills. Thanks!

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Caitlin Sasser at 804-289-8467 or Wendy Burchard at 804-289-8785.

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.

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With 500 of the world’s top run-bike athletes coming to Richmond for the 2007 McDonald’s Duathlon Long Course World Championships on Sunday, October 21st, preparations are underway to create an exciting event for spectators and athletes alike.

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If you’re interested in choosing your representatives for the State Senate and the House of Delegates, the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general election is Tuesday, Oct. 9. Qualified residents of Virginia may apply for or change their voter registration at the Office of the General Registrar, Room 105, City Hall, 900 E. Broad St. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot through the mail is Tuesday, Oct. 30. For more information, call 646-5950.

Considering I work for a private school, I don’t think I’ll be attending this outing. But here’s the info for anyone else who might want to [via]:

Buckhead’s, 8510 Patterson Ave., is having a five-course dinner paired with wines from the Napa Valley vineyards of Ladera at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The dinner is $120 per person. For reservations, which are required, call (804) 750-2000.

You’re probably wondering why we care about Jenna Bush being on tonight’s episode of “20/20.” Normally we wouldn’t but considering her fiancee, Henry Hager, is a St. Christopher’s School graduate, we thought it might make a nice headline. That and it seems to be a slow news day. Maybe we should take the day off and head to the State Fair! At any rate, the Times-Dispatch has more:

According to ABC News, which is promoting this as her first television interview, Bush describes Hager — son of John H. Hager, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and a former lieutenant governor — as a hard worker, open-minded and extremely outdoorsy.

If you have an event, gathering, etc. or know of one such as a band playing at one of the many restaurants in the Near West End, please feel free to let us know through our “got news?” contact form. We’ll be happy to post NWEN-related events on our calendar.

Via a Salvation Army news release:

Two area Sherwin-Williams and Duron Paints’ stores have joined forces with The Salvation Army Richmond Area Command to help feed those in need this Thanksgiving. The Sherwin-Williams’ store in Short Pump and the Duron Paints in Mechanicsville will hold their second annual “Hungry for Color” campaign, beginning on Oct. 9 and concluding on Oct. 22.

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