Maymont hosts its American Anniversary Garden Tour this Thursday, June 14th, @ noon. The tour is guided by a professional horticulturist, who will not only show the plants in their gardens, but give tips for the home as well. The registration deadline is June 12th (tomorrow!), so get your $10 tickets now by calling 358-7166 [...]
Three weeks ago I blogged about an annoying pothole on the on-ramp to I-195 @ Thompson and Park. Well, that little bugger is still there, despite me reporting the pothole to both Richmond City and VDOT. After reporting the pothole I received email confirmation from the city and VDOT that they received my request. Richmond’s email [...]
It’s summer reading time at The Richmond Public Library. Visit the Belmont Branch, sign up for the summer reading program, and get 2 free tickets to see the Richmond Braves on June 24th. But the free stuff doesn’t stop there. The first 2,500 kids in attendance receive a free Summer Reading back pack at the game. There’s more [...]
“It Starts in the Parks” is tomorrow from 10am-3pm, and features games, arts and crafts, music, and dancing. And, it’s all free. Some highlights from the City’s Parks website includes jugglers, karate, rock wall climbing, putt putt, and lawn chess. I’ve never heard of lawn chess, but if it involves over-sized chess pieces, I’m in. Then, [...]
Museum District resident Jean Heath is featured in this week’s Style Weekly story on the property tax problem facing the poor and elderly in Richmond. Her tax bill this year is $2,500, which is about $1,000 more than last year and $600 more than she was expecting. Paying that kind of a bill on a [...]
The Virginia Historical Society recently obtained two wooden trunks containing artifacts pertaining to Virginia’s favorite son, Robert E. Lee. His oldest daughter collected letters and records of her father and stored them in the trunks, which were found in a basement of a bank in Alexandria. According to the RTD, the trunk contains such materials [...]
Folks at Toad’s Place, the new 1,500 person concert facility in Shockoe Slip, announced that the Carbon Leaf show scheduled for Thursday has been moved to June 22nd. Looks like they were a little aggressive in setting a June 7th opener. Let’s hope they get everything right and open for real when the Squirrel Nut [...]
The New York Times featured an article on Richmond in its “Escapes” section pitching our fair city as a must-visit. The article mentions sites like WOTB staple Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Landmark Theatre, the Museum of the Confederacy, and well-known hot-spots like Tobacco Company. The Times also included a small blurb about Carytown… “HIP Richmond is in [...]
With 2 episodes to go in the series, Comcast was planning on moving HBO to digital-only cable on June 1st. This would mean thousands of HBO subscribers that did not have digital cable would either need to upgrade or be left with a blank screen. Well fear not. Comcast heard the cries of the weary, [...]
photo credit: Jake Lyell Things I learned from this film: Spartans are the hottest ancient Greeks, Persia’s king was an eight-foot-tall drag queen, and shirts should really be optional as they serve no purpose except to limit a (my) healthy appreciation of pectoral muscles.
Woo! The Byrd Theatre Foundation is delighted to announce that it has finally completed the purchase of the historic Byrd Theatre, located at 2908 West Cary Street, from the heirs of the Estate of Samuel Warren. Negotiations have been ongoing since 2004, and both parties have come to an agreement which transferred ownership of the [...]
