Glass and Powder’s huge sale this weekend
Glass and Powder, Carytown’s snowboarding boutique, is having it’s annual sale this weekend. If you like to play on the snow or water, you must check it out.
The store is opening early (9am) on Saturday and is marking 50% off virtually everything.
Smoking ban goes down in flames
Looks like you’ll still be able to light up in banks, restaurants, and other public areas for at least one more year. The Virginia House defeated each of the 4 smoking ban bills, including the ones that gave communities the option to decide for themselves.
Source: RTD
Who are you voting for on Tuesday?
Museum District Tree Pruning Day – Sat, Feb 9th @ 8:30
photo by taberandrew
From the Museum District Association…
The Museum District Association and Richmond Tree Stewards will help organize and conduct a neighborhood tree pruning project as an initial prototype to limb up and low prune city street trees, removing hazards to parked cars and pedestrians on adjacent side walks.
We will prune street trees along Stuart, Hanover, [...]
VA Senator Watkins explains his NO vote on smoking ban
Over a month ago I emailed my State Senator John Watkins asking him to vote for a public smoking ban. Today, he finally got back to me with his thoughts…
Thank you for sending your thoughts on the Virginia Smoke Free Air Act. This legislation, introduced by Senator Whipple, restricts smoking in public buildings and other enclosed area [...]
Plan 9’s in-store concert series begins Saturday with Emily Easterly
Plan 9 has a packed schedule of in-store concerts at their Carytown location.
Performances
2/9 Emily Easterly @ 2pm
2/15 Robert Parker Vaughan @ 7pm
2/16 De Novo Dahl @ 4pm
3/18 DJ Spooky @ 5pm
Also, Inquisition (2/23) and Flogging Molly (3/2) will be signing autographs in store.
VA Senate steps up, passes non-smoking legislation
The Virginia Senate passed two smoking laws today. The first would allow communities to enact non-smoking bans in restaurants. The second is a more comprehensive bill that would ban smoking in restaurants and other public places.
Now, it’s up to the house…
Source: RTD
Elephant Toe Antiques expands its Richmond footprint
Elephant Toe Antiques, located at the corner of Cary and Belmont, more than doubled its square-footage in Richmond by expanding to a second location at 5808 Grove Ave. The new shop is over 9,000 square feet, compared to 7,000 in Carytown.
The sad thing is that the owner says the Grove Ave store is doing 10X [...]
Indigo Girls postpone show
In the time it takes to listen to “Closer to Fine” after our last post promoting the Indigo Girls show, it has been postponed.
Apparently, a couple of other shows have been cancelled as well due to one of the Indigo Girls being sick. The show will be rescheduled.
Big week for the Byrd
Photo by Sagesoss
This week the Byrd Theatre has several big names gracing its stage.
First, on Wednesday, the Indigo Girls perform on stage. Tickets are sold out, but plenty are available on Craigslist.
Then, this weekend is “The Biggest Picture,” VCU’s Environmental Film Festival featuring Ralph Nader. The Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday starting [...]
What was better? The Game or The Commercials?
Yo-Yo Championship recap
Richmond Parents Monthly Blog has a recap of the Yo-Yo Championship last weekend at the Children’s Museum. Their main website has a video as well with some rockin’ freestyle yo-yo. Check it out.
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