Dana Craig of the RTD visits the Marshall Street Cafe and has great things to say, calling the cafe the “latest round in Jackson Ward’s culinary revival”.

You’re invited to an open house art extravaganza of epic proportion, hosted at the Jackson Ward loft space of Vicki Bruner on Saturday, November 11. The dazzling array of exhibitors will include foust, Kim Young, Jonnie Kinney, Danny Finny, Vicki Bruner, Lynne Sward, Angie Wiggins, Cris Pool, Robert Young, Clifford Earl, and Joni Ulman Lewis. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Richmond SPCA and an SPCA representative will be on-hand to collect Wish List and other donations. For more information, please call 804-387-7089.

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Lieutenant Lisa Drew reports “another great month for Sector 413 and thanks to the cooperation of our community – crime is continuing to go down! Violent Crime was down 50% this month. We are still continuing to have a problem with property crimes (mainly thefts from autos) but even property crime was down 6%. Thank you to everyone for your continued support from everyone here at 4th Precinct!” Check out the Sector 412 report and the Sector 413 report for October. (PDF)

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The CT’s Gallery 5 brings world-class artist with world-class results reviews Gallery5′s current showing of the paintings of Lucien Dulfan, describing it as “another impressive exhibition, this time with the gleaming, intellectual creativity of Lucien Dulfan”.

Gallery5 and T.O.W.A.R are seeking photography for a public campaign to reflect and address the concerns of the Richmond community. They are requesting submissions of portrait photography accompanied by a quote from the individual in the photo. The quote should be prompted by the phrase “I dream of a Richmond…” and express that person’s vision for a better community.

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Explore four centuries of powerful history! Remember the era of Richmond’s slave traders, examine the role of free blacks and urban slaves, discuss the contributions of blacks during the Civil War, revisit the African American experience during Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era, and honor the impact of the lives of prominent Richmonders, including Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Maggie L. Walker, Arthur Ashe and Douglas Wilder.

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Joseph L. Williams, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Consolidated Bank is on a mission to get Maggie Walker’s portrait on a U.S. postage stamp. Walker, the first black female bank president in the U.S. and the daughter of a freed slave, was the founder and president of Consolidated’s predecessor bank. [via]

Flickr provides a great then (1986) and now for the building that now houses the Transmission Gallery and part of the new Emrick Flats.

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An estimated 5,200 customers in the downtown Richmond area are without power as a result of an outage at the Carver Substation that occurred at 1:30PM today when a bird that flew into a transformer. [via]

Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities will hold its annual Youth Football Championship Games on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Virginia Union University’s Football Stadium. All games are free and open to the public.

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Central to the RTD’s look at the vitality of city churches is the example of Rev. Tyrone Nelson and Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and its growing congregation.

Tonight at Gallery5: The Peculiar Pretzelmen, Zoe Vermillion, HotLava, Sweet Tease Burlesque, Big Wig, and Herschel Stratego. 7PM $5

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