It’s time to hit Broad Street again and celebrate Richmond’s signature downtown arts event. Please note that First Friday has venues north and south of Broad, e.g. The Richmond Public Library and Gallery 5 and has expanded eastward as far as CenterStage and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. So put on your walking shoes and make an evening of it. Grab some dinner before or after and get a glimpse of downtown at its best.

Visit the First Friday website for more info.

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From the Art 180 press release.

SOHO: Space Of Her Own is an art-based program serving pre-teen girls from Richmond’s Gilpin Court community. A partnership of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Friends Association for Children, and ART 180, the program offers girls year-long mentoring through creative art projects and other skill-building activities–including a family-style dinner each week. It meets Thursdays from 5:30-8pm for 20 weeks, beginning in October.

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This ad from Carver on Richmond Freecycle today.

I am still looking for one of those empty cable spools for my eccentric friend.  Paperback classic French novels in French, strange bits of flotsam and odd treasures that may be your trash. Previous collection was wiped out in a massive room sweep for bed bugs at his assisted living facility. I’ll sift through and haul away your small box of junk.

Respond through Freecycle or email paxham@hotmail.com .

New free stuff appears everyday.  To see stuff in your neighborhood simply search for Carver,  Jackson Ward, Downtown, etc.  You must sign into Yahoo to participate.

Can you name this location?

During Saturday’s neighborhood clean-up I came across this group of hula hoopers in Abner Clay Park.  This was part of community outreach event sponsored by RVA HoOp LOvers.

Per their Facebook page:

The RVA Hoop Lovers are dedicated to fostering a community full of joyful creative self-expression. We seek to facilitate positive growth and healing through exploration and discovery in movement arts programs to empower the mind, body and soul. 

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Third Street Bethel A.M.E. Church is sponsoring a shoe giveaway for K through 12 students this Labor Day.  Ten downtown churches have joined together in an effort to collect 5,000 pair of shoes. 

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If you are going to solicit fares at 4:20 am on (100 W.) Broad Street, you’ve got to be prepared to deal with the consequences. Apparently this one was. Per the RTD:

When he pulled over, rolled down the passenger window and asked them if they needed a cab, one of them told him to pull around the corner and off of Broad. The cabbie refused, and one of the males put a handgun through the open window and pointed it at him. The cabbie told detectives he slapped at the gun and it fell onto the front seat, so he quickly drove from the scene and called police.

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Plans are to meet at by Comfort at 11:00 am, get some breakfast maybe, then hit the streets. Details are a little sketchy, but here’s the Facebook page.

Photo Credit: Bernard Fisher on the Historical Marker Database

Michael Paul Williams chronicles the African American history of this now vanished church and parochial school.

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Found on Craigslist

We teach a free class to the community every Saturday from 12pm-1pm.
RSVP to this advertisement and reserve your space at our location downtown. Blow the dust off that guitar and finally learn how to play it!

Metro Sound & Music Recording
117 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220-4214
804-643-7125

• SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 / 11:00AM-4:00PM / DOWNTOWN / FREE  SATURDAY STROLL
  Visit some of the downtown galleries and restaurants for specials and sales.
• SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 / 1:00PM / BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM & CULTUAL CENTER OF VA /
  FREE WITH$5 MUSEUM ADMISSION ARTIST TALK WITH KEITH M. RAMSEY ON “DILUTED LOSS” EXHIBITION
• WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 / 6:00PM-7:00PM / LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA, CO-SPONSORED BY THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM / FREE  “THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS” AUTHOR TALK & BOOK SIGNING WITH REBECCA SKLOOT
• FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 / 8:30PM-10:30PM / QUIRK GALLERY / FREE
  MOVIE NIGHT ~ E.T.
• SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 / 2:00-7:00PM / 1708 GALLERY / $5 DONATION
  MONSTER DRAWING RALLY
• SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 / 7:00PM / GALLERY 5 / $5
  LIVE MUSIC BY: LONG ARMS (RECORD RELEASE), DUCHESS OF YORK, MOSTLY DIMES
• SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 / 7:00PM / GALLERY 5 / $6
  SILENT MUSIC REVIVAL: ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926)
  Musician Dave Watkins presents a live soundtrack for this classic film

The next First Friday Artwalk will be September 3rd. More details when they are available.