The Virginia Tea Party Convention 2010 will be held at the Richmond Convention Center on Fri/Sat October 8/9. Invited speakers include Lou Dobbs, Oliver North, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul. Tickets to attend are $40/day or $50 for both. There will also be a business casual “Freedom Lovers Extravaganza” on Friday night at the Downtown Richmond Marriott (tickets $20), with a performance by Mo’ Sol.

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.

The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) put on a media tour this week to tout its plans to revitalize public housing in Richmond. Here’s what they had to say about Gilpin Court.

From NBC12

The vision for Gilpin Court is a mix of homes, apartments, and even retail space. Historically, Gilpin is one of the city’s toughest neighborhoods. It’s the oldest housing project. The RRHA wants to dub it, North Jackson Ward. The agency is buying up vacant lots and rundown homes outside of Gilpin hoping to reconnect this area, divided by I-95 with the rest of the city.

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Greetings Richmond!
 
Our 2010/2011 season features many brand new events that we are eagerly developing. Gallery5 will also be re-envisioning some familiar favorites. We are pleased to present bi-monthly art exhibitions in our Main Space Gallery, and exhibits rotating monthly in our GallowLily’s craft space and Lucent Phoenix Community Gallery.

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From the RTD

Richmond police were investigating a stabbing that injured a woman this morning in the Gilpin Court public-housing complex.

Richmond police said the victim, in her early 40s, was stabbed in the right torso. She was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of injuries that police said were not believed to be life-threatening.

Authorities said the stabbing was reported about 8:30 a.m. and occurred in the 1300 block of St. Peter Street.

The suspect was initially described as a light-skinned black male who left the area in a green Honda Civic.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at (804) 780-1000.

Street Talk in this week’s Style features an article on the lack of progress in establishing a Downtown Arts District on Broad and surrounding streets.

It’s been a year since the idea was floated to create a special arts district along the city’s gallery-heavy corridor downtown, mainly on Broad Street. But there seems to be no timeline for the plan and a city spokeswoman says the mayor has yet to see a proposal.

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Once again the Elegba Folklore Society is sponsoring the 20th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park. From the press release:

The 20th Annual Down Home Family Reunion, a celebration of African American Folklife will happen August 21-22.

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The FLT Steel Pan Orchestra added some fun to yesterday’s Summer Reading Celebration and the Main Public Library yesterday with what they call “the gospel sounds of the Caribbean”.

To learn more call Lucetta Robertson @ 804-321-8075 or visit their website http//www.FLTIM.com

Celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Program with a day of creative activities, story times, crafts, food, fun and performances.  Uncle Ty-Rone & Friends perform a rockin’ high energy ventriloquist show at 11 am and Community 50/50 presents “The Choice Is Yours,” a hip hop critical thinking workshop for teens at 1 pm.  Reading medalists are recognized and winning prize coupons are drawn at 12 noon.

Franklin Street between 1st and 2nd is blocked off for the street party.  There is a moonwalk and lots of fun events both inside and outside the library.  The event continues till 3:00 pm.

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