tagged with: First Friday
September 2, 2010
First Friday-September 3rd
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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August 20, 2010
Gallery 5 Previews Upcoming Season
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.
August 19, 2010
West Broad Arts District Still On Hold
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.
April 3, 2010
Shots interrupt First Friday
Shots were fired on Broad Street after another teen party. This is the third shooting incident this year in the immediate area resulting from a teen party. The other two incidents took place near the BP station next to Lowes.
March 26, 2010
Light House_1: Jackson Ward, Richmond VA returns for April’s First Friday Art Walk
The award winning project, ‘Light House_1: Jackson Ward, Richmond VA’ will be reinstated for the April 2 First Friday Art Walk. Made for the inaugural 2008 InLight Festival organised by 1708 Gallery, The Light House is a 1:1 representation of a particular Jackson Ward house, but is seen only by the glowing presence of the interior and exterior apertures.
March 5, 2010
First Fridays expands east
An expanded First Fridays leads of a big weekend in Jackson Ward.  For the next three months First Fridays East will venues around the Richmond Convention Center and CenterStage.
From Curated Culture:
On March 5, April 2, and May 7, 2010, from 5-8 pm…“First Fridays East” is our new spring project that showcases the best in arts and culture at four of Downtown’s most awe-inspiring locations, and we’re very excited by this new partnership and encourage you to join us Friday night, March 5 as we “head east”!
All events are free and open to the public.
Click on venue links below for more info.
Check out the First Fridays Guide & read more about
First Fridays East at Richmond.comFree Parking is available between 5:30-8pm at the Library of Virginia underground parking garage and at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Parking Garage at the corner of 8th and Grace Streets. Visitors to St. Paul’s parking deck can enter anytime between 5:30-8:30 and can exit anytime that evening. Downtown also offers ample street parking and many paid honor parking lots.
February 5, 2010
Some venues to open for First Fridays
Due to inclement weather, a majority of First Fridays participating venues will be closed this evening, Friday, February 5, although a select group will be open for regular operating hours.
February 4, 2010
First Friday and the call for more snow?
Tomorrow’s First Friday is running right up against a call for yet more winter weather. It could be a beautiful urban winter experience, with people out and about & the street lights and storefronts reflecting on the falling snow…
December 31, 2009
First Friday rescheduled to Jan.8
… so don’t go tomorrow night unless it’s for dinner and stroll. There is other good news from the Curated Culture blog:
Christina is moving back downtown – “we’ll have an office space at 323 West Broad Street at the Artisan Alley building. Artisan Alley is an old warehouse/storefront on Broad Street that’s built out for individual studio/office spaces, so you’ll find an eclectic mix of artists, small businesses, and artist exhibition space open during First Fridays”
October 3, 2009
CAPS active at First Fridays?
Via the Rumors Botique twitter:
CAPS team ruins first friday by shutting down Gallery Five fire spinners and enforcing a limit of 15 people at a time in galleries on broad.
Also on the Rumors blog:
Earlier in the day Casey heard that the CAPS team would be harrasing the galleries on broad street so I was not shocked when I saw the police officers shutting down the fire spinners infront of Gallery Five. The fire spinners have been active on first fridays for over 5 years.
Earlier this year Rumors had a run in with CAPS over the city’s 7% admissions tax.
September 27, 2009
First Fridays is this Friday
The first of the First Fridays Artwalk of the fall is this week. Dress a little warmly and come out to check out Richmond’s thriving independent and indigenous arts community.
April 1, 2009
First Fridays lineup
The weather folks are saying it might be a tad rainy, but you should still try to check out some of the featured exhibitions.
Click here to get a map of the galleries (also available on firstfridays.com).