edited by: paul_h,
Richmond Editor
Doswell Road crack salesman Desmond Figaro (left) is confident he can move a truckload of tubas he bought on a whim from a music supply warehouse in foreclosure.
“I can move some tubas!” says Figaro as he unloaded the last of the ancient, stained brass instruments [...]
A riverfront festival of fine arts & crafts, music and dining.Richmond City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, Northside 3rd District, will hold a 2009 End-of-Year Meeting for all residents of the Northside 3rd District. The event will include live music, food, fun and festivity. The meeting is free and all Northside 3rd District citizens are invited and encouraged to attend. Refreshments [...]
The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will present its annual holiday gift to the city, its production of “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Landmark Theater.
The musical tells the story of the mischievous shepherd boy Amahl and his mother, [...]
I have some sad news.
Jack Rose, a musician who spent a lot of time in Oregon Hill, has died
of an apparent heart attack at his home in Philadelphia.
Jack hung out a lot at 238 S. Cherry back when it was the base for
Radioactive Records and [...]
I get a ton of music from a friend who has better taste than me, and always has something new to share. Hello Bishop Allen. I’ve always been drawn to bands with smart lyrics. If you can’t string a sentence together, it matters not to me how [...]
I get a ton of music from a friend who has better taste than me, and always has something new to share. Hello Bishop Allen. I’ve always been drawn to bands with smart lyrics. If you can’t string a sentence together, it matters not to me how [...]
Lessons and Carols will be held at Christ Ascension Episcopal Church on Sunday, Dec 6, at 5pm, featuring music sung by St. Catherine’s Upper School Chorale and Saints Singers. Lessons will be read by St. Catherine’s students and members of Christ Ascension. The public is cordially invited to attend [...]
2009 Holiday Season
December 4 Lighting of Petersburg Open House, at the Union Train Station, Old Towne… music, festivities and Santa Claus.
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Information: 733-2400
December 5 Petersburg Christmas Parade,
3:00 pm, South Crater Road, beginning at Walnut Hill Marketplace (water tower), Information: 733-2394
December 5-6 Centre Hill Mansion Holiday [...]
Live music and dancing in VMFA’s Marble Hall kelps add some heat to Richmond’s cold January and February. (Photo by Travis Fullerton, © 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
Kick off your weekend early – and add some heat – at Art After Hours Winter at the Virginia [...]
The Music and Magic of the Holidays Comes to Old Towne Petersburg
Last year’s standing room only holiday concert, Deck The Halls, moves to the much larger Petersburg Regional Art Center (PRAC) this year as part of Friday for the Arts on December 11th at 7pm in Old [...]
RVANews has the scoop on a new initiative by graphic designer Noah Scalin, who has pulled together 15 graphic design students from his socially conscious design course at VCU to raise awareness about local foods in Central Virginia.
Project Winterfeed is part [...]
From the events calendar:
Please join the Ginter Park Library Advisory Board for our 2nd annual Holiday Fete. Great local food & music, fantastic door prizes. See old friends & meet new neighbors.
Community support last year was wonderful; let’s make it a tradition! Your donations help provide youth & adult [...]
It's been all over Twitter, but the recently released video by Muppet Studio is an impressive bit of puppetry. And the music isn't bad, either. They even get away with a fair amount of Muppet-inspired reworking of the original material.
Weird or Cool?