Bo Jones and Ronald Hinton’s Ms.Maggies Seafood Restaurant & Jazz Lounge at 114 East Clay Street has had the doors locked on ‘em by their landlord for, as the sign says, “Failure to Pay Rent”.

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Barksdale Theater and Theater IV are presenting the classic Dicken’s Christmas fable “A Christmas Carol” now through December 20th. All shows will be at the Empire Theater at 114 West Broad Street.

There 9 performances left in the run. Visit the Theater IV website to purchase tickets.

Single Ticket Prices
Full Price: $22
Senior / Student: $21
Child: $18

While shopping at Kroger in Saturday’s miserable weather I caught sight of this sign in the former Movie Gallery store across the parking lot. I spoke with the Japanese owners who say they plan on opening sometime in January. The restaurant will feature individual habachis where meals are be cooked and served tableside.

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nbc12’s Restaurant Report recently turned their great lidless eye on Leigh Street’s Croaker’s Spot and found a few issues:

And in Richmond, Croaker’s Spot at 119 East Leigh Street had 5 critical violations, including many fruit flies observed when door was removed at an ice tea station due to grime and debris. Violations were corrected during the inspection. The restaurant had 3 critical violations on a follow up inspection, then a perfect score on a second follow up.

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Jackson Ward neighbors are seeking a parking restriction to help ensure that residents can more readily find parking:

“We have a problem particularly during the day when people who work downtown, city hall, MCV, state, come in to the neighborhood, park their cars and leave them all day,” said Historic Jackson Ward Association President, Charles Finley.

Finley is hoping to change that. He and several other residents have started a petition hoping for signatures from neighbors to make designated areas for residents only.

From Wikipedia

The Sunday RTD reported on serious maintenance problems that need to be addressed to extend the life of the Richmond Coliseum till it can be replaced or renovated.

The immediate repairs, recommended this fall by a team of consultants hired by the city, include:

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Gallery 5 will be celebrating its 5th anniversery in 2010 with 4 juried shows and a month long birthday celebration in March.

February 2010:
Sleight of Hand 2: A National Juried Craft Competition

The Sleight of Hand II exhibition at Gallery5 seeks craft-makers who push the boundaries and definitions of craft. Craft-making is too often pigeon-holed into traditional definitions of basic utilitarian objects in clay, glass, wood, or metal. In reality, most craft-makers are not unlike fine artists in many respects. They push new concepts, introduce new materials and techniques, expand old techniques and use traditional materials in new ways. Gallery5 invites craft-makers fitting this criteria to submit their works to Sleight of Hand II.

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With 10″ on the ground and more coming down, there should be some great snow picture opportunities and some beautiful scenes in Carver & Jackson Ward. Add your photos to the Carver and Jackson Ward Flicker pool and tag your photos with rvasnow to share them here!

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• Carbon Leaf Mon., Dec. 21 8:00 PM
• New Potato Caboose and Indecision Sat., Dec. 26 8:00 PM
• Dark Star Orchestra Tue., Dec. 29 7:00 PM
• Keller Williams Wed., Dec. 30 8:00 PM
• Hells Bells – AC/DC Experience Fri., Jan. 1 8:00 PM
• The Portland Organ Sat., Jan. 2 6:30 PM
• Gregg Allman Fri., Jan. 8  8:00 PM

… 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”

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