Come on out for the 3rd Annual Community Harvest Festival @ the Seigel Center on October 31, 2008, from 6-8PM. Free admission, face painting, henna tattoos by Zarina and friends, crafts, story time, Rosie the Clown, games, moon bounce, Richmond Kickers Inflatable Soccer Kick, Chaolin Dragons Kung-fu, VCU Girls Volleyball, refreshments, ice cream, CANDY, & MORE…

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Mingus Awareness Project 2008; Ghastly City Sleep, Brontosaurus, Johnathan Vassar, Caves Caverns; Tuesday Verses; RRHA Master Planning Meetings for the Revitalization of North Jackson Ward; Annual Harvest Festival; Halloween Party; African American Book Fair; MORE…

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Herd Here @ Thanky Space; author Brooklen Borne @ The Black History Museum; CACIL meeting; Tuesday Verses; MORE…

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Going in Style: African American Cemeteries from the Gilded Age; Historic Jackson Ward Association Meeting; Tuesday Verses; Slam Nahuatl; Bend Your Ear; MORE…

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Black Dolphin Dive Club meeting; Tuesday Verses; Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics, Hamburger James; MORE…

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The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia will feature a gallery talk this Friday (9/5 6-8PM) in conjunction with the exhibition, Heirlooms by J. W. Robinson Horne, featuring original fashion designs of this native Richmonder. This exhibition features 35 selected designs from his collections: Fall Drama, Paris Inspired, University, Bridal, 1776, Couturier and Spring1950 Collections. Also featured are three designs from his “Carousel of Coats” Collection. These Heirloom Fashion Designs by J. W. Robinson Horne will be on display through September 30, 2008.

This summer Gallery5 has transformed its downstairs Blackbox Theater into a community library:

“The Lucent Phoenix” has been designed for a community hang out, where individuals can come for educational and recreational reading, intellectual or nonsensical discussion, participate in group activities, surf the web, or even just a place to chill and meet new interesting people over a steamy cup of coffee or tea. Gallery5 encourages groups and organizations to hold meetings and organize group activities to be held in The Lucid Phoenix. Books will be available free for use but will not be allowed to be taken from the premises so that others may enjoy them.

The City of Richmond Planning Commission will discuss further revisions to and consider adoption of the June 2008 Draft Downtown Master Plan on Monday, July 21. The meeting is open to the public, but there will not be a public hearing. The discussion on the Downtown Master Plan will be held at the end of the regular meeting agenda and will begin no earlier than 6PM. The meeting will be held in the fifth floor conference room of City Hall.

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Westbound Broad Street between Harrison and Bowe streets, and Bowe Street between Marshall and Broad Streets will be closed from 7AM to 9PM on Saturday because of the NASCAR simulator.

Sponsored by Carver-VCU Partnership and CACIL, the Carver annual spring health and housing fair on April 26 from 11AM-2PM will be a festive community gathering at the Commonwealth Cancer Institute (1109 west Marshall Street). Come out for free health screenings, job information, housing information, crime preventions, and more. Check out the flyer for more info. (PDF)

CACIL meeting; Tuesday Verses; Historic REALTOR Certification Class; Battle for the City; Gallery5 and RVA 3rd Anniversary and Benefit Party; Downtown Loft Tour; MORE…

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It is true, as the804.com says, that it seems like there is some kind of food festival in Richmond every month but that there is no one of them that really stands above the rest. This is set to change, though, with this year’s First Annual Broad Appetit Food and Art Celebration which will take over Broad Street between Adams and Monroe on Sunday, May 18th.

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