RVANews-entertainment archive
November 20, 2008
Slam Nahuatl: End the Hunger Live Poetry Slam Benefit
It all starts with small steps in our community…like coming out this Thursday to support the End Hunger Poetry Slam by Slam Nahuatl. Proceeds go to help feed a family that is in need of food. In addition, enjoy 13 of Nazareth, award winning poet who has traveled the world and featured on BET. @Gallery5 -Nov.20 - 7PM - $5
November 18, 2008
Haustalk Presents: Ethnic and Racial Stereotypes In Mass Media
Everyone is welcome to discuss and learn the historical and current issues concerning how mass media portrays people of different races and genders. The forum is intended to raise awareness of how ethnic and racial stereotypes in mass media affect social views. @Gallery5 Wednesday, November 19th, 7PM, FREE
November 18, 2008
Applications for Governor’s Schools due Dec. 1
Application packets to attend Maggie Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies and Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology are now available at Richmond City middle schools. Applications are due to middle school guidance counselors by Dec. 1. Letters of acceptance will be mailed in March. For more information, contact Rodney Fout, coordinator of gifted programs, at 780-7805.
November 15, 2008
new marker for St. Joseph’s
The Richmond Free Press has small piece and photo from th Nov. 1 ceremony dedicating the new historical marker for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The marker is located in the 700 block of North 1st Street, “where the former African-American parish flourished for more than 80 years before being shut down in 1969″ and was eventually torn down.
November 8, 2008
this week in Carver & Jackson Ward
No Bs Brass Band, Antlers, Lemuria, Gordon Gano’s Army, Friendly Fire; Lucent Phoenix Community Library open meeting; Tuesday Verses; Bend Your Ear; MORE…
November 7, 2008
First Friday tonight, check out Metro Market
First Friday is tonight! Check out the myriad openings and the enthusiastic throng and along the way stop by the Metro Market at Metro Space @ 119 West Broad Street. More from Team 8:
This market will feature many local artists and vendors and take place in the heart of First Friday on November 7th, 2008. We’ll be there at 119 West Broad Street (across the street from Comfort Restaurant and Theater IV) Richmond, Virginia 23220-4214. So come and see us in time for the holidays. Proceeds will help benefit True Love Press, a local community screen printing shop being set up in conjunction with the gallery.
November 2, 2008
Lucent Phoenix Community Library seeking volunteers
The Lucent Phoenix Community Library in Jackson Ward will be holding an open meeting on Tuesday November 11th from 3-6PM for anyone who is interested in volunteering with the community library and picking up some open hours. Even if you’re not sure if you can dedicate anytime to open hours, come and check out the space and say hello. [via]
November 1, 2008
happening this week in Carver and Jackson Ward…
African American Book Fair; Election Day Blowout Show; Tuesday Verses; First Friday Artwalk; No Bs Brass Band, Antlers, Lemuria, Gordon Gano’s Army, Friendly Fire; MORE…
November 1, 2008
Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the Fighting Editor John Mitchell Jr.
Ann Field Alexander’s Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the Fighting Editor John Mitchell Jr. (available from the University of Virginia Press) is a fascinating look at Richmond and especially Jackson Ward and the African-American experience at the turn of the last century as seen through the perspective of Richmond Planet publisher John Mitchell, Jr.:
Best known for his crusade against lynching in the 1880s, Mitchell was also involved in a number of civil rights crusades that seem more contemporary to the 1950s and 1960s than the turn of that century. He led a boycott against segregated streetcars in 1904 and fought residential segregation in Richmond in 1911. His political career included eight years on the Richmond city council, which ended with disenfranchisement in 1896.
