Semmes Avenue Will Soon Welcome New Arts & Antiques Gallery
Southside residents Marcel Outeiro and Mark Robertson are converting a long vacant Forest Hill house intoNest, a retail hub for local art, jewelry, garden supplies and home furnishings. The owners are shooting for a March 1 opening. Richmond BizSense just posted an interesting interview with the owners of Nest Antiques, Mark Robertson and Marcel Outeiro, [...]
Music at the Crossroads Tonight
Have you been to Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream on Forest Hill Avenue? If you haven’t, you’ve probably seen it, and you need to stop in. It’s the cute, orange gas station repurposed into Southside’s coziest coffee shop. Located where Semmes Avenue turns into Forest Hill Avenue; a tricky little turn but worth the wait. [...]
Fireworks Come to the River
If you haven’t heard, the City of Richmond and partners Venture Richmond, MWV (MeadWestVaCo), and Dominion Power have partnered to present the first ever fireworks display along the James River for the 4th of July. The new event will take place on Browns Island in Downtown Richmond, but the display will certainly be seen from [...]
Popular RVA Chef Andy Howell Heads to Manchester
Well, the rumors are official. Chef Andy Howell, of Avenue 805 and more recently Cafe Rustica fame, is leaving to head across the river to Manchester. Expected to open in the late summer, Howell promises to open an Asian inspired noodle bar restaurant. With the long awaited opening of Parkside Restaurant on Forest Hill Avenue, [...]
Southside Attractions Picked as Richmond “Top 5″
Popular DIY design blog, Young House Love, which is based in Richmond but read world wide, has picked a number of Southside locations as “Top 5″ experiences in River City. From Pony Pasture and the Boathouse at Rockets Landing, to Caravati’s and Love of Jesus Thrift Store on Midlothian Turnpike, there’s a great selection of [...]
10 Questions With Artist-Thomas Van Auken-Giving Southside Soul
I’ve been thinking about doing a series of interviews with artists/creatives friends who live in our area of Southside for some time. Welcome! I’m finally getting to that plan. My hope is to create a better awareness of the area through the knowledge that great people – people you likely already know – are increasingly [...]
Dead Malls
Found a couple odd websites today while we’re on the subject of Cloverleaf Mall. You might want to look at DeadMalls, which includes references to Richmond’s Cloverleaf Mall and Azalea Mall (as well as my hometown Mall Walnut Hill in Petersburg, VA.) On the other hand, I also found I Hate Malls which gave me a [...]
Southside Snowfall
Southside never looks so good as in a snowfall. Happy Winter!
Southside Coffee Shops Get Lots of Notice on New RVA Blog
Our great friends at the newest foodie oriented blog in RVA - www.InTheToGoCup.com – have brought attention to some of Southside’s restaurants, from the wonderful neighborly favorite coffee shop Crossroads on Forest Hill to the latest addition for RVA coffee addicts, Taza Coffee N Cream. Their latest post is of the very cool and tasty Lunch Porter [...]
Bill Fisher Opens New Exhibition in Manchester
I’m excited to hear that Richmond painter Bill Fisher will be presenting a new series of works this month. Bill will be showing at Russell/Projects Gallery, one of Richmond’s newest galleries and which opened with much fanfare due to the owner/curator’s esteemed background. The gallery is located in the Plant Zero art complex in Manchester. [...]
Crafts Take Over Manchester
You’ve got to check out the wealth of amazing crafts at The Richmond Craft Mafia’s Handmade Holiday at Plant Zero! What: Handmade Holiday Craft Show in Richmond, Virginia that will exclusively feature the work of indie crafters and designers. Why: Buy Handmade & Shop Local this Holiday Season! Who: The Richmond Craft Mafia and some very talented indie [...]
Grand “Street Party” Finale at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library!
The Richmond Public Library is ending its Summer Reading Program with a Street Party! On August 1st, you can get down to music played by the Richmond Jazz Society and the FLT Steel Pan Orchestra, see a play, make crafts, listen to a storyteller, meet author Erica Kirov, and participate in many other activities including [...]
Hit and Run Driver Sought
Thanks to James Mercante at the Richmond Police Department of Public Affairs for the following information: The Richmond Police Department needs the public’s help in locating the driver who hit a child and left the scene in the 5800 block of Thorndale Lane yesterday. At approximately 5:50 p.m. a black Jeep Cherokee struck an 11-year-old [...]
Solicitation for 69th District Primary Candidate Questions
Style Weekly published an article identifying several candidates, especially Betsy Carr, for the 69th District Delegate seat, which Frank Hall has left for an appointment by Gov. Kaine to the Alcohol Beverage Commission. According to the article: “A wide array of other potential candidates says they’re still considering their options for the November election. The [...]
So Who’s Your President?
Now that the debates are over and with less than three weeks remaining, isn’t it about time to fess up and admit who you want the president to be? One thing is for certain, our future president has a lot of work cut out for him. Financial crisis, Iraq, international policy, and education are but [...]
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