So you’re all like “Been there, eaten that.” How about Korean Karaila melon, Turkish Italian orange eggplant, yellow watermelon, eight ball squash, or Asian red string beans? These are just some of the unusual produce you can find at the Byrd House Market this Tuesday. Also indie rock musician Robert Parker Vaughan will also be performing an unplugged set.
The August Really Really Free Market has been announced for August 30 from noon ’til dark at Monroe Park.
Do you know what a locavore is? No, it is not someone who eats trains. A locavore is someone who helps cut down on greenhouse gases by buying food that is local and not trucked in from far away. Do your part by shopping at the Byrd House Market.
Ellwood Thompsons and RVA Magazine are hosting a bike ride starting in Monroe Park at 8PM on Friday, August 1st to benefit Books on Wheels and to promote bicycle riding in Richmond.
Learn about the history, artwork and symbolism of Hollywood Cemetery, as well as the famous personalities buried there, including two U.S. Presidents, writer Ellen Glasgow, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Civil War Generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart, and thousands of Confederate and Union soldiers in a special 2-hour walking tour on Sunday, July 13, from 2-4PM. Meet your guide at the cemetery entrance at Cherry & Albemarle Sts. [via]
Highlights Of Hollywood Cemetery DAILY walking tour; Byrd House Market; Story Time In the Library; Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting; MORE…
A message from the folks at the Byrd House Market: “Yikes, it looks like rain and thunderstorms on Tuesday. We will be here, rain or shine…if it is raining too hard, we will set up in our big blue gym on Linden Street.”
Mamma Zu’s owner Ed Vasaio will host a $100-per-plate fundraiser at the restaurant on June 1 for Central Montessori School in Church Hill. [via]
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Byrd House Market; Story Time In the Library; History Hounds Explore Oregon Hill; Highlights Of Hollywood Cemetery Sunday walking tour; MORE…
Built around 1818, the residence of Quaker abolitionist Samuel Pleasants Parsons at 601 Spring Street is strongly believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. [via]