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Lil’ Sprouts Microgreens

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Trent Jackson, a first year student at VCU has founded a venture called Lil’ Sprouts Microgreens. It is an urban microgreens farm in Oregon Hill whose main goal is to promote living a healthy lifestyle by providing fresh, flavorful, nutrient-dense microgreens to the local area. The philosophy of this business is that for an individual to live an optimized healthy life, it all starts with the food that a person consumes. It strives to bring only quality products into the hands of local markets, restaurants, and individuals. You can catch Trent vending his products at the Birdhouse Farmer’s Market on every other Tuesday from 3-6:30. For those who are interested or have questions about Lil’ Sprouts Microgreens, Trent’s business email is info@lilsproutsmicrogreens.com. Besides the website, there is also a FaceBook page.

RVA Hardcore Punk 2003-2008 – Photo Show Opening Saturday

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Vinyl Conflict is hosting a show for hardcore punk band photos by Chris Boarts Larson It focuses on bands from RVA and beyond that played in Richmond between 2003-2008.
The opening party is Saturday September 8th from 12-4pm. The exhibit will be up for all of September during regular store hours. Prints will be available for purchase.

Some of us oldsters know Larson’s zine Slug & Lettuce and remember it primarily from the NYC’s ABC-No Rio space, back in the day.

VCxRIP Customer Appreciation Day This Saturday

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Vinyl Conflict is holding its annual customer appreciation day party this Saturday.

From the FaceBook event page:

VINYL CONFLICT x REST IN PIECES RETURNS WITH THE SUMMER BLOCK PARTY!

-10am side walk sales at BOTH shops!

-GOGO VEGAN GO + COBRA BURGER WILL BE SET UP SLINGING FOOD!

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN THE PARKING LOT BY:
-BIB (Pop Wig Records)
-NICKELUS F (RVA/Vinyl Conflict Records)
-NOSEBLEED (Vinyl Conflict Records)
-SLUMP (Oregon Hill Hardcore)
-DEVIANT (Willow Lawn Straight Edge)
-SINISTER PURPOSE (Brand new tape out on VC)
-BENDERHEADS (the return of)

REST IN PIECES WILL BE HAVING A SHOWCASE PRE PARTY AUGUST 24TH AT GALLERY 5! KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!

KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN RICHMOND AUGUST 25TH

I know some neighbors are planning to set up yard sales nearby, so look for those.

Vinyl Conflict To Release New Album By Local Hip Hop Artist

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RVA Magazine has an interesting article about how the Vinyl Conflict store is expanding its in-house label offerings to include hip hop.

Excerpt:

Vinyl Conflict record shop has announced that Nickelus F’s new album, Stuck, will be released on the shop’s locals-only label, Vinyl Conflict Records, later this summer with an edition of 500 copies. The album was originally released on AGM on May 11 as a digital-only release.

Vinyl Conflict is known throughout the region for its selection of punk, metal, and hardcore records. Bobby Egger, owner and operator of Vinyl Conflict, started the locals-only imprint almost a decade ago to showcase punk and hardcore groups from Richmond. Nickelus F will be the first hip-hop artist on the label.

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“We went through some really really dark times out here,” said Nickelus F. “I think we’re raising the integrity of the art that comes out from the city when it comes to hip hop artists.”

Egger is excited for the upcoming release Vinyl Conflict records, and has several other hip hop releases planned for the near future. He was surprised to learn that Nickelus F was dialed into the punk scene well before they agreed to do the record, and that his favorite local metal band is Cough.

Vinyl Conflict Hosts (Punk) Photography

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From announcement:

VINYL CONFLICT PRESENTS
our FIRST photo show featuring Chris Boarts Larson of Slug and Lettuce fame!

The show will have an opening party Friday March 2nd and will run for the entire month of March.

We have Richmond specific hardcore punk photos from 1997-2002 hand picked for your pleasure.

Expect to see: AVAIL, STRIKE ANYWHERE, DARKEST HOUR, HIS HERO IS GONE, HATE O FOUR, HATEBREED, STOP IT!!!, AUS ROTTEN, TEAR IT UP, PAGE 99, DYSTOPIA, CONVERGE, AMDI PETERSENS ARMI, ANN BERRETA, VARUKERS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, 9 SHOCKS TERROR and so many more!

Prints will be for sale, we will be collecting orders and everything will be available at the end of the month via pick up or shipping. We are just going to print everything at one time to keep things simple. The first 10 prints of each photo will be numbered and signed by Chris!

Oysters

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Manchester’s Dogtown Dish has a nice article on Oregon Hill resident Haleh Pedram’s upholstery business and her oyster-inspired pillows.

The RVA Environmental Film Festival has announced that the short film An Oyster’s-Eye View of the Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Program is the winning entry of the 2018 RVA EFF Virginia Film Contest.
Be sure to make plans to attend this festival in February. Attendance is FREE!

But the bigger picture news is that Chesapeake Bay oysters are making a tentative comeback. They are starting to show signs of resistance to scourges like Dermo and MSX. Sad to say, this good, desperately needed development may be threatened by offshore drilling.