Some guys taking advantage of a rainy evening to play some football in Holly Street Playground. It was good to see the park being used like this. Word is, back in the last century, Holly Street Playground was the site of some very competitive volleyball matches that often included a lot of war veterans.
The Friends of Oregon Hill Parks are holding a park clean up event at Robert Pleasants Park (401 S. Laurel Street) this coming Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm.
From the FaceBook event page:
Join the Friends of Oregon Hill Parks and Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association as we clean up/make updates to our beloved Pleasant’s Park. Refreshments will be provided. Thank you in advance!
https://www.meetup.com/rva-clean-city-sweep/events/303790887/
Note: help may also be needed loading flower bed bricks on Friday.
From Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association announcement:
The first of two community engagement meetings will take place on 10/28 at 5:30pm in Holly St. Playground. We want community input on the first design of a full park renovation, as well as new ideas! Please come share your thoughts. This first draft will be discussed as well as other ideas.
From FaceBook event page:
10 am to 1 pm
Come help tidy and weed at our fall cleanup! Tools, snacks, and coffee provided.
From FaceBook event page:
Join us for our Community Movie Night – Showing this Week: Field of Dreams – Our Salute to James Earl Jones. Free Refreshments Served: Grilled hotdogs, sides, dessert, and beverages. Pleasants Park behind Pine Street Baptist. Note the earlier start time: 7:00 pm
Pine Street Baptist Church and Rev. Turner present, around 7:30 pm.
Join us for our Oregon Hill Outdoor Movie NIght in Pleasants Park behind Pine Street Baptist Church. This week will be showing The Great Outdoors starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Free refreshments served: Grilled hotdogs, sides, desserts, and beverages
From FaceBook event page:
Join us for Oregon Hill’s Outdoor Movie: Uncle Buck. Pleasants Park behind Pine Street Baptist Church. Free refreshments served: Grilled hotdogs, sides, desserts, and beverages. Enjoy a night under the stars with friends.
Friday, 7:30 pm
From announcement:
Join us for Oregon Hill’s Outdoor Movie: The Magic of Belle Isle. Morgan Freeman plays Monte Wildhorn, a famous Western novelist whose passion for writing hits an impasse. He takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle (editor’s note: a fictional lakeside town, not Richmond’s Belle Island), befriending the family next door–an attractive single mom (Virginia Madsen) and her young daughters–who help him find inspiration again.
Free refreshments served: Grilled hotdogs, sides, desserts, and beverages..
Community Movie Night is this Friday, May 24, at 7:30 pm in Pleasants Park! Hoping for no rain this time around!
From announcement:
This Saturday! Come see some of our neighbors wonderful gardens! Stay tuned for rain delay info but fingers crossed we’ll be good to go!