A local university graduate student is conducting a survey of Oregon Hill residents’ sexual activities for research purposes.
To take part in this very short survey, please click here.
The completed surveys are mostly anonymous and confidential until your internet provider decides to sell your personal information.
According to the student, intermediate results will be presented and discussed at this month’s Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting.
VCU officials held a small press conference yesterday to give local media a few updates on their new Institute for Contemporary Art building, which is very close to finishing construction.
While work has been going at a furious pace, a planned “soft opening” and “media walk through” for this weekend was sadly postponed at the last moment.
“The building’s exterior and interior are almost done, but there is still a lot of dangerous equipment and scaffolding around, and therefore still not safe for visitation”, stated one of the smiling, new ICA directors, “We are really looking forward to showing people what we are so excited about, but we need to wait a just little bit longer.” Previews of the ICA have already been featured quite a bit in various area publications.
While the building and site remain strictly off-limits for now, students and interested members of the public can attempt to reserve tickets for some of the future opening events. A student art exhibit on ‘The Potholes of RVA’ as well as a new student documentary about car crashes will be available for viewing. For VIP visitors and donors, there will be a special basement tour and outdoor movie, Artplace (the highly anticipated sequel to 2016’s Workplace).
When asked about the current fundraising situation for the Institute, officials would only state that there is a ‘spring break hiatus’ right now for the campaign as fundraisers tour basketball facilities at the University of Hawaii. When pressed about the promised green building details of the construction, a spokesperson said that while the ICA will not be ‘Platinum LEED’ as initially promised, it should be able to secure ‘Lead LEED’ status without problems, as long as a certain amount of the natural granite from the site can be recycled for planned, new basketball facilities.
Recently seen flyer:
From recent Times Dispatch article:
Newly seated Mayor Levar Stoney, who promised a smoother process on the campaign trail, is hoping to head off the tense public display this year.
His administration has been working behind the scenes for weeks with representatives from the City Council and the School Board to hammer out a draft of an “education compact,” which lays out shared goals for the school system and plans to develop a long-term funding plan to support them.
People should not forget Open High’s march from two years ago.
Given the headline in today’s newspaper, this free movie showing on Saturday might be of interest:
Don’t forget about the upcoming RVA Environmental Film Festival in February.
Sad to say, a racist flyer was seen at the corner of Laurel and Franklin.
Hopefully it was torn down quickly along with any other garbage.
Report from Cherry Street neighbor Todd Woodson on Monroe Park:
Breaking News- tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9th at 10am, the Mayor and VCU president Rao will hold a ceremony in the park with watering cans to celebrate the closing. Ms Massie reports that this weekend will be the last for activity in the park before work begins. The Conservancy is asking that displaced feeding groups not use other parks. The first phase of work is tree work, which will take 4-5 months. It is important that we stay vigilant during this period as in all phases as we don’t want any “mistakes”. They will also be removing the benches and lights from the park during this period.
One more day left for the Friends of the VCU Library Annual Book Sale– tomorrow!
Also, Friends of the Richmond Public Library are gearing up for their book sale this coming weekend-
From announcement:
VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs: Gulak Lecture Featuring Sara Zewede, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7:00p.m., VCU University Student Commons
The countdown has begun! The fourth annual Gulak Lecture is only weeks away. This year, we are excited to welcome our guest speaker, Sara Zewede, a leading expert in landscape architecture and design. She will discuss “Design in the Southern City Now: Negotiating Cultural Memory in the Age of the Urban Renaissance.” She writes and lectures on the discourses of landscape architecture and urbanism and its interface with culture and history. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is strongly encouraged.