This week’s calendar

Collectors Night 2013; Escape to the Islands; City Council Formal Meeting; 1st District Meeting with Baliles and Sturtevant; Southern Culture Gone Noir: Storytelling + Film; MORE… ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING? ADD IT TO THE CALENDAR! Collectors Night 2013 Sat Mar 23 7:00 pm Through the Looking-Glass: A Very Merry Birthday to VisArts! Saturday, March 23, […]

March 24, 2013; 6:15 AM • by Fan of the Fan

Collectors Night 2013; Escape to the Islands; City Council Formal Meeting; 1st District Meeting with Baliles and Sturtevant; Southern Culture Gone Noir: Storytelling + Film; MORE…

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Collectors Night 2013

Sat Mar 23 7:00 pm
Through the Looking-Glass:
A Very Merry Birthday to VisArts!

Saturday, March 23, 2013, 7 – 11 p.m.
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
1812 W. Main St.

Don’t be late… for a very important date!

Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate our 50th Anniversary at Collectors Night Through the Looking-Glass: A Very Merry Birthday to VisArts! This event will kick off the year-long festivities with a big birthday bash, custom cocktails, delicious foods, and some serious live and silent auction bidding!

Auction items will be on display in our True F. Luck Gallery the week of the auction, from Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22. Be sure to stop by and preview the offerings and kick things off with some pre-auction bidding! Pre-bidding is free for ticket-holders. Those who cannot attend the event but would like to place opening and max bids are welcome to purchase a bid number ($20 to bid on one piece and $50 for unlimited bids). Please contact Kristy Heilenday, Event Coordinator, at kristyheilenday@visarts.org or 804-353-0094, x227 for more information.

Ticket sales are open until sold out. No tickets will be sold past 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22.

Escape to the Islands

Sat Mar 23 7:00 pm
Come “Escape to the Islands” at the 12th Annual Richmond Waldorf School Auction. Join us Saturday, March 23rd from 7pm – 11pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, near Byrd park. Enjoy live music from Unity Sound Reggae Band, delicious food, cash bar and fabulous items for bid. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door. Call 804-377-8024 for more info.

City Council Formal Meeting

Mon Mar 25 6:00 pm
Every 2nd and 4th Mon – Responsible for deciding official Council action, which includes discussing, adopting, rejecting, and amending laws and approving the budget. Formal meetings include a time for pubic comment and are televised live on the local PBS station and are replayed in Richmond on Government Access Channel 17, beginning at Noon and 7:00 p.m. daily.

LOCATION
Richmond Council Chambers, Richmond City Hall, 2nd floor; 900 E. Broad Street

Frequency
Typically the second and fourth Monday of each month; 6:00-8:30 p.m. (With the exception of August, when no Formal meetings are held, and holidays)

1st District Meeting with Baliles and Sturtevant

Tue Mar 26 6:00 pm
The new 1st District City Councilman Jon Baliles and School Board representative Glen Sturtevant will both be at the 1st District meeting this Tuesday at Hill Middle School.

1st District Meeting on Tuesday

Southern Culture Gone Noir: Storytelling + Film

Fri Mar 29 6:00 pm
Watch and listen as popular Richmond storytellers weave their pattern of words to the silent running of Jim Jarmusch’s seedy, avant noir, cult film, Down By Law, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Begnini. The storytellers’ tales from the south—of tussels with authority, legitimacy, legality, and downright tomfoolery—are set to pace with the moving images of three mismatched miscreants who bust out of jail and create havoc while roaming tired and hungry in the Louisiana Bayou. 107 minutes. 1986. Black and white. Rated R. Film is shown without sound.

Feel free to bring your own story to possibly share after the break. Food and beverages will be available for purchase during the event.