This week’s calendar

Fast and Fresh plein air painting on Monument Avenue; Hugo FREE at the Byrd; Monument Market; Plein Air Richmond exhibition at Brazier Gallery; Real Richmond’s VCU: Alternative Eats; City Council Formal Meeting; Flight Night @ Secco; Byrd Market (Oregon Hill); Community Forum on possible parking changes; MORE… Fast and Fresh plein air painting on Monument […]

June 23, 2012; 5:15 AM • by Fan of the Fan

Fast and Fresh plein air painting on Monument Avenue

Sat Jun 23 9:00 am
The first annual Plein Air Richmond, an event presented and hosted by Brazier Gallery to benefit the Richmond Symphony, is in full effect this week. Keep an eye out around town as 47 specially juried plein air painters from across the United States set up easels all over our historic city to create hundreds of paintings.

Among other related activities will be “Fast and Fresh” on Monument Avenue on Saturday: from 9AM-noon juried and non-juried artists will start and complete paintings on Monument Avenue. These paintings will be available for purchase off the easels (with proceeds benefiting the Symphony).

Hugo FREE at the Byrd

Sat Jun 23 4:30 pm
FREE MOVIE! Hugo (PG). Presented By The Byrd Theatre Foundation. Special FREE screening in appreciation of your support and patronage. With Bob Gullege at the Mighty Wurlitzer.

Monument Market

Sat Jun 23 3:30 pm
A weekly Farmer’s Market at the corner of Monument Avenue & North Robinson Street. Saturdays, 8AM-noon. May through August.

Plein Air Richmond exhibition at Brazier Gallery

Sat Jun 23
The first annual Plein Air Richmond, an event presented and hosted by Brazier Gallery to benefit the Richmond Symphony, is in full effect this week. Keep an eye out around town as 47 specially juried plein air painters from across the United States set up easels all over our historic city to create hundreds of paintings.

There will be a public exhibition at Brazier Gallery on Saturday June 23 and Sunday June 24. Among other related activities will be “Fast and Fresh” on Monument Avenue on Saturday: from 9AM-noon juried and non-juried artists will start and complete paintings on Monument Avenue. These paintings will be available for purchase off the easels (with proceeds benefiting the Symphony).

Real Richmond’s VCU: Alternative Eats

Sat Jun 23 2:00 pm
More fun than college, savor the flavors of the exotic and homegrown at five local restaurants and food purveyors, such as, depending on the day Ipanema, The Nile, William Miller House B & B, The Empress, The Black Sheep, S@mple, Cellar Door, The Magpie and more on this 1.5 mile walking tour that walks us through VCU’s vibrant Monroe Park Campus with a detour (some tours) into the adjacent Carver neighborhood.
Besides samples and insider info from chefs and owners, our 2.5 hour food tour will highlight the arts, literary, and musical history of the area as well as pay heed to the Victorian architecture of The Fan.

City Council Formal Meeting

Mon Jun 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)

Flight Night @ Secco

Mon Jun 25 7:00 pm
Trying new things is like hitting the refresh button on our existence: it delivers us from complacency, engages our senses and forces us to question our tastes, values and, in turn, our very nature. Yet, more often than not, most of us will opt for the familiar over the unknown. Every Monday.

http://www.seccowinebar.com/2011/11/flight-night-every-monday-and-tuesday-swb/

Byrd Market (Oregon Hill)

Tue Jun 26 3:30 pm
William Byrd Community House, 224 South Cherry Street
May 1 through October
Every Tuesday

Community Forum on possible parking changes

Wed Jun 27 7:00 pm
The Fan District Association is sponsoring a Community Forum at 7PM on Wednesday, June 27th at Binford Middle School to discuss possible changes to the current Fan Restricted Parking Districts.

http://fanofthefan.com/2012/05/community-forum-on-possible-parking-changes-announced-for-june/