This week’s calendar

Kids Walk for Kids Walkathon; Meadow Park Spring Clean-Up; Museum District Association Town Hall Meeting; Urban Assault Ride; City Council Formal Meeting; Flight Night @ Secco; 1st District meeting at Mary Munford; Free movie at Grace Street Theater; 20th French Film Festival ; Jerusalem: A Tale of Three Cities; 20th French Film Festival ; 13.1 […]

March 24, 2012; 11:52 AM • by West of the Boulevard News

Kids Walk for Kids Walkathon; Meadow Park Spring Clean-Up; Museum District Association Town Hall Meeting; Urban Assault Ride; City Council Formal Meeting; Flight Night @ Secco; 1st District meeting at Mary Munford; Free movie at Grace Street Theater; 20th French Film Festival ; Jerusalem: A Tale of Three Cities; 20th French Film Festival ; 13.1 at Chop Suey; 20th French Film Festival ; 20th French Film Festival ; MORE…

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Kids Walk for Kids Walkathon

Sat Mar 24 9:00 am
Join us for the 9th annual Kids Walk for Kids, supporting coordinators2inc on Saturday March 24, 2012. All money raised from the event supports the services of coordinators2inc, especially our program that recruits and prepares parents to adopt children waiting in the Virginia foster care system. Our services also support those children by preparing them for the move from a temporary home to a permanent, forever family. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m at Benedictine College Preparatory, and the two mile walk begins at 9:00 a.m. Adults are $25, children are free. Games and prizes following the walk. Register in advance at c2adopt.org or Saturday morning during check-in.

Meadow Park Spring Clean-Up

Sat Mar 24 9:00 am
Bring gloves, rakes, shovels, clippers, and wheelbarrows. Free coffee and donuts! Contact Susan Smith at suzssmith@verizon.net for more info.

Museum District Association Town Hall Meeting

Sat Mar 24 !9:30 am
Please join your neighbors and members of the MDA Board to share your views on what is important to you as a resident of the Museum District. Representatives from the City, including the Police Department and elected officials, will be invited. Help us shape the future by sharing what is of interest and importance to you!

Refreshments will be served from 9:15 to 9:30 AM. The meeting will begin at 9:30 and conclude by 11:00.

If you have any questions prior to the Town Hall Meeting, please contact MDA President, Karen Headley, at MDApresident@museumdistrict.org.

When: Saturday, March 24
Where: St. Benedict School, 3100 Grove Ave. (Please enter via ramp on Belmont Ave)
Time: Refreshments 9:15 AM. Meeting runs from 9:30 – 11:00

For planning purposes, please let us know if you will be joining us by replying to programs@MuseumDistrict.org, or call 257-9622. We look forward to seeing you

Urban Assault Ride

Sun Mar 25 9:00 am
he Urban Assault Ride™ is the biggest bicycle scavenger hunt series in the nation! Here’s how it works: You and your teammate will set out on a city-wide quest for ‘checkpoints’ on your favorite two-wheeled steeds. At each checkpoint, you’ll drop your bikes and complete a funky/adventurous obstacle course, then remount your bikes and hit the streets for more.

The goal is to complete all the checkpoints in the shortest amount of time. You choose your own route and checkpoint order. This means that the most clever are often the victors. Of course, it may also help if you can pull a mean big-wheel powerslide and fly across an inflatable slip-n-slide

After your pedal-powered adventure, your team will cross the finish line and enter a massive celebration of New Belgium Brewing Co’s whimsical ways, bikes, and big wheels. The after party is just as much fun as the ride itself, thanks to the craziest raffle prize contest you’ll ever experience. Pick a partner and we’ll see you there!!

http://carytownbicyclecompany.com/events-2/urban-assault-ride-richmond/

City Council Formal Meeting

Mon Mar 26 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 Mar 26 10:00 am
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/

1st District meeting at Mary Munford

Tue Mar 27 6:30 pm
Councilman Bruce W. Tyler has announced a meeting 1st District meeting for Tuesday, 27 March 2012 from 6:30-8PM at Mary Munford Elementary School.

Agenda
*Richmond Department of Public Works
*Public Safety Report on the West End 1st District
* Richmond Police Department 3rd Precinct
* Comments, Questions and Concerns

For more information, please contact Councilman Bruce Tyler, at 804.357.6007; or bruce.tyler@richmondgov.com.

Free movie at Grace Street Theater

Tue Mar 27 7:00 pm
Around A Small Mountain (2011)
by Jaques Rivette – March 27, 2012 – 7pm
Area: The Masters

http://fanofthefan.com/2012/01/free-movies-at-grace-street-theater/

20th French Film Festival

Thu Mar 29 7:00 pm
Four days of French films and shorts

http://frenchfilmfestival.us/

Jerusalem: A Tale of Three Cities

Thu Mar 29 7:30 pm
Dr. Jack D. Spiro will present the 27th Annual Brown-Lyons Lecture, titled “Jerusalem: A Tale of Three Cities,” investigating the diverse meanings of Jerusalem in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in addition to the controversial issue of Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel. Doors open at 7 p.m. A public reception will follow the lecture. For details and to RSVP, please see http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/blyons/.

20th French Film Festival

Fri Mar 30 7:30 pm
Four days of French films and shorts

http://frenchfilmfestival.us/

13.1 at Chop Suey

Sat Mar 31 !10:00 am
Our friends at Richmond Young Writers present 13.1, the half-maration follow-up to last year’s amazing writing marathon! Watch our Facebook page for more information abour readers, events and delicious treats

20th French Film Festival

Sat Mar 31 7:30 pm
Four days of French films and shorts

http://frenchfilmfestival.us/

20th French Film Festival

Sun Apr 1 10:00 am
Four days of French films and shorts

http://frenchfilmfestival.us/

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