Opening Day at the Birdhouse Farmer's Market

Tomorrow, May 2nd 2017, from 3-6:30pm, next to the Randolph Community Center Pool (1507 Grayland Avenue, Richmond VA), the Birdhouse Farmers Market is opening for the season. Check out their new website, at BirdhouseFarmersMarket.org, and stop by to meet their new vendors. Some new developments include: cooking demonstrations every other week, a weekly concert series (the Tiny Nest Concert Series- isn't that cute?), and more.

The market is convenient to VCU, Oregon Hill, Byrd Park, and the Fan, and runs every Tuesday from 3-6:30pm. SNAP EBT, credit/debit cards, and cash are accepted.

For more info and to RSVP, see the link. 

Gathering in Support of Standing Rock

This Saturday, December 3rd 2016, from 10am-5pm, in Byrd Park (600 Swan Lake Drive, Richmond VA), there will be a gathering in support of the Standing Rock Sioux in their resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Free, open to the public. 

For more info and to RSVP, see this link. To add this to your Google Calendar, click here. 

Columbus monument splashed with red paint for Thanksgiving

The semi-annual Thanksgiving defacement of the Columbus statue near Byrd Park appears to have gone down in the early hours of November 24th, right on schedule. 

Richmond, Virginia 2016. Photo credit to Antifascists of the Seven Hills (ASH).