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March 29, 2008
This week’s calendar
Pre-dawn “Breakthrough at Petersburg” Tour; Southside VA Heritage Days at Fork Inn; Stephanie Nakasian Trio; Workshop: Education and economics in Petersburg, 1950s to today; Southside VA Heritage Days at Fork Inn; Meeting on “Vacant Spaces = Artful Places”; Bill Deal’s Original Rhondels / 4 Play; Ward 4 meeting; Flo’s Mellow Mood Band & Show; Petersburg GOP annual dinner & silent auction; What it means to be in a historic district; Park Day; Pathways - Open House; MORE…
Pre-dawn “Breakthrough at Petersburg” Tour
Sat Mar 29
at 5:30am, Pamplin Historical Park. Other activities throughout the day.
Southside VA Heritage Days at Fork Inn
Sat Mar 29
Commemorates Battle of Sutherland’s Station.
Stephanie Nakasian Trio
Sat Mar 29 8:00 am
Plays swing, scat at Sycamore Rouge.
Workshop: Education and economics in Petersburg, 1950s to today
Sat Mar 29 2:00 pm
Come listen to Adolph Reed Jr. and other scholars on the above at Sycamore Rouge (note venue change).
Southside VA Heritage Days at Fork Inn
Sun Mar 30
Commemorates Battle of Sutherland’s Station.
Meeting on “Vacant Spaces = Artful Places”
Tue Apr 1 6:00 pm
at Sycamore Rouge.
Bill Deal’s Original Rhondels / 4 Play
Thu Apr 3 7:00 pm
Thursday in Old Towne, Old Towne Civic Center.
Ward 4 meeting
Thu Apr 3 6:30 pm
at St. Marks on Claremont.
Flo’s Mellow Mood Band & Show
Fri Apr 4 8:00 am
Flo King and her 5-piece band return to Sycamore Rouge with their mellow jazz.
Petersburg GOP annual dinner & silent auction
Fri Apr 4 6:00 pm
VA’s Attorney General will be guest of honor. at Old Towne Catering.
What it means to be in a historic district
Fri Apr 4 2:00 pm
Presented by APVA Preservation Virginia & the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. $30. at HPF, 420 Grove Ave.
Park Day
Sat Apr 5 9:00 am
Come volunteer at Petersburg National Battlefield Park. Activities will include trash pick-up and trail maintenance. Meet at the Visitor’s Center.
Pathways - Open House
Sun Apr 6 3:00 pm
Dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony, 1200 W. Washington St.
I’m experimenting with a weekly post like this summarizing the upcoming week’s calendar, so as to allow folks to discuss venue changes, what’s missing, etc.
I’m a big fan of live music and often drive to Richmond for live shows (from Newport News). Seems a real shame that there’s not a better online resource for what’s playing, according to your listings there’s about a half dozen shows today….
Here in the Hampton Roads even the volunteers are keeping better track with one such resource at meona.net If anyone could suggest a more inclusive online listing I’d really like to know please email Mitch at fantasyva@aol.com
Thanks.
Hey Mitch - have you checked out WeeklyRant.com out of Richmond? Local venues Wabi-Sabi and Sycamore Rouge (maybe others?) are now beaming their upcoming performances to that site.
Ah, and the Thursdays in Old Town (partial) schedule can be found here.
I attended the workshop yesterday at SR, the subject of which was announced as ” Education and economics in Petersburg, 1950s to today.” For those of us who are new to the city, it would be very useful to learn facts and about events, and hear various points of view on what happened over the past half-century to bring Petersburg to its current state. The workshop yesterday did nothing of the sort. It was just two hours of musings, emotional testimonials and posturing on a range of topics, a few of which touched upon the current state of public education in Petersburg and none of which I found especially insightful. The workshop was a classic example of “false advertising.” I hope some group does organize a decade-by-decade presentation (1950-2008) to explain what happened in city politics, race relations, government, business and economics, eduction and other areas and what the consequences were.
Did anyone else attend that workshop? What do you think about it?