Love bacon? Then this is your weekend.

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s graduation time in Richmond.

He is Richmond’s kid heartthrob.

Richmond’s free summer Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell will launch its new season Sunday, June 7, with a Renaissance-style fair and a production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

Lamar Antoine Greene draws his inspiration to be a classroom standout from his mother, Kimberly Greene, who is a dental assistant. “I am motivated to study because I have seen how hard my mother works to provide for me and …

The National Black Farmers Association is seeking applicants for its first ever college scholarships to support students in agriculture-related study. The scholarships are being funded with a $100,000 grant from FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of the former Chrysler Group, …

The Lambda Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. is hosting a community book discussion on “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by author Michelle Alexander. The discussion will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, …

Virginia Commonwealth University and the East Marshall Street Well Project Planning Committee will hold a fourth community meeting as part of the study, memorialization and reburial of human remains uncovered 20 years ago during construction on the VCU Medical Center …

The Tuskegee Airmen Motorcycle Club of Richmond will hit the road for a good cause this weekend. The group is hosting the 5th Annual Ride for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond on Saturday, May 30, with proceeds …

Helivi L. Holland knew at a young age that advocating for justice was her passion. “I was willing to verbally challenge others, including the teachers, when I felt someone was being unfairly treated. That started around second grade,” she said.

Students from Richmond-based schools have won awards in state and national competitions. High school and middle school students from the city scored in the annual Technology Student Association competition in Hampton earlier this month.

Free Press executive Raymond H. Boone Jr. talks up healthy foods Monday at Woodville Elementary School to an audience of students, and has plenty on display for them to see and taste.

The Delver Woman’s Club hosted its 70th annual luncheon May 16 at Ebenezer Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall. The theme: Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Obstacles.j

Al Scott is by his own admission a golf addict. “I golf religiously,” Mr. Scott, the new deputy director of the Richmond Department of Public Utilities, told the Free Press Tuesday.

Chef Amory M. James, food production manager of the FeedMore Community Kitchen, his staff and volunteers cooked up something extra special this week.