Three Richmond area players won top honors in the first Match Madness ping-pong tournament sponsored last Saturday by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities at the Hickory Hill Community Center, according to Emmanuel U. Asquo, tournament director.

Mary R. Sadovszky, chair of the Bags & Bourbon Benefit, a live and silent auction to benefit CancerLINC, is working weekends and nights to make this charitable event Richmond’s most memorable spring fundraiser.

Dorothy Irene Height left segregated Richmond at age 5 and went on to earn national recognition as a civil rights and women’s rights activist who devoted her life to uplifting people.

Rocket-powered cars are coming to the Richmond Raceway, but they’re not racing — they’re playing soccer.

Black men’s mental health is spotlighted in a documentary film being screened this weekend in Richmond.

A Youth Matter Showcase, presented from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Pine Camp Cultural Arts and Community Center, will help round out the 2nd Annual Youth Violence Prevention Week coordinated by Richmond’s Youth Violence Prevention Coalition and …

For 72 years, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America Youth of the Year program has honored the nation’s most awe-inspiring young people and encouraged them to lead, succeed and inspire. Zion Caliq Neverson joined the local Southside Boys & …

Five people and two organizations were honored Tuesday as the 2019 Richmond History Makers by The Valentine and the Capital Region Collaborative.

The 28th Annual Southern Women’s Show is coming to Richmond with fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, celebrity appearances and exhibitors offering information, products and services, including boutiques with the latest styles, trendy jewelry, home décor, gourmet treats, health and fitness and …

The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is screening the documentary, “The Life and Times of Elizabeth Keckly,” about the enslaved Dinwiddie County native who became a seamstress and dress designer, bought her freedom and that of her …

Best-selling author Lawrence Ross will discuss his new book on free speech issues at universities, “Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses,” on Tuesday, March 26, at the University of Richmond.

Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams is heading home to Virginia Beach to launch a new music and culture festival.

A community paint party to create murals inside the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the school, 1000 N. Lombardy St., it has been announced.

A small, low-key group of women is working hard to address education issues in the United States and abroad by working with women, youths and the disadvantaged in local communities and in developing countries. “We are small … but mighty,” …

Young entrepreneurs who have created a product or service will show off their wares at the 2nd Annual Richmond Children’s Business Fair 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Children’s Museum of Richmond, 2626 W. Broad St.