Bacon Festival sizzles Sunday
Love bacon? Then this is your weekend.
Richmond high school graduations start Tuesday
Break out the caps and gowns. It’s graduation time in Richmond.
Summer Jam on June 15
He is Richmond’s kid heartthrob.
Dogwood Dell blossoms with Festival of the Arts
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.”
National Black Farmers accepting scholarship applications
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, …
Community book discussion on “The New Jim Crow”
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, …
Community meeting Saturday on VCU well project
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 …
Tuskegee Airmen Motorcycle Club to host benefit ride Saturday
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 …
Students win state, national awards
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.
Teaching healthy eating at Woodville Elementary
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.
Delver Woman’s Club hosts 70th luncheon
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
Golf tournament benefits MetroCare program to help families with heating bills
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.
Not just another hip-hop show
The crowd at Jackson Ward’s Gallery 5 was treated to more than a hip-hop concert last Friday as The Cheats Movement presented “Lights, Camera, Action: A Celebration of Hip-Hop Film and Music.” It was an evening for the senses, starting …
Four students in RRHA housing win $2,000 scholarships
Four college-bound students from Richmond’s public housing communities have won $2,000 scholarships from the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials, it has been announced.
Gov. tells VCU grads to go for the gusto
Gov. Terry McAuliffe delivered a three-pronged recipe for success to the more than 5,000 graduates at Virginia Commonwealth University’s commencement Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum. “Think big. Always take chances and never be afraid to fail,” the governor said in …
