Jaylen Black, 5, and his new friend, Orca, start their own mutual admiration society Saturday at the grand reopening of Richmond Animal Care & Control. Jaylen’s mother adopted Orca from Animal Care, which celebrated last weekend the completion of a $2.6 million renovation of its North Side facility. The renovation included new dog runs and cat cages. The facility cares for more than 4,400 stray, injured, lost, abused and relinquished animals each year, according to its webpage. The organization holds the animals for as long as it takes to find them permanent homes. Location: 1600 Chamberlayne Ave.

A wall of scaffolding now surrounds the historic Leigh Street Armory in Jackson Ward — a clear sign that work is under way to convert the 109-year-old building into the new home of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. About $8 million is to be poured into the building and a new addition. The goal: To create a visitor-friendly space where the history of African-Americans in this state can be told — from 1619 to the present. The museum, now at 00 Clay St., expects to relocate to the armory in the 100 block of West Leigh Street within a year.

Pumpkin patch in North Side

Christopher Bradley, left, and Caser Bradley make bubbles while wearing colorful face paint. They were among hundreds of people who enjoyed the 10th Annual Imagine Festival on Oct. 18. Location: Broad Rock Sports Complex on South Side. The event celebrates diverse communities with musical and dance performances, arts and crafts, food, sports and other activities.

Baile Folklórico del Centro Sagrado Corazón at the 2014 Imagine Festival.

Andrės Valverde makes an oragami bird for 10 year old Cosme Salazar at the 2014 Imagine Festival.

Queens of the Nile Belly Dance Troupe perform at the 2014 Imagine Festival.

Taaluma Youth Performance Co. (African drumming and dance) at the 2014 Imagine Festival.

Jean Patterson Boone, publisher and president of the Richmond Free Press, accepted the Hill-Robinson Expansion of Freedom Award on behalf of her late husband, Free Press Founder Raymond H. Boone. From left: Dr. Niraj Verma, dean of Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs; Mrs. Boone; former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder; Dr. Grace E. Harris, retired provost and vice president of academic affairs at VCU; and VCU President Michael Rao.

Machele Sanders, Miss VSU, and Danté Wright, Mr. VSU, flash winning smiles at Saturday’s football game between the host Trojans and Lincoln (Pa.) University.

VSU drum major Samuel Jones of Hampton flies high as the band performs.

The Woo Woos, VSU’s renowned cheerleaders, dazzle the fans with their smooth moves.