Poised and ready: Cheerleaders with the Reid Community Center Ravens strike a pose after cheering for their football teams playing in the Richmond Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities football championship games last Saturday at City Stadium. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Akim Khan takes a lunch break in front of a colorful mural welcoming visitors to Jackson Ward. The mural is among several in the city spearheaded by U.N.I.T.Y. Street Project, which also has completed tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Arthur Ashe Jr.. This one involved artists Sir James Thornhill, Hamilton Glass and Keith Ramsey. Location: 1st and Marshall streets. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Thanksgiving comes early: Dozens of people wait in line in the rain last Thursday outside the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center in Richmond to receive boxed Thanksgiving meals. The Thanksgiving Harvest food program was sponsored by St. Paul’s Baptist Church and a coalition of Richmond area organizations. (Photos by Clement Britt)

Thanksgiving comes early: Dozens of people wait in line in the rain last Thursday outside the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center in Richmond to receive boxed Thanksgiving meals. The Thanksgiving Harvest food program was sponsored by St. Paul’s Baptist Church and a coalition of Richmond area organizations. Inside the Ashe Center, Jason Worrell, left, and Sgt. Jeff Owen with the Richmond Sheriff’s Office help distribute turkeys to the more than 2,000 families that came through the line. (Photos by Clement Britt)

Thanksgiving collards in Shockoe Bottom

A variety of innovative art pieces adorn the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Sculpture Garden during InLight Richmond, the 11th annual light-based show of art and performances sponsored by the 1708 Gallery last weekend. (James Haskins/Richmond Free Press)

A variety of innovative art pieces adorn the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Sculpture Garden during InLight Richmond, the 11th annual light-based show of art and performances sponsored by the 1708 Gallery last weekend. “River City Reflections” by Leila Ehtesham and Carl Patow casts a warm glow, while visitors peruse the lighted panels in Marta Finkelstein’s “Echoes in Motion.” (James Haskins/Richmond Free Press)

A variety of innovative art pieces adorn the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Sculpture Garden during InLight Richmond, the 11th annual light-based show of art and performances sponsored by the 1708 Gallery last weekend. Faces are visible, above, in Nastassja Swift’s “Spoken Word.” (James Haskins/Richmond Free Press)

A variety of innovative art pieces adorn the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Sculpture Garden during InLight Richmond, the 11th annual light-based show of art and performances sponsored by the 1708 Gallery last weekend. Luke Hostetler participates in Kevin Orlosky’s installation, “Building Together,” while faces are visible. (James Haskins/Richmond Free Press)