Ava Marie, 7, a student at Chimborazo Elementary School, with her art teacher Celine in front of her painting on display at the Richmond Public Schools Fine Arts Festival on Saturday, March 8.

The sentiments of residents in the 2500 block of Semmes Avenue in South Side are captured on a discarded bumper as cars pass by, where the speed limit is 30 mph.

Mayor Danny Avula and Virginia Delegate Betsy Carr, D-78th District, pose for a photo with Mayor Richard Pyne of Richmond upon Thames, a borough in London, during his visit to the River City last week. They met March 6 at Virginia House for “The Two Richmonds” event, which highlighted the historic ties between the two cities. Richmond, Va., was named after Richmond, England, due to the similar views of the James River and the River Thames.

Gayle Turner, a first cousin of Bruce Oliver Tucker, the involuntary donor for Virginia’s first heart transplant in 1968, addresses attendees at VCU Health’s unveiling ceremony of a mural honoring Tucker March 5. The event included the renaming of the McGlothlin Medical Education Center auditorium in honor of Tucker and the unveiling of a mural displayed outside the renamed Bruce Oliver Tucker Auditorium. The mural was designed by Virginia Commonwealth University students Haley Salon, Yara Jeff and Zoe Jeweler, who collaborated with Tucker’s family and Richmond artist Hamilton Glass.

Blooming daffodils in the Fan District