Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond-JXN Project Executive Director Sesha Joi Moon welcomed guests to the nonprofit’s dedication day Saturday, Sept. 21, at the JXN Haus and Skipwith-Roper Cottage. During the event, community members wrote well wishes on the building’s framing and contributed notes for a time capsule to be buried on the property. The JXN Project aims to contextualize the origins of the Jackson Ward neighborhood. Once a thriving center of Black economic and political life, Jackson Ward was transformed by the construction of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike in the 1950s, which displaced more than 1,000 families, including the last Black homeowners of the Skipwith-Roper Cottage. Research revealed that the cottage was relocated rather than destroyed, and remnants of the original structure still exist. The restored Skipwith-Roper Cottage and JXN Haus will serve as a multifunctional space for research and community programming.(Julianne Tripp/Hillian/Richmond Free Press)

Butterfly and bee on orange milkweed in the East End (Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press)

Music, food and beer flow at Oktoberfest- It wasn’t quite October, but Richmonders came out to the Museum District on Friday, Sept. 19, for the 20th annual St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest. The three-day festival features live music and dancing, a Christkindlmarkt, children’s activities, German food and beers from Germany and local breweries. Crowds pack Belmont Avenue on Friday, Sept. 19, for the opening day of the Oktoberfest.(Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press)

Music, food and beer flow at Oktoberfest- It wasn’t quite October, but Richmonders came out to the Museum District on Friday, Sept. 19, for the 20th annual St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest. The three-day festival features live music and dancing, a Christkindlmarkt, children’s activities, German food and beers from Germany and local breweries. A musician performs at the festival, which raises funds to support Catholic education, including scholarships and financial aid for students at Saint Benedict Catholic School and other diocesan schools. (Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press)

Music, food and beer flow at Oktoberfest- It wasn’t quite October, but Richmonders came out to the Museum District on Friday, Sept. 19, for the 20th annual St. Benedict’s Oktoberfest. The three-day festival features live music and dancing, a Christkindlmarkt, children’s activities, German food and beers from Germany and local breweries. 2-year-old Berkeley Jones and her mother, Lauren Jones, enjoy live music at the event.(Julianne Tripp Hillian/Richmond Free Press)