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Celebrate Earth at annual Richmond Earth Day Festival

Photo courtesy: Richmond Earth Day Festival

Did you celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22?

If so, you have another chance to do it again! (If not, here's your opportunity!)

The celebration (and education) of Earth Day continues this Saturday at the annual Richmond Earth Day Festival! It will be held at the 17th Street Farmers' Market from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

If you decide to join this planet party, expect good food and music while learning about cool, do-it-yourself home improvement projects. Or you can create a masterpiece with your children through one of the hands-on arts activities.You can even help the city break the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest recyclable structure made from aluminum cans!

Photo courtesy: Richmond Earth Day Festival

And don't forget about the 5K Race Without a Trace!

There will be so much for the entire family to see and do!

Check out the website for more information!

 

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Fool for Art Festival comes alive in Midlothian

Photo Courtesy: JTCC

There are a lot of fools in the world -

A fool in love.

A dancing fool.

A fool in the rain.

This Saturday, you can become a fool for art! John Tyler Community College will hosts its 9th annual "Fool for Art" festival on its Midlothian campus. As usual, oragnizers guarantee lots of fun in the classrooms, on the courtyard, and under the tent!

Photo Courtesy: JTCC

Expect lots of hands-on activities and classes for all ages, arts and craft vendors, and a variety of yummy food vendors. Plus, you'll get to discover everything that John Tyler Community College has to offer.

Click here to check out all of Saturday's fun!

Enjoy!

 

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Life Changing Academy hosts Spring Plant Sale in Chesterfield

Spring has sprung!

Many people celebrate the season by heading to their gardens and "sowing seeds."

If you have a green thumb and are looking for new seeds and plants to spruce up your garden, check out the Spring Plant Sale at the Chesterfield County Museum. Proceeds will benefit the Chesterfield Life Changing Academy.

Hundreds of plants will be up for sale. Students of the academy raised the plants in the Campbell-Cobb Greenhouse from seeds donated by Lowe's. The money raised at the sale will be used to buy additional supplies for the greenhouse and to support other educational activities for the students, including the Young Chef's Academy, which teaches basic cooking skills.

Plants for a purpose. I like the sound of that!

Here are the "deets":

What: Spring Plant Sale

When: Friday, April 18, 2014, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where: Historic Courthouse Complex, 6819 Mimms Loop, near the Chesterfield County Museum

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Cirque du Soleil presents The Immortal World Tour in Richmond

What do you get when you combine the following "ingredients":

1) The music of the King of Pop

and

2) A Cirque Du Soleil cast featuring some of the world's greatest acrobats, musicians, singers, and dancers.

Cirque du Soleil

You get a show that is out of this world!

Scratch that.

You get a show that is IMMORTAL.

"Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour" takes center stage at the Richmond Coliseum on Tuesday and Wednesday. Based on some of the videos I have seen, this production is electrifying! It is not just in "Black or White." It is colorful, energetic, and will make you "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'!" "Billie Jean" would love it!

Cirque du Soleil

It fuses Michael Jackson's music with the unparalleled creativity of Cirque du Soleil. You can't "Beat It"!

(See what I did in a few of the above sentences? Only die-hard Michael Jackson fans would get it...)

Click here for more information on this show that has dazzled audiences all over the world!

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Special Post: A Word of Thanks (Rather, 43 Words of Thanks)

When I open my mail these days, I usually find the words "payment due", "please subscribe", or "you are a winner" stamped at the top of folded, yet crisp sheets of white paper. So, imagine my surprise when I recently opened a large manila envelope filled with paper covered in all kinds of pinks, blues, yellows, purples, and greens. They were homemade cards, and at the top of each one was a crayola-designed "thank you."