Tickets are now on sale for the 2016 Senior Idol Competition, featuring 12 talented seniors, 50 years of age and older, competing for cash prizes of $300, $200 and $100 respectively, on Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m. at Victory Tabernacle Church located at 11700 Genito Road in Midlothian. Brandi Pope, Mrs. Virginia America 2012 and the executive director and producer of the Mrs. Virginia America Pageant will be our emcee for this exciting show. The competition, sponsored in part by The Shepherd’s Center of Chesterfield, Victory Tabernacle Church and Lucy Corr Village. Proceeds will help benefit the senior services…
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APRIL 13 SAFETY IN THE GARDEN: How not to Hurt Yourself – 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Central Library. Now that spring is finally here and you are working in your gardens, learn some tips that will help keep you safe from one of Chesterfield County’s Master Gardeners. Space is limited, Register online at http://goo.gl/forms/OErm5gkGu1, call the Extension Office at 751-4401 or email [email protected]. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING – 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. Public Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Rd. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS FOOD FAIR – 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tickets and registration at foodfair.eventbrite.com APRIL 14 KINDGERGARTEN…
The Haven for Hope Committee at First Baptist Church Centralia is sponsoring a musical for the community. “Celebrating the Pioneers of Gospel Music,” will be held at the church on Sunday, April 24, at 3 p.m., featuring First Baptist Church Centralia Mass Choir in concert. The concert is free. Dinners will be available for $10 between the hours of 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Rev. Dr. Wilson E.B. Shannon, serves as Pastor at First Baptist Church Centralia, located 2920 Kingsdale Rd., N. Chesterfield. Call 804-275-0407 for more information.
The 41st Annual Fort Clifton Arts & Crafts Festival will be held May 7 and 8 at Berberich Park – site of Fort Clifton in Colonial Heights located behind Tussing, Elementary – 5501 Conduit Rd. The Fort Clifton Festival began in May of 1976 as part of the Bicentennial celebration and has now become an annual event held on Mother’s Day weekend. The festival will feature 100 arts and crafts exhibitors, Civil War encampment, exhibitors and demonstrations, activities for children to include pony rides and petting zoo, as well as live musical entertainment by Cedar Creek and The Johns. Festival…
“No Signal,” an intriguing, collaborative photography exhibit by R. Jehrad Gholson, Jr., former Matoaca high school football standout and his family, will be on display at Petersburg Public Library through April 30, 2016. The exhibit may be viewed during Library hours: Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The Library is located at 201 W. Washington St., Petersburg. For more information, visit the Library’s website at www.ppls.org. After suffering a traumatic brain injury from a severe helmet-to-helmet blow to the head during a regular season game on the Matoaca High…
Put your inner scientist to the test. Use your imagination. Get inventive. Watch robots at work. Try out your artistic talents. Learn a new skill. Experience high-tech learning spaces. Hit the dance floor. Explore in-demand careers in science, technology, engineering, math and health care (STEM-H). Do all of this and more at John Tyler Community College’s eleventh annual Fool for Art Festival on Saturday, April 16. The festival will take place at the College’s Midlothian Campus (800 Charter Colony Parkway) from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is free. The day will be packed with family fun, including arts and…
APRIL 6 CHESTER CHOICS BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP – 10:30 a.m. until Noon. Chester Library. “A Beautiful Mind” by Sylvia Nasar will be discussed. No registration required. BE A HERO – SAVE THE BEES; SAVE THE FOOD – 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Enon Library. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov WARM SEASON LAWN CARE – 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Central Library. The warm season grasses most adaptable to our region are Bermuda grass and zoysia grass. Mid-spring through mid-summer is the optimum time to plant these warm-season grasses in the Richmond area. Learn from a Chesterfield County Master Gardener what to…
Virginia State University will host a presentation by Ira Wallace, Central Virginia master gardener and owner of the cooperative Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. The presentation, Family Heirloom Seeds: Saving Our Stories, Saving Biodiversity, will be held on Thursday, April 7 at 3:30 PM in the Engineering Auditorium. Wallace coordinates variety selection and new seed grower contracts at Southern Exposure. She is also an organizer of the annual Heritage Harvest Festival in Monticello, and author of The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, which offers regional-specific information for area gardeners. Acorn Community, the home of the Southern Exposure Seed…
The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia will present their Eighth Annual “Antiques Evaluation” Fundraiser on Saturday, April 16, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the new North Courthouse Road library, 325 Courthouse, N. Chesterfield. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Chesterfield Historical Society. Oral evaluations will be provided on a wide variety of items as well as on detailed photos of items. Professional evaluators participating in this event include John Whiting of Whiting’s Old Paper (documents, sheet music, postcards, magazines, posters and maps); Bill McDonald of Vintage Toy & Racing Collectibles (toys, models, die-casts, trading cards and…
The Chester Station Camp No.1503, Sons of Confederate Veterans will celebrate Confederate History month in Virginia with a flag Ceremony on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Confederate Monument on the historic 1917 Chesterfield Courthouse Green located at 10011 Iron Bridge Rd. Members and friends will place at the monument a miniature of the Second National flag inscribed with the name, rank and unit of their ancestor. The flags will be left in place for the duration of the month. Following the flag ceremony, a reception will be held at the Chesterfield Museum.