Interested in making your home and garden more sustainable? Just sign up for the Landscape for Life educational series. Classes meet once a week for six weeks on Tuesdays, April 5 through May 10, 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Participants are taught how to create and maintain healthy and beautiful landscapes by using native soils and the climate to minimize impacts on our local watersheds. Through the classes, homeowners learn how to evaluate and work with the natural systems interacting on their own properties. Then, they use this knowledge to create and maintain landscapes that benefit their families and communities. The…
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The Chester Rotary Club will host the 2016 “Grillin’ on the Green, With a Taste of Chester” Thursday May 12 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Chester’s Village Green adjacent to the Chester Library on Centre Street. Proceeds from the event will go to the club’s charities including youth programs at the Chester YMCA, Chesterfield Food Bank, helping Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America and repairing homes devastated by natural disasters. While this year’s Grillin’ on the Green event will mark its sixth year as a competition, it will mark the second time with an expanded format. “We…
MARCH 30 COLOR THEORY THROUGH WATERCOLOR – 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Enon Library. Learn to understand tints, shades, and tones; the color wheel; complimentary colors; warm and cool colors; and color schemes. This VMFA workshop will help you masterfully mix color,no matter what medium you work in. For teens in middle and high school. Register online at library.chesterfield.gov TEEN SPRING BREAK MINI LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE – 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Chester Library. Teens, use your spring break to build valuable leadership skills that will give you an advantage on college applications and interviews. Register online at…
The Kiwanis Club of Chester has scheduled the date for its Third Annual Kiwanis Chester 5K and 1-Mile Run/Walk and Chester Community Health Expo. Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Chester and Bon Secour, the run/walk is scheduled Saturday, May 7 with an 8 a.m. start time. With a start/finish at the Chester Library located in the Village Green at 11800 Centre St.; the one-mile run will have a start at 8 a.m. followed by the 5K run/walk at 8:30 a.m. All ages can participate in the one-mile run/walk. All participants will receive a 1-Mile t-shirt, sponsor giveaways and all…
Curtis Elementary PTA is inviting the community to its 2016 Curtis Carvival. Students and former students will enjoy carnival games, face painting, arcade games, an obstacle course, moon bounce and an chance to throw a pie at your favorite or former teacher or if a pie is too messy try soaking him or her. The event will take place at the bus loop and blacktop on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Game armbands will be sold at $15 an individual with game tickets at 25 cents each. The arm bands will get the buyer unlimited game…
Ecoff Elementary is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary with a free community carnival. Join Ecoff Elementary School for a night of fun as they celebrate with the community on Friday, April 8, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. An open house will take place from 5 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. followed by a carnival from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. There will be student work on display, free carnival games, popcorn, cotton candy, activities, and prizes. Food will be available for purchase from Brock’s BBQ, Carytown Burgers and Fries, and Kona Ice. This event will take place rain or shine. Families are encouraged to bring blankets or…
A woman’s club in a community is not just about fashion shows and luncheons; they help build a community. But fashion shows are important as a fund raiser to support a club’s community activities. On Saturday, April 9, at 11 a.m., the Woman’s Club of Chester will hold their annual fund raiser, “Travel into Spring Fashion Show and Luncheon.” A hot lunch, raffles and door prizes will be part of the activities along with fashions provided by Peebles Department Store. Held at the Chester Baptist Church at 4317 School St., tickets are $20 with all proceeds supporting scholarships at three…
The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) will present a family-friendly drop-in event at the County Museum on Saturday, April 16. Stop by anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to learn about the camp life of Union and Confederate soldiers, and their uniforms, equipment, food, military drills and pastimes. While the event is free, donations are welcome. The County Museum is located at 6813 Mimms Loop, on Chesterfield’s historic 1917 Courthouse Green along Route 10/Iron Bridge Road. Parking is available behind the museum. For more information call: Pat Roble 768-7311 or www.chesterfieldhistory.com
Clark Kent, Wolverine, Supergirl, zombies, an alien, and pirates could be seen roaming Meadowdale Library at last weekend’s Comic Con event. The event tickled the imagination, inspired and promoted creativity. “The planning starts in the summer before the event,” said Kate Denwiddie, one of the organizers of the event, “It takes about nine months to plan.” In its fourth year the local Comic Con event is one of many in cities across the country. The first year, Denwiddie explained, we had under 2,000 attendees, the second year it was over 2,000, and last year it was 3,000. It seems to…
MARCH 23 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING- Public Meeting Room, 10001 Iron Bridge Rd. 3:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Budget Public Hearing at 6:30 p.m. MARCH 26 OPECHANCANOUGH’S 1622 OFFENSIVE AT HENRICUS – 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Henricus Historical Park, 251 Henricus Park Rd.COST: $6/child (ages 3 – 12), $8/adult (Henricus Patrons free). For more information call 748-1611. FRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATTOX RIVER (FOLAR) SPRING RIVER CLEAN-UP DAY – 9 a.m. until Noon. Come out and help FOLAR restore healthy shorelines by removing litter, debris, and trash from local lands along the Appomattox River at sites in Colonial Heights,…