Starting Friday March 12th:
The Blind Side - Rated PG-13
Nightly at 7:15 pm, Plus 4:30 pm Matinee on Saturday March 13th & Sunday March 14th
Up In The Air - Rated R
Nightly at 9:30 pm
Orgasmic Birth
1 pm Sunday March 14th
Presented by Birth Matters Virginia-Richmond Chapter
Tickets: $3
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Midnight Movie at The Byrd Theatre On April 3rd: GHOSTBUSTERS!
The ever popular French Film Festival attracts people from all of the East Coast and beyond. If you are coming from out of town for the French Film Festival, you will need a nice place to prop up your feet and relax. Fortunately, you are in luck.
Richmond’s Museum District is home to several charming Bed & Breakfasts. Within walking distance of the Byrd Theatre and Carytown, these B&Bs offer Francophiles the perfect place to lay their heads down after a long day of watching French films.
Museum District Bed & Breakfast is on Grove Avenue near the intersection with Boulevard across the street from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
The Kensington Bed & Breakfast is located at the corner of Kensington Ave and Sheppard Ave.
Maury Place at Monument can be found where Franklin St, Monument Ave and Belmont Ave intersect across the street from the Maury Statue on Monument.
All three B&Bs offer luxuriously furnished suites, freshly prepared breakfasts and refreshments throughout the day.
Be sure to make your reservations early as suites at these popular B&Bs will go fast!
The post is part of a series on the French Film Festival and French culture in Richmond.
To the excitement of many Boulevardizens, Carytown Merchants Association announced on their Facebook Page that Girl Scouts will be selling their cookies in three locations during the month of March.
Each Saturday from 12-6pm troops will set up cookies stands in front of It's Hip to Be Round (Nansemond and Cary), Pink (Cary Court - McCloy and Cary), Double T's BBQ (Colonial and Cary).
Come out to Carytown to by your cookies and support our local Girl Scouts and merchants.
The Princess And The Frog - Rated G
Nightly at 7:15pm continuing Friday, March 5th
Plus Matinee Sunday March 7th at 4:30pm
Precious - Rated R
Nightly at 9:30pm starting Friday, March 5th
Stephens Promotions Presents:
12th Annual Tri-City Gospel Step Show
Saturday, March 6th at 1:00pm
Tickets: $12 at door
Watching a few French films before the Film Festival will help get you in a French frame of mind. We have developed the French Factor to help identify films that you will enjoy.
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Recommended movies based on your Factor:
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Amusez-vous!
The post is part of a series on the French Film Festival and French culture in Richmond.
The Princess And The Frog Rated G
Nightly at 7:15pm starting Friday, February 26th
EXCEPT Sunday, February 28th & Tuesday, March 2nd
Plus Matinee Saturday February 27th at 4:30pm
Invictus Rated PG-13
Nightly at 9:30pm starting Friday, February 26th
EXCEPT Sunday, February 28th
The Children's Home Society of Virginia presents:
Angels In the Outfield
Tickets: $5 each or 5 for $20
Saturday, February 27th at 10:30am
With Door prizes and "Nutzy", the Richmond Flying Squirrel's mascot
The Virginia Independent Film Festival
Sunday, February 28th beginning at 1pm
3 Documentaries- 1-3pm - 6 Shorts-3-5pm - 3 Features- 5-10pm
Each Session: $5 (Students with ID $2) All Day Pass: $10
The 18th Annual French Film Festival returns to the Byrd Theatre March 25-28, 2010 with films, events and a delegation of French directors and actors. As the largest French Film Festival in the United States, this weekend long event attracts Francophiles from across the eastern United States and as far away as Europe.
This year the festival features 12 feature length films and 12 short films. For many of the films, this is their world premier. Directors and actors will be available after the viewings to answer audience questions.
Additional events include master classes with the directors, an official reception, and a closing ceremony with the entire French delegation.
Tickets are $12 per film and can be purchased before the showing of each film. Passes and tickets to the reception are available for purchase on the French Film Festival website. Student discounted passes are available.
This is the first in a series on the French Film Festival and French culture in Richmond.
Sources tell us that Ben & Jerry's of Carytown may in fact NOT be out of business as earlier speculated on Boulevardizen. Close observation of the franchise reveals a sign inside declaring "FREEZER UNDER REPAIR." A freezer failure in the ice cream business is clearly a catastrophic malfunction. The only greater catastrophe in this freezer debacle is the loss of gallons and gallons of delicious frozen treats!
Our original story cited Twitter posts reporting the unexplained closure of the desert shop and conjecture from local fans of competing Bev's Ice Cream.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch profiles Carytown's sweetest new enterprise: America's Sweet Shop. Alisha Thompson, owner of the new venture previously operated the Cookies By Design shop in the same location:
The cookie shop she'd been running for five years was changing, and she knew it would be tough -- if not impossible -- to keep going. Thompson could continue down the path and renew her expiring franchise agreement with Cookies by Design or reopen as a whole new business. It was a difficult proposition...
.... She could have gotten a decent job with benefits and the time to pay off her debts. Considering she was three months pregnant at the time, no one would have blamed her for taking that road.
But Thompson decided on the most difficult path.
Read more about the enduring spirit of America's Sweet Shop at the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond BizSense reports that the City of Richmond and the Carytown Merchants Association are working together to enhance the West Cary Street shopping destination. BizSense says the most notable improvements will include:
...construction of brick crosswalks, extending curbings at selected corners along Cary , adding colored, rubberized matting at curbing cutouts to aid visually impaired pedestrians, and erecting a new marble and metal entranceway sign for Carytown that will stand 20-feet high.
The brick crosswalks are intended to enhance the aesthetics of the area, he said. Brick crosswalks have been done in other areas of the city, such as along North Boulevard , just north of Broad Street .
The crosswalks, curb extensions and cutouts will initially be done at Carytown’s three busiest intersections – Dooley, Belmont and Sheppard streets, Broomfield said.
Check out Richmond BizSense's indepth article on the Carytown enhancements
Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop may be the icing on the cake for Carytown's growing list of vacant storefronts. Desert seekers reported last night on Twitter that the world famous ice cream store was closed during prime business hours in the Cary Street entertainment corridor.
Says RVAFoodie: Noticed @BenJerrysVA in Carytown was closed during business hours tonight & all ice cream was gone. Victory is Bev's!!! #RVA
An inspection of the establishment Saturday afternoon revealed all interior tables had vanished and no frozen dairy products could be seen within the shuttered establishment. No signs or indications of the status of the franchise were posted to inform treat seekers of Ben & Jerry's future.
Ben & Jerry's eastern Carytown location will potentially join the list of several other establishments that were savaged by the vicious economic winter of 2010: Raylene's Pennyrich, Bang On & the Verizon Wireless outlet.
Will the recent spate of closings and vacant properties lower rental costs of properties along West Cary Street? Do the spring and summer seasons of 2010 offer innovative entrepreneurs an opportunity to advance new ventures along West Cary Street? These and many more questions are on the minds of area residents and the remaining merchants of Carytown.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Rated PG-13
Nightly at 7:15pm starting Friday, February 19th
Plus Matinees Saturday & Sunday February 20th & 21st at 4:30pm
The Road Rated R
Nightly at 9:30pm starting Friday, February 19th
The 5th Annual ChinaFest Presents:
Jasmine Women at 10:30am Saturday, February 20th
Ip Man at 2:00pm Saturday, February 20th
Tickets: $3
Concerned about crime trends in neighborhoods west of the Boulevard? Lt. Michael Stith with the Richmond Police Department has the latest news from Sector 311 (Carytown, Museum District neighborhoods) in his February newsletter:
Noteworthy incidents from January 2010:
Jan. 28: 3400 Block of W. Grace Street-Arrest made
Jan. 02: 5600 Block of Patterson Ave., 0240 am
Jan. 18: 4400 Block of Hanover Av., 0000-0700 am
Jan. 07: 4000 Block of Kensington Ave., (6:10 pm)
Jan. 07: 30 Block of Willway Ave., (5:00-5:25 pm)
Jan. 10: 100 Block of S. Blvd., (11:10-11:30 am)
Jan. 11: 5500 Block of Grove Ave., (10:10-10:35 am)
Jan. 11: 100 Block of N. Auburn Ave., (11:00 am-1214 pm)
Jan: 11: 200 Block of Roseneath Rd., (12:30 am– 12:00 pm)
Jan. 12: 300 Block of Lexington Rd., (7:00 pm-9:00 pm)
Jan. 12: 0 Block of Patterson Ave/Sauer Ave., (7:45 pm-9:00 pm)
Jan. 12: 0 Block of Patterson Ave/Sauer Ave., (7:45 pm-9:00 pm)
Jan. 13: 4500 Block of Wythe Ave., (9:00 am-2:00 pm)
Jan. 14: 3200 Block of Stuart Ave., (8:28 pm)
Jan. 14: 3900 Block of Patterson Ave., (8:15 pm-8:30 pm)
Jan. 15: 3100 Block of Hanover Ave., (9:20 pm-9:45 pm)
Jan. 15: 6700 Block of Kensington Ave., (8:00 pm-1159 pm)
Jan. 19: 900 Block of Maple Ave., (9:35 pm-1048 pm)
Jan. 19: 800 Block of Maple Ave., (10:00 pm-11:15 pm)
Jan. 21: 500 Block of Matoaka Rd., (11:00 am-2:21pm)
Jan. 22: 100 Block of Westmoreland St., (1:30 pm-1:45 pm)
Jan. 24: 3500 Block of Stuart Ave., (6:00 pm-11:00 am)
Jan. 25: 5700 Block of Grove Ave., (9:45 am-10:25 am)
Read More From Lt. Stith's February Newsletter and Check Out Some of Our Area's 2009 Crime Trends
What does it take to convert an old Carytown storefront into a wine bar? A lot of hard work according to the fascinating chronicles of urban renovation at the River City Cellars blog. The enterprising owners of the popular gourmet wine, beer and cheese shop in Carytown recently posted an update on the construction progress at their expanded location:
So, I didn't tell Tom how much I fear ladders. It's not a fear of heights. I'm just fine going up, but the awkward, precarious, equipment-laden decent not so much. The good news was the weather FOR ONCE cooperated. So up we went. The hood guys had strategically placed the exhaust equipment a few days before so we ... cut through 90 years' worth of really nasty, smelly, confusing roofing materials to start the venting shaft.
...Today Jim Jones (hood guy) and his trusty partner will bore through the upstairs office (hi, neighbor!), insert the 2 story welded monstrosity, wrap it and build a chase around it. Then it's fire suppression time...
Follow more of the progress of the River City Cellars expansion at their store's blog.
Come out to the Byrd on Saturday, February 28, 2010 for the Virginia Independent Film Festival which features the work of Virginia's finest filmmakers.
There will be three sessions for documentaries, short films and feature length films. At the end of each session there will be Q&A time with the filmmakers. Session winners and audience favorites will be announced.
Tickets are $5 for each session with $2 student tickets with ID.
Three documentaries will be shown - The Color of the Veil, Meet Me at the Bottom: The Struggle to Reclaim Richmond's African Burial Grounds, and Death.
The short films featured are Squashing Ticks, Posting, Any Sense in Cents, Plink, Santo Diablo!, and Paperwise.
The feature length films will be Blue Ridge, Trenches, and Mantra.
For the schedule and descriptions of the films, visit the Virginia Film Office website.
