The heat wave seems to have broken so it’s time to get back outside and enjoy all that Henrico County has to offer! Several nighttime events are taking place at Clarke-Palmore House Museum, Wilton House Museum, The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen and under the “Dark Side of the Moon” at Innsbrook After Hours. And while not in Henrico, we do love our local tomatoes so check out the Hanover Tomato Festival on Saturday! Click here for more! > Read more.

The Fresh Air Fund is currently seeking families to give inner-city children a fresh air experience this summer. Each summer, more than 4,000 inner-city children visit suburban, rural and small town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada through The Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family Program.

The Fresh Air Fund has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Fresh Air children are boys and girls, from six to 18 years old, who live in New York City.

Children on first-time visits are six to 12 years old and stay for one or two weeks. Children who are re-invited by host families may continue with The Fresh Air Fund through age 18 and can enjoy extended trips. > Read more.

To ensure that children in the Greater Richmond and Petersburg areas have access to food year-round, the Chickahominy Family YMCA in Sandston is offering free healthy meals and snacks through its summer food program, thanks to a $5,000 grant funded by the Walmart Foundation.

The Y has partnered with the Walmart Foundation to address child hunger in communities, with a focus on increasing participation in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which provides free meals to children aged 18 and under while school is out. According to the Food Research and Action Center, only one in seven children who depend on free or reduced-cost meals during the school year received meals though the SFSP last summer. > Read more.

Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health.

June 23
Blimpie at East Coast, 9800 West Broad Street - No violations reported.
Conference Center at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road – No violations reported. > Read more.

Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health.

May 19
Extra Billy's Barbecue, 5205 West Broad Street – Five critical violations reported (observed a male employee handle dirty dishes, then handle clean dishes; found a stainless steel pan of soup that was covered with mold; several foods in the walk-in vault stored between 47-53 degrees; > Read more.

The laughs are back.

ComedySportz Richmond Improv Theatre reopened last month after a lengthy hiatus to re-charge and re-group.

With a new location in the Gold’s Gym Plaza on West Broad Street, an expanded team of owner/managers and two years’ worth of pent-up energy, the improvisational show again is ready to entertain Richmond. > Read more.