Butterflies LIVE runs through Oct. 13 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

May 24 2013 - Tropical butterflies will transform the Conservatory’s North Wing, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., $7 to $11
Butterflies LIVE begins at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave., and continues through Oct. 13. Tropical butterflies will transform the Conservatory’s North Wing. They tend to be most active on sunny days and in the morning and early afternoon. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Garden admission is $7 to $11. For details, visit http://www.lewisginter.org

Lewis Ginter to present Flowers After 5 on Thursdays through August

June 20 2013 - , 5 p.m., $7 to $11
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave., will present Flowers After 5 on Thursday evenings through August. Enjoy outside dining, shopping and children’s activities. Garden admission is $11 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7 for children ages 3-12. For details, call 262-9887 or visit http://www.lewisginter.org

Learn about pest management in 1860 at Meadow Farm Museum

June 22 2013 - , 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Free
Learn how Mrs. Sheppard handled pest management in 1860 at Meadow Farm Museum, 3400 Mountain Rd., from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. She purchased netting from Chiles & Chennery in Richmond. Find out how this netting and other means were used to manage pests and keep furniture looking new. Admission is free. For details, call 501-2130 or visit http://www.henricorecandparks.com

Community

Short Pump Ruritan Club donates $50k to Virginia War Memorial

Citizen Staff Reports 06/13/2013

The Short Pump Ruritan/Civic Association Foundation, Inc. recently presented a check for $50,000 to the Virginia War Memorial Educational Foundation. The donation will be used to finance the production of a new film about the Vietnam War as part of the War Memorial’s award-winning Virginians at War film series. > Read more.

Vintage Home Market set for June 15-16

Citizen Staff Reports 06/09/2013

A longtime Lakeside business owner and his partner are bringing "The Vintage Home Market" to the Richmond International Raceway Complex June 15-16.

Tony Turner has operated a business on Lakeside Avenue for nearly 20 years, beginning with Huckleberries Home & Garden for 10 years in The Hub Shopping Center and followed by Feathernesters across the street in the Lakeside Town Center. > Read more.

‘Lady’s Fashion Show’ at Meadow Farm

Photos by Roger Walk for the Henrico Citizen 06/03/13

Meadow Farm hosted its "Lady's Fashion Show" June 1, showcasing the fashions of seven generations of Meadow Farm women – including four generations of Sheppard women who lived there between 1810 and 1920. > Read more.

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Entertainment

A community ‘Kaffeehaus’ in Henrico’s Far West End

06/17/2013

Born and raised in good old Europe, I am quite familiar with the traditional Austro-Hungarian tradition of the Kaffeehaus, an institution that represents a lifestyle of relaxing and thinking in a familiar environment with coffee, pastry, news, good service, marble tables, subdued sounds like the click-clack of the coffee machine, mugs and plates, conversations among patrons and with staff and a bit of low volume Johann Strauss music.

And so it was a thrill to find a modern version of a Kaffeehaus right here in Henrico County: The Daily Grind, near Short Pump Town Center. > Read more.

Food trucks arrive in the West End

06/10/2013

West End residents no longer have to pick between fighting the summer mall crowds for a quick bite or breaking the bank to eat at a fine-dining spot because one Richmond group is bringing both to them.

RVA Street Foodies, the organization behind the outdoor food truck courts at the Virginia Historical Society and Hardywood Brewery, debuted its new Henrico food truck court at All Saints Episcopal Church on River Road May 22. > Read more.

Restaurant watch

06/07/2013

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

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