Jack & Abby 5K Run/Walk to take place in Innsbrook

June 22 2013 - Fundraiser event to support families with infants in the Bon Secours NICU, 8 a.m.,
The Jack & Abby 5K Run/Walk and Stroller Walk, a fundraiser event to support families with infants in the Bon Secours NICU, will begin at 8 a.m. with a butterfly release in Innsbrook. Family activities will follow including a moon bounce, snow cones, carnival games, awards and more. To register, visit http://www.jackandabby.org

American Family Fitness to celebrate its arrival at Virginia Center Commons

June 22 2013 - Activities include Zumba and kick-boxing demos, a moon bounce, games and more, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Free
American Family Fitness will celebrate its arrival at Virginia Center Commons, 10101 Brook Rd., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot near the food court entrance. Outdoor activities include Zumba and kick-boxing demos, a moon bounce, games, vendors, food and more. An AAF transition center is currently open across from Burlington while the fitness center renovates their permanent location in the space of the former Dillard’s. The gym is expected to open this fall. Admission is free. For details, call 261-1000 or visit http://www.virginiacentercommons.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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