Sandston Rotary Club meets every Monday at Roma’s Restaurant

June 24 2013 - , 12:30 p.m.,
The Sandston Rotary Club meets every Monday at 12:30 p.m. at Roma’s Restaurant, 325 E. Williamsburg Rd. For details, visit http://www.sandstonrotary.org

NAMI-CVA to offer free family-to-family education program at St. Mary’s

June 25 2013 - 12-week course continues on Tuesdays, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Free
NAMI of Central Virginia will offer a free family-to-family education program specifically for families of persons diagnosed with serious mental illness. The 12-week course will take place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays starting June 25 at St. Mary’s Hospital, 5801 Bremo Rd. The course will cover coping skills, medications, listening and communication techniques, problem-solving skills, recovery and rehabilitation, self-care and more. To register, call Kathy Harkey at 285-1749 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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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