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Dr. Benjamin W. Robertson, Sr., Pastor Emeritus of Cedar Street Baptist Church of God (CSBC) passed away February 20, 2011 at the age of 79. Dr. Robertson began preaching in 1948 at the age of 17. He pastored Cedar Street Baptist Church from 1955 until his retirement in 2007. During his tenure at Cedar Street, […]
Need money for college? GRASP (Great Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc) along with, Richmond Public Library will host financial aid workshops throughout February. Appointments recommended and walk-ins are available by calling (804) 646-8834. Please bring your financial records with you (most recent tax return, W-2 forms, pay stubs and valid identification (driver’s license). Get information on scholarships that […]
This past weekend, Richmond experienced one of its first BIG natural hair events. Coordinators, Keenya and Brandi conducted what they’ve named their 1rst Annual “Embrace Your Beauty” Natural Hair Extravaganza, and an extravaganza it was! The event was held at the Comfort Inn on West Broad, and the conference room was filled with beautiful women […]
Some people’s Saturday morning ritual is to go to their location convenient store to get their coffee and the “Gotcha” paper, the weekly paper that posts the mug shots from those arrested during the week. This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the paper. Some people are reading the paper for pure enjoyment, but […]
February is Black History Month and you’ll find a new exhibit “Five Men: African American Works in 3D: on display at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, located at 4901 Old Brook Road. The exhibit will be showing through March 11, hours are Monday through Friday 10am to 7pm and Saturdays 10am to 2pm. For […]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is the only venue on the East Coast to house Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris. 176 works from Picasso’s personal collection is on display at the VMFA February 19 through May 12, 2011. For details on this monumental exhibition call 804-340-1400 or http://www.vmfa.museum.
While the “All Star” weekend floods the streets of LA with all the celebs, we’re not going to let you feel left out! So we’re going to treat you like the star you are as KISS FM presents “A Star Studded Winning Weekend!” Just listen as we give you a chance to get hooked up […]
View photos of Radio One’s “Teacher of the Week”. Congratulations to all the teachers! If you would like to nominate your favorite “Teacher of the Week” click here!
The annual Jefferson Jackson weekend gets underway this Friday. Please check out the calendar of events for the weekend at www.vademocrats.org. See you this weekend as I am hosting the JJ after Dark with live entertainment at the downtown Richmond Marriot ….Miss Community Clooovia
I was surprised to see that there was a listing for the top 25 Hip Hop love songs. Click here to see the full list from Complex.com. But below is the top 5 and if you are a faithful Saturday Night House Party listener, then you know I’m more than happy that my favorite song […]
madamenoire.com Now some of you all might not agree with this list, but the key word to it is Grammy award winning. So if you are ready to make your Valentines Day CD to your sweetie in the mood, you might want to make sure some of these songs are on your list. Click here […]
Virginia Supreme Court Justice Leroy Roundtree Hassell, Sr. has died. Hassell was Virginia’s first black Supreme Court Justice, appointed by former Governor Timothy Kaine. He was 55 years old. State officials did confirm that Chief Justice Hassell had been ill for quite some time. They did not elaborate on the nature of his health problems. […]
