RICHMOND, Va (KISS): The Living The Dream- Mass Meeting is now scheduled for Sunday, January 6 at 3:30 at Maggie Walker Governor’s School. Living the Dream Events Commemorating the Life & Work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mass Meeting Sunday, January 6, 3:30pm at The Maggie Walker Governor’s School, 1000 North Lombardy Street; Other […]
Richmond Public Schools “Back to School Hotline” through September 5, 7:30am-4:30pm, 804-319-3123. Future Events: Walk To Cure Diabetes, Sunday, September 16, registration 12:30pm, 5K Walk 2pm, Byrd Park – Dogwood Dell Circle, 600 South Boulevard, 804-254-8014, www2.jdrf.org. American Cancer Society “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk”, Sunday, October 21, 12:30pm, Kanawha Plaza, 9th & Canal […]
New Shoes for Back to School Ministry, Monday, September 3rd, New Location, Second Baptist Broad Rock Boulevard, 3300 Broad Rock Boulevard, 8am, free shuttle buses every half hour starting at 5:30am from Third St. Bethel A.M.E., 614 North Third Street to second Baptist Broad Rock, details 804-643-8157. Sisters Network Central Va., Inc., Gift for […]
It’s back The 99th annual Chesterfield County Fair runs through Saturday, September 1, the Friday, Aug 24th at the County Fairgrounds, 10300 Courthouse Road. Fair hours weekdays are 4 pm to 11 pm, Saturdays 11am to 11pm and Sunday, 1pm to 11pm. admission is Cash Only adults $8, Seniors, $5 and $3 children […]
Down Home Family Reunion, Saturday, August 18, 4-11pm, Abner Clay Park, Downtown, Historic Jackson Ward, Belvidere & West Leigh Streets, features Parliament – Funkadelic – Original P, African Drummers & Dancers, Music & Oral Tradition with the Elegba Folklore Society, Kenya Safari Acrobats, Free, www.efsinc.org or 804- 644-3900. Old Instruments for Young Hands Concert, […]
The 2012 graduating class at Liberty University is not pleased with their respective commencement speaker at the graduation ceremonies. Liberty University students are unhappy that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will address their graduation. In a letter to students, Liberty Chancellor Jerry Falwell, JR wrote that having Romney at the ceremonies would showcase the university his father […]
Children who are 5 years old by September 30 can start kindergarten this fall. But first, they need to be registered. It’s very important to register on time. And, that date is Thursday, April 19, 2012. When you register on time at your child’s school, your child will receive a PBS KIDS activity booklet and […]
A distressing video was shot of an 11-year-old autistic boy being punched repeatedly in the head by a fellow pupil as he waited for the school bus. Kaleb Kula has been bullied for years at Elkton Middle School in Elkton, Maryland, according to his parents. Students can be seen and heard cheering, while another student […]
Media Mogul Oprah Winfrey’s girls are heading out into the world! Saturday, the first class of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa graduated. The Associated Press reports that of the 75 girls who began the school in 2007, 72 are graduates. All of the graduates are headed to universities in South […]
They called it “random dancing” but First Lady Michelle Obama broke out some moves that resembled subdued variations of “the Monkey” or “the Jerk” Friday during an appearance at a northern Virginia high school. A screaming, raucous auditorium filled with elementary and middle school students greeted Obama and the cast of the Nickelodeon TV show […]
Record Company CEO/Singer Beyonce’s Father Mathew Knowles is staying busy and recently relinquished his title of professor of music at Texas Southern University School of Communication. The CEO of Music World Entertainment will go back to teaching his signature course, The Recording Industry, beginning in the spring semester, which starts on Jan. 23. The insightful […]
Oprah Winfrey spent $40 million to give the girls at her school in South Africa a campus with computer and science labs, a library and a wellness center. None paid tuition. The students are high-achievers, often from communities where schools are struggling to overcome the legacy of apartheid. As the South African school year nears […]
