Core Values – A Chesterfield County Initiative and a Local Artist’s Mission
February 8, 2010 by Elizabeth
Filed under Featured, News Related, Totally Richmond
Richmond’s celebrity storyteller Slash Coleman is participating in a Core Values Celebration that will take place at Tomahawk Creek Middle School at 7 PM on 2/25/10.
The Core Value Initiative is a program based on the book Educating for Character, written by Thomas Lickona. The program, adopted by the Chesterfield County School Board in 1999, promotes [...]
Restaurant Review – Summer Shack in Richmond, Virginia
January 18, 2010 by Elizabeth
Filed under Featured, Restaurants, Totally Richmond
Drive out Broad Street a ways (a long ways) and you will find The Summer Shack positioned jauntily on the lot. A small boat decorates the front. You walk in, and the decor is decidedly beach-themed. Volleyball nets and flip flops decorate the walls. The tables and chairs are mismatched in a charming, not messy [...]
Historic Jackson Ward – “The Harlem Of The South”
January 13, 2010 by Elizabeth
Filed under Featured, Historical Landmarks, Totally Richmond
Historic Jackson Ward is one of Richmond, Virginia’s oldest and well-preserved neighborhoods. Located east of Belvidere, west of Shockoe Bottom, and north of Broad, Jackson Ward is home to some of Richmond’s most beautiful historic buildings, in addition to being the historical center of African-American culture during the early 1900’s.
While Jackson Ward was settled by [...]
