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6th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk: Taking Over Carytown Again in 2010

For those of you who missed it – a large group started at Byrd Park while another large group met at the Kroger parking lot at the beginning of Carytown and started walking around 2:00 p.m.  Then the Byrd Park group migrated over and started their walk around 3:00 p.m.

There were many a diverse zombie, much like the previous years.  There were many spectators enjoying the blood thirsty minions.   If you missed it this year, you better make sure you’re there next year.  You’re missing out!

Happy Halloween!

Looking to get your drag show fix without having to get up or make the reservations for Godfrey’s drag brunch?  Well then every 3^rd Sunday of the month you may be in luck.

Here’s some highlights from the Babe’s Halloween Drag Extravaganza 2 weeks ago.

VMFA After Dark

For a long time (we’re talkin’ two years) I’ve heard about and wanted to attend one of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presentations of Art After Dark.  They offer food, drink, entertainment, usually some sort of interactive dance or art class, and, of course, of all the works the VMFA has to offer.  Well finally this year I got a chance to attend one.

Their theme of the night I attended (Thursday Oct. 14^th I believe) was a relaxed southern, New Orleans theme, complete with shrimp po’ boy sandwiches and waltzing lessons.

For food, besides the shrimp po’ boys, they had salad, fries, and fruit & cheese plates.

They had live music as well as classes on how to waltz (and possibly other dances that I may have missed).  It was a mix of southern jazz and old-timey, southern hospitality.

Several tables were selling liquor, wine and beer.

Everything was purchased by buying tickets for $1 each (food and drinks going for anywhere between $4 and $10) and proceeds go to help our local museum.

If you haven’t checked out a VMFA After Dark event yet, be sure to get down to the museum soon on any Thursday or Friday night until 9 p.m. for music, films, poetry readings, dancing, and other special events.

1708 Gallery presents: InLight Richmond

Friday October 22, 2010, something very strange was going on in Shockoe Bottom on a popular block of Cary Street in the well known area, Shockoe Slip.  From 7:30 p.m. to midnight, the entire street was dark.  Street lights, restaurants, stores, all with no lights. 

1708 Gallery, the non-profit organization started in 1978 by local artists, put on InLight Richmond, a public exhibition of contemporary art inspired by light. Shockoe Slip was transformed by 37 installations created by 60 artists presenting a mix of visual and performance art, like photography, video, sculpture, mixed media, interactive, and sound, digital, showcased in a variety of unexpected spaces, like sidewalks, alleys, walls, storefronts, building facades, instant gallery spaces and more. And this year, emerging and established artists from throughout the United States, and as far away as Australia, were selected for the exhibition.

InLight Richmond kicked-off with rhe Community Lantern Parade at 7:30 p.m. at the James Center Atrium.  They also had the Wearable Art InLight Fashion Show, which is a 1708 Gallery original, created 12 years ago.  The show is a creative fusion of fashion, sculpture, media and movement inspired by light. At 9pm, the winning designs were presented by models at the Shockoe Plaza in front of The Martin Agency.

For more info on 1708 Gallery, check out their website www.1708gallery.org, or stop by the gallery at 319 W. Broad Street.