DOWNTOWN CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NOVEMBER 2009
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Sunday, November 1 / 7:00pm / GALLERY 5 / 200 W Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $15
Gumbo and Ghosts
Dinner, Theater and Séance $15
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November 5 / 2:00pm / Richmond Public Library Main Branch / 101 East Franklin St / 804.646.7223 / Free
Richmond Moving Image Co-op Presents Silent Movie Film Series at the Richmond Public LIbrary
The Black Pirate
1926, 90 minutes, Featuirng Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove and Donald Crisp
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Thursday, November 5 / 7:00pm-10:00pm / ART6 & ARTSPACE GALLERIES / 6 East Broad St 23219 / 804.232.6464 / $25 advance $30 door
ThinkSmall! Biennial Miniature Invitational Preview Gala
Be the first to purchase from hundreds of works by local, nationa, and international artists at the 5th Biennial International Miniature Invitational - a special fundraising
event for Artspace and art6 galleries. Ticket also includes transportation between galleries, food, live music, and drink specials.
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Friday, November 6 / 6:00pm-10:00pm / DOWNTOWN / Free
First Fridays Art Walk
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November 6, 7, 9 / Richmond Public Library Main Branch / 101 East Franklin St / 804.646.7223 / Free with items for sale
Friends of the Richmond Public LIbrary Book Sale 2009
Give in to your book buying addiction and attend the Friends’ Fall Book Sale which suppirting the great work of the Richmond Public Library! Thousands of great hardbacks and paperbacks at bargain prices with most priced at $1 or $2, CDs at $1, and children’s books at 50 cents. There are collectible books at a fraction of the going internet prices available in the Special Collections Room on Friday and Saturday.
Friday, November 6 from 1pm-5pm and 7pm-9pm during First Fridays
Saturday, November 7 from 10am-4pm
Monday, November 9 from 10am-5pm
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Saturday, November 7 / 9:00am-3:00pm / QUIRK GALLERY / 311 W Broad St 23220 / 804.644.5450 / Weather Permitting
Antiques on Broad
Every other Saturday find vendors at the lot besides Quirk, featuring an extensive variety of antiques such as Mid-Century modern, vintage clothing, decorative arts, Art Deco and Art Nouveau, jewlery, and much more.
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November 12 / 2:00pm / Richmond Public Library Main Branch / 101 East Franklin St / 804.646.7223 / Free
Richmond Moving Image Co-op Presents Silent Movie Film Series at the Richmond Public LIbrary
College
1927, 75 minutes, Featuirng Buster Keaton. Second only to Charlie Chaplin in popularity was old "stone-face" the great silent comic, Buster Keaton. No mater how frantic or dire the action, Keaton's characters rarely betrayed any facial emotion. ike most of his romantic-adventure comedies (The General, Our Hospitality), Buster’s at his best trying to win his girl’s affections – this time on the athletic field – with predictably disastrous and hilarious consequences in "College."
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Thursday, November 12 / 7:30pm / GALLERY5 / 200 West Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $
Slam Nahuatl Presents Season 3: The Literacy Poetry OPEN MIC NIGHT!
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Friday, November 13 / 8:00pm / GALLERY5 / 200 West Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $5
Live Music and CD release
Louisiana Territory’s: Traces of Gold, with special guests Memphis 59 (DC) and Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird
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Saturday, November 14 / DOWNTOWN & AROUND TOWN
Richmond Marathon
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Saturday, November 14 / 8:00pm / CHEZ FOUSHEE / 203 North Foushee St 23219 / 804.648-3223 / $37.50 Dinner, $50.00 Dinner w/ wine pairing
Wine Dinner - Two Seatings at 6pm and 8:30pm (Reservations Required)
3 course wine pairing meal with items such as: Seared Sea Scallops over Celery Root Potato Puree Appetizer, Red Currant Lacquered Duck Breast Entre,
Roasted Cod en Croute Entree, Cardamom Pound Cake with Rosewater Pomegranate Sauce Dessert
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Sunday, November 15 / 7:00pm / GALLERY5 / 200 West Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $TBA
Benefit Event: Terminate the Tumor-Save Colin
Benefit for Colin Messick to help him battle brain cancer, featuring The Hotdamns, Jonathan Vassar and The Speckled Bird, In Circles
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Wednesday, November 18 / 4:00-5:30pm / QUIRK GALLERY / 311 W Broad St 23220 / 804.644.5450 / $25 or $85 for 4 classes
After School Children's Art Workshop
Today's session focuses on modeling clay painting (yes, it's as crazy as you think)
Includes all materials and a snack
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Wednesday, November 18 / 7:00pm / GALLERY5 / 200 West Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $TBA
Musical Performance and Puppet Show featuring The Hellblinki and Cripps Puppet Spectacular
The Hellblinki Sextet in collaboration with acclaimed Puppeteer, Mr. Madison J. Cripps, has created a cutting edge show based around the band’s songs. "The Devil Takes All" follows our hero, Mr. Hatgrin Hellblinki, through an original tale of wonder reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstien, and Candide. Music, Puppetry, and Multimedia are combined to create a world beyond the senses. (Subject matter is dark, though appropriate for all ages, Earplugs may be desired in some venues.)
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Thursday, November 19 / 8:00pm / GHOSTPRINT GALLERY / 220 W Broad St 23220 / 804.344.1557 / $?
Eugene Chadbourne & Tatsuya Nakatani live in concert w/ special openers Ting Ting Jahe
Cult musician (guitar, banjo, rake) Doc Chad along with percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, solos and duos plus hopeful support from the illustrious Ting Ting Jahe. This is first Doc Chad show in Richmond since unfortunate Jack and Jim event held in liquorless premises because a Gwar guy exposed himself by mistake.
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Thursday, November 19 / 7:30pm / GALLERY5 / 200 West Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $7 or $5 w/ student ID
Slam Nahuatl Presents Season 3 Slam Competition with guest featured poet
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Friday, November 20 / 12:00pm / 1708 GALLERY / 319 W Broad St 23220 / 804.643.1708 / Free
Brown Bag Lunch Discussion
1708 presents a free lunch discussion about sound art with John Henry Blatter and electronic musician and sound artist Stephen Vitiello.
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Friday, November 20 / 7:00pm / LEMAIRE / 101 W Franklin St 23220 / 804.649.4629 / $100 pp
Exclusive Wine Tasting Event
Continuing the series of wine seminars led by Master Sommelier Robert Jones from the wine importing company of Kysela Pere et Fils LTD., Lemaire would like to invite you to kick off the holiday season with a collector-worthy tasting event. Robert’s selections from the Kysela portfolio feature unique, high quality, cellarable selections from the Champagne, Burgundy, and Rhone regions of France. The beverages are seasonally appropriate and drinking well now but which will develop in the cellar over the next several years. The event will also feature Chef Bundy’s collaboration in a three-course menu with tasting portions to match the heavenly elixirs
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Saturday, November 21 / 9:00am-3:00pm / QUIRK GALLERY-Parking lot next door / 311 W Broad St 23220 / 804.644.5450 /
Antiques on Broad-LAST OF THE SEASON
Every other Saturday find vendors at the lot besides Quirk, featuring an extensive variety of antiques such as Mid-Century modern, vintage clothing, decorative arts, Art Deco and Art Nouveau, jewlery, and much more.
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Saturday, November 21 / 12:00pm-4:00pm / VISUAL ART STUDIO / 208 W Broad St 23220 / 804.644.1368
November 21 / 2:00pm / RICHMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY-MAIN BRANCH / 101 East Franklin St / 804.646.7223 / Free
The Richmond Youth Jazz Guild was created in 2008 by jazz composer and pianst Ashby Anderson as a way to bring jazz nad acoutic instrument playing back into the lives of youth in the Richmond metropolitan area. The group has received rave reviews, and recently performed at the Richmond 2nd Street Festival. Don't let the "youth" part fool you, these guys are jazz musicians! Don't miss the opportunity to experience these emerging artists!
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Saturday, November 21 / 8:00pm / GALLERY5 / 200 West Marshall St 23219 / 804.644.0005 / $15 or $10 w/ military ID or costume / 18+
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Tuesday, November 24 / 6:00pm-7:00pm / RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE CENTER / 107 W Broad St 23220
November's DNA's meeting features Richmond City Council Members Charles Samuels and Ellen Robertson. There will be a reception with cash bar from 5:30-6:00pm before the program at 6:00pm. Members and those interested in Downtown efforts are invited.
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Wednesday, November 25 / 4:00-5:30pm / QUIRK GALLERY / 311 W Broad St 23220 / 804.644.5450 / $25 or $85 for 4 classes
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