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Now Through Saturday, June 8
Puritan Cleaners 100,000 Meals for Kids – Puritan Cleaners partners with the Central Virginia Food Bank & Feedmore each Spring to raise food & funds to help feed kids during the summer months when they are out of school and the need for food increases. This year’s 100,000 Meals collection runs from May 19th to June 8th. Bring your non-perishable food or funds to any Puritan Cleaners location. Every donation is needed and appreciated.
Now Through August 18
SYMMETREES at The Science Museum of Virginia. Photographer and sculptor John Moser shares his unique view of fallen trees in Central Virginia forests by capturing their photos, then enhancing them so that the images take on a life of their own. Included with exhibit admission. Free for members.
Now Through September 6
Flight of the Butterflies – The Science Museum of Virginia: Read our Real Richmond Review. Migrate with hundreds of millions of Monarch butterflies across North America! Discover the hideaway of these magnificent creatures – a secret that was unlocked after 40 years of research by Dr. Fred Urquhart. Immerse yourself in this compelling adventure as you find a super generation of butterflies who miraculously travel to a new and remote destination. Experience firsthand the beauty of the migration cycle of butterflies spanning not only thousands of miles but generations!Now Through September 29
This Week
Monday, June 3, 2013
CMoR’s Magic Mondays with extended summer hours with fun activities each weeknight! All Summer Nights activities are free with museum admission. A variety of food options are available at the Seymour Snack Shack including frozen yogurt, popcorn, snow cones and a variety of hot and cold beverages like coffee and juice.
They Call it Stormy Weather: How Artists See the Weather and the Seasons. Explore artists’ depictions of weather from thunderstorms on powerful, wild seas to sunny skies above spring fields. The photographic reproductions are on loan from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Included with exhibit admission. LAST DAY!
Game On! at Clover Hill Library. Visit the library to play Wii games and hang out with friends. No registration is necessary – just stop by and join the fun. Clover Hill Library.
Volunteen in Goochland – looking for a teen volunteer opportunity for the summer? Find out how you can help the library during our Summer Reading Program. Pizza & drinks provided by the Friends of the Goochland Library.
Tuesday, June 4
CMoR’s extended summer hours with fun activities each weeknight! All Summer Nights activities are free with museum admission. A variety of food options are available at the Seymour Snack Shack including frozen yogurt, popcorn, snow cones and a variety of hot and cold beverages like coffee and juice. Tuesday: Open mic night couldn’t be any cuter! Kiddos can sing their favorite tunes on the CMoR karaoke machine!
Flying Squirrels Baseball Game – The Diamond. The Moonshiners Appearance – Tim & Tickle presented by K95. Game time 6:35pm, gates open at 5:35pm.
Club Mom from 9am-11am. Chesterfield Towne Center. A great opportunity for your child to learn in a fun, interactive setting. Great entertainment, fun giveaways for the adults, and free breakfast for children 12 years or younger.
Wednesday, June 5
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Wine Down to benefit Tricycle Gardens at the Wine Loft in Short Pump. Join the fun and help raise money for this important cause. Learn more here.
CMoR’s Wild Wednesdays with extended summer hours with fun activities each weeknight! All Summer Nights activities are free with museum admission. A variety of food options are available at the Seymour Snack Shack including frozen yogurt, popcorn, snow cones and a variety of hot and cold beverages like coffee and juice.
Scents of Serenity – Please join us for this informative and fun weight loss workshop taught by our special guest speaker, Mandi Felici from Northern Virginia. She will be sharing health and nutrition tips as well as teaching on how to incorporate doTERRA’s nutritional supplements, protein drinks, and most of all our amazing CPTG Essential Oils to achieve weight loss! We will be sampling doTERRA’s Slim and Sassy blend and protein drinks. Space is limited. Click to register or call Melanie at (804)277-4498.
Lunch Break at the Science Museum. Pack a lunch and join us. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Free. June 5: Energy and the Evolution of Culture presented by Anthropology Professor Emeritus Nancie Gonzales, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Drop in and Dig at Lewis Ginter. Families are invited to drop-in and participate in simple, easy to learn gardening tasks under the guidance of Children’s Garden staff and volunteers.
Parenting the High Maintenance Child. Some children seem to require more time and energy than others. If you find yourself exhausted by and impatient with your child, this class is for you. Learn tips for managing meltdowns and tantrums. Find ways to help children to be more self-regulating. Register: 804-545-1272 with Commonwealth Parenting.
St. John’s Church Foundation has presented historical reenactments at the original location of the Second Virginia Convention of March 1775. Professional actors in 1770s attire portray ten delegates, including Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. The delegates engage in the debates and arguments of the Second Virginia Convention, which lead up to Patrick Henry’s immortal “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech. 1:00 pm Doors open, seating is on first come, first serve basis 1:30 pm Music program 2:00.
Food Court Truck at Chesterfield Town Center. Weekly, on Wednesdays from 6pm to 9pm through September 25th, that’s 22 weeks of RVA Foodies cuisine at Chesterfield Towne Center. Where: Outside in CTC’s Parking Lot, Mall Entrance on Koger Center Boulevard (Outer Sears Parking Lot). Each event will be based on weather permitting. Facebook posts on the Mall’s page will happen every Wednesday at 3pm to confirm the night’s event and the RVA Foodies will post and tweet the event as well.
Flying Squirrels Baseball Game – 6:35pm at The Diamond. Community Association Night presented by Hot 100.9.
Thursday, June 6
CMoR’s Theater Thursdays with extended summer hours with fun activities each weeknight! All Summer Nights activities are free with museum admission. A variety of food options are available at the Seymour Snack Shack including frozen yogurt, popcorn, snow cones and a variety of hot and cold beverages like coffee and juice.
Summer Sounds at Stony Point Fashion Park. Thursday, June 6, 2013 Fetherston, Tiller, & Holmes (Rock, Top 40).
2013 Virginia Homeschool Convention –“Home Education: A Bountiful Harvest”. Held June 6-8, 2013, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, this promises to be another awesome, bring-the-whole-family event–you won’t want to miss it! Details on this year’s speakers and exhibitors–along with many of last year’s exciting new features–will be coming soon. Save the date and check back often to get the latest convention news! Click here for convention registration prices and information.
Barnes & Noble Storytime. 10:30am each Friday. Join us each Thursday for our Children’s Storytime. On the fourth Thursday of each month, we’ll have a special visit from Seymour and the Children’s Museum.
Words that Work with Preschoolers aged 2-4 yrs. When: June 6, 2013 | From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Cost: 30. Commonwealth Parenting | commonwealth parenting in Continental Building. It’s not just what you say, but how you say it that gets results. Learn more effective communication skills that will stop undesirable behavior and encourage cooperation. Get practical tips to avoid power struggles
Parts of Arts at the Museum. 10am-11am at the Virginia Museum of Arts – Preschool Programs.
Flying Squirrels. Fitness Night & Fireworks presented by Coventry, Ford & ESPN 950. Game time is 6:35pm, gates open at 5:35pm.
The 37th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® happens Thursday, June 6 – Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront. The Festival kicks off with the return of the AT&T HarborFEAST Seafood Sampler on Thursday, June 6th from 6pm-9pm and continues through the weekend with 3 full days of FREE, fresh, family-friendly FUN!
Friday, June 7
CMoR’s Fine Arts Friday with extended summer hours with fun activities each weeknight! All Summer Nights activities are free with museum admission. Guest artists and art demonstrations will be featured along with special activities to inspire budding artists. Children can take part in creating a progressive outdoor mural that will become the focal point to the museum entrance!
Kids Night Out at All Fired Up. All Fired Up location, kids create a project from wet clay and glaze a ceramic piece plus a pizza dinner is included. Register: 804-744-5506 or 804-355-3412.
Summer Sounds at Stony Point Fashion Park. Friday, June 7, 2013 Tammi Kamin Band (Full Flavor Rock).
First Friday Samplers at Visual Arts Center of Richmond. Food trucks, friends, and fun. A creative outing and lots of activities and great food.
Pocahontas State Park – Outdoor performance by the Embers, a legendary beach-music band that hails from North Carolina. Bring a blanket and a picnic.
Teen Extreme. Teens will have a night jam-packed with activities including basketball, air hockey, ping-pong and Xbox. Eastern Henrico Rec Center. 1440 N. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA.
2013 Virginia Homeschool Convention –“Home Education: A Bountiful Harvest”. Held June 6-8, 2013, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, this promises to be another awesome, bring-the-whole-family event–you won’t want to miss it! Details on this year’s speakers and exhibitors–along with many of last year’s exciting new features–will be coming soon. Save the date and check back often to get the latest convention news!
The 37th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® happens Thursday, June 6 – Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront. The Festival kicks off with the return of the AT&T HarborFEAST Seafood Sampler on Thursday, June 6th from 6pm-9pm and continues through the weekend with 3 full days of FREE, fresh, family-friendly FUN!
Saturday, June 8
2013 Virginia Homeschool Convention –“Home Education: A Bountiful Harvest”. Held June 6-8, 2013, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, this promises to be another awesome, bring-the-whole-family event–you won’t want to miss it! Details on this year’s speakers and exhibitors–along with many of last year’s exciting new features–will be coming soon. Save the date and check back often to get the latest convention news!
Farmers Market at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. 8 a.m.-noon. Fifth season for the Farmers Market @ St. Stephen’s (6000 Grove Avenue). Continues every Saturday through October 26, rain or shine. More than 30 farmers and other vendors, all local. Children’s activities, chef demos, music, ample free parking.
Boxer Brief Battle 5k Run at Rocketts Landing. The “Boxer Brief Battle” 5K Run is the first event offered by HCB2. The event focuses on colon cancer prevention and raising funds for colon cancer research, screening assistance, and advocacy. Proceeds of the 2013 “Boxer Brief Battle” 5K Run will benefit the American Cancer Society and “Access Now”. Several sponsors including Colon and Rectal Specialists of Richmond.
Lowe’s Monster Growers – It’s going to be a monster summer at Lowe’s! Bring your child to Lowe’s this Saturday and they can build these awesome Mike and Sulley Scarers inspired by Disney•Pixar’s upcoming release Monsters University!
Abby’s Race for Hope 5K Run/Walk: Packet pickup 7:45AM. Race 9:00AM. Saturday, June 8th, Bryan Park, Shelter 1, Richmond. $15 to $25. Kids under 6 free. Stroller friendly. Raffle after race (tickets $5/each). Proceeds to benefit Abby’s Race for Hope Trust and STOPCMV.org. Register on website.
Summer Sounds at Stony Point Fashion Park. Saturday, June 8, 2013 Ban Caribe (Calypso, Island Pop).
Stop Hunger Now Packaging Event. Visualize a world without Hunger. On behalf of the 925 million people who suffer and the 25,000 people who die each day from hunger-related causes – the end to hunger is possible. WE NEED YOUR HELP! All you need to do is VOLUNTEER and show up for the second annual Stop Hunger Now campaign.
Summer Ready Party at Ginter Park Library. Come and register for the Summer Reading Program. It doesn’t matter what your age is there is a program just for you. Get some energy jumping in our bounce house and enjoy a sno-cone.
Journey to the Center of the Universe to eat your weight in strawberries! While you’re in the Center of the Universe, there will be bands, local vendors, foodstuffs, and other family-friendly events. If you’ve got kids in tow, the odds are super high of catching a train from extremely close proximity as it makes its way through Ashland. Free! 10am-5pm. Randolph Macon College.
AARF with Paws in the Park! Join us in celebrating AARF’s 20th year in rescue! Paws in the Park this year is bigger than ever! Live music by Starlighter and Wayne Ruotolo, Food, Silent Auctions, Pet Blessing, Pet Photo and Kissing Booths, Moon Bounce, Henrico County Fire Truck, Pet Masseuse, Lots of great Vendors, Rescue Groups with Adoptable Animals, Henrico County K9 Unit Demo, Face Painting & Kids Craft Table, and much more! Pets welcome and encouraged with proof of rabies and no retractable leashes please.
American Civil War Center at Tredegar - Storytelling is one of the world’s oldest traditions. Enslaved African Americans used storytelling as a way of communicating with each other and to preserve their heritage. These stories were used to help teach children how to behave, to explain the world around them and the behavior of animals and sometimes even to poke fun at the masters and themselves.
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival: The name says it all. Taking place at Richmond Raceway Complex. This year’s show is lookin’ better than ever. Over 30,000 beer and bourbon lovers have joined us for the last three years and this year is sure to be another SELL OUT!
Free Irish Dance Class at Heart of Ireland School of Dance. Try Irish dancing and see what all the fun is about. Open to all ages, register by calling 804-464-8190.
Free event – Jammin on the James – Bring a picnic dinner and your favorite lawn chair for family-friendly music on our scenic terrace overlooking the James River. Enjoy complimentary walk-through tours of Wilton as well as face painting, games, and crafts for kids.
Moonlight Magic. The 11th Annual Moonlight Magic at James River Cellars will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2013. This sell-out event is a favorite among supporters of Massey and lovers of wine and craft beer. Plan to join us for musical stylings of The Remnants, tastings of local craft beer by Hardywood Brewery and wine by James River Cellars, the gourmet cuisine of Champagne Taste Catering, as well as exciting silent and live auctions. General admission tickets are $45 in advance, $50 at the door.For tickets and additional information, visit our website.
Free Family Fishing. It’s National Fishing Month! Courthouse Park – no fishing license needed. Food vendors will be on site to purchase a picnic style dinner of hot dogs, chips and drinks; and the Kona Ice Truck will also stop by for some refreshing treat options.
The 37th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® happens Thursday, June 6 – Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront. The Festival kicks off with the return of the AT&T HarborFEAST Seafood Sampler on Thursday, June 6th from 6pm-9pm and continues through the weekend with 3 full days of FREE, fresh, family-friendly FUN!
Special Olympics Virginia’s Summer Games. 9am-3pm. Summer Games, Special Olympics Virginia’s largest statewide competition, is nothing short of legendary thanks to the overwhelming support of more than 3,000 local volunteers who brave the summer heat to assist with competitions and events throughout the weekend. 1,300 Special Olympics Virginia athletes come from all corners of the state to go for the gold in swimming, softball, track & field, bowling and tennis competitions.
Southern Food Festival at Welborne Church. 11:30. – 3:00 p.m. Great food. BBQ chicken and pork. Southern sides. Great desserts. Music by 3 bands. Fun and games for kids.
Colonial Downs 17th Annual Season Opener. Enjoy the start of summer with the 17th Annual Thoroughbred Season Opener at Colonial Downs! Bring your family and friends to an exciting evening that is fun for all ages. Post Time is 6pm. Admission is $3. For more information, visit the website.
Sunday, June 9
Summer Sounds at Stony Point Fashion Park. Sunday, June 9, 2013 Emme St. James (Jazz and Standards).
Lowe’s Monster University Scarers and Growers – It’s going to be a monster summer at Lowe’s! Bring your child to Lowe’s this Saturday and they can build these awesome Mike and Sulley Scarers inspired by Disney•Pixar’s upcoming release Monsters University!
The 37th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® happens Thursday, June 6 – Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront. The Festival kicks off with the return of the AT&T HarborFEAST Seafood Sampler on Thursday, June 6th from 6pm-9pm and continues through the weekend with 3 full days of FREE, fresh, family-friendly FUN!
Free Admission to the Nature Center. Maymont Nature Center.
Father’s Day Celebration at Ukrop Park – Come celebrate the gift of fatherhood at Richmond’s newest location for activity. In addition to some swimming pool fun, there will be field games, cornhole, bounce houses, “The Fastest Dad in Richmond” contests (both swimming and running) and a special presentation. 804-288-3431.
1st Annual Bacon Festival: Yes, you read that right. It’s the first annual Bacon Festival at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market where you can sample local bacon dishes with live music and great craft beers.
