Bikes in the Bottom; Sunday Vintage Market; Back Porch @ GlobeHopper: Affluenza; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Ben (Cooter) Jones: Congressman/TV Star; Mini Flicks & Stories; Thursday Fresh Market; 80′s Was the Greatest – Old Skool Concert; Fridays at Sunset; River District Canal Cruises (Friday-Sunday); Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Meeting; MORE…

Bikes in the Bottom

Sun Jul 13 9:30 am
The monthly motorcycle breakfast on the second Sunday of every month @ Poe’s Pub

Sunday Vintage Market

Sun Jul 13 9:00 am
@ 17th Street Farmers’ Market

Antiques, collectibles, jewelry and fine arts and crafts. Free admission.

For more information call 804-646-0310 or visit http://www.17thstreetfarmersmarket.com.

Back Porch @ GlobeHopper: Affluenza

Mon Jul 14 6:30 pm
Back Porch Energy Initiative moderates multi-media discussions based on social topics of social-interest every Monday at GlobeHopper. The gathering begins at 6:30PM, multi-media discussion begins promptly at 7PM.

Greetings friends of Back Porch in Richmond, VA!

You are cordially invited to join us for conversations on the Back Porch, Monday evenings at GlobeHopper coffee house. GlobeHopper, located at 2100 E Main Street, is home to a weekly forum of open issue-based community discussions. Back Porch moderates multi-media discussions based on social topics of social-interest. Gathering begins at 6:30pm, multi-media discussion begins promptly at 7:00pm.

This Monday, July 14 we will be watching Affluenza – a PBS documentary that diagnoses a serious social disease caused by consumerism, commercialism and materialism. Join us to discuss the impact “Affluenza” may have had and continues to have on our families, communities and the environment and help us to explore the various ways we can work towards curing this “disease.”

open mic @ Poe’s Pub

Tue Jul 15 8:00 pm
acoustic open mic at Poe’s Pub on East Main, hosted by Jim Daab. Sign up is at 8:30, music starts at 9, goes until closing @2AM

2607 East Main Street

Ben (Cooter) Jones: Congressman/TV Star

Thu Jul 17 6:30 pm
@Fountain Bookstore, Inc.

Ben Jones has had a long and varied career in show business and political life. Born in North Carolina, he grew up in a “railroad shack” in a freight yard on the docks of Portsmouth, Virginia. Working his way through college with a series of odd jobs, he discovered theatre at the University of North Carolina, and almost immediately forged a professional career. After appearing as an actor in over two hundred films, television shows, and theatrical productions, he was cast as “Cooter,” the amiable sidekick mechanic in the mega-hit television classic, “The Dukes of Hazzard.”

Mini Flicks & Stories

Thu Jul 17 10:30 am
@ Hull Street Library
for preschool & kindergarten children

Thursday Fresh Market

Thu Jul 17 8:30 am
@ 17th Street Farmers’ Market

Farm fresh and homegrown straight from the region’s farms to your home. Homemade and handcrafted right here by highly artistic Richmonders. Free.

For more information call 804-646-0310 or visit http://www.17thstreetfarmersmarket.com

80′s Was the Greatest – Old Skool Concert

Fri Jul 18 4:00 pm
@Brown’s Island

Scheduled artists: MC Lyte, Doug E Fresh, KRS-1, EU Band, DJ Kool Hosted by Dee Dee Renee. Food and merchandise vendors will be on site. Purchase tickets at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (804) 262-8100 or Richmond Landmark at (804) 646-0546. For more information, visit www.carleenpresents.com.

Fridays at Sunset

Fri Jul 18 6:00 pm
@Kanawha Plaza (9th & Canal Streets), 6-10pm

Fridays at Sunset is pleased to bring to you high caliber performances that offer wonderful entertainment, good food, a patron-friendly atmosphere and an overall enjoyable experience. For more information, event prices and to see the schedule of performers visit www.fridaysatsunset.com.

River District Canal Cruises (Friday-Sunday)

Fri Jul 18 12:00 pm
40-minute historically narrated tours of the James River & Kanawha Canal along the River District’s Canal Walk. Tour begins every hour on the hour. Private charters also available.

@ Canal Turning Basin (Dock and 14th Streets)

Friday-Saturday Noon-7pm
Sunday Noon-5pm,

$5 adults, $4 seniors & children 5-12, age 4 and under free

For more information call 804-649-2800 or visit http://www.venturerichmond.com.

(Spring Season April 4th –June 8th)

Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Meeting

Mon Jul 21 5:30 pm
The next Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association meeting will be held @ ????