Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte Co-Headline the “Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour”; Shockoe Bottom walking tour; Sunday Vintage Market; Back Porch @ GlobeHopper: Intentional Communities; Dig begins at Lumpkin’s Jail location; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Getting Started with Organic Gardening; Mini Flicks & Stories; Mos Def @ Toad’s Place; Thursday Fresh Market; Fridays at Sunset; River District Canal Cruises (Friday-Sunday); The Whigs @ Canal Club; 22,000 miles for peace; 6th District Town Meeting; Carib Fest; Women’s Roles in Civil War History; Bikes in the Bottom; MORE…

Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte Co-Headline the “Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour”

Sun Aug 3 12:00 pm
18th Street in Shockoe Bottom, $10 in advance, $20 at the gate, all ages, 12:00-7:00pm
What promises to be one of the hottest tours this summer is coming to Shockoe Bottom! Greater Richmond SCAN presents the “Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour” featuring live music from pop/rock band Boys Like Girls, multi-platinum selling punk/rock band Good Charlotte, and up and coming Metro Station and The Maine. Tickets can be purchased at all Plan 9 Music locations, on line at www.ticketstobuy.com or by calling 804-794-6700. All proceeds go to benefit Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now). For more information call 804-304-6870 or visit www.rvasummer.com or www.threeoneoneproductions.com.

Shockoe Bottom walking tour

Sun Aug 3 2:00 pm
Shockoe Bottom is Richmond’s “hot, new” entertainment and residential district but for centuries it was the center of commerce. Come explore this revitalized area of the city, including the newly re-opened Main Street Station.

DATES/TIMES: May 25th, August 3rd, October 5th, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

STARTING POINT: Meet your guide at Main and 17th Streets.

http://www.richmondhistorycenter.com

Sunday Vintage Market

Sun Aug 3 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: Intentional Communities

Mon Aug 4 6:30 pm
This Monday, August 4, we have a panel of speakers to share their experiences living in intentional communities –- localized communities of people or families pursuing common interests and concentrating on common values. Join us to talk about what community means in the city of Richmond and the impact that living in an intentional community and sharing resources can have on our local environments.

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.

Dig begins at Lumpkin’s Jail location

Mon Aug 4 9:30 am

open mic @ Poe’s Pub

Tue Aug 5 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

Getting Started with Organic Gardening

Thu Aug 7 6:30 pm
Tricycle Gardens are presenting the first of a series of workshops on organic gardening: Introduction to Organic Gardening (7/24), Getting Started with Organic Gardening (8/7), and Fall Gardening and Winter Preparations (9/11). Each workshop will cost $15 and take place at 211 West 7th Street in Old Manchester. Please contact allison@tricyclegardens.org if you have questions.

Find out more: http://chpn.net/news/2008/07/12/tricycle-gardens-announces-organic-gardening-workshops/

Mini Flicks & Stories

Thu Aug 7 10:30 am
@ Hull Street Library
for preschool & kindergarten children

Mos Def @ Toad’s Place

Thu Aug 7
Mos Def is one of a handful of artists who have breached the gap between underground and mainstream, music and film, small venues and main stage festival performances, and has done so with incredible success. Beginning with music in the mid 90’s, Mos Def found himself to be one of the primary hip-hop artists leading a charge from back alley rhymes to featured spots on radio and MTV. Within a short time frame he had already begun to work with such artists as De La Soul and Talib Kweli and became a mainstream sensation almost overnight.

Thursday Fresh Market

Thu Aug 7 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

Fridays at Sunset

Fri Aug 8 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 Aug 8 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)

The Whigs @ Canal Club

Fri Aug 8 8:00 pm
with Mermaid Skeletons, Hope Like Fire & Jubeus

22,000 miles for peace

Sat Aug 9 5:00 pm
A reception for Alix Bryan will be held at Scoot Richmond starting at 5PM on August 9, 2008. Alix Bryan is on the homestretch of tracing a 22,000 mile Peace sign on the continental United States. When she arrives in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 8, 2008, Bryan will have created the largest Peace sign in history.

6th District Town Meeting

Sat Aug 9 12:00 pm
@Bank of America, 12th & Main Streets, 18th Floor

This event repeats every month on the 2nd Saturday.

For more information, call (804) 646-7964 or (804) 646-5348.

Reserved Free Parking in the James Center (Omni Hotel) Deck on Cary Street. Enter on the right side of the street across from the Bank of America Parking Deck. You will receive a parking coupon at the Town Meeting.

Carib Fest

Sat Aug 9 12:00 pm
@Brown’s Island, $10 admission, children 12 & under are free, Noon-9:00pm
The Caribbean Islands come to Richmond with the live entertainment of the Calypso King of the World The Mighty Sparrow, the Reggae band Ever-G and the Panjammers Steel Orchestra. Come enjoy Caribbean crafts, children’s activities, book sales and authors, vendors and much more! For more information visit www.caribfestonline.com.

Women’s Roles in Civil War History

Sat Aug 9 1:00 pm
@ The American Civil War Center at Tredegar, $10 or free with paid admission or Center membership, 1:00pm
Women played leading roles during the Civil War as spies, nurses, surgeons, and abolitionists. This 30-minute tour through the Center’s exhibit, In the Cause of Liberty, will explore the lives of eight women who impacted history. Laboring on the Home Front starts at 2:00pm, immediately following, and is Free. National Park Service Ranger Susie Sernaker will discuss the expanding role of women, free blacks and slaves in the Richmond workforce during the Civil War. For more information call 804-780-1865 or visit www.tredegar.org.

Bikes in the Bottom

Sun Aug 10 9:30 am
The monthly motorcycle breakfast on the second Sunday of every month @ Poe’s Pub