Come celebrate with GlobeHopper as they turn 2!

We’ve beat the odds! We’re turning two years old!! Come out and lounge with us as we jam to the bad bass beats of Jason Jenkins! Bring your instruments and jam along! All are welcome. No cover. Delicious beer, wine, and liquor specials. Oh yeaaah!

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Tonight from 6-8 p.m. GlobeHopper hosts another Spelling Bee for Grown Ups. Participants receive a free espresso drink or 1/2 off an alcoholic beverage, and the Bee Champion wins a free lunch. 

GlobeHopper will also feature live jazz with the Strange Bird Quartet tomorrow night from 6-8 p.m.

Richmond.com’s Sunday Discover Richmond a couple weeks back prominently featured GlobeHopper through a day in the life of musician and regular customer Nicolas Lewis.

“This place really has a very European feel which is why I especially like it,” he said. “There aren’t too many places that feel like this in Richmond.” [via]

Video of a day in the life of Nicolas Lewis.

From the folks with Back Porch Initiatives:

Today, August 17th, we will discuss Coal Mining in Appalachia and the activist movements surrounding it. Mountain Top Removal–a process through which coal is extracted from mountains using explosives rather than mining and extracting–in Appalachia has become a hot-button issue among mining corporations, governments, power companies, envrionmental and citizens’ rights groups, and Appalachian citizens. Today we will discuss the environmental impacts of Mountain Top Removal and coal-fired power, and the strategies groups are using to combat them.

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Jack Goes Forth rates the best cafes in Richmond including GlobeHopper.

Globehopper Cafe, 2100 East Main Street : A solid all-around cafe. Good service, decent eats and a comfortable setting. I hate their hours (who closes at 2 PM on a Friday, and 8 PM every other night?!) and their lack of bottled water leaves something to be desired. Not much foot traffic in terms of women, but I always see people I know and the staff is pretty cool and down to earth.

The fine folks at GlobeHopper want to share your photos:

We the team of GlobeHopper Coffeehouse & Lounge have been thrilled as of late by a number of customers bringing us photos of our shop: from the obscure and gritty to the funk and glam. This has inspired us for our next round of wall display. We would like to temporarily deviate from our global photos to show your photographs as taken at the GlobeHopper with the theme of our mantra “coffee, culture, and community.” We would be pleased to receive both color and black-and-white photos. Photos should be framed for consideration on the coffeehouse display wall. Electronic photos may be emailed to contact”AT”globehoppercoffee.com for posing on our Facebook or website only. We look forward to seeing and sharing more!

From the folks with Back Porch Initiatives:

Today, July 13th, we will focus on climate change commitments addressed by world leaders at the 2009 G-8 Summit and national leaders in the federal cilmate change legislation. As we overview the specifics and implications of these current events, we will also take a look at the way that environmental communities are responding–from the major American environmental organizations like Sierra Club and Greenpeace to small grassroots movements across the country. Are the stipulations made by these leaders enough to curb climate change? If not, what can we do to keep pressing them to take the necessary steps?

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Check out Miramar & DJ Rattan performing Latin love songs from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s live from 2-5 p.m.

Tonight, Jenna Clarke, organizer of Richmond’s environmental film festival “The Biggest Picture,” will overview a few of the films at this weekend’s festival and how they and others have affected environmental activism. In 2006, former Vice President Al Gore released the film An Inconvenient Truth, which amounted to a call to action on the threat of global warming. Although Al Gore’s is the most notable example, films about environmentalism have been sparking national interest in public policy and community action well before and decidedly after its release.

Join the Back Porch Initiative to talk about the role that film has played in both educating mass audiences and shaping the ways that we act on these issues.

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Tonight’s Back Porch Discussion at GlobeHopper features Tim Adkins (co-founder of Richmond-based Backyard Farmer) and Kate Ruby (developed of an urban agriculture program in Church Hill). They will talk about opportunities for local food projects in Richmond.

Founded in 2008, Backyard Farmer is a local business that works with individuals in Richmond to design and plant gardens or small farms in their backyards. Kate Ruby is working on an upstart program in Church Hill to leverage the yard and vacant plot space for growing food and creating green jobs.

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GlobeHopper Coffeehouse & Lounge introduces Beer Garden Fridays!!! Join your colleagues and friends for an after work weekend kick-off in the comfort of the GlobeHopper lounge or out on our breezy back patio!

You will be given a bucket of ice complete with four beers of your choice and a salty snack. Some of our choices include: Leffe Blond, Hoegaarden, Bitburger, Dogfish Head 60, and Abita Turbodog. More choices rotate in on a regular basis. Domestic buckets $13, Premium buckets $16.

Beer Garden Friday’s are from 3-7pm EVERY FRIDAY!

Need a warm place to celebrate after the marathon? GlobeHopper is offering 1 free cup of coffee or $1 off any espresso bar beverage on Saturday for all race participants. Come and relax those muscles and celebrate your accomplishment with family and friends on one of their comfy couches or out on the patio.

And don’t forget to stop by Shamrock the Block!

Come on out to GlobeHopper for a pre-Irish Festival live music kick-off featuring the indie-folk bluegrass sound of Richmond’s own Van Driver and the Appalachian folk of Jonathan Byrd on Friday, March 20 @ 8PM. No cover at the door, but as usual, generous tipping and purchasing of drinks for the musicians is readily welcome. For this special evening, GlobeHopper will extend hours with drink specials all night.

Organizers of the Facebook group I Support Baseball In Shockoe Bottom have organized “Shockoe Center Community Support Meetings” for February 10th and 11th:

In order to get everyone up to speed and to help answer the question “what can I do to help?” we have scheduled two Shockoe Center “CSM’s” or “Community Support Meetings.” These will be informal but informative meetings where you can get more information, meet more of the people who really want this to happen, and find out how you can make a contribution to the cause.

Tuesday, February 10, 5:30pm and Wednesday, February 11, 5:30pm.

Both will be at GlobeHopper Coffehouse & Lounge, 2100 East Main Street in Shockoe Bottom. 804-523-8083.

This week we will have Green Corps Class of ‘09 and Think Outside the Bottle Organizer Pete Williams as our special guest speaker.  We will investigate water issues from the perspective of water as a human right.  Join us to discuss issues surrounding water privatization vs. public ownership of water.  Gathering begins at a new time 5:30pm, multi-media discussion begins promptly at 6:00pm.

The Think Outside the Bottle Campaign is new to Richmond and is working to challenge the corporate take over of water.  You are invited to stay for a planning meeting after Green Mondays from 7-8pm.

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