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Happy pool season! 😎 #rva #richmondgrid

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🛶 Do yourself a favor and watch Sturgeon Story,

🛶 Do yourself a favor and watch Sturgeon Story, a local tale about good friends seeking an opportunity to witness one of the rarest species on Earth leaping high above the mighty James.

🎥 This homegrown short film from the Richmond based crew @headwatersdown is about the few short weeks every fall when there’s a small window of time to catch a glimpse of the Atlantic Sturgeon, a mysterious species once believed to be extinct. In the newly released film, the award winning film crew searches for the perfect shot of the giant leaping dinosaur fish rising from tranquil waters for reasons most still don’t understand.

Along the way, the film tells the story of @albertspells, crediting his hard work with the Atlantic Sturgeon as part of the reason for the great return. In addition to a story about the love for a prehistoric fish and the protection of the river that it calls home, the film also reminds us that patience, a good attitude, and a little luck can be helpful on any journey. The film doesn’t wrap without a gentle reminder that the last thing the Atlantic Sturgeon need is a river littered with powerboats chasing them around. So if you go looking for this ancient species, take along an ancient vessel, like a canoe, to really enjoy your time with the Atlantic Sturgeon.

And when you’re back on shore, make sure to support the organizations, businesses, and community leaders committed to preserving and protecting the giant leaping dinosaur fish and our waterways.

➡️ Link in bio to watch the film.

📸 @headwatersdown

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🎉 This week we’re honored to feature Ashley W

🎉 This week we’re honored to feature Ashley Williams (@ashleyj_williams) as guest editor of our partner publication, @here.weekly! If you’re a subscriber, you already know that #hereweekly delivers weekly tips straight to your inbox from Richmonders known for pushing our community forward.

Ashley is the founder of BareSOUL Yoga & Wellness (@baresoulyoga) and curator of The Well Collective (@thewellcollective___). As a builder and weaver, Ashley bridges mindfulness, diversity, wellness and inclusion on micro and macro-levels to achieve equitable, socially stable and conscious spaces for individual and collective care.

In this week’s issue of Here Weekly, Ashley begins by encouraging readers to participate in the screening of Deconstructing Karen (@deconstructingkaren) followed by a conversation with Saira Rao (@sairarao) and Regina Jackson (@rljack12) at the historic Byrd Theatre (@thebyrdrva). Over the past month, a collective of Richmond-based women have contributed and planned this event, inviting community into a space of truth-telling, dialogue and radical honesty centering around racism in Richmond, and beyond.

Also on Ashley’s list of tips is the Big Tent Community Festival, hosted by @bhmva and @rvasymphony, at Abner Clay Park on Saturday! This FREE outdoor concert features the music of Florence Price, Joseph Bologne, and Virginia native, Adolphus Hailstork.

And on Sunday, Ashley suggests heading over to BareSOUL Community Yoga at Hatch Local (@hatchlocalfoodhall) at 10:00 am. BareSOUL Yoga offers community-based programs and classes at favorite local businesses and partners. Grab your mat and kick off your Sunday with BareSOUL Ambassador Adrienne Samuels at the Hatch Local courtyard for movement, breath, and meditation. BareSOUL hosts classes throughout the Spring/Summer season, supporting the development of school programming, youth camps, and staff well-being.

➡️ Here Subscribers, make sure to check your inbox for more from Ashley! And if you haven’t signed up yet, it’s free at hereweekly.com.

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🌳 The Science Museum (@sciencemuseumofvirginia)

🌳 The Science Museum (@sciencemuseumofvirginia) has officially opened The Green, reclaiming two acres of asphalt surface parking and reestablishing the front acreage of Broad St. as a new 6-acre public green space!

The Green has been in the works for five years and brings the museum one step closer to its goal of 20+ acres of greenspace around its campus.

The Green features native vegetation and is designed to sequester carbon, manage stormwater, and help mitigate the urban heat island effect in the Scotts Addition area of Richmond. The Green also includes a STEM-inspired art feature, Cosmic Perception! As you travel around Cosmic Perception, the sculpture provides unexpected views of the urban environment and natural world.

The Science Museum says that it will continue working on the next phases of The Green this fall.

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“Would you trade places with a Black person in t

“Would you trade places with a Black person in this society?” This question is posed to a group of white women in the documentary Deconstructing Karen (@deconstructingkaren). As the question reverberates, it’s clear that this is a very different kind of dinner party. Candles are lit and wine poured as guests gather around a pristine table, with two women of color seated at the head awaiting responses.

This is the premise of Deconstructing Karen; to ask direct and provocative questions about race, inviting white women to reflect on their inner dialogue, behaviors, and biases. This opens up challenging, yet hopeful, conversations about how white women can use their privilege and power to dismantle racist systems that perpetuate disconnection and violence.

Instead of gathering a small group for dinner, a team of Richmond women have joined forces to bring hundreds of women to the Byrd Theatre (@thebyrdrva) for a transformational experience on Thursday, May 25th. The evening includes a reception, a 6:00 pm screening of Deconstructing Karen, and a live, impactful discussion between Regina Jackson (@rljack12) and Saira Rao (@sairarao), the co-creators of the documentary and authors of White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better; moderated by Ashley Williams (@ashleyj_williams), the founder of The Well Collective (@thewellcollective___)in Richmond.

We asked Regina, Saira, and Ashley to address common assumptions, misperceptions, and questions about the focus of this event and the Deconstructing Karen movement as a whole. Check the the link in our bio for the full conversation.

📸 Saira Rao and Regina Jackson, featured in the documentary and co-founders of Race2Dinner (@race2dinner).

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Happy National Craft Distillery Day, RVA! 📸 @n

Happy National Craft Distillery Day, RVA!
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