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Otis Taylor Live at the Hipp – Tonight!

The Hippodrome is finally bringing what a lot of us have been waiting for, a live blues act.  Here’s hoping for a lot more to come.  Tickets are just $10 online and $15 at the door.  The show starts at 9:00. Sorry for the late notice.  For more information, visit the Hippodrome’s website. Here’s a sample.    [...]

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The Bootleggers Ball

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Freedom Classic at The Hipp

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When’s the Hipp Gonna Start Hopping?

I travel past the Hippodrome about 5 nights a week now and as often as not, the marque is lit up and there is a small crowd milling around.  They are hosting a regular Thursday night Happy Hour mixer and a New Year’s Eve gala on Saturday night.  Steven Spielberg held a wrap part they [...]

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And Now for Something Completely Different

This just in from Facebook: Pimento Cheese Please! has its RVA screening at the Hipp on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. $8 ticket price includes samples from eight chefs bringing their “P” game. Mama J is making a big screen cameo, too! It’s a fundraiser for the Historic Jackson Ward Association and Southern Foodways Alliance. Join [...]

The Taylor Mansion is Open for Business

It has been a long time coming, but Mansion Five 26, at the Tayor Mansion, has finally opened for business.  I don’t know much of anything about it yet or even the website, but this is good news for the area and a hopeful sign that the Hippodrome may finally start booking regular acts.  Here’s hoping. [...]

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Is “The Hipp” Waking Up?

Like many people, I too have been wondering what’s going on with the Hippodrome. By this time I expected to see two or three events, public or private, a week with some big name acts to boot. So far there have been just a few functions, including the Mayor’s State of the City Address last [...]

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Homegrown Jazz at the Hippodrome Tonight

Thursday, 8/11 – 2011 Richmond Jazz Festival pres. Homegrown at the Hipp feat. Eric Stanley, Joye B. Moore, Sharon Rae North, Forte Jazz Band, Shanta ‘Bumni’ Jasper, J. Tucker, Anhayla Stanley, Secret Society @ The Hippodrome (2nd and Leigh St. – Jackson Ward) 6pm.

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Hippodrome Headed Towards a Soft Opening

There appears to be no blockbuster grand opening event scheduled for the Hippodrome, but it is open for business.  There was a large non-profit meeting there last night and the Richmond Jazz Festival has an event scheduled there in August.  I’m looking forward to a full schedule of events hosted there soon.  Me?, I’m pulling [...]

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White Elephant Sale Coming to the Hippodrome

ASID Designer White Elephant Auction August 18th 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm This event benefits the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity and VA ASID. Location:the newly renovated Hippodrome Theater, in Jackson Ward. Be one of the first to see inside! Stock up on major interior design finds (furniture, lighting, art & designer accessories) as well [...]

Richmond Jazz Festival Coming to Jackson Ward

The Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont will be held Aug. 13-14, offer more artists with higher ticket prices and two days of pre-festival activities. Headliners include Aaron Neville, Los Lobos, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Chrisette Michele, Kirk Whalum, Fourplay, Tizer featuring Karen Briggs and more. … The festival also will include two off-site, pre-festival events. [...]

You Call That a Camera?

Naw, that’s a movie projector.

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