The First Friday Art Walk brought thousands to Broad Street last weekend to watch artists and performers display their creativity. Eager wanderers were drawn to a plethora of galleries fresh with new and exciting material. Art6 displayed wonderful works in an exhibit titled, "Hispanic Roots.
Bret Payne has a lot on his plate - and on his walls. As the owner of the newly opened Transmission Gallery and a senior VCU sculpture student, Payne is quite busy. "It ain't easy," he said. "I'm taking on a lot more than the typical senior. It's really difficult running something as economically unpromising as a gallery and having to pay for school, the lease and bills.
"A New Orleans Style Jazz Night," presented by the VCU chapter of Habitat for Humanity, was a truly enjoyable musical event that benefited a great cause; the rebuilding of lives in Louisiana. Local performers Bungalo6, the No BS Brass Band and an "All-Star Jazz Ensemble" featuring VCU alumni and faculty treated the audience to a smorgasbord of jazz music.
Drug bugs Customs officers in Amsterdam discovered 100 dead beetles stuffed with cocaine when examining a package from Peru. The bugs had been slit open and filled with a total of 300 grams of cocaine. The estimated street value of the drugs is 8,000 euros ($11,270).
