On Aug. 18 Peter Belmont received the highest honor the City of St. Petersburg bestows: the Key to the City. The ceremony was inspiring, but bittersweet. Peter, who appeared at the ceremony via Zoom, is suffering from an aggressive, inoperable cancer.
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Richmond Artist Matt Lively paints his final exterior mural in Old Towne Petersburg: I miss everyone
Attend Friday for the Arts! to celebrate the new whimsical artwork on the corner of N. Sycamore and E. Bank Street.
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PETERSBURG - Old Towne Petersburg has become even more whimsical thanks to the new mural painted on Old Towne s Alibi restaurant.
The fabulous artwork commissioned by Bill Nicholson and Richard Cuthbert as well as other Petersburgers who gladly chipped in will more than likely be Artist Matt Lively s final outdoor mural.
On May 15, Lively announced that his artwork in Petersburg with happy-go-lucky imagery will be his final exterior mural.
The smoked bourbon ice cream will keep you coming back - Restaurateur Scott Johnson
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Little Buddy s BBQ restaurant with the tagline Q Is What We Do will be opening this summer in both Petersburg and McKenney.
The area s newest restaurateur Scott Johnson has many family members to thank for his culinary skills: father Jack Johnson, late mother Sarah Johnson, late grandmother Annie Hawkins, cousin Doris Dowdy, and aunt Etta Bailey.
Johnson s inspiration I love barbecue, and while my son was in the NICU a week after he was born, I watched all the parents that were there with their kids and the nursing staff that was there and realized that people were there for long hours without eating, said Johnson of Chesterfield. I started thinking that someone should be bringing them food so that s one less thing they have to worry about.
Petersburg resident Mikey Fuller experiences a dream come true while bringing awareness to the LGBTQ+ community.
Have you ever had the pleasure of watching the Mighty Wurlitzer organ rise out of the orchestra pit at Virginia s grand motion picture palace The Byrd Theatre?
It s a magical moment and sight to behold in Richmond s Carytown district.
The Mighty Wurlitzer is one of about 40 surviving instruments in their original installation out of more than 2000 made by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company between 1914 and 1942.
Fuller is one of less than 20 organists that has performed a live Mighty Wurlitzer show.
The theatre pipe organ, designed as a “one-man orchestra” to accompany silent movies, was installed when The Byrd was built in 1928.
It was a great day of community - Genevieve Lohr
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PETERSBURG - Adjectives used to describe Sunday s The Sycamore Steet Experience were amazing, wonderful, lively, awesome, positive, and crazy busy.
The block party attracted a steady stream of hundreds of people throughout the day who strolled up and down the street enjoying the diverse array of permanent businesses and their guest vendors, including Old Towne’s River Street Market.
DJ Foot’s steady beat kept things lively. Flautist Iris Schwartz briefly joined the acoustic Bowl’d Sojer Band, and they sounded terrific, together.
I ve captured dogs, chickens, and now goats enjoying Schwartz s performances. She is developing quite a variety of barnyard fans.