in the courtyard

July 1st

2011-06-16T08:08:00.000-07:00

We've got a great set for July 1st! Doors open at 6:30! This time we are selling ice cold water and lemonade.

Mica Whitney @ 7
http://kontradictions.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/micah-synergeo/

Those Manic Seas on @ 8:30
http://www.thosemanicseas.com/

Ear Theory on @ 9:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXCZgyjPUW4
http://www.myspace.com/EarTheoryMusic

Artist: Tizzy Grooves

Nate King

Tonight!

2011-06-03T00:17:00.000-07:00

Tonight is going to be great with artwork from Jenn Harrington, Jordan, and Stuart Twisdale. The bands and artists are Matt Campbell, Lightfields, and Birds and Arrows. The schedule is as follows:

Doors open at 6:30

Matt Campbell plays at 7

Lightfields go on at 8:15

Birds and Arrows go on at 9:30

www.birdsandarrows.com

Looking forward to seeing you there!

May 6th

2011-05-04T15:15:00.000-07:00

It's the first show of the season! We have artwork by David Kenedy and Stuart Twisdale. Christiane Simo is playing following Ear Theory. Hope to see you there!

David Kenedy: http://www.davidkenedy.com/

Projections by Stuart Twisdale

Christiane Simo goes on at 7:45: www.myspace.com/christianesimo

Ear Theory starts at 9:15: http://www.myspace.com/EarTheoryMusic

If you are an art lover don't forget to bring cash along!

We are also accepting instrument donations for the Girls Rock Camp! So if you have a shaker or a guitar you would like to donate to us come on by. http://girlsrockrva.wordpress.com/

We're back!

2011-04-11T07:41:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! The Courtyard is looking better than ever! We really weren't sure if we were going to be able to do this, but thanks to our kind landlord we are. That's right, music and art shows will continue on for a third year! I was just notified of this great news a few days ago. So right now we are looking for artists and musicians that are interested in being a part of May's First Friday. Also feel free to email me if you are interested in setting up a booth or playing during another month as well. All the neighbors are really excited about this year, and eager to see what talented individuals come our way.

C'est la vie

2010-11-18T12:43:00.000-08:00

so it was fun while it lasted but alas.. thanks to the richmond community for all of the love and support for art + music in the beautiful courtyard!

this friday!

2010-11-01T13:26:00.000-07:00

..will be done a little differently than we are all normally used to, the art will be shown at the courtyard at 304 n. adams st and the music will be played at Gibson's Grill at 700 e. broad st (just a few blocks away!)

the lineup has changed a bit, Ben Shirley will be performing instead of quiet eyes road (that's shown on the posters).

Ben Shirley

The Green Boys at Davis & Main

The Itchy Hearts

please do come out and support both local art + local music!

more details:
art is being displayed in the courtyard starting 6pm!
sweet art by:
victoria carr
alicia carr mitsch
amanda erickson

music is being played at gibson's grill just a few blocks further down from the courtyard.. in the lounge starting at 8:30pm!
musicial awesomeness:
the green boys - http://www.myspace.com/thegreenboys
the itchy hearts - http://www.myspace.com/theitchyhearts
ben shirley - http://www.myspace.com/benshirleymusic

FREE!
ALL AGES! - even in the lounge at Gibson's Grill!
$1 PBR's

art + music

2010-10-17T17:46:00.000-07:00

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166575270020302

unfortunate situation

2010-10-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

I wanted to reach out and let you know how appreciative we are for your interest in playing music and displaying art at First Fridays in the Courtyard. Unfortunately, starting November 5th we won't be able to provide a live music venue. A new resident of the courtyard has made such a stink about the show that we are now not fully supported by all the residents to have live music in the space. We can however, provide an art gallery.

I want to invite all artists that are interested in displaying their art, whether that be preformance art, projections, installations or any innovative way to show one's appreciation for art and music in the community. I am not convinced this should stop what we have accomplished in the past year and a half. It means to much to a lot of people to stop the momentum that we have generated.

I still invite you to please come out and show your support. Let's cross our fingers that they do not renew their lease and we can continually provide Richmond with live music and art each month.

UPDATES: Gibson's Grill has stepped up and allowed us to have our live music preformed in their lounge area downstairs. After indulging in First Fridays in Jackson Ward, head downtown to Gibson's Grill at 700 E. Broad Street, next to The National. Music starts at 8:30pm.

this october..

2010-09-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

ki: theory - http://www.myspace.com/kitheory

slow news day in the vampire world

zac hryciak and the jungle beat - http://www.myspace.com/zandthejungleb

birdie busch (pa) - http://www.myspace.com/birdiebusch

ki: theory - "holiday heart"

featuring art by matt clough - http://www.mattclough.com/

some samples of matt's work..

a gorgeous evening in september!

2010-09-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

the evening was lit by tealights..

brooches by corey marie

frames by corey marie

journals by corey marie

"from here on blue"

the turnout was great, people took the blankets pretty well!

"lobo marino"

"colloquial orchestra" finished off the night right, with an encore!

"colloquial orchestra" (dave watkins + mall klimas)

"lobo marino"

dave's drum action with what looked like bambo sticks!

many thanks to: dave watkins, matt klimas, corey marie, deanna miller, from here on blue, and lobo marino.
first fridays in september was beautiful and hopefully our last humid evening for a while.. but you can never be sure.
*featured video projections: disney's black claudron, attack of the killer tomatoes

"attack of the killer tomatoes"

2010-09-02T10:06:00.000-07:00

i realize the ridiculousness of this movie, that's why it would be fun to have it playing on the projector throughout the course of the evening tomorrow night!
my co-worker found it recently and thought i may be interested in having it up during the performances.. why not?
and there will be more surprises to come as well!
i'm psyched to hear that hurricane earl may not show it's face in richmond that day/evening..
but you can never tell. i will be prepared either way..

silly me..

2010-08-25T17:49:00.000-07:00

so i thought i'd share this, because i think it's funny and laney got a kick out of it herself.. but i was e-mail everyone that was going to be involved this month for first fridays.. and i wrote lomo marino instead of lobo marino when writing the e-mail.
for some reason i did that with everyone of my notes without noticing it.. but laney e-mails me back that lomo marino means "sea pork" haha.. instead of lobo marino which means "sea lion" haha.. at any rate it was laughable to say the least.. thankfully the posters didn't say "sea pork"... phew!

ps. i'm really psyched for next week!

rain or shine..

2010-08-16T18:38:00.001-07:00

musical awesomeness!
lobo marino - http://www.lobomarino.bandcamp.com/

from here on blue - http://www.myspace.com/fromhereonblue

late set with dave watkins (colloquial orchestra) - http://www.davewatkinsmusic.com/

artistic brillance!

corey marie - http://www.coreymarie.com/

deanna miller - http://www.missingmonsters.com%20/

i went with this poster design to hopefully ward off rain for that evening since we've had so much rain come pouring down last time.. but even if the weatherman says otherwise.. we are prepared with our event tent and plenty of plastic bags..

rain rain!!

2010-08-07T07:43:00.000-07:00

so, it rained last night but that didn't do much to stop the evening!
around 8pm, Ohbliv got into his set the rain started coming down real good but we thought that it would pass like every other rain cloud that passed through but this one came down! Ohbliv actually hovered over his mixer to shelter it from the rain.. but when that wasn't good enough he tried playing underneath the table..
but the PA wasn't going to be okay sitting out in that stuff so we brought it all in.. at first everyone was certain that was going to kill the evening. but shortly after people kept flowing into the courtyard but we also had an event tent that we probably should have gotten up prior to all this (oops..) but at any rate we popped it up (in the pouring rain, so we all got soaked - but after probably one of the hottest summer days in richmond.. it was a well deserved shower!) and moorish temple was ready to go!

moorish temple consists of marshe wyche on the bass, dean lee on the lead guitar and josh on the drums.
they were fantastic, everyone was stoked to hear them! it was unbelievable to me that marshe has only just learned the bass a couple of months ago, she killed some bass!

immediately after their set, we brought the tent down so everyone could see dave watkins set the best.. because at this point the rain clouds subsided and you could see a few stars.
we had a dancer that night in a yellow shirt that just jammed out like no ones business, he even kicked the pieces of tent left behind to clean up later, so he could have enough room to dance!
dave's set blew everyone out of the water, as usual! i request that dave bangs on the drum more often!

thank you for everyone sticking it out despite the rain!
"if only sound equipment was 'waterproof' i'd say let's play in the rain everyday!" - dave watkins

august 6th..

2010-07-28T09:27:00.000-07:00

we're excited to once again introduce richmond to some amazing artists from atlanta, georgia that will be joining us august 6th! check out the musician and artists to expect by checking out their sites below.

musical awesomeness_
ohbliv - http://www.myspace.com/ohblivmusick
moorish temple - http://www.myspace.com/moorishtemple
dave watkins - http://www.davewatkinsmusic.com/

featured artists_"fatkids"
pierre cerrato - http://www.pierrecerrato.net/
brent mellecker - http://www.brentmellecker.com/
jon bass - http://bassholeart.com/
killamari - http://www.killamari.com/
chi duong - http://designbychi.com/index.html

triple stamp press was so kind to provide the print out for this months posters, they look great screenprinted! :]

the best yet..

2010-07-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

“the best yet i think!”

first fridays in the courtyard - july 2nd
jonathan vassar and the speckled bird is always a breathe of fresh air. hezekiah jones was a beautiful addition to the courtyard.. and matt jones was a pleasant surprise, his voice was so “unique and good” — was how most people described him.
dave watkins of course surprised everyone once again with his spontaneous sound! it left the crowd’s mouths dropping and not a person in the courtyard left empty-handed.

it was a beautiful july evening, with no humidity to speak of.

july 2nd

2010-06-21T08:42:00.001-07:00

designed by matt klimas

july 2nd..
@ 304 n. adams st (on the corner of adams + broad st)free!
doors open at 6pm
music starts at 7pm

fabulous music by..

jonathan vassar + the speckled bird
hezekiah jones
guest appearance by matt jones
dave watkins
rsvp >> facebook event

tomorrow in the courtyard..

2010-06-03T08:06:00.001-07:00

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/?!/event.php?eid=124043457629072&ref=mf#!/event.php?eid=124043457629072&ref=mf

may 7th

2010-04-29T08:04:00.000-07:00

may 7th
doors open at 6:00pm, music starts at 7pm.
white laces
lubec
ghost lotion

spring!

2010-03-31T10:06:00.001-07:00

spring has sprung and we are now breaking out of hiberation to bring you some more courtyard greatness, stay tuned!

help us get our exit signs!

2010-03-03T12:25:00.000-08:00

okay... IT'S ON! Support the courtyard! Exit signs or not, were back in service in April! So come out for our last awesome benefit for the exit signs on March 19th! it's at Cous Cous! We've got an awesome line up with Hugo Haggie, Andrew Shearin, and Ghost Lotion. Doors open at 10 and bands play at 11. Sorry the show is 21 and up!

Band Websites:
Hugo Haggie- http://hugohaggie.com/live/
Andrew Shearin: http://www.myspace.com/andrewshearin
Ghost Lotion: http://ghostlotion.muxtape.com/

Click here to RSVP the Facebook event

shhh... listen!

2010-02-04T08:28:00.000-08:00

i highly recommend coming to The Listening Room.
it's delightful!
if you appreciate music and you want somewhere to truly listen that's not a loud bar or restaurant, come to The Listening Room. i went when i got back from my vacation in jackson hole and i was stoked to experience it, don't forget to come February 23rd!

p.s. thank you again for your support back in december for our ugly sweater party! shannon is conjuring something awesome at Cous Cous, i will keep ya'll updated with that very soon!

the ugly sweater party!

2009-12-17T08:25:00.000-08:00

"the ugly sweater party"

gibson's grill

december 12th

photography by victoria carr

thank you, thank you!

2009-12-13T22:40:00.000-08:00

the fundraiser at gibson's grill was a success, photos coming soon.. from the lovely victoria carr!

prizes for the UGLIEST SWEATER!

2009-12-04T09:59:00.001-08:00

hey guys, don't forget the UGLY SWEATER PARTY at Gibson's Grill next Saturday, Dec 12th!

i am going to be radding some thrift stores for the ugliest sweater i can find, so go to town! if you don't have an ugly sweater, Rumors will have some for sale, as well as me! - for a donation of course! :]

here are some top notch examples of UGLY!

ps. there will be prizes to those with the UGLIEST sweater there! so, get ugly!

Stuff White People Like: #118 Ugly Sweater Parties
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/12/14/118-ugly-sweater-parties/

ugly sweater party

2009-11-23T14:35:00.000-08:00

RSVP Facebook Event!

come thru, if you don't want to donate $5, come sit down and have a drink to help support the courtyard!

el ten eleven in virginia

2009-11-18T19:47:00.001-08:00

first off.. i didn't hear about this band until i went to crossroads to study for my music industry class and one of the dudes working at the coffeeshop put them on.. as i sat there for a good 2-3 hours i couldn't get out of seat. i didn't want to, because one song after another after another was increasingly improving my mood -- not to say my mood was a bad one.. but even still.

so after there was a switch in musicial selection i got off my butt and asked the dude at the counter who that was and he said "el ten eleven" so i wrote it down immediately and looked them up. after playing them constantly on grooveshark... read more.

thank you for the support!

2009-11-06T20:01:00.000-08:00

thank you for the support tonight!

kicked started some great fundraising!

in the next 2 months shannon and i will be posting fundraiser events on our Facebook Group and this blog of course! so, please stay tuned for more updates on how you can support our cause!

support the courtyard

2009-11-06T13:51:00.000-08:00

support the courtyard! - fundraisers coming soon!

me and shannon will be sitting in front of the doors at the courtyard talking to people.. come sip some hot cocoa with us?

live recording from the courtyard

2009-10-09T09:50:00.000-07:00

dave watkins recorded his late night set "Dave Watkins + Friends" - Oct 2nd with matt klimas

it sounds pretty awesome! check it out! you can download it too.

http://davewatkins.bandcamp.com/album/the-late-set-at-the-courtyard-with-dave-watkins-and-matt-klimas

rvamag featured

2009-10-03T20:51:00.000-07:00

"the like whatevers" were featured from the courtyard in rvamag's video from september

lomography featured

2009-10-03T20:25:00.000-07:00

and another..
http://www.lomography.com/magazine/locations/2009/09/26/first-fridays-in-richmond-va

eml featured

2009-10-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

i just saw this!

http://www.eastmeetsleft.com/p/2009/10/richmond-beat/zac-hryciak-and-the-jungle-beat

2009-10-03T19:55:00.001-07:00

the low branches - october 2nd
"love will tear us apart"

2009-10-03T19:53:00.000-07:00

brad doggett - october 2nd
"april"

october 2nd

2009-10-03T19:29:00.000-07:00

dave watkins + matt klimas

the low branches

zac hryciak + the jungle beat

matt klimas

brad doggett

zac + jessika and i

"let's bring out blankets for people to sit!"

victoria carr - photographer

shannon running sound

shannon + i and our courtyard

2009-09-19T18:41:00.000-07:00

by matt klimas

http://www.mattklimas.com/

the 6th month..

2009-09-15T07:20:00.001-07:00

is coming up on Oct 2nd!

i'm excited.. as far as Music goes.. we have..

Zac Hryciak and the Jungle Beat (their 2nd appearance in the Courtyard!)

Brad Doggett,

Earthtone,

The Low Branches (myspace, facebook)

and Dave Watkins + Friends (Matt Klimas) -- as our late night closing set, to bring the night to a nice and easy close.

and for Art.. we also have Elena Klinova, from Russia that will be showing her jewlery for the second time with us. Brittany Diliberto and Victoria Carr is also coming back for the second time to share their beautiful photography with us!

Food!
so I need some input, I wanted to make pancakes for everyone, with a variety of different choices.. from chocolate to fresh fruit.. oh and i got a brilliant idea from ms. emily hill, to have quiche! what do you think?

Click here for the Facebook Event!

the video interview is up!

2009-09-11T07:30:00.001-07:00

thanks corey!
only more exciting months to come! yay!

2009-09-09T21:26:00.000-07:00

the itchy hearts - september 4th

sept 4th

2009-08-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

the richmond-times dispatch emailed me this morning to ask for an interview with me about our courtyard event! so on sept 4th they be dropping by to take footage of our event! yay!!

we have some amazing art and excellent entertainment, so come out and enjoy with all of us!

we have the people's blues of richmond opening, then the like whatevers, then we have itchy hearts as our headliner.

people's blues of richmond

itchy hearts

the like whatevers

Click here for Facebook Event!

2009-08-18T22:44:00.001-07:00

zac hryciak and the jungle beat - august 7th
this song is so great, called "we are one"

and beyond!

2009-08-13T06:50:00.000-07:00

wow, i found out yesterday that i have the courtyard indefinitely, we just have to be sure there are no complaints, that we continually respect the space and be considerate of the residence, and it's our to come again and again every month!

so, let's get shit done!

any ideas on how to make the september show and beyond, better, i'd love to hear it.. heatherchb@gmail.com

august 7th

2009-08-08T23:40:00.000-07:00

this august show was the best ever, with projections, fantastic musicians, incredible weather, and an ecstatic audience. it went on until 11 o'clock, granted we started later than usual but it was definitely an amazing show! from here on blue opened a little after 8, then zac hryciak and the jungle beat with an incredible set and dave watkins for our headliner!

"from here on blue"

zac hryciak and the jungle beat

more photos + videos will be added soon!

tacos, tacos!

2009-06-23T13:51:00.001-07:00

it's that time again...

this time around we have 10 artists showcasing their work, including Sexy Bacon and Killamari.

Murphy's Kids and From Here on Blue and more..

here's the link to the Facebook Event! RSVP!

i hope to see ya'll there!

june 5th

2009-05-26T07:05:00.001-07:00

come out and enjoy our second first fridays in the courtyard event at 304 n. adams street with art, live music and free food!

we will be cooking out, relaxing, enjoying the art, mingling and listening to some rad music!

we have musical performances from: From Here on Blue, Evernew, Shannon Keeter, and Dean Lee and Unwelcome Guest!

come out, it's free, it's fun and it's fabulous!

click here for pictures from previous show and more..