Some Richmonders are ready for a little New Year’s Eve whoopee. Restaurants and hotels, bashed by a bad economic year, are looking forward to packing in guests tonight.

Richmond police will have 100 additional officers on the street, and DUI patrols will rove Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover counties as authorities gear up to combat drunken driving and other holiday...

Though most establishments required advance reservations for New Year’s Eve festivities tonight, it’s worth giving a call to check on availability.  Some choices:  Richbrau Brewing...

When Jim Brickman heard that his annual New Year’s Eve performance was slated for Richmond, he was ecstatic. “It just sounded perfect to me, a really charming kind of thing, a welcoming, warm...

Toast with Seymour: Join Seymour, Children’s Museum of Richmond’s dinosaur mascot, for festivities, including activities with Radio Disney, kid-friendly music and dancing, games and apple...

If you’re still scurrying to make Christmas food plans, a couple of latecomers alerted Table Talk to their schedules tonight and tomorrow.  The Berkeley (1200 E. Cary St.) will serve a four-course...

Fewer than half the people who celebrated New Year’s Eve in Carytown pitched in to help pay for it, organizers say. With total attendees estimated by organizers to number at least 25,000, $20,000...

A few hundred people, most of them appearing happily sober, populated the sidewalks of Carytown early last night waiting for the big lighted ball to be hoisted above the Byrd Theatre. As many as 20,000...

Find more fun things to do with our New Year’s Eve Guide.

Watch live coverage of the street party in Carytown right here, starting at 7 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2008.