Name: Themed Thursdays
Start: 2026-06-11T10:30:00-04:00
Location: Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Explore international cultures through hands-on artmaking!
Each week, create a craft inspired by traditional techniques and designs from different regions of the world. These drop-in activities invite families to learn about global heritage and art while creating something to take home.
After making your masterpiece, explore the exhibit, We The People: The World in Our Commonwealth, to learn more about individuals and communities who have made Virginia home. 
Weekly Craft: •    June 11: Egyptian Lanterns <a href="https://secure.virginiahistory.org/3945/5103" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>
FAQ: 1. Do I need to arrive right at 10:30? - No! This is a drop-in craft event from 10:30-11:30. 2. Do I need to purchase a ticket? - This event is included with daily admission, so you do need to purchase a museum ticket, but there is no additional ticket required for the crafts.

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Themed Thursdays

Explore international cultures through hands-on artmaking!
Each week, create a craft inspired by traditional techniques and...

Feeling mentally overloaded or constantly distracted?
A free workshop in Richmond will help you understand stress and learn practical ways to improve focus and calm.
✔ Learn how stress affects the mind 
✔ Get simple tools for mental clarity 
✔ Experience guided meditation
Led by a board-certified psychiatrist.
📅 Sunday, April 26 
🕒 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM 
📍 Richmond, VA 
💲 Free
Open to adults 18+. No experience required."

Local Event: Free Richmond Workshop: Stress Relief & Mental Clarity with a Psychiatrist

Free Richmond Workshop: Stress Relief & Mental...

Feeling mentally overloaded or constantly distracted?
A free workshop in Richmond will help you understand stress and learn...

Free Richmond Workshop: Stress Relief & Mental Clarity with a Psychiatrist

Strangeways Brewing RVA-Scott's Addition

🌸✨ SPRING MARKET at Strangeways Brewing ✨🌸
Get ready for a vibrant Spring Artisan Market filled with craft beer, creative makers, and feel-good community vibes! Join us at Strangeways Brewing from 12PM – 5PM for an afternoon of shopping small and celebrating local.
This FREE market brings together an eclectic mix of local artisans and small businesses featuring handmade home décor, art, jewelry, apparel, baked goods, vintage treasures, and all the unique goodies you didn’t know you needed.
🍺 Craft beer flowing 🛍️ One-of-a-kind finds 🌷 Fresh spring energy 💛 A community that shows up for local
Grab your friends, bring the family, and spend your Sunday sipping, strolling, and supporting the creative heartbeat of RVA. Let’s kick off spring inspired and connected.
✨ FREE EVENT ✨ 🛍️ #ShopLocal #RVAMakers #SpringMarket #SupportSmall
👉 VENDORS: Apply at <a href="https://www.artisanmakers.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">artisanmakers.org</a>
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Local Event: Spring Market at Strangeways

Spring Market at Strangeways

🌸✨ SPRING MARKET at Strangeways Brewing ✨🌸
Get ready for a vibrant Spring Artisan Market filled with craft beer, creative...

Camp Hanover

Try your hand at archery or paddle a canoe. Make a snack over a campfire. Show your adventurous side on the climbing wall. Visit with our goats and chickens. Fun Day is your chance to see what summer camp is all about. Activities are best for ages 7 and up. Learn more and register at <a href="https://www.camphanover.org/fun-day/." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">camphanover.org/fun-day/.</a><a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/137683/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets &amp; More Info</a>

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Camp Fun Day

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Copper Hall RVA

Newly engaged? Planning an event? Meet the experts, sip spirits, and mingle in the stunning venue space at Copper Hall.
April 26 | 3–6 p.m.HQ | 1129 Hull St, Richmond, VA 23224

Small Batch Brewing:&nbsp;Sample four beverages showcasing a variety of options to help customize your event beverage lineup, from craft beer to creative cocktails perfect for weddings, celebrations, and private events.
Pinnacle Affairs:&nbsp;Meet the planners behind smooth-running events. The Pinnacle team manages the details, timelines, and logistics so celebrations unfold exactly as planned. Stop by to say hello and enjoy a few complimentary goodies.
Copper Hall RVA:&nbsp;Meet Ciera Pope, owner of Copper Hall RVA. With more than a decade of experience and over 100 weddings planned Ciera has built a reputation for creating thoughtful, beautifully executed celebrations. She is also a licensed Virginia civil celebrant and offers officiant services for couples looking to add a personal touch to their ceremony.
Party Perfect:&nbsp;See a small sample of some tablescapes to get inspired from this party rental company that is family run and just celebrated 30 years. They have everything you need; from tables and chairs to tents and stages! Whatever you need, they can make it (Party) Perfect.
Debonaire Entertainment:&nbsp;Enjoy music throughout the event from this full service booking agency representing Bands, DJs, Classical Ensembles and specialty acts. They excel in weddings, corporate and private events of all kinds. They strive to match your event with the perfect artist/entertainment.
The Lazy Graze:&nbsp;Enjoy samples of their most popular housemade specialties and learn more about how they focus on elevating events with vibrant and abundant cheese and charcuterie spreads – turning the food you serve your guests into stunning showcases. They can style graze tables to match your theme, while offering a delicious range of food to accommodate dietary needs.
Richmond Photo Booth:&nbsp;Capture fun photos with your friends and loved ones who attend the made in RVA Wedding social with you. Learn more about their sleek, modern photo booth experience that captures high-quality, share-ready moments at any event. With customizable backdrops, fun props, and instant digital delivery, it adds energy and lasting memories to weddings, parties, and corporate celebrations. Ask about their&nbsp;digital-only&nbsp;photo booth is fully customizable, allowing you to tailor overlays, screens, and branding to perfectly match your event or style.
Niche Pilates Studio:&nbsp;Get to know this boutique, community-focused studio centered on intentional, alignment-based movement and personalized instruction across mat and apparatus Pilates. Whether it’s a fun, energizing group class for a bachelorette or bachelor celebration or a more intentional private session to help you feel strong, confident and centered before walking down the aisle, they create experiences that are both memorable and meaningful.
Fashioneaseta:&nbsp;Explore styling tools and how to get wedding ready from this certified color analyst, style educator, and self-described fashion efficiency expert. Her goal is to make it easy for women to look put together so that they can feel beautiful, confident, and live their best life. Learn more about services offered specifically for brides and explore color analysis tools of the trade.
Wilkinson Creative: Wilkinson Creative Co. is a small woman-owned stationery design and printing studio that serves hardworking professional couples, wedding niche businesses and other women-led small businesses designing event marketing, invitations and brand for life's transitions. Explore the design kit with color samples, paper options and other day-of detail swatches on-site to show couples and encourage them to setup a design consultation with me after this event. Take home a special swag bag for any couple that really feels like they are ready to take the next step of booking with me.
Floral Fantasy:&nbsp; Explore gorgeous floral arrangements on our cocktail tables to imagine your event tablescapes. Learn how you can collaborate on beautiful, signature floral arrangements for every occasion. We focus on creativity, elegance, and making each design unique.
RSVP today to secure your spot and come meet the Richmond creatives who can help bring your next celebration to life.

Local Event: Made in RVA Wedding Social - Showcase of Richmond Event Professionals

Made in RVA Wedding Social - Showcase of...

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Montpelier Branch Library

All ages (craft suitable for ages 6-12). Meet author/illustrator Nan Carlton and hear how she writes her books. You'll also make a craft using her artistic style.&nbsp; This event is one not to BEE missed! Refreshments served courtesy of the Friends of the Montpelier Library.

Local Event: You Can't Judge a Bee by Its Color

You Can't Judge a Bee by Its Color

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Brooke Newman will discuss her landmark new book, The Crown’s Silence, a revelatory history of the British monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery. Spanning from the Tudor era to the reign of Queen Victoria, Newman traces how successive monarchs authorized, financed, profited from, and defended systems of African bondage across the Atlantic world. Racial slavery, she argues, was built into the machinery of empire, underwriting royal power, wealth extraction, and British overseas expansion. Drawing on extensive archival research, Newman exposes both the Crown’s active role in sustaining slavery and the deliberate silences that followed abolition. The Crown’s Silence challenges familiar narratives of moral progress and imperial benevolence, revealing how monarchical authority shaped racial capitalism—and how these legacies continue to shape public memory and debates over Britain’s imperial past today.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/132211/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets &amp;&nbsp;More info</a>

Local Event: The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas

The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the...

Brooke Newman will discuss her landmark new book, The Crown’s Silence, a revelatory history of the British monarchy’s...

The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas

Fountain Bookstore Inc

Fountain Friend Sarah Glenn Marsh is back! She'll be talking with Sara Raasch about her newest, Our Rogue Fates, in the store!
 About the Book:
On the hunt for hidden treasure, two former best friends turned adversaries must put the past behind them if they hope to make it home.
 When he isn’t training as a Warden to become half the hero his father was, Griff Sayer is in the business of breaking hearts all across the town of Mayfair, although that slows down after settling in with his current boyfriend. Griff’s ex-best-friend, Mal Pryce, meanwhile, is in business with whatever or whoever puts good money in his hands. Now in their mid-20s, Griff and Mal have only exchanged scathing looks and carefully barbed jabs since the fight that sent them their separate ways years ago. But all that begins to change when an attack Mal plotted for his shady boss leaves Griff near death and their childhood friend Alys is his savior, forcing them back into each other’s orbit.
 Livid at his boss, Mal makes a deal to earn his freedom and Griff’s safety. He has just four weeks to retrieve an ancient treasure from Rotrose Mire, a remote swamp known for its ghostly and beastly dangers, the same treasure Alys’s beloved father Rhun had been searching for when he disappeared for good. Armed with a map and a broken blade of Rhun’s, Mal sets off—with Alys and a reluctant and newly single Griff in tow.
 Yet the explosive tension between the two men—along with the dangers of the mire pressing in around them—make for a more difficult journey than any of them could have anticipated. As Griff and Mal peel back their tough facades, and shared feelings heat up in unexpected ways as they learn to trust again, they also realize that someone—or something—seems to be following their path. Someone who doesn’t want them to succeed, no friend to their parents’ old enemies, but also no friend to would-be heroes…
 Our Rogue Fates is a second-chance spicy Achillean romance with the questing spirit of Dungeons &amp; Dragons, perfect for fans of Critical Role.
 About the Author:
Sarah Glenn Marsh has been an avid fantasy reader since the day her dad handed her a copy of The Hobbit and promised it would change her life. She believes we all deserve happy endings and is an author of books for everyone, including many young adult, middle grade, and picture book titles. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her family, including one sweet daughter, one slightly dull sword, and the chaos of many pets, like a turtle named Muffin who she definitely did not bring back from any haunted swamp. Rogues is her first adult novel.
Sara Raasch has known she was destined for bookish things since the age of five, when her friends had a lemonade stand and she tagged along to sell her hand-drawn picture books too. Not much has changed since then — her friends still cock concerned eyebrows when she attempts to draw things and her enthusiasm for the written word still drives her to extreme measures.
She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of multiple books for teens, including the historical romantasy duology WITCH AND HUNTER, cowritten with Beth Revis; as well as romances for adults. None of her books feature her hand-drawn pictures.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/134812/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

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Our Rogue Fates with Sarah Glenn Marsh

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Machines that exchange cash for virtual currency — commonly known as crypto kiosks or “crypto ATMs” — are rapidly appearing in supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations and other everyday locations across the country. Unfortunately, these ATM look-alikes have become a prime vehicle for scams, often targeting older adults and costing Virginians thousands of dollars. To combat this growing threat, AARP is advocating for state laws that regulate crypto kiosks and strengthen consumer protections. Legislation establishing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency kiosks passed the Virginia Senate unanimously, and an identical bill passed the House of Delegates with strong bipartisan support. Join us for an important discussion on how AARP Virginia is leading the fight to protect consumers from crypto kiosk scams. This webinar will be led by State Advocacy Director Jared Calfee, and will feature Delegate Michelle Maldonado to talk about her work on this in the General Assembly. Learn what this legislation means, how these scams work and what steps Virginians can take to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Local Event: Webinar: Crypto Kiosk Scams: Protections for Virginians

Webinar: Crypto Kiosk Scams: Protections for...

Machines that exchange cash for virtual currency — commonly known as crypto kiosks or “crypto ATMs” — are rapidly appearing in...

Webinar: Crypto Kiosk Scams: Protections for Virginians

Skipwith Academy at Pebble Creek is excited to welcome local job seekers to its upcoming Job Fair on May 1, 2026, offering immediate‑start opportunities in early childhood education and school support roles. The event will be held from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 7386 Creighton Parkway, Mechanicsville, VA 23111.
Attendees will have the chance to meet the leadership team, tour the school, and learn more about open positions including Preschool Teacher, Lead Teacher, Assistant Teacher, AM/PM Closer, Cook, and Bus Driver. Whether you’re an experienced educator or someone passionate about working with children, this event is a great opportunity to explore a rewarding career path.
Applicants are encouraged to bring their resume and be prepared for short on‑the‑spot interviews. A QR code will also be available for quick online applications.
For questions or additional information, call (804) 569‑1717 or visit skipwithacademy.com.

Local Event: Skipwith Academy at Pebble Creek Job Fair!

Skipwith Academy at Pebble Creek Job Fair!

Skipwith Academy at Pebble Creek is excited to welcome local job seekers to its upcoming Job Fair on May 1, 2026, offering...

 Luxury 4th Floor Rooftop Wine Bar, 3500 Cox Rd, Henrico, VA, 23233

Experience the excitement of the track at this elegant Watch Party and&nbsp; rooftop fundraiser benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. 
Enjoy delicious bites by&nbsp; VETERAN owned company,Chef Mark Burns, will be on-site and served in Iraq.&nbsp; &nbsp;Music by DJ Speakeasy, and various cocktails while participating in faux betting, raffles, and a quest for the Trifecta Trophy. 
RSVP is required to join this premier watch party featuring stunning views and high-stakes fun.

Local Event: Ladies of Short Pump THE WOUNDED WARRIOR RECIPIENT OF THE DERBY WATCH FUNDRAISER

Ladies of Short Pump THE WOUNDED WARRIOR...

Experience the excitement of the track at this elegant Watch Party and  rooftop fundraiser benefiting the Wounded Warrior...

Ladies of Short Pump THE WOUNDED WARRIOR RECIPIENT OF THE DERBY WATCH FUNDRAISER

City of Richmond garage between 1980 and 1990. Please contact Brittney Fries at 813.230.7702 or <a href="mailto:bfries@mrhfmlaw.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">bfries@mrhfmlaw.com</a>

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City of Richmond garage between 1980 and 1990. Please contact Brittney Fries at 813.230.7702 or bfries@mrhfmlaw.com

The Fillingame Homestead, LLC

We made front page news! Read our story and how we are changing lives using Creation at: https://www.chathamstartribune.com/news/article_03444676-6d2f-4862-b1e0-6651d1dee209.html?fbcl My name is Tonia Fillingame, owner of the Fillingame Homestead, LLC in Ringgold, Virginia. I am not a doctor but we use time honored, holistic ways to heal and I teach it. We do honor wholesale. We are a better than organic homestead (because we do not use any toxins) using regenerative practices, that grow and wild crafts powerful daily needs and gifts, beauty products and holistic health supports. Everything from sunscreen, pain care that helps you recover quicker, skin care, bug spray, we hand milk our goats, infuse organic oils with what we grow, for truly luscious Goat Milk and Tallow soaps. I formulate medicinal and delicious teas, Fire Cider, use the salts from The Dead Sea, the Sea of Cortez and Celtic salt to create an amazing magnesium and nutrient spray and body butter using organic mango butter. Our reviews are astounding and so much of what we do has been by request and of course, is what my family uses. Items like our anti-itch and healing salve and hormone balancing salve, the skin serum and shampoo bars, a powerful dermatitis salve, using the wax from our beehives, as beekeepers and the tinnitus tea with several wins behind it, and wow! Did you see the review posted on our Facebook and the dramatic results in the varicose veins? We wild forage and find much of our medicine in nature and Creation as we show our journey at on facebook and our website at www.fillingamehomestead.com I am extremely passionate about what we do, Creation has saved my sons life when we were given no hope and no treatment. We have a fantastic story behind what started The Fillingame Homestead that I love to share.

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Daniel Yoon - eXp Realty

Most Richmond homes are marketed to Richmond buyers. Daniel Yoon represents Central Virginia's finest properties with placement in The Wall Street Journal, Mansion Global, James Edition, and exposure across 26 countries. The same standard applies at every price point. At $250,000 or $3 million. The math is the math. The discipline is the same. Because the principles of compounding don't care about price point. But what drives me? Helping people unlock the wealth building power of homeownership. My promise: If you tell me you want something, I'll go the extra mile to get it done. If I don't know the answer, I'll tap my network and figure it out as I am well connected with a network of top industry leaders. You get my dedication, my expertise, and my commitment, no matter your price point. I'm always happy to be a resource and educator. Let's talk about your goals with zero obligation!"

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Now Accepting Aetna & Humana Clients for MHSS Support

Simple Solutions Psychiatry, LLC

Simple Solutions Psychiatry, LLC—located in Short Pump and serving Richmond and surrounding areas—is now accepting Aetna Better Health and Humana Medicaid members for Mental Health Skill Building (MHSS) services. What is MHSS? MHSS is a Medicaid community-based program that helps adults with mental health challenges build the skills needed to live independently and maintain emotional and daily stability. Services are provided in the home and in the community by qualified professionals. MHSS supports individuals who need help with managing symptoms of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or PTSD; improving medication consistency; developing coping and emotional regulation skills; strengthening daily living skills such as cleaning, hygiene, nutrition, and routines; and building healthy social connections. MHSS also assists with organization, budgeting, employment readiness, and navigating community resources such as housing and benefits. A Step-Down Service MHSS is often used as a step-down after psychiatric hospitalization, Community Stabilization, CSB crisis services, residential programs, IOP/PHP, ED discharges, or case management referrals. Our team responds quickly to referrals from case managers, discharge planners, therapists, and community providers. Our Commitment We provide compassionate, person-centered, strengths-based care. Our team meets clients where they are and helps them work toward realistic, sustainable goals with consistent support, flexible scheduling, and strong communication. Eligibility: ✔ Medicaid (Aetna or Humana) ✔ Qualifying mental health diagnosis ✔ Need for support with daily functioning or community integration To Refer or Request Services Call us for a brief screening—we can verify eligibility and schedule an intake quickly.

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