Name: Holiday Makers Market
Start: 2026-11-27T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Celebrate the holiday season at the Virginia Museum of History &amp; Culture’s Holiday Makers Market! This market will feature talented artists, artisans, and specialty vendors from across Virginia and the wider mid-Atlantic region, offering one-of-a-kind goods with both modern and historic inspiration, perfect for holiday gifting. Shoppers will also enjoy live demonstrations of crafts and trades.
Friday Evening Market - November 27, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Kick off the season with a festive evening at the VMHC! Shop the market while enjoying free after-hours museum admission, live music, food trucks, seasonal drink specials in the café, chocolate making demonstrations, and family activities!
Saturday Market - November 28, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Return Saturday to browse vendor booths throughout the museum’s first floor! Access to the market is free, but while you're here, check out the museum’s exhibitions, including Barbie™: A Cultural Icon.

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Holiday Makers Market

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Richmond’s First Baptist Church

Get those costumes ready and join us for an evening of treats, food, and fall fun for the whole family! Our 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat returns on Wednesday, October 28, from 5–7:15 p.m. in the Mulberry parking lot and Flamming Hall. Wander from trunk to trunk collecting treats, then head inside for a hot dog supper and time together with friends and neighbors. Costumes are encouraged for children and grown-ups—just keep them friendly and non-scary. This is an all-ages event, so invite a friend, bring the family, and join the fun! The event is FREE, but food is available for purchase. Hot Dog Supper | $5 per person, $25 family maximum. Includes a hot dog, chips, cookies, and water. Please register in advance for dinner to help us know how many people to expect.

Local Event: Trunk or Treat

Trunk or Treat

Get those costumes ready and join us for an evening of treats, food, and fall fun for the whole family! Our 2nd Annual Trunk or...

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About the Book:
A teenage girl uncovers the dark secrets of her Smoky Mountain town while searching for a missing classmate in this gripping coming-of-age mystery perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing.
 Nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, Beulah has always seemed steady—rooted in tradition, shaped by generations, and slow to change. But in 1986, the ground has shifted, and no one feels that more than fifteen-year-old Barrett Childress Owens. Between her parents’ unraveling marriage and a school full of kids she can’t connect with, she feels invisible in her own hometown.
 When Lacy Gunderson, the captivating new girl everyone is curious about, suddenly vanishes, the town’s calm surface fractures. Search parties comb the woods. A police investigation begins. Rumors multiply. Families close ranks. And Barrett begins to sense how much the adults around her choose not to say. As Beulah clings to its usual rituals—including the annual Miss Kudzu pageant, which has shaped local girlhood for decades—Barrett is forced to navigate a community where loss lingers in the air and secrets are carefully kept. Her journey through the uncertainty reshapes her understanding of friendships, family, and the complex place she calls home.
 A rich coming-of-age story with a pulse of mystery and a budding romance, What Happened in Beulah explores the fault lines of a small town and the courage it takes to face the truths people would rather bury.
 About the Author:
Christy Scott Cashman is a mother, author, and active member of the literary and arts communities. She serves on the boards of directors of the Associates of the Boston Public Library and the American Film Institute and is the founder of YouthINK, a nonprofit mentorship program for young artists in the United States and Ireland
Withfriends believes in building financial resilience for indie bookstores through community support.
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Local Event: What Happened in Beulah with Christy Scott Cashman

What Happened in Beulah with Christy Scott Cashman

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Goochland Branch Library

Ages 11-18.&nbsp;Celebrate the spooky season by making a creepy clay creature with fake teeth, fake eyes, and air dry clay! We cannot wait to see what eerie creation awaits you! All materials included. Registration is required.&nbsp;Light refreshments will be provided by Friends of the Goochland Library.

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Creepy Clay Crafts

Ages 11-18. Celebrate the spooky season by making a creepy clay creature with fake teeth, fake eyes, and air dry clay! We...

The Revolutionary War wasn’t just fought in the thirteen colonies—it was a world war, spanning four continents. To discover more, Derek Baxter embarks on an adventure-filled quest across the globe. He finds the human stories behind this long-ago conflict, expanding the universe of those who contributed to the cause, including the French, Spanish, Dutch, Oneida Indians, and Mysore Kingdom of India. And he delivers a powerful message: The United States only exists because peoples of different races, languages, and religions learned how to fight together, writing an unexpected story of independence that continues to resonate and inspire today. Baxter’s talk expands on the themes in VMHC’s exhibit* Revolutionary Allies: Foreign Friends of American Independence*. Derek Baxter is the author of *In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father*, which chronicles how he followed Thomas Jefferson’s travels across six countries. His latest book is* The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution, from Spain to India and Back Again*. *The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History &amp; Culture*. Program Notes: Tickets are required for in-person attendance. Lecture ticket includes admission to VMHC galleries. Admission to this lecture is free for members.

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Two of our favorites are teaming up to bring you a pre-Halloween event for all things cozy (and less than cozy, if you like!) Olivia and Mindy will be celebrating their newest releases in their popular series.
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Deep Dish series - Mindy Quigley
Chef Delilah O’Leary is going where no deep-dish pizza chef has gone before: a swanky wellness retreat, where she's agreed to cater for a crowd of the who’s who. Instead of cashing a fat check for an easy gig, though, she encounters a diabolical plot with more layers than one of her signature pies.
The exclusive event, hosted by superstar guru Rhiannon Frost, promises inner transformation—but when a spiteful attendee turns up dead during the guided meditation, Delilah smells more than incense in the air. Every guest has a motive…and access to a sinister walled garden brimming with exotic poisonous plants.
With her restaurant short-staffed, and her boyfriend, Detective Calvin Capone, splitting his time between bartender duties and undercover sleuthing, Delilah’s got her hands full. Can she slice through the lies before the killer strikes again? Or will this luxe getaway turn into a one-way trip to the great beyond?
Ruby &amp; Cordeila Mysteries - Olivia Blacke
A woman and her ghost roommate investigate their most personal case yet in Olivia Blacke’s The Key to a Killer, the next book in the Anthony Award winning Ruby and Cordelia Mysteries.
When Ruby Young discovered that her Boston apartment was haunted, she did what any reasonable person would do: befriend the ghost. Their relationship overcame a shaky start—Cordelia Graves never wanted a roommate in life, she certainly didn’t want one in death. After working together to solve a few murders, the two are close friends, but there’s a lingering question neither of them have been able to answer: what led to Cordelia’s death?
Lately things have been adding up that suggest foul play. And when Cordelia’s memories of that day start to come back, the roommates can’t ignore it anymore: Cordelia was murdered. Ruby and Cordelia are going to have to piece together what Cordelia’s final days looked like—otherwise a killer could go free.
About the Authors:
Mindy Quigley is the author of two lighthearted mystery series. Her latest, the Deep Dish Mysteries, was a Woman’s World book club pick and has been featured in Parade and The Seattle Times. Originally from Chicago, she possesses a naturally sophisticated pizza palate. Her desert island pizza choice would be Lou Malnati’s “Deep Dish Lou” or an Aurelio’s thin-crust with spinach, tomatoes, and black olives. She lives in Virginia with her history professor husband and their two children.
*** OLIVIA BLACKE (she/her) is the Anthony Award-winning author of the Ruby and Cordelia Mysteries, as well as the cozy Record Shop Mysteries and the Brooklyn Murder Mysteries. She had her first ghost encounter when she was five, but wasn’t involved with an active crime scene until much later, when she accidentally stepped into a chalk outline on a Manhattan sidewalk. Armed with a Criminology degree, she channels her love of the paranormal and passion for writing into darkly humorous supernatural mysteries. She wants to be a unicorn when she grows up.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/157460/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

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Cozy Mystery Night with Olivia Blacke and Mindy...

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Atlee Branch Library

All ages. Come one, come all, and show off your awesome costumes with&nbsp;a parade at the end.&nbsp; Snacks and a craft will be provided.

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Costume Party & Parade

All ages. Come one, come all, and show off your awesome costumes with a parade at the end.  Snacks and a craft will be provided.

Montpelier Branch Library

Ages 8-14. Get creative this spooky season at the library with an afternoon of eerie art and retro vibes! Teens are invited to transform recycled vinyl records into hauntingly cool masterpieces using paint, stencils, spooky silhouettes, celestial designs, favorite lyrics, autumn scenes, and more. Whether your style is gothic, vintage, cozy fall, or totally out-of-this-world, this program is the perfect place to spin your creativity into something unique.

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Grooves & Ghouls: Painting Vinyl Records

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