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A Burlesque Fantasy at Blue Bee Cider
December 4th | Doors 7:30PM | Show 8:00PM | 18+
Step into the orchard… after dark.
Orchard After Dark is a sultry, whimsical burlesque experience set in an enchanted orchard, where magic blooms and desire lingers in the air. Nestled beneath the twinkle of fairy lights and the boughs of apple trees at Blue Bee Cider, this immersive summer showcase invites you to indulge in fantasy, temptation, and transformation.
Featuring: Conejita Luxxe, Empress de Naste', Valentina, and Venessa Chevelle.
Whether you come for the tease, the tale, or the cider, you won’t want to miss this spellbinding escape into burlesque enchantment.

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Orchard After Dark

🌙 Orchard After Dark 🌙
A Burlesque Fantasy at Blue Bee Cider
December 4th | Doors 7:30PM | Show 8:00PM | 18+
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Meditate in Richmond is a branch of the Kadampa Meditation Center in Washington, DC
Each class consists of Guided Meditations, Buddhist Teachings and Commentary, and time for Questions &amp; Discussion.
Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike, these classes offer practical tools you can apply immediately to create more happiness—starting from within. Each session stands on its own, so you’re welcome to attend one class or the entire series.
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Join VOXRVA and Befriend for an evening&nbsp;of stories on the theme of Belonging." Where and how did you find your fit? Or are you still searching? Event details, registration and the link to sign up and share your story are at <a href="https://voxrva.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">voxrva.org</a>

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Virginia Museum of History & Culture

American Independence would not have been possible without the support of Spain. As part of the Virginia Museum of History &amp; Culture's 250th Initiative, join the VMHC and The Queen Sofía Spanish Institute for a special evening commemorating the Spanish politicians, generals, and merchants who played a vital role shaping the outcome of the American Revolution.&nbsp;
The evening’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, a senior Spanish diplomat, author of several books on 18th-century Spanish American history, and a former Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
Highlights include:&nbsp;
Remarks from Spanish dignitaries. Lecture from renowned expert Dr. Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia. Special display of original VMHC manuscripts related to Spain’s involvement in the American Revolution.&nbsp; A special reception featuring Spanish-inspired hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and music.&nbsp; After-hours access to the VMHC's exhibits, including, Revolutionary Allies: Foreign Friends of American Independence.
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5:00 – 6:00 pm – Doors open, after-hours access to VMHC exhibits 6:00 – 7:00 pm – Lecture + remarks 7:00 – 8:00 pm – Reception
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.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/157386/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

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Honoring Spain's Contributions to American...

American Independence would not have been possible without the support of Spain. As part of the Virginia Museum of History &...

Honoring Spain's Contributions to American Independence

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About the Book:
In pursuit of a more ethical way of eating, Zackary Vernon moved to Boone, North Carolina. While volunteering, working, and interviewing people related to the ethical food movement, he struggled with extreme views on both sides of the issue. He wondered: can you be an ethical eater without fully sacrificing pleasure and joy? While there are no easy answers, open_in_newVernon, a professor of English at Appalachian State University, offers ways for us to fail better as we consider how to eat more ethically in the future. He is also the author of the debut novel, Our Bodies Electric, editor of Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies, and co-editor of Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash.
About the Author:
Zackary Vernon lives in Boone, NC, where he's on the faculty at Appalachian State University. He is the author of the debut novel, Our Bodies Electric, editor of Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies, and co-editor of Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash. His creative nonfiction has been published in magazines and journals, such as Salvation South, The Bitter Southerner, North Carolina Literary Review, and Carolina Quarterly. You can find him online at open_in_newzackaryvernon.com. He's also on Instagram @zackvernon33, where you will find pictures of food, mountains, a dog named Turnip, and occasional drawings that look like they've been done by a precocious child.
 Dr. Jessica Martell is an interdisciplinary scholar who specializes in literature, food, film, and the environment. She is the open_in_newFulbright-Queen's University Belfast Scholar in Irish Studies, 2025-2026. She is the author of Farm to Form: Modernist Literature and Ecologies of Food in the British Empire (University of Nevada Press, 2020), which investigates the relationship between the industrial food of empire and the emergence of literary modernisms in Britain and Ireland. Dr. Martell teaches interdisciplinary courses in the Global Studies program at Watauga Residential College.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/159160/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

Local Event: Eating on a Mountain at the End of the World with Zackary Vernon

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In pursuit of a more ethical way of eating, Zackary Vernon moved to Boone, North Carolina. While volunteering,...

Eating on a Mountain at the End of the World with Zackary Vernon

For nearly the entirety of our history, Americans have been arguing about George Washington and slavery. Drawing on research from his latest book, historian John Garrison Marks will explore how generations of Americans have remembered, forgotten, manipulated, and wielded Washington’s entanglements with slavery over the past 250 years. As both a prolific enslaver for his entire life as well as the emancipator of more than 120 of the people he enslaved, George Washington’s complex relationship with slavery has vexed Americans for centuries. Time and again, we’ve struggled to agree upon slavery’s place in Washington’s legacy. In this lecture, Marks will explore how abolitionists, politicians, educators, museum professionals, descendants of slavery at Mount Vernon, and countless others have all fought to shape our collective memory of George Washington and slavery over the last two centuries—and what those fights reveal about our ongoing struggle to reckon with the past.
Dr. John Garrison Marks is a historian and writer exploring the United States’ histories of race, slavery, and public memory. He earned his Ph.D. in history from Rice University. Marks currently works as the Vice President of Research and Engagement for the American Association for State and Local History. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, TIME, Smithsonian Magazine, and elsewhere. He is the author/editor of three books,&nbsp;Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations&nbsp;(edited with Whitney Nell Stewart);&nbsp;Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas; and&nbsp;Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory.
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.
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Tickets are required for in-person attendance. Lecture ticket includes admission to VMHC galleries. Tickets are not needed if you would prefer to join us live on YouTube or Facebook. Admission to this lecture is free for members.&nbsp; In-person attendees are invited to meet the speaker immediately following the lecture. Signed copies of the book will be available at&nbsp;ShopVirginiaHistory.org. &nbsp;<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/153460/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

Local Event: George Washington, Slavery, and America’s Historical Memory

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Fountain Favorite Margot Douaihy is coming! She'll be talking with John Copenhaver at the store about her newest Sister Holiday mystery.
About the Book:
It’s a steamy, restless end of the school year in New Orleans. Sister Holiday is finishing her music classes and preparing for her permanent vow ceremony, a pivotal moment in her journey of faith. But when one of her favorite students is found dead of a fentanyl overdose, Sister Holiday and her partner-in-PI, Magnolia Riveaux, are determined to track down the drug dealers. As students continue to fall prey to this sinister drug, Sister Holiday becomes more desperate to stop the epidemic—while facing her own past with addiction, a demon that is never too far.
With Douaihy’s signature mix of grit, heart, and faith, Divine Ruin tests the limits of Sister Holiday’s devotion in her darkest and most shocking case yet.
About the Author:
Margot Douaihy, PhD, is a poet, crime writer, and assistant professor at Emerson College. She is the author of the lyrical hardboiled mysteries Scorched Grace and Blessed Water, both published with Gillian Flynn Books (a Zando imprint) and both named a "Best Crime Novel of the Year" by The New York Times (2023 and 2024). The third mystery in her series, Divine Ruin, published in January 2026 and was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pick, a Publishers Weekly Pick, and named a Best Debut of the Month by CrimeReads. Margot is an active member of the Radius of Arab-American Writers, the Queer Crime Writers, the Sisters in Crime, and the Mystery Writers of America.
John Copenhaver is an award-winning author whose latest novel, Hall of Mirrors, was named a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year and won the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery. His earlier books include Dodging and Burning and The Savage Kind, which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery. He co-edited Crime Ink: Iconic and serves on the board of International Thriller Writers. A founding member of Queer Crime Writers, he teaches at VCU and mentors in the University of Nebraska Omaha’s MFA program. He lives in Richmond, Virginia. <a href="https://www.johncopenhaver.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">johncopenhaver.com</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/154092/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View&nbsp;Tickets &amp; More Info</a>

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Divine Ruin with Margot Douaihy

Fountain Favorite Margot Douaihy is coming! She'll be talking with John Copenhaver at the store about her newest Sister Holiday...

Wilbert is the author of our most recent non-fiction pick for the First Editions Club! He'll be at the store for a meet-and-greet and signing, so come by and say hello!
You do not need to RSVP for this event, but you're welcome to reserve a book here: <a href="https://www.fountainbookstore.com/item/f10yIDkbWsuRWyOQhQgMPw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.fountainbookstore.com/item/f10yIDkbWsuRWyOQhQgMPw</a>
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Both an epic history and an intimate family story, a startling account of the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern city.
Amid the fervent protests over police killings in 2020, the reporter Wilbert L. Cooper returned to his hometown of Cleveland to profile the president of a Black police organization called the Black Shield. The group had aligned itself with activists calling for reform, but its president was notorious for having shot a young unarmed Black man years earlier. As Cooper explored the question of whether Black cops can create the kind of radical changes in policing that Black people are calling for, he was also welcomed by the members of the group in a different, more complicated capacity: as Sergeant Will Cooper’s son.
For Cooper, this assignment was personal. His parents are retired Black Cleveland cops; his sister was a Cleveland cop; on his mother’s side, there has been a Cleveland cop in the family since 1950. In unearthing the dramatic histories of the Black Shield and his own family, Cooper tells the intertwined stories of the two: his relatives, whose lineage traces back to the Great Migration and who chose policing because it was one of the few stepping stones to economic security and status in a segregated city; and an organization that, over decades of cultural and political upheaval, has cycled endlessly between rebellion and acquiescence.
An intimate, bold work of literary nonfiction, The Black Shield is an urgent exploration of the complex duality of the Black cop. Cooper grapples with a knot of contradictions: Is the Black officer a sign of progressive change, or of a system that shifts its appearance without changing its outcomes? How to reconcile the fact that policing helped lift his family out of poverty while it has kept its knee on the necks of his people? Fearless and singularly powerful, The Black Shield gives us an American story about race and power that has never been told before.
About the Author:
Wilbert L. Cooper grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. He studied journalism at Ohio University an earned a master's degree in publishing at New York University. He has written for outlets such as The Guardian, The New York Times, the Marshall Project, and The Wall Street Journal. His Vice documentary The Cleveland Strangler was nominated for a National Magazine Award. In 2024, he was the recipient of the Richard J. Margolis Award. The Black Shield is his first book.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/163843/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

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Meet and greet with Wilbert Cooper

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from the City of Richmond City Garage between 1980-1990. Please contact Brittney Fries at 813.230.7702 or bfries@mrhfmlaw.com

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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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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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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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