Events Around Virginia

Sinkland Farms 33rd Annual Pumpkin Festival
Enjoy 6 weekends (Fri-Sun) Sept 27 – Nov 3, jam-packed with activities, live music, food trucks, arts & crafts vendors, and fun for the whole family. Hayrides to the pumpkin patch, make your way through a mind boggling 5-acre corn maze, and visit with Sinkland’s farm animals.

To coincide with ARTfactory’s annual Factory of Fear event and fundraiser, the Caton Merchant Gallery presents a group art exhibition titled “Factory of Fear” on display Oct. 10-Oct. 31.

Sinkland Farms 33rd Annual Pumpkin Festival Enjoy 6 weekends (Fri-Sun) Sept 27 – Nov 3, jam-packed with activities, live music, food trucks, arts & crafts vendors, and fun for the whole family. Hayrides to the pumpkin patch, make your way through a mind boggling 5-acre corn maze, and visit with Sinkland’s farm animals. We feature […]

Talk to Me (Dir. Danny and Michael Philippou, 95 mins) When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. Followed by a conversation on the horror genre with Harry Szabo Groves and […]

The Botetourt County Historical Society is delighted to announce its 16th Annual Founder’s Day Dinner, set to take place on Sunday, October 13 at Virginia Mountain Vineyard. This year, we are honored to welcome Dr. Sarah McCartney from the College of William & Mary as our distinguished guest speaker.

Experience some of the most deeply affecting, stirring, melodious music ever composed in this Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel. During his lively concerts with commentary, this virtuoso pianist accomplishes “an achievement of a sort seldom heard” (New York Times). The program Franz Schubert: The Soulful and the Sublime, we are invited to experience features the […]

Experience the music of Schubert at this concert with commentary!

To coincide with ARTfactory’s annual Factory of Fear event and fundraiser, the Caton Merchant Gallery presents a group art exhibition titled “Factory of Fear” on display Oct. 10-Oct. 31.

More Information | $25, $10 students with ID and youth 18 and under Poetry, creative writing, and rich stories interlace at Voices from the Urban Indigenous Campfire, a specially-curated celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, featuring three Indigenous creatives. Award-winning poet Rena Priest (Lummi Nation, Washington State Poet Laureate 2021-2023), first-person novelist Deborah Taffa (Quechan Nation, Laguna Pueblo;Whiskey […]

To coincide with ARTfactory’s annual Factory of Fear event and fundraiser, the Caton Merchant Gallery presents a group art exhibition titled “Factory of Fear” on display Oct. 10-Oct. 31.

Researcher and policy advisor Chelsea Henderson discusses her new book Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics, which examines the reasons why it took almost sixty years for the U.S. government to pass significant climate change legislation, and urges our elected officials to act in the face of the climate crisis. Environmentalist and author C. […]

Drop-in and practice life drawing on two select Tuesday evenings each month. Bring your supplies and join us at the gallery to draw or paint our nude model.

Join us for an exciting Trivia Night and fun at Dave & Buster’s in Richmond VA every TUESDAY at 730p! Put your knowledge to the test and compete against fellow trivia enthusiasts in our action-packed trivia game event. Play an interactive trivia game, with a competitive mix of questions, including image round and music round. […]

To coincide with ARTfactory’s annual Factory of Fear event and fundraiser, the Caton Merchant Gallery presents a group art exhibition titled “Factory of Fear” on display Oct. 10-Oct. 31.

During World War II, a team of historians, museum professionals, scholars, architects, and archivists came together to protect European cultural sites from war damage. Known as the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section, the team spread out throughout Europe and the Pacific to ensure that sites of cultural significance would be preserved and protected for […]

Head to The Georges in Lexington on Wednesday, October 16 for an afternoon with Anne Blackwell Thompson of Blackwell Botanicals. This renowned Richmond-based artist creates stunning works from botanicals she harvests—from seaweed out of the South Carolina surf to wildflowers from the meadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Anne’s pressed flowers and foliage, all one-of-a-kind, […]

Global sensation Bonnie Garmus takes the stage to discuss her witty and extraordinary novel, Lessons in Chemistry about chemist, mother, and beloved cooking star Elizabeth Zott, who ignites a revolution one meal at a time. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, and more, Lessons in Chemistry […]

To coincide with ARTfactory’s annual Factory of Fear event and fundraiser, the Caton Merchant Gallery presents a group art exhibition titled “Factory of Fear” on display Oct. 10-Oct. 31.

“The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800,” by Wayne E. Lee Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne Lee shows that fighting forces bring their own cultural traditions, values, and limitations onto the battlefield. He looks at a “cutting-off way of war” to show that Native Americans often […]

The Richmond Tattoo & Arts Convention celebrates 36 years in American tattoo history this October! The event has been a gathering place for industry founders, tattoo enthusiasts, artists, collectors, and fans since 1988. Today, it welcomes 150 in…