• Dominion Energy Jazz Café | Wednesday, Dec. 20 | 6-8 p.m. | VMFA, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond | Free | Groove in the Cochrane Atrium with Richmond soul artist Robbie Cunningham.

• UR Men’s Basketball vs. Buffalo | Thursday, Dec. 21 | 7 p.m. | Robins Center, 365 College Rd., Richmond | $15-$32 | The Spiders face off against Buffalo at home.
• Holiday Movie Night | Thursday, Dec. 21 | 7-10 p.m. | Starr Hill Beer Hall, 406 W. Leigh St., Richmond | Cost of purchase | Get in the holiday spirit with a tasty beer release and a screening of “Office Christmas Party.”

• Tropical Christmas with Kadencia | Friday, Dec. 22 | 7 p.m. | Richmond Music Hall, 623 E. Main St., Richmond | $15 | Celebrate the band’s fifth anniversary with a Puerto Rican holiday show.
• J Roddy Walston’s Christmas to the Bone, Night 2 | Friday, Dec. 22 | 7 p.m. | The Broadberry, 2729 W. Broad St., Richmond | $30 | Rock out and deck the halls at this holiday show.

• “The Polar Express” | Saturday, Dec. 23 | 10 a.m. | The Byrd Theatre, 2908 W. Cary St., Richmond | $5 | See the Robert Zemeckis animated take on this classic holiday story.
• Celebrate the Holidays! | Saturday, Dec. 23 | 4 p.m. | Get Tight Lounge, 1104 W. Main St., Richmond | Cost of purchase | Rock out to a free show with Pay Rent Brass Band plus holiday movies, carols, and hot chocolate.

• Petty Museum
• North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame
• American Classic Motorcycle Museum
• Linbrook Heritage Estate

• Seagrove pottery (aka the Pottery Capital of the United States)

• Kersey Valley Escape Rooms and Axe Throwing
• The Bunker at Holly Ridge Golf Links
• Family Sports Center (bowling, arcade, and billiards)

• A seafood market is opening at Canterbury Shopping Center on Patterson in the spring. Shoreline comes from David Whitby, former owner of Yellow Umbrella Provisions. It will offer fresh and tinned seafood as well as a small menu for lunch and dinner. (Richmond BizSense)

• Legend Brewing is shifting its restaurant to a tasting room model to focus more on its beer selection. The food menu will be more limited starting in January.

• The Richmond Symphony will perform three concerts at the Carpenter Theatre for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. You can get tickets now for Friday and Saturday’s tribute to gospel icon Richard Smallwood and Sunday’s Celebrate MLK show.

• RPS has announced five finalists for the division’s Teacher of the Year award. They are Sharese Williams (Barack Obama ES), Jessica Carpenter (Broad Rock ES), Tranelle Pollard (Dogwood MS), Danielle Houdek (Mary Munford ES), and LaTriece Haskins (Swansboro ES). The winner will be revealed in January.

• Richmonder Ashley Wilda’s first novel, “The Night Fox” hit shelves in October. Style Weekly spoke to Wilda about how the young adult story blends magical realism, poetry, and prose to tell the story of a teenager dealing with spirituality, grief, and mental health. (Style Weekly)

• Volunteers at Mt. Gilead Farm made an appearance on “Good Morning America” last week. The Hull Street Road farm grows thousands of pounds of food to be donated to local food banks.

• $107,100. That’s how much Richmonder Jessica Vincent got at auction for a vase she bought at a local Goodwill for $3.99. Vincent said when she spotted the vase she knew it could be valuable, but discovered after purchasing it that it was made by Italian glassworks company Venini. (CNN)

• Life as a parent can be unpredictable — but, thankfully, the Children’s Tower is here to help when you need it most. Learn more about a pediatric hospital unlike any other, designed from the ground up with kids and families in mind.*

• Virginia Physicians for Women’s team is growing. Get to know VPFW’s five new OB/GYNs — and why they are a perfect fit for the practice that has been voted the best OB/GYN in Richmond three years in a row.*

• University of Richmond Athletics is offering Spiders Kids Club featuring three membership levels and perks like: free tickets, giveaways, birthday parties + more. Snag the deal.*

Meet new people

• River City Sports and Social Club | Join a team and get in the game playing basketball, cornhole, kickball, skeeball, and more.
• Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W. Main St. | Learn a new creative skill and meet other artsy Richmonders at a VisArts class.
• Consult our guide to networking and business organizations to meet other entrepreneurs.

Explore your city

• Richmond Slave Trail, Manchester Docks to First African Baptist Church | This walking trail chronicles the history of the trade of enslaved people in Richmond, with educational panels along the route.
• James River Park | Try out a new trail and see Richmond’s natural playground from a different perspective.
• Check out our guide to all the tours you can take in Richmond.