• Drive time: ~1 hour from downtown Richmond
• Est. population: ~45,000
• Avg. high in January: 47°

🎟️ Things to do

🍲 Memorable eats

🍷 Accommodations with award-winning cuisine

• Jerry Joseph | Tuesday, Jan. 16 | 7 p.m. | Richmond Music Hall, 619 E. Main St., Richmond | $15 | Experience an evening with the singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• “Annie” | Tuesday, Jan. 16-Sunday, Jan. 21 | Times vary | Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St., Richmond | $35-$89 | You can bet your bottom dollar that this musical will delight the River City.

• Marshall Scholar Series: Richard Haass | Wednesday, Jan. 17 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Virginia Museum of History & Culture, 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Richmond | $38 | The diplomat will discuss the relationship between rights, obligations, and a flourishing democracy in this talk.

• Profs & Pints: Ancient Sea Monsters | Thursday, Jan. 18 | 6-8:30 p.m. | Triple Crossing Beer – Fulton, 5203 Hatcher St., Richmond | $16-$17 | Professor Georgia Irby will take a look at the imagined horrors of ancient Greece and Rome and their influence on later cultural works.
• “Soldier of Destiny” Book Talk | Thursday, Jan. 18 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Virtual | Free | Join author John Reeves for a discussion on Ulysses S. Grant’s rise to become general-in-chief of the United States Army.

• Are you 18-44 and experiencing hair thinning?
• Do you lead a plant-based lifestyle?
• Experiencing signs of peri- and post-menopause?

• RPS has released a Dreams4RPS Outcomes Report looking back at the last five years in the district. The findings of the report will influence the Let’s Keep Dreaming planning process, which is underway now.

• RVA Rapid Transit is hosting a Transit Talk to teach Richmonders how to use the new Transit Royale app. The free, virtual class will take place on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. Reserve your spot.

• The RVA Sports Awards has announced that this year’s Community Champion Award will be given to Tony Squire, founder of Squires Basketball. The organization was Richmond’s first AAU boys basketball program and has been training young athletes since 1987.

• 102-year-old Bindy Gralow fulfilled a lifelong dream last Thursday, riding five laps around the Richmond Raceway at lightning-fast speeds. She told the raceway her wish was to go 103 mph — that’s 102 “plus one for good measure.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

• Richmond’s own Edgar Allan Poe is turning 215...and The Poe Museum is throwing the man behind the tales of terror a birthday bash on Saturday, Jan. 20 from 4-10 p.m. See all the poe-tential programming planned, raise a raven-feather quill to Poe, and snag your ticket.*

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