What’s Booming RVA: 10 Days of Dining Specials
Boomer’s top 5 picks for the week ahead
Be selfish AND support local at 60 delicious dining spots in Chesterfield Restaurant Week! Plus music to stir nostalgia, an inspirational history lesson, Frida Kahlo-themed fun, and the “words” of birds. In “What’s Booming RVA: 10 Days of Dining Specials.”
Times Too Hard: Single African American Women in Post Civil War America
In honor of Emancipation Day, the ACSM and Black History Museum of Virginia partner on this presentation examining the experiences of single Black women in Virginia. Despite significant challenges, they actively sought agency through petitions for support and compensation. Their efforts influenced the responsibilities of federal and local agencies and played a key role in shaping concepts of freedom, welfare, citizenship, and womanhood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
FREE. April 3, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at The American Civil War Museum, Richmond.
The Lovin’ Spoonful
America’s early answer to The Beatles continues to tour, celebrating the rich, good-time catalog of hits that made them one of the world’s most beloved groups to emerge from the ’60s.
April 3 and 4, 8 p.m., at The Tin Pan, Richmond.
Chesterfield Restaurant Week
A 10-day celebration of the dynamic dining and drinking scene, with more than 50 establishments, including restaurants, wineries, breweries, dessert shops, and more. Participating restaurants prepare a specific dining special, create a menu of their choice, or discount an existing item. Portions of proceeds go to Chesterfield Food Bank Outreach Center
April 4 to 13 throughout Chesterfield County.
¡FridaFest!
Celebrating the opening of the exhibition “Frida: Beyond the Myth” (April 5 to Sept. 28), the festival highlights Frida Kahlo’s artistic genius, Mexican heritage, and love for life. With live music and dance, art demonstrations, food trucks, and more. FREE for the festival, fee for the exhibition.
April 5, 1 to 7 p.m., at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Profs & Pints Richmond: Bird Songs – A Listeners’ Guide
Learn to hear and understand birds’ messages, with Stephen Ferguson, visiting assistant professor of biology at the University of Richmond and a physiobehavioral ecologist who extensively researches birds. What can we learn from their songs? How do they learn and remember to sing? What are the differences in male and female birds’ songs?
April 3, 4 to 6:30 p.m., at Triple Crossing – Fulton, Richmond.
Check websites for more details, including prices and registration requirements.
More in Richmond besides 10 days of dining specials
More fun to fill your plate
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FEATURE PHOTO, TOP: Patio at The Boathouse at Sunday Park, one of Chesterfield County’s most iconic outdoor patios and part of this week’s Chesterfield Restaurant Week. (From The Boathouse Facebook page)
