What’s Booming RVA: Maymont Mansion and ‘The Outsiders’
Boomer’s top picks for the week ahead
After a two-year preservation project, Maymont Mansion re-opens to the public! Plus a honey wine anniversary, a touching play about “Immediate Family,” a moving new exhibition about the people of Virginia, and a musical based on a moving 1967 coming-of-age book. In this week’s What’s Booming RVA: Maymont Mansion and “The Outsiders.”
Black Heath Meadery 11-Year Anniversary Weekend
The local meadery celebrates more than a decade of producing a wide variety of the honey-based alcoholic beverage, using locally sourced fruits and honey. Events at the meadery’s two locations include:
- Comedy Night: March 19, at The Hive.
- Vertical Tasting, a ticketed event featuring 12 meads from over the years: March 20, at The Nucleus.
- Anniversary Celebration, with new releases, special pours, and more: March 21, noon to 9 p.m., at The Hive.
- Psyche Sundays, with live music, open mic, and psychedelic visuals: March 22, 2 to 6 p.m., at The Hive.
March 19 to 22 at The Hive and The Nucleus, Richmond.
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“Immediate Family”
Prodigal son Jesse shows up for a family wedding with his new Swedish boyfriend and turns the family reunion into a family showdown. “Modern Family” meets “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” as these siblings try to bridge their differences with a little help from God, card games, and family.
Through April 11 at Robert B. Moss Theatre, Richmond.
Maymont Mansion Open House & Garden Party
Live entertainment, games and craft activities on the lawn, food trucks, vintage cars, historical group vendors, and Charleston dance lessons, plus mansion walk-throughs and guided tours of the main floor of the mansion after its two-year preservation project.
FREE. March 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Maymont, Richmond.
“We The People: The World in Our Commonwealth”
In tribute to the nation’s 250th anniversary, the VMHC presents the deeply personal narratives of individuals born in 68 countries who sought freedom, opportunity, and refuge by immigrating to the United States. Immersive environments, historical objects, powerful images, and multimedia stations reveal immigrant experiences of leaving home, settling in an unfamiliar place, and becoming Virginians, highlighting the profound way immigrants have both shaped and been shaped by Virginia and this nation.
March 21 to Sept. 7 at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, Richmond.
“The Outsiders”
Adapted from S.E. Hinton’s seminal novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film, this new musical tells a tale set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1960s. Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend, Johnny Cade, and their Greaser family of “outsiders” battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. The story navigates the complexities of self-discovery in a world that rejects you, a story of friendship, family, belonging, and the realization that there is still “lots of good in the world.” [FEATURED IMAGE, TOP: CREDIT MATTHEW MURPHY]
March 24 to 29 at Altria Theater, Richmond.
Check websites for more details, including prices and registration requirements.
More of What’s Booming in Richmond besides a Winter Wander
More fun to fill your plate
And more to throw on your calendar:
- MORE EVENTS from March 19 to 26, plus announcements and road trips – COMING SOON
- Lots of future Richmond happenings
