What’s Booming RVA: A Witch, Pecans, and Southern Food
Boomer’s top 5 picks for the week ahead
The cost of a soul, musical comedy, the blues, Southern food and pecans galore – our top five picks in Richmond this week. What’s Booming RVA: A Witch, Pecans and Southern Food.
Jen Silverman’s “Witch.”
In this Richmond Shakespeare performance, a charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought.
Oct. 23 to Nov. 9 at Theatre Gym, Richmond.
3 Redneck Tenors.
Musical comedy from classically trained artists – like “the Blue Collar Comedy Tour goes to Carnegie Hall.” A barrel of down-home laughs with a heaping haul of big city music.
Oct. 24 and 25, 7 p.m., at The Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen.
10th Annual Pecan Festival.
Whether you say “pah-CAHN” or “PEE-can,” you can get your fill of them, along with vendors, food trucks, beer and wine, live music, and more.
Oct. 28, 1 p.m., at Richard Bland College, Petersburg.
“Recipes from the American South.”
Author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty showcases the complexity of food traditions influenced by European, Indigenous, African, and immigrant communities. His book includes 260 recipes and the culinary sweep of Southern history and its cultures.
Oct. 28, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Library of Virginia, Richmond.
Joanne Shaw Taylor.
The #1-selling Billboard Blues guitarist has evolved into one of contemporary blues-rock’s most formidable and acclaimed artists, featuring powerful vocals alongside virtuosic guitar abilities. Her 2025 U.S. Fall Tour follows her newest album, “Black & Gold.” (Image above, Rob Bondurant)
Oct. 28, doors 6:30 p.m., at The Beacon Theatre, Hopewell.
Check websites for more details, including prices and registration requirements.
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