Name: Tulip Poplars with Silas House
Start: 2026-10-27
End: 2026-10-27

The Urban Farmhouse and Market offers a simple menu of fresh, seasonal and locally sourced ingredients paired with organic coffees and teas. The décor is rustic and reminiscent of a farmhouse kitchen.

Urban Farmhouse Market & Café

Echelon is a rustic modern wine bar located in Shockoe Slip on East Cary Street in Richmond less than a mile from the Virginia State Capital. A casual elegant atmosphere founded by the owners of Lost Creek Winery in Northern Virginia offering over 150 wines by the bottle and over 30 wines by the glass featuring Lost Creek, Virginia, Domestic and International wines from around the world. These wines are paired perfectly with our scratch-kitchen small plates with international culinary flare. We offer customized flights to allow anyone new to wine as well as knowledgable of wine to explore. Looking to expand the palate? Don’t forget to join our wine club to further explore the world of wine!

Echelon Wine Bar

A Taste of Thailand in every bite and every room. Eat Well, Live kindly

Kin-D Thai Kitchen

Traditional dishes and lighter fare with Celtic music. Spacious outdoor deck and patio. Large parties welcome.

Sine Irish Pub & Restaurant

A fresh new way to do breakfast and lunch

Benedict on Cary

Where American Cuisine Meets Southern Charm In the heart of Shockoe Slip, our casually elegant restaurant, The Dining Room at The Berkeley Hotel, serves seasonally inspired regional dishes and southern inspired American cuisine. The Dining Room serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Start with Chef William’s version of fried green tomatoes topped with Virginia bourbon bacon Jam then try our signature lump crab cakes and finish your meal with a slice of our own peach pecan pie. On Saturdays and Sundays enjoy our a’la carte brunch, serving specialties like house-made corned beef hash & our Chesapeake omelet with lump crab meat, asparagus and gruyere cheese. Holidays are celebrated with very special menus throughout the year. Come enjoy our comfortable, inviting atmosphere and warm hospitality with a spectacular view of Shockoe Slip. We also feature a separate bar with hand-crafted cocktails, a large wine list specializing in Virginia wineries and a lighter fare menu. Visit us soon; complimentary valet parking is always available to our dining guests.

The Berkeley Richmond, Outset Collection by Hilton

A Richmond landmark with slow-roasted prime rib, steaks and fresh seafood. There’s also a nightclub in the basement.

Tobacco Company

The 40-minute, historically narrated tours of the James River and Kanawha Canal operate throughout the season, seven days a week from May through October, and with varying hours in April and November. The boat tours travel along downtown Richmond's Canal Walk and review centuries of Richmond’s history, from Powhatan’s Chiefdom to the first commercially successful electric streetcar in the world, all while traveling in authentically styled boats. Tours depart on the hour from the canal’s Turning Basin at 139 Virginia Street, in Downtown Richmond. Boats can accommodate up to 25 passengers and are handicap accessible. Tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis at the Turning Basin’s ticket kiosk and online 18 hours in advance by visiting RiverfrontCanalCruises.com. Canal Cruise private charters are also available as one- or two-hour private boat tours that are a favorite for reunions, birthdays, engagements, corporate retreats, churches, clubs, and so many more group outings. Private charters may be scheduled for any day and time during the season but must be reserved a minimum of two weeks in advance at RiverfrontCanalCruises.com.

Riverfront Canal Cruises

New York Bagels and Deli

We’re a community of runners, hikers, bikers and ballplayers. We’re an outdoor playground, designed by Mother Nature, with class III and IV rapids running right through our downtown. A 52-mile bike trail runs along the James. The Richmond Marathon and Ukrop’s 10k are huge celebrations, and the whole region comes out to cheer on our local teams. In fact, we’re so sports-minded that the Washington Redskins have their training camp right in the center of the city. Add to that awesome hotels, beautiful venues, attractions, art, craft beer, more than 900 restaurants and a convenient location, and you’ve got a top choice for your next sports event. Welcome to RVA!

From indoor to outdoor facilities, the Richmond region has the fields, pitches, diamonds, venues and the dedicated staff to ensure your event is a huge success. 



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Silas House, author of Fountain's 2025 Book of the Year, is back! He'll be talking about his new novel with Kelly in the store.  
  
This event ticket includes a signed copy of The Tulip Poplars.  
  
About the Book:  
Amos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s, yet Tom cannot shake his strict religious upbringing nor the responsibilities of his family’s farm. His longtime friend Maeve also pines for a man she can’t have, lest she endanger his already tenuous life in a town and world shaped by racial lines. How do you live a life that feels untrue, and at what point do you risk everything?  
  
The Tulip Poplars is a gorgeous and moving novel spanning most of the 20th century, centering on four people trying to find happiness in a world that demands conventional choices. House tells a deeply intimate story of faith and doubt, race and class, sexual desire and the longing to be good when you’ve been taught that you are evil for loving who you love. Based on the story of an ancestor, House’s new novel takes us from NYC to Southern cities to Appalachia and will leave you with a bigger heart.  
  
About the Author:  
Silas House was a finalist for a 2024 Grammy Award, winner of the 2022 Duggins Prize, and is a two-time winner of the Southern Book Prize. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, the New York Times, the Advocate, Time, Garden & Gun, and other publications. He teaches at Berea College and at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Creative Writing.  
  
Kelly is our fearless leader and an omnivore of a reader who will try almost any type of book at least once. She has been an indie bookseller since 1989, came to Fountain in 2000, and took over in 2008. She has served on countless bookseller boards and committees nationally and internationally but recently has scaled back on those activities to spend more time on the bookstore and personal passions like travel, cooking, and being with important people in her life and the cat.

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