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

Artisan Gelato: Over two dozen flavors of handcrafted gelato, including traditional and unique seasonal options. Handcrafted Chocolates: A wide variety of artisan truffles, bonbons, and chocolate bars. Café Menu: Small-batch roasted coffee, espresso, signature lattes, teas, and drinking chocolate, alongside freshly baked pastries.

Tifa Chocolate & Gelato

Join us for hand-crafted sandwiches, fresh salads, ginormous spuds and our famous sweet tea. Once you're here, relax and let us handle the rest.

McAlister's Deli

Hand-cut beef, pasta, chicken and fresh seafood. Specializes in fresh fish that's delivered daily.

Bonefish Grill

Charred-Swift Creek

Fort Wead was constructed in June of 1864 and named after Col. Frederick Wead of the 98th New York who was killed in action at Cold Harbor. The fort was built in the rear of the main Union defensive line to prevent Confederate forces from advancing in the event the main lines were captured. The site never saw any action. Sgt. Engle Park is named after Sgt. James E. Engle, of Company I, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteers. During a skirmish on May 18, 1864, Engle volunteered to carry ammunition from this area to soldiers at the front. He remained there, distributing ammunition under constant fire, for the rest of the day. Members of his regiment recommended him for the Congressional Medal of Honor, which he was awarded in 1896. These sites are located adjacent to one another. Today visitors can walk the sites and view the remnants of earthworks and a collapsed magazine.

Fort Wead and Sgt. Engle Park

Fatburger located at 13427 Hull St Road, Midlothian, VA is a casual eatery offering fresh, authentic, tasty hamburgers, fries, and shakes. Every meal is cooked-to-order, using the freshest ingredients and traditional cooking methods. We’re best known for our fresh-never-frozen, lean-beef, chicken, turkey and veggie burgers & sandwiches, our hand-scooped, real ice cream milkshakes, homemade-from-scratch onion rings and build-your-own-burger experience.

Fatburger & Buffalo's Express

Our customers tell us that just a single spoonful of Gelati Celesti is indescribably good. Rich, decadent, creamy goodness. Perhaps even teetering on transcendental. A moment of pure joy. What makes our ice cream so heavenly? We pride ourselves on offering an exceptional product with the very best flavor possible. Our ice cream tastes exactly how great ice cream should taste—pure, fresh and natural. Each batch of Gelati Celesti ice cream is made by hand with only the finest ingredients from around the world. Flavors are churned in small batches using special Italian equipment. The micro-batch process allows us to care for and consider each scoop of ice cream that we serve. The hand-crafted process may take longer, but we think it makes our ice cream that much better. And our proprietary process minimizes the air whipped into our product, making it uniquely flavorful, thick and creamy, and flat out special.

Gelati Celesti-Hull Street

American steaks, pastas and burgers with fresh-cut fries and homemade desserts. Family-friendly with Greek night on Tuesday.

Brick House Diner

18-hole course, par 72, tee-time reservations recommended.

Brookwoods Golf Club

Ashton Creek Vineyard is a family-owned, southern Virginia winery with an affinity for quality, cuisine, and the flavors of our region. Sample and savor our award-winning varietals alongside curated pairings and farm-to-table menu offerings in the Tasting Room, join us for special events from Concert Series to catered Wine Pairing Dinners, or bring your four-legged friends by to enjoy an afternoon on the lawn or patio. Open Wednesday—Saturday from 12-8 and Sundays from 12-6. Our grounds also serve as the ideal venue for intimate gatherings and grand affairs alike, no matter the season—learn more about hosting your big day or private event with us at ashtoncreekvineyard.com/events Shop nationally-renowned wines from our on-site or online Wine Shop. Browse our Tasting Room menus and upcoming events at ashtoncreekvineyard.com/tastingroom

Ashton Creek Vineyard

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. 



Sports Richmond, VA

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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