Name: Profs & Pints Richmond: Witches of Antiquity
Start: 2026-10-26
End: 2026-10-26

Our brewpub, pizza kitchen and brewery is located in Fulton Richmond at 5203 Hatcher Street. Dogs are allowed on our outside patio but must be on leashes at all times. We offer Neapolitan style: thin crust pizza, salads, and snacks. The onsite Venue boasts two open barrel rooms complete with private bar, staffing, sound system, and furniture with linens. Hourly rentals and catering available.

Triple Crossing Brewing-Fulton

Blue Atlas is a premier Restaurant and Market that is proud to serve Richmond, VA area and beyond. At Blue Atlas we want to cultivate a welcoming community by sharing our experience of worldwide flavors. We serve food that makes you feel good about yourself and the planet.

Blue Atlas

Have a unique flavor experience when you visit Besos Mexican Kitchen & Cantina. We are a restaurant that serves Indian food and tapas infused with Latin and Indian culture. Our menu also includes various dishes that change monthly and delicious drinks, such as wine, craft beer, and handcrafted cocktails.

Besos Mexican Kitchen & Cantina

Experience the rich and vibrant flavors of Indian cuisine at The Biryani Corner. Our menu offers a variety of mouthwatering biryanis and refreshing lassis that will transport you to the streets of India.

Biryani Corner

The Clarke-Palmore House Museum is located high atop historic Marion Hill in Henrico County. The Museum interprets the story of the Palmore family who lived on a small farm in 1930. Like other farm families living through the Great Depression, the Palmore family struggled to make a living during tough economic times. Built in stages beginning in 1819, John Clarke purchased the property in 1855 and added the second story. His daughter Estelle and her husband John Palmore added the clapboard section in 1910. In 1999, Vera Morton, daughter of John and Estelle Palmore, donated the house and 12 acres to the County. National Register Historic Site. The museum is open for special programs, events, and by appointment, please call (804) 652-1455 or email REC-History@henrico.gov.

Clarke-Palmore House Museum

Soak up the tropical vibes and we’ll treat you to a menu rooted in some of the world’s most exciting island destinations.

Island Shrimp Co.-Rocketts Landing

The Boathouse provides unlimited ways for guests to have a memorable experience; Sunday Brunch, business meetings, rehearsal dinners, waterfront dinner and drinks or inside dining surrounded in a beautiful nautical atmosphere. The menu features an extensive raw bar, open-flamed prime steaks and fresh sustainable seafood.

The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing

Our route begins on the dock at Rocketts Landing right beneath The Boathouse restaurant. Enjoy the ambiance of nearby bike trails, recreational boaters, paddlers, and stunning views of the Richmond skyline.

Sea Suite Cruises

Located at Stony Run Drive and Williamsburg Road in Richmond’s East End, this 40 acre park is home to the city’s only BMX race track, which serves as the home track for Richmond BMX, an affiliate of the National Bicycle League. A park that draws diverse activities, it is also a favorite of disc golf fans (much like Bryan Park) for its 18-hole disc golf course. In addition, the park’s horse shoe pits are the site of regular activity and many tournaments. The Gillies Creek Park Foundation is working with the City of Richmond on future plans to develop the park to connect a series of new and existing parks in an unprecedented urban greenway that will link Richmond neighborhoods to the nearby riverfront, Tobacco Row, the Virginia Capital Trail and the restored canal.

Gillies Creek Park

Welcome to Ms. Girlee's! Nominated Number 2 for Best Brunch in Richmond by Style Magazine, we take soul food back to the basics, just like our Grandmother, Girlee Francis Crump use to do it. Grab your family, grab your friends and "come taste a little bit of home"

Ms. Girlee's Kitchen

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

Profs and Pints Richmond presents: “Witches of Antiquity,” on the sorceresses of ancient Greece and Rome, with Barbette Stanley Spaeth, professor emerita of classical studies at William & Mary and scholar of magic and the supernatural in the ancient world.  
  
Seductive enchantress. Murderous sorceress. Corpse-mangling hag. The witches of the ancient world were among antiquity’s most vivid and disturbing characters.   
  
Get to know some of antiquity’s most unforgettable women with the help of Barbette Stanley Spaeth, who last year gave fantastic Profs and Pints talks on ancient magic and ancient terrors of the night.  
  
We’ll spend time with Homer’s beautiful Circe, Euripides’ passionate Medea, and Horace’s sinister Canidia. You’ll encounter Lucan’s terrifying Erictho, a witch so powerful she could raise the dead and force even the gods to obey her.  
  
Along the way, we’ll ask why the image of the witch changed so dramatically as it traveled from Greece to Rome. Greek writers often imagined witches as beautiful, alluring, and sometimes even helpful. Roman authors, on the other hand, increasingly portrayed them as ugly, lustful, dangerous old women. What can these frightening figures tell us about ancient attitudes toward magic, women, sexuality, and power?  
  
The answers take us beyond spells and potions into some of the deepest anxieties of the ancient world, about women who possessed power, men who feared losing it, and what might happen when accepted boundaries—between male and female, human and divine, living and dead, and even order and chaos—began to break down.  
  
For over thirty years at William & Mary and Tulane University, Dr. Spaeth taught courses on ancient magic and the supernatural. She has published several studies of ancient witchcraft and is currently working on a book on the subject. Her talk is sure to leave you spellbound. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.)  
  
Image: From “Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus,” an 1891 painting by John William Waterhouse (Gallery Oldham / Public Domain).

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