Events

A chili cook-off where entrants bring a pot and visitors pay $5 to taste and vote for their favorites, with cash prizes for the top three. Two bands play, and guests are asked to bring a can or two of food for the local food bank.

A Veterans Day ceremony held each year at the Vietnam Veterans Building on the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds. It is open to the public and free, with registration handled through Chesterfield Parks and Recreation.

Author Phillip Andrew Gibbs signs copies of his new book on early 1900s murder investigations by the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency in the Richmond and Chesterfield area. The signing is free; books are sold separately in hardcover and paperback.

The Midlothian Ruritan Club sells Christmas trees from its lot daily, starting Sunday, November 22, and continuing until the trees are gone. Sales raise money for the club's community projects.

A children's holiday show in which Drifty the Snowman helps his friend Scottie Scout earn top honors at the North Star Jamboree, with Cowboy Jim and Pepita the Elf. The theatre repeats it at 1 PM that day and on December 12.

A free holiday open house at the historic Magnolia Grange, with decorations, live music, crafts, refreshments and a visit from Santa. Victorian toys and games are out for children of all ages. No registration is needed.

The Virginians chorus gives a full-chorus holiday show with quartets, Santa and the Grinch at the Perkinson Center in Chester. Tickets are sold online and are also offered at the door that afternoon.

A day of Christmas displays at Castlewood showing how the holiday was kept in different eras, from the 1480s through the Revolutionary War, Civil War and both World Wars. Some displays are outdoors and some are inside the historic buildings.

A dinner held by the Central Chesterfield Ruritan Club in memory of Howard "Curly" Hall, now in its second year. The club says all are welcome.