Thursday, 9/27
17th Street Farmers’ Market: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 643-0310.
Flowers After 5: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Live VCU jazz at 6 p.m. 1800 Lakeside Ave. $6-
$10. 262-9887.
Visiting Writers Series: 2007 Levis Reading Prize winner Joshua Weiner, author of “From the
Book of Giants.” Student Commons, Richmond Salons III/IV, 8 p.m.-10 p.m. 828-1329.
Lecture: “Our long strange trip: the history of drug use and regulation,” given by history
professor David Courtwright of the University of South Florida. Business building auditorium,
7 p.m.-9 p.m. 827-2181.
Light the Night Walk: Music, food and activities to raise funds for cancer research. Brown’s
Island, 5:30-9:30 p.m., free. (800) 766-0797.
Virginia State Fair: Music, food and animals return to the Richmond Raceway Complex.
Through Oct. 7. Tickets are $8-$26. 600 E. Laburnum Ave. (800) 588-3241
Swingin’ on the Tracks: Science Museum of Virginia’s music series presents Virginia Coalition.
5:30 p.m. Tickets are $12-$45. 2500 W. Broad St. 794-6700.
Ground Zero Dance Company: “Symbiosis,” recent work by local choreographers. Grace Street
Theater, 8 p.m. Runs through Sept. 29. Tickets are $10-$15. 828-2020.
The Camel: Pentuphouse, The Half Jeffersons and Oh My God, 7 p.m., $5. 353-4901.
Toad’s Place: Marshall Tucker Band, 7:30 p.m., $20-25. 648-TOAD.
Mars Bar: Pop ’80s Dance Night, weekly, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., free. 644-6277.
Friday, 9/28
Alexander Paley Music Festival: Mozart and Menotti’s opera, “The Telephone,” at the Singelton Center at VCU, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15-$20. 647-3398.
Vocal Recital: Baritone James Taylor and pianist Leilani Mork will perform at the Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m. 8 N. Laurel St. 359-5628, ext. 20.
“Walk the Walk: Portraits, Sunflowers and Stormy Weather,” an exhibition by Amie Oliver at Plant Zero art gallery. 7 p.m. Through Dec. 23. 726-4442.
Alley Katz: Roots of Creation, Crucial Elements, 9 p.m., $7-$10. 643-2816.
Bogart’s: Upper East Side Big Band, 9 p.m., $7. 353-9280.
Canal Club: Existor and The Indobox, 8:30 p.m., $8-$10. 643-2582
Nara Japanese Restaurant: Divine Profitz, Swerve 36, martinealcamy, Derek 32zero and DJ Billy When?, 9 p.m., $5. 353-1315.
Nonesuch Art and Apparel: Larkin Grimm and The Great White Jenkins, 7 p.m., free. 649-4069.
Mars Bar: New-wave Dance Night, weekly, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., free. 644-6277.
Saturday, 9/29
Gay Pride Virginia Annual Festival: Features a variety of community leaders, entertainers and artists. At the 17th Street Farmers’ Market. Noon-6 p.m. (703) 909-6235
Alley Katz: Naked Radar, The Half Jeffersons, Sovatone and Save the Martyr, 5 p.m., $6.
Microjoy, Sound of Greg D featuring Dave from Ween and Erick Slick, 10 p.m., $6. 643-2816.
Bogart’s: Sambaiosis (latin jazz), 9 p.m., $5. 353-9280.
Emilio’s: Antero & Greg Ward Project, 10 p.m., $5. 359-1224.
Siné: Rachel Leyco Band, 9 p.m., free. 649-7767.
The Camel: Robot Rok, DJ Mikel Panda, Dj Caden, one more, 9 p.m., $5. 353-4901
Sunday, 9/30
Paige Wilson with Symphony Pops in concert at the Landmark Theater, 8 p.m. Tickets are $25- $60. 646-4213.
Alley Katz: Chalkline Beauty, Unhinged, Chasing the Ghost, For Death and Glory, Malachai and Homicidal Threat, 6 p.m., $7. 643-2816.
Nara Japanese Restaurant: These Are Powers (post-punk), 10 p.m. 353-1315.
The Camel: At the Stars, Johnny 23 and Brian Bachman and The New Romancers, 8 p.m, $5. 353-4901