Weekend Calendar

Friday through Sunday

The 69th National Folk Festival: More than 30 performers playing bluegrass, blues, Cajun and gospel music; dance,
puppetry, crafts and food. Downtown riverfront: Brown’s Island and surrounding areas. Friday 6-10:30 p.m. Saturday 12-
10:30 p.m., Sunday 12-7 p.m. 788-6466.

Thursday, Oct. 11

Opera Theatre Workshop/Master Class: Richard Harrell of the San Francisco Conservatory. Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall,
Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., free. 828-1169.

Lecture: “Pornography and Media Images of Women” by Gail Dines. Richmond Salons 3-4, University Student
Commons, 7 – 9 p.m. May not be suitable for all audiences as there will be nude images used in an intellectual context.
894-3593.

Lecture: “Images of Shangrila, Arts from the Himalayas,” by Dina Bangdel. Science Museum of Virginia, Eureka
Auditorium. 2500 W. Broad St. 6 p.m., free. 779-2277.

Lecture: “Our Long Strange Trip: The Decriminalization Debate” by Douglas Husak. Business Building Auditorium, 7 – 9
p.m. 827-2181.
Singleton Center for the Performing Arts: VCU Fall Jazz Festival: VCU Jazz Orchestra I & II and VCU Jazz Faculty at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5. Free for VCU students. 828-1166.

Emilio’s Tapas Bar: Richmond Afrobeat Movement, 10 p.m., $5. 359-1224.

Toad’s Place: Michael Franti & Spearhead, 8 p.m. Tickets are $23-$25. 648-TOAD.

Friday, Oct. 12

Lecture: “Persistent Threads: Mayan Culture in Mayan Weaving” by Laura Martin. Grace Street Theater, 4 p.m., free. 930
W. Grace St. 828-1522.

Rocky Horror Picture Show. Commonwealth Ballroom, University Student Commons, 10 p.m. – Midnight. 828-4554

Blues Traveler at the snagajob.com Pavilion at Innsbrook, 4 p.m. Tickets are $10-$15. 794-6700.
Grace Street Theater: Tania Isaac Dance. Former Urban Bush Women dancer in a solo, evening-length work. 8 p.m.

Through Saturday. Tickets are $5-$20. 828-2020.
VCU’s Singleton Center for the Performing Arts: Jesús Silva Guitar Scholarship Winners Concert. 7:30 p.m., free. 922
Park Ave. 828-6776.

ADA Gallery: New work by Langdon Graves, Nathan Tersteeg and Charles Yuen. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Through
Nov. 10. 228 W. Broad St. 644-0100.

Eric Schindler Gallery: “New Works on Paper” by Katherine McGinn. Opening reception 7-9 p.m. Through Nov. 6. 2305 E.
Broad St. 644-5005.

Glave Kocen Gallery: “Big Top” by Susan Finsen and Maria Simonsson. Music by Jonathan Austin. Opening reception
6-9 p.m. Through Nov. 12. 1620 W. Main St. 358-1990.

Red Door Gallery: “Painting Vistas and Inner Visions: Paintings by Vera Dickerson” and “Toward Essenence: Paintings by
Jim Condron.” Opening reception 6-10 p.m. Through Nov. 18. 1607 W. Main St. 358-0211.

Alley Katz: Saves the Day, Dr. Manhatten, Single File, 6 p.m., $15-$17. 643-2816.

Toad’s Place: moe.,7:30 p.m. $27-$30. 648-TOAD.

Tobacco Company: Steve Carter Connextion, 9:30 p.m., free. 782-9555.

Saturday, Oct. 13

Tom Keller Memorial Mass at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 823 Cathedral Place, 5:15 p.m. Candlelight vigil
ceremony to follow at around 6:45 p.m. at the outdoor amphitheatre near the Singleton Center for Performing Arts.

5th Annual Grace Street Festival: The School of World Studies presents music, art, food and film. 900 Block of West
Grace Street, Noon – 5 p.m. 827-3431.

Alternatives Market: A weekly outdoor bazaar with items from local artists, starts at 11 a.m. 3320 W. Cary St. 342-5886.

Toad’s Place: Tower of Power, 7 p.m., $25-$40. 648-TOAD.

Sunday, Oct. 14

Gallery5: Hellblinki, Marionette, and Pedals on our Pirate Ships, 7 p.m.,$5. 644 0005.

Toad’s Place: Gov’t Mule with Grace Turner & The Nocturnals, 7 p.m., $25-$30. 648-TOAD.