Weekend Calendar

Thursday, Jan. 24

Singleton Center for the Performing Arts: Generation Dream 2008: A program commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with music, dance and spoken-word performances at 7 p.m. Free. 922 Park Ave. 232-1002.

Poictesme’s Extended Deadline: VCU’s journal for literature and fi ne arts will be extending its deadline to Feb. 18. Anyone affi liated with VCU, past or present, is encouraged to submit fi ction, creative non-fi ction, poetry, drama, art and photography. Inquiries and submissions should be sent to pwatem@gmail.
com or visit poictesme.vcustudentmedia.com. (302) 381-1103.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Blues Flash (blues) and Tarifa Faizullah (poetry) perform at Art After Hours at 6 p.m. $5-$10. 340-1545.

Funny Bone: Bobcat Goldthwait (comedy), 7:30 p.m. $20. 521-8900.

Café Diem: Chez Roué (swing), weekly, 9 p.m. Free. 353-2500.

Capital Coffee and Desserts: D’Santis Duo (jazz), weekly, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. 204-1755.

The Camel: Foxy Shazam, Karate High School and Peachcake, 6 p.m. $10. 353-
4901.

Mars Bar: Pop ’80s Dance Night, weekly, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Free. 644-6277.

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

Toad’s Place: Ween, 9 p.m. $25-$30. 648-8623.

Friday, Jan. 25

Plant Zero: LiVE Art Show presented by VCU Invisible Children. Silent auction of artwork, live music and poetry at 7 p.m. Suggested donation: $2. 0 East 4th St. (703) 304-7203.

VCU Shafer Street Playhouse: No Shame Variety Show: All are welcome to perform anything they please. Registration begins at 10:30 p.m. Show starts at 11 p.m. Free.

Plan 9: Kimya Dawson of the “Juno” soundtrack performs a brief acoustic set in Carytown at 7 p.m. Free. 353-9996.

Singleton Center for the Performing Arts: VCU Guitar Series: Ana Vidovic performs at 8 p.m. $10. 922 Park Ave. 828-6776.

Grace Street Theatre: “Retrospective Exhibitionist/Diffi cult Bodies,” performed by Miguel Gutierrez & The Powerful People and presented by the VCU department of dance and choreography at 8 p.m. Performance repeats Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. $5-$20. 828-2020.

Empire Theatre: “Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter,” a musical about the daughter of the fabled character who saves a kingdom, presented by Theatre IV at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Through Feb. 10. $12-$16. 344-8040.

Saturday, Jan. 26

Emilio’s: Antero (reggae), 10 p.m. $5. 359-1224.

Bogart’s: John Winn Quartet (jazz), 9:30 p.m. $5. 353-9280.

Sunday, Jan. 27

Byrd Theatre: “For the Bible Tells Me So:” A documentary about the relationships between parents and their homosexual children shows at 2 p.m. Free. 657-0288.

Alley Katz: Cadaver Dogs, The Doyles, Our New Nation, 5 p.m. $7. 643-2816.

Nara Sushi: Divine Profi tz, Elevation, Swordplay, Illdialects, MC Homeless, PT Burnem, Paulie Think. $5. 10 p.m. 353-1315.

Commercial Taphouse: Glows in the Dark, 9:30 p.m. Free. 359-6544.

Café Gutenburg: The Great White Jenkins, The OK Bird and Cold Toastra, 8 p.m. Free. 497-5000.

Toad’s Place: Hellyeah with Machine Head, 7 p.m. $25-$28. 648-8623.