Weekend Calendar

Thursday 2/14

College Climbing Night at Peak Experiences Climbing Gym: Price
is two for one so bring a friend/climbing partner. Transportation
provided. You will learn proper belaying and knots. Depart at 6:00
p.m. from Cary St. Gym and will return at 10:30 p.m. Shoes and
harness can be rented at the Outing Rental Center before you
leave.

Valentine’s Day Dinner and a Movie: APB will be providing dinner
and Tyler Perry’s movie, “Why Did I Get Married?” to celebrate the
holiday of love. Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballroom.
6:30 p.m. Free.

Theatre VCU: “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” a choreo-poem about the lives
of young women. 7:30 p.m. W.E. Singleton Center for the
Performing Arts. $7-$18. Through Feb. 24.

VCU Music: “Jazz Orchestra I Concert” W.E. Singleton Center for
the Performing Arts. 8 p.m. $5. Free with VCU I.D.

Friday 2/15

VCU Music Guest Artist Series: Sarah Kapustin, violin with Dmitri
Shteinberg, piano. W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts.
5 p.m. Free.

Benefest: Upper East Side Big Band, No BS Brass Band, Rex
Richardson, The Sweet Collision feat. Tara Foster, Aquabatics,
Think?, The Big Payback and Modern Groove Syndicate. Canal
Club. 6 p.m. $10. 643-2582.

Show Some Love for Kellie Brown: A benefit concert featuring
The Gaskets, Richmond Afrobeat Movement, DJ Throdown,
DJ Mordecai, Sweet Tease Burlesque and the B.O.C.A. Crew at
Gallery 5. 7-12 a.m. $10. 200 W. Marshall St.

Saturday 2/16

Virginia Wine Expo presented by SunTrust: Endorsed by the
Virginia Wineries Association and the Virginia Wine Board, a
portion of the proceeds will benefit the VCU Massey Cancer
Center. Richmond Convention Center 1-7 p.m. Continues Sunday.
828-1451.

The Camel: “Ground Zero Dance Company Fundraiser.”
Choreography by Damion Bond, Pam England and others. 6:30
p.m. $15 suggested donation.

VCU Music Senior Recital: Kathryn Allen, piano. West Singleton
Center for the Performing Arts. 7 p.m. Free.

Hotel X and Grammy-nominated Malian musician Cheick Hamala
Diabate: Fulton Hill Neighborhood Resource Center at 8 p.m. $10
suggested donation. 1519 Williamsburg Road. 864-5797.

Bogart’s: No BS Brass Band, 9:30 p.m. $5. 353-9280.

Emilio’s: Black Cash, 10 p.m. $5. 359-1224.

Sunday 2/17

VCU Music Faculty Recital: Antonio J. Garcia, jazz trombone. W.E.
Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. 4 p.m. Free.

Terri Murphy and the Butterbean Jazz Quartet: Bottoms Up Pizza,
weekly, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Free. 644-4400.