Style Weekly

Business League Adds Perks and Plans

Franco's Spinoff to Open in Bottom

The $60 Solution

To New York and back on the Chinatown bus.

• by Edwin Slipek Jr

Beat Down

Of voting, drumming and losing.

• by Mark Mobley

Beauty Queens

At the Southern Dixie Cat Club's annual show, there's no such thing as a plain old cat.

• by Melissa Scott Sinclair

Convention Attendance Weak

Spider Theft Spurs Boos

Chesterfield to Reject Hotel Tax

The HR Department

All the Colors

Colorful Brazilian dance at the Carpenter Center.

Now Hear This

Reviews of new releases by Camper Van Beethoven, The Libertines, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Brian Wilson, and "Discovered, Covered: The Late Great Daniel Johnston."

Stage

Rental Unit

"Intermission"

Galleries

Musical Revolution

Latino-folk singer brings her guitar and her politics to town.

• by Ames Arnold

Set List

Where to go. What to hear.

• by Brandon Reynolds and Mark Mobley

The Middle Man

Robert Earl Keen's country sagas at the Canal Club.

Museums

Critic's Pick: Abstracts at Reynolds

Abstract paintings at the Reynolds Gallery and "Abstract" show at Tarrant's.

On the Record

It's a Horrible Life

The holiday season stumbles in with "Surviving Christmas."

• by Thomas Peyser

The Soap Box

From their pens to your ears.

• by Brandon Reynolds

Moore Moore Moore

An actress channels a TV icon at the Firehouse.

• by Jerrell Nickerson

Quick Flicks

Capsule reviews of current movies.

Footloose

Ezibu Muntu celebrates 30 years of African dancing.

• by Lea Marshall

Factory Finds Richmond

Restaurant legend The Cheesecake Factory is conquering Short Pump.

• by Don Baker

Quiet Steps

Eight years after making a profoundly European choice about our lives — less stuff, more time — I realize that we made the right decision.

• by Joe Essid