Trumpeter Rex Richardson is playing this Friday at VCU’s SIngleton Center. I second RVAnews Jazz’s recommendation.
Also journalist Anderson Cooper is at the Landmark Theater for two (!) nights this weekend. Sadly, breaking news makes his beating in Cairo even more relevant.
Don’t forget Mind(ful) Liberation Project on Feb. 19th.
But hey, there’s also the Winter Apocalypse at Strange Matter–
http://wrirnews.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-weekend-anderson-cooper-speaks.html