Weekend

totally authentic and outpaces earlier versions     Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens’ imagination.  Jim Carrey...

Box office leaders         1. Michael Jackson’s This Is It $23.2 Total: $34.4, one week (opened Oct. 28)  Locations:...

You might know that Paul Shaffer wrote “It’s Raining Men.“  You might even know that he performed in the first house band for “Saturday...

The choreographer Jessica Lang sees movement where most wouldn’t bother to look.  For the past decade, she has transformed those spurts of creativity...

Call it fortuitous, but the timing of the Richmond appearance for Who’s Bad, which calls itself “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band,“...

From the sidewalk, I did a double take. Was there really no wall, or was I going to run into a sheet of glass and embarrass myself in front of this newest...

Sometimes you forget Michael Jackson is dead, because he’s so alive in “This Is It.“  Other times, you’re struck with a profound...

If you missed Madonna’s record-breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour (its $408 million gross is the highest for a solo artist), check out the new premium...

Still going   Barksdale Theatre-Hanover Tavern, 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road, Hanover, 282-2620. “Souvenir,“ $10-$38. Through Sunday. ...

Easy Street (2401 W. Main St.) is ending its 12-year run on Halloween night, but reopening Nov. 5 with a new name and a new concept.  Jake Crocker,...

Boo! The Byrd Theatre celebrates Halloween with a screening of “The Exorcist” at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow. At Movieland, “Halloween”...

Chris Brown is heading back to the music world with his “Fan Appreciation” tour, which will make a stop at the Landmark Theater at 6 p.m. Nov....

upnext JANIS IAN—Nov. 6. Folk singer-songwriter performs at 7 p.m. at Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road. $35. 261-2787. ...

ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. “Helloween” event with They Found Her in Pieces, Nautilus, Heavyweights and others, 5 p.m. Friday,...

Science Museum IMAX “Sharks”: 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; 4 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. $8.50.  “Journey Into Amazing Caves”: 11...