Indicators MONDAY Treasury auction.  TUESDAY The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for August. Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller releases its June and second-quarter index of home prices.  WEDNESDAY Commerce Department releases durable goods orders for July. Commerce Department releases new home sales for July.

FINANCIAL TUESDAY, AUG. 25 “Choosing the Right Investment Strategy in a Difficult Market,“ Merrill Lynch and William Kavanagh, noon, Eighth and Main Building, sixth floor. Registration: William Kavanagh, (804) 343-4226. “Retirement Plan Rollover Options,“ Bob Sullivan and Joe McVey with Morgan Stanley, noon and 4 p.m., 600 E. Main St. Program for anyone changing employers, retiring or with questions about retirement planning. Details: Bob Sullivan, (804) 644-1187.

If navigating Virginia’s unemployment system leaves you frustrated and confused, a seminar on Thursday could help. Staff attorneys Carolyn Kalantari of the Legal Aid Justice Center and Ty Jones of the Virginia Poverty Law Center will discuss “Understanding Virginia’s Unemployment Benefits System.“ The free event, which is open to the public, will take place at the University of Richmond’s downtown center, 626 E. Broad St., from 10 a.m. to noon.

MUSIC Horrell Family and Jamie Tolley, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: (804) 883-6487 or http://www.gospelchickenhouse.org. Bob Stone & The Virginia Gospel Singers, and Amy Ladd & Friends, 4 p.m. tomorrow, Louisa Christian Church, 104 Elm Ave., Louisa. Details: (540) 872-6910.  SPECIAL

CAREERS MONDAY, AUG. 17 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065.  WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 Capital Area Training Consortium-Area Workforce Center meets at 11 a.m., CATC-Henrico, 5410 Williamsburg Road, and CATC-Chesterfield, 7333 Whitepine Road. Topic: “Extreme Job Search Makeover.“ Details: CATC-Henrico, (804) 226-0885, or CATC-Chesterfield, (804) 271-8510.

CAREERS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 Capital Area Training Consortium-Area Workforce Center meets at 11 a.m., CATC-Henrico, 5410 Williamsburg Road, and CATC-Chesterfield, 7333 Whitepine Road. Topic: “Extreme Job Search Makeover.“ Details: CATC-Henrico, (804) 226-0885, or CATC-Chesterfield, (804) 271-8510.  THURSDAY, AUG. 20 Community College Workforce Alliance offers “Strategic Résumés” as web-based training, noon. The one-hour session will cover résumé objectives, profile summaries and cover letters. Cost: $29. Registration: (804) 5232292 or http://www.ccwatraining.org.

Think you’ll make it out of this recession alive financially? The “Surviving the Economy” seminar aims to help. The free session is Thursday at the Hull Street branch of the Richmond Public Library, 1400 Hull St. in South Richmond. Glenn Birch, public and media-relations director for the Virginia Credit Union, will be the seminar presenter.

MUSIC Buddy Hubbard & Sonrise, and March Forth Trio, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: (804) 883-6487 or http://www.gospelchickenhouse.org. Lisa Edwards-Burrs, sopranist, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave. Details: (804) 359-2463. Squire Parsons and Trio, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Bethel Baptist Church, 1100 Huguenot Springs Road, Midlothian.

Indicators MONDAY Nothing scheduled.  TUESDAY Labor Department releases productivity for the second quarter. Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for June. Federal Open Market Committee meets to set interest rates.  WEDNESDAY Commerce Department releases international trade for June. Federal Open Market Committee meets to set interest rates.

CAREERS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19 Capital Area Training Consortium-Area Workforce Center meets at 11 a.m., CATC-Henrico, 5410 Williamsburg Road, and CATC-Chesterfield, 7333 Whitepine Road. Topic: “Extreme Job Search Makeover.“ Details: CATC-Henrico, (804) 226-0885, or CATC-Chesterfield, (804) 271-8510.  FINANCIAL THURSDAY, AUG. 20 Virginia Credit Union offers a seminar with suggestions for surviving today’s economy, 3 p.m., Richmond Public Library, 1400 Hull Street Road. Presenter: Glenn Birch, publicand media-relations director for Virginia Credit Union. Registration: http://www.vacu.org/education/seminars.asp or (804) 323-6800.

MUSIC Mike Davison, trumpeter, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave. Farewell concert by Grant Hellmers, organ soloist and accompanist, with St. Paul’s Choir and violinist Alex Lee, 4 p.m. tomorrow, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 815 E. Grace St. Details: (804) 643-3589 or http://www.stpauls-episcopal.org.

CAREERS MONDAY, AUG. 10 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065.  WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12 Capital Area Training Consortium-Area Workforce Center meets at 11 a.m., CATC-Henrico, 5410 Williamsburg Road, and CATC-Chesterfield, 7333 Whitepine Road. Topic: “You Lost Your Job . . . What Now? Surviving the Layoff.“ Details: CATC-Henrico, (804) 226-0885, or CATC-Chesterfield, (804) 271-8510.

CAREERS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 Community College Workforce Alliance offers a webinar on “Organizational Skills for the Workplace,“ 11 a.m. Registration: http://www.ccwatraining.org or (804) 523-2292.  FINANCIAL TUESDAY, AUG. 4 “Choosing the Right Investment Strategy in a Difficult Market,“ Merrill Lynch and William Kavanagh, noon, Eighth and Main Building, sixth floor. Registration: William Kavanagh, (804) 343-4226.

CAREERS MONDAY, AUG. 3 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 Community College Workforce Alliance offers a webinar on “Organizational Skills for the Workplace,“ 11 a.m. Registration: http://www.ccwatraining.org or (804) 523-2292.

MUSIC Gospel concert, featuring “Adoration Quartet,“ 11 a.m. tomorrow, Meadowood Church of God, 325 Azalea Ave. Details: (804) 321-1562.  SPECIAL “Hats on Parade Extravaganza,“ 5 p.m. today, Star Fellowship Baptist Church, 105 Pilkington St. Details: (804) 512-2456. Homecoming Celebration, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow, Jerusalem Baptist Church, 10011 Jerusalem Road, Temperanceville. Details: (757) 824-0178.