MONDAY, OCT. 12 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. Greater Richmond Chamber offers “Starting a Business 101,“ 11:30 a.m., Chesterfield Economic Development Center, 9401 Courthouse Road. Cost: $20 for members and nonmembers. Registration: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or http://www.grcc.com.

Don’t look for commercial real estate values to rebound any time soon. They won’t recover next month or next year, said Sally Gordon, a managing director at BlackRock, a global investment management firm. “In this cycle, commercial real estate values have fallen much farther and faster than ever before,“ she said. They lost more value in the past five quarters than in the past five years - “and we’re not done.“

MONDAY, OCT. 12 Greater Richmond Chamber offers “Starting a Business 101,“ 11:30 a.m., Chesterfield Economic Development Center, 9401 Courthouse Road. Cost: $20 for members and nonmembers. Registration: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or http://www.grcc.com. Richmond Paralegal Association, meet and greet, 6 p.m., University of Richmond, Jepson Alumni Center, Quigg Room, 49 Crenshaw Way. Details: Marcia Meekins, (804) 643-5900. Register: .

MUSIC Concert for Caring, featuring the Fort Lee Army Band and Sonorous Brass Co., 4 p.m. today, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 815 E. Grace St. Free; bring one food item to donate to St. Paul’s food pantry. Details: (804) 643-3589. Mark Templeton & Pocket Change, and Sonrise, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: (804) 883-6487 or http://www.gospelchickenhouse.org.

Larry the Cable Guy, 7:30 p.m. at Richmond Coliseum Barrel House, 5 p.m. Friday at downtown Capital Ale House Music Hall; Half Brother Sid at 10 p.m.  Senses Fail, August Burns Red, Enter Shakari, A Skylit Drive and The Acacia Strain, 6 p.m. at The National

MONDAY, OCT. 5 Greater Richmond Chamber offers “Starting a Business 101,“ 11:30 a.m., Hanover Department of Economic Development, 9097 Atlee Station Road, Mechanicsville. Bring your lunch. Cost: $20 for members and nonmembers. Registration: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or http://www.grcc.com. Richmond Adobe User Group, 6 p.m., Artworks, 320 Hull St. Panel discussion: “Résumé and Web Portfolio Tips.“ Details: http://www.raug.org or .

Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey is scheduled to speak Thursday in Richmond on how energy innovations might affect U.S. security and the war against terrorism. Woolsey, who served as director of central intelligence from 1993 to 1995, is now a partner with the venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners, which invests in clean technology, health care and information-technology businesses. He also speaks and writes frequently on U.S. security and has advocated the development of alternative energy sources and transportation, such as electric hybrid vehicles, to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Martha’s Market. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m., John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Road, Charlottesville. Admission: $5; college students with ID and children 10 and younger free. http://www.johnpauljonesarena.com or http://www.mjhfoundation.org  Church of Our Savior Fall Bazaar. 8 a.m.-1 p.m., state Route 33, Mountain Road, Montpelier. Arts, crafts, baked goods, Brunswick stew, quilt raffle.

MUSIC Dominion Trio and Simeons Promise, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: (804) 883-6487 or http://www.gospelchickenhouse.org. Inspirational Chorus’ 25th Anniversary, 3 p.m. tomorrow, New Vine Baptist Church, 5100 John Tyler Memorial Highway, Charles City. Details: (804) 829-2151. Heavenly Music for a New Saint, featuring the Virginia Commonwealth University Trombone Choir & Friends and St. Benedict Adult Choir & Children’s Schola, 3 p.m. tomorrow, St. Benedict Catholic Church, 300 N. Sheppard St. Details: (804) 254-8810.

Disco Biscuits with Big Gigantic, 8 p.m. at The National Kurt Crandall, 5 p.m. at downtown Capital Ale House Music Hall; at 10 p.m. Jamie McLean and DJ Williams Projekt The Good Humor Band, 7:30 p.m. at The Canal Club Rickey Smiley, 8 p.m. at Landmark Theater

Complete Metro Business Calendar for Sept. 28 MONDAY, SEPT. 28 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. Dominion Virginia Power information session at Virginia Employment Commission office, 9 a.m., 8093 Elm Drive, Mechanicsville, to help low-income customers and those in financial distress. Details on EnergyShare or Conservation, http://www.dom.com.

How much credence should we give to the recent improvement in economic statistics? Alan M. Gayle, senior investment strategist and director of asset allocation at SunTrust Bank’s RidgeWorth Investments unit, said, “We expect the economic reports to give encouraging signals in the second half of this year. We’re likely to get a bounce.“

MUSIC Gospel concert, featuring The Traveling Gospel Singers, 5:30 p.m. today; Deacons, Deaconess and Trustee’s Celebration, 4 p.m. tomorrow, Jerusalem Baptist Church, 10011 Jerusalem Road, Temperanceville. Details: (757) 824-0178 or . Bluegrass Inspirations and The Masters, tonight at 6, Gospel Chicken House, 14709 Greenwood Church Road, Montpelier. Details: (804) 883-6487 or http://www.gospelchickenhouse.org.

The Wallers, 7 p.m. at The Hat Factory The Decemberists with Laura Veirs & the Hall of Flames, 7 p.m. at Charlottesville Pavilion Robbin Thompson, 8 p.m. at Ashland Coffee & Tea Cultifly, Scapegoat, Sounds Like Dinosaurs and Chays Allen, 4 p.m. at Alley Katz

MONDAY, SEPT. 21 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. Greater Richmond Chamber hosts “Business Killers,“ 11:30 a.m., Trane Commercial Systems, 10408 Lakeridge Parkway, Suite 100, Ashland. Speakers: Roger Smith and Evan Fabricant with Mass Mutual Financial Group. Details: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or .