RICHMOND: The Faison Center Presents: Life, Animated a Documentary based on the Best-Seller by Ron Suskind and from Academy Award Winning Director Roger Ross Williams. It's about reaching a child with autism through Disney Movies. The event is Thursday, September 22, 7pm at the Byrd Theatre For more details visit http://www.lifeanimateddoc.com/ or http://byrdtheatre.com/events/. Free and open to the public. For more information on the Faison Center visithttp://faisoncenter.org/.
Afro-Groove Band HOTEL X along with the Virginia Friends of Mali are hosting a benefit concert at the Neighborhood Resource Center in Fulton Hill, 1519 Williamsburg Rd, Richmond Friday, September 23, 8-11pm . The Mande Strings Trio will perform featuring Kokanko Sata Doumbia, the only Malian woman ever known to play her instrument, the kamele n'goni. Money raised will go towards a safe house for young Malian women and girls house in Segou, Mali. Details visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1036758913039630/. Tickets $15, 18 and under $10. More details www.nrccafe.org.