“Dutch Treat” Luncheon at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, featuring Dr. Nicole Hood, Thursday, March 29, 12-1:30pm, VMFA Marble Hall and “Making History”: A Conversation with David C. Driskell, Friday, March 30, 6pm, Leslie Cheek Theatre 804-340-1405, www.vmfa.museum.
20th Annual French Film Festival, March 29 – April 1, Byrd Theatre, paid sessions. Free special symposium, March 26-28, Ukrop Auditorium, UR Campus, free and open to the public, www.frenchfilmfestival.us.
Pescados China Street (626 China Street, Oregon Hill) Fundraiser day Monday April 2, to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. All proceeds from lunch, dinner, drinks & gift certificates. 804-644-3474.
Financial Literacy Workshop, First African Education Center, Inc. 2700 Hanes Avenue, Richmond (First African Baptist Church) Saturday, March 31, 9am – noon, Free, donations welcome, 804-338-1092 or email faecine@yahoo.com.
The Firehouse Theatre Project, “Stories from the American Inferno”, 2012-2013 Season Reveal event, Thursday, March 29, 7:30-9:30pm, 1609 West Broad Street, 804-355-2001 or www.firehousetheatre.org.
Lenten Liberation Series, “7 Last Words From The Crowd,” Friday, March 30, 7pm, St. James Baptist Church of Varina. Good Friday, “7 Last Words From The Cross,” Friday, April 6, 7pm, New Baptist Church, www.sjbcofvarina.org, 804-795-7747.