It sounds just like music

Justin Roberts When: Friday at 3:30 and 6 p.m. Where: Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen , 2880 Mountain Road, Glen Allen Cost: $15 adults, $10 children under 16 years Details: www.artsglenallen.com or (804) 261-ARTS (2787) Artists generally cringe at comparisons to other artists, but among children’s performers, such comparisons — especially favorable comparisons to…

A healthy dose of Panic!

Panic! at the Disco With: Bloc Party, Jack’s Mannequin When: 7 p.m. Saturday (doors 5:30) Where: Patriot Center, Fairfax Tickets: $35 Details: (804) 262-8100 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.patriotcenter.com Spencer Smith knows about heat. After all, he and his Panic! At the Disco band-mates hail from Las Vegas, where an average day in July is 110…

DINING REVIEW: Patina Grill

RELATED MORE REVIEWS: Dining Section ONLINE DINING GUIDE Patina Grill Rating: ? Where: 3416 Lauderdale Drive (The Shops at Wellesley) Phone: (804) 360-8217 Website: www.patinagrill.com Smoking: Non-smoking Hours: 5-10:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 5-10 p.m. Sunday Entr?e prices: $20-$27 Check for two: $153 (including two appetizers, two entrees, shared dessert, alcohol, tax and gratuity)…

Knocking out a ‘Bully’ with nothing to ‘F.E.A.R.’

Soldiers are subjected to bloody, bodies-strewn battle terrains in a foreign landscape. Death looms. Troops just want to come home alive. This is the gist of “F.E.A.R.,” a remarkably spooky adventure of little battles. As a crack shooter, you are walking, always walking, firing away at enemy soldiers who appear from nowhere. You wonder what…