Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990 TAG: 9004130580
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The songs will range from rap-raunchy to rap-sweet, and will provide a good overview of the hot musical movement.
General admission tickets are $13.50 in advance. The civic center box office is at 981-1201.\ BIRD IS THE WORD: "Sesame Street Live: Big Bird and the ABC's" will come to the Salem Civic Center Wednesday through April 22 with a slew of shows certain to entertain the smaller set.
A list of show times and ticket prices can be found in the Calendar on page 10.\ THE MAN FROM MOSCOW: No, not Gorby. But his chief spokesperson, Gennady Gerasimov, will speak Tuesday night at 8 in Burruss Auditorium of Virginia Tech.
His topic will be, "The Smiling Russian Bear - Is It Dangerous?"
A dunce cap to anyone who thinks he'll say yes.
Tickets are free. They can be picked up at the Virginia Tech bookstore during normal business hours. For more ticket information, call 231-5615.\ WAFFLER: The National Shakespeare Company's touring production of "Hamlet" will be presented Wednesday night at 8 at Alleghany High School. Hardly a soul of a certain age has not agonized with the young prince, on stage or on the page, as he considered his options.
Those who skipped the assignment can discover how it turned out by ordering tickets from 962-6220.\ SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Anastasia Mensah will speak tonight at 6:30 at the Harrison Museum of African Culture in Roanoke.
Her topic will be "The African Diaspora: A Russian Relation." The forum is sponsored by the Lucy Addison Heritage Association.
Mensah's grandfather, agronomist George Tynes of Norfolk, went to the Soviet Union to teach agricultural workers in 1933. He met and married a young Ukrainian woman there, and their daughter, Emilia, teaches chemistry and biology in Moscow.
Anastia, Emilia's 22-year-old daughter, is the first black Russian to study in the United States, pursuing an English degree at the University of the District of Columbia. Her great-uncle, known as "Pap" Tynes, taught music for years at Roanoke's Lucy Addison High School.
This adds up to a potentially promising look at a little known segment of Russian society.\ THOUGHT-PROVOKING: "Dad and Helen," a story about a widower and his mildly retarded daughter, will be Wednesday's Centerpiece at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke.
The work begins at 12:15 p.m.
Nelson Clark wrote it. Mary Best-Bova directs the performance, a staged reading. Admission is free.
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