Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 29, 1991 TAG: 9103280076
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Donna Alvis
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Virginia Tech's chapter of Circle K and the Blacksburg Parks and Recreation Department will have an Easter egg hunt Saturday at the Caboose Park on Turner Street. Children ages 3 to 7 are invited to bring their Easter baskets and fill them with colorful candy eggs. The fun starts at 10 a.m.
Of course, the Easter Bunny hops to see you there!
\ FIT FOR A KING: The Donaldson Brown Center at Virginia Tech will offer a special lunch Easter Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
A bountiful buffet will be available in the Commonwealth Dining Room for $9.75 for adults and $4.75 for children under 12. Taxes and tips are extra.
The luncheon is open to the public and reservations aren't necessary.
\ WOMEN SPEAKING OUT: Women's Week 1991 starts Sunday at Virginia Tech with a week of informative and entertaining activities. Highlights include lectures by women who have made a difference.
Barbara Ferraro and Patricia Hussey, two nuns who challenged the Roman Catholic Church on abortion in 1984, will talk about the experiences of a four-year struggle that raised questions about the status of women in Catholicism, the right to dissent in the church and the boundaries between church and state.
They will speak in the Donaldson Brown Auditorium at 7:30 Monday evening. A reception will follow at the University Club. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Women's Program Office at Virginia Tech, 231-7615.
\ LOUD AND CLEAR: Cora Tucker is another woman who speaks out in an effort to raise social consciousness. She's a fighter who's determined to make her voice heard.
As president and founder of Citizens for a Better Americ a, Tucker's concerns are for improved public housing, equal opportunity in jobs, a clean environment and self-help programs, to name a few.
Tucker's work with such groups as the NAACP, Virginia Action, Citizen Action, the Congressional Black Caucus, the National Women's Political Caucus and others has earned her reputation as a mover and a shaker.
Tucker will speak Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Donaldson Brown Auditorium on "Where We Came From, Where We're Going."
Tucker also will lecture on "Building a Coalition: Organizing to Preserve Communities and the Environment" Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Wesley Foundation. This talk is sponsored by the Concerned Citizens for the Preservation of Nellie's Cave Community, the Appalachian Studies Program and the Black Students Alliance at Virginia Tech.
Wednesday's lecture is free. Admission to Thursday's is $3 for adults and $2 for students with proceeds going to the local preservation organization.
\ TWO ORIGINAL PLAYS: "M Words" and "Descent to the Goddess," both dramas about the relationship women have with the world, is the double bill Tuesday in Donaldson Brown Auditorium. The first production is at 7 p.m. and the second is at 8:30.
Written by Tech professor Barbara Carlisle, "M Words" contains interesting monologues and dialogues on mother-daughter relationships. It will be presented as a staged reading.
"Descent to the Goddess," a production of The Road Company from Johnson City, Tenn., is drawn from an ancient Sumerian poem about the goddess Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, and her visit to the underworld where she encounters her dark sister, Ereshikigal. The Road Company uses the myth to chronicle a week in the life of a modern career woman who explores her own "underworld."
Emily Green developed the play and Jane Williams composed and will perform the music.
Tickets, available at the door, are $6 for adults and $4 for students. That covers admission to both shows Tuesday.
\ SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: You'll find some of both at the Blacksburg Junior Woman's Club 23rd annual antique show and sale and quilt show. This is the organization's only fund-raiser for the year.
It runs Thursday through April 6 at the Blacksburg Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. Thursday and at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday. The center is on Patrick Henry Drive off North Main.
Dealers from several states will display and sell antique furniture and collectibles. A juried quilt show also is part of the event, and viewers may vote for their favorite quilts.
Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children ages 2 to 12. Proceeds support projects of the Blacksburg Woman's Club.
The Women's Resource Center, Montgomery County Christmas Store, Floyd-Montgomery Shelter Home for Children, Habitat for Humanity and New River Valley Hospice are only some of the many charitable and civic organizations helped by the club.
\ TRAPEZOID: The five-piece ensemble will kick off New River Community College's Appalachian Awareness Week with a concert April 6 at 8 p.m. in Pulaski County High School's Little Theater.
If you haven't got your ticket yet, stop by the Office of Continuing Education at NRCC this week, and bring $8 with you. That's the admission per person.
For more information about the concert or Appalachian Awareness Week activities, call 674-3607.
by CNB