Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 19, 1991 TAG: 9104190048
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Former U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who co-founded the first Earth Day observance, will speak at 1:30 p.m. Rupert Cutler, director of the Lewis and Clark Environmental Education Center at Explore, also will speak.
Children's games, food and entertainment will be available.
The golden era of the 1950s will return to downtown Roanoke on Saturday as part of "Remember When," a retailing promotion. There will be hula hoop and bubblegum blowing contests, antique cars and music from WROV-AM (1240).
Virginia Tech's drill field in Blacksburg will be filled with the young and lively Saturday during Spring Fling '91, from 11 a.m. to midnight. Live bands, rollerblading and an obstacle course all will attract participants. Admission is free. If rain should fall, the event will move to Rector Fieldhouse. \
HOT RICE: The Tony Rice Unit will demonstrate its mix of jazz, blues, folk and bluegrass Saturday night at 8 in Preston Auditorium of Radford University. Tickets are $7 for the general public. \
PREMIERE: The Virginia Museum of Natural History shows off its renovated quarters in Martinsville Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. New exhibits, including one about Virginia caves, wildlife photography and Earth Day activities will be featured, and admission is free.
For information, call 666-8600. \
NOTEWORTHY: The New River Valley Symphony will perform Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" suite, "Slav March" and Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, op. 23, Saturday night at 8 at Burruss Auditorium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. Tickets are $5 for the public. Call 231-5615.
Joe Kennedy Jr. and the Virginia Tech University Jazz Orchestra will play in concert Tuesday night at 8 in Burruss Auditorium. Works by Thad Jones, Charlie Parker and Tech's own James Sochinski will be featured. \
CURTAIN UP: "The Boys Next Door" has opened at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke. The comedy spotlights four mentally disabled men and the social worker who supervises them. Mary Best-Bova directs. It continues through May 5. Tickets are $11 to $14. Call 342-5740.
William Windom, familiar these days from television's "Murder, She Wrote," stars in Radford University's production of the classic comedy, "Harvey," Monday through Saturday, April 27. Show time is 8 o'clock in Porterfield Theatre.
"A Summer Memory" is Wednesday's Centerpiece offering from Mill Mountain Theatre at Roanoke's Center in the Square. It starts at 12:15 p.m., it's free and you can carry lunch in with you.
And Peculiar People, a family-oriented theater company consisting of Charlie and Ruth Jones, will perform Saturday night at 7 at the Salvation Army headquarters in Southeast Roanoke. \
MORE MUSIC: The works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be targeted in Monday night's choral concert at Radford University. Show time is 8 o'clock in Preston Auditorium. Admission is $3 for the public, $1 for children.
Calvary Baptist Church in Roanoke will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a Four-Choir Festival Sunday afternoon at 2. Admission is free. Participating choirs are from Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury, Md., Indianola Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio, Williamson Road Church of the Brethren in Roanoke and Calvary, of course. Call 342-4224 for information.\ NEW MUSIC: Is featured at the second annual "Sonoklect" festival of the stuff at Washington and Lee University Wednesday through Sunday, April 28. It will include six composers, two of whom have won Pulitzer prizes for their work. Concerts featuring their works will be Thursday and Saturday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts in Lexington. Admission is free. \
GIFT OF WORDS: The Artemis Spring Reading will celebrate the publication of the Artemis XIV Journal featuring poets and writers from the Blue Ridge. It takes place Sunday afternoon at 4 at the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts. A reception will occur at 3:30. Special guests are George Garrett, Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia and author of 25 books; and Dabney Stuart, professor of English at Washington and Lee University and a noted poet.
by CNB