Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 22, 1993 TAG: 9301220044
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
THE TIPOFF
MIND GAMES: The National Shakespeare Company brings its production of "Othello" to Radford University for a performance Monday night at 8 in Preston Hall.Heart-rending tragedy will descend upon the school on the hill above the New River as the themes of power and jealousy collide under the wily manipulations of the arch-villain, Iago.
Fortunately, it's only a play.
Tickets are $12 and $6. Call 831-5420.
\ FAMILY FOLKLORE: Bill Wellington, a banjo player, guitarist, fiddler, storyteller and songwriter, will present some family entertainment at Martinsville Junior High School on Thursday night at 7:30.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.
\ ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Eugene Istomin, the world-renowned pianist, will perform Monday night at 8 in Curfman Hall of Covington High School. He'll present works by Beethoven (Fantasy, Op. 77), Mozart (Sonata in G major, K. 283), Medtner (Sonata in G minor, Op. 22) and, again, Beethoven (Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53).
This is Istomin's 50th year of performing and his fourth-annual truck tour. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students under 18. Call 962-6220.
\ ONE MAN SHOW: The music of Beethoven will be in the spotlight Monday night at 8 at the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium, when conductor Victoria Bond and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra present the latest in their Monday night concert series.
Tickets remain available at $10, $14 and $16. Call 343-9127.
The program will include the Overture to "Prometheus," Symphony No. 8 in F major and Symphony No. 2 in D major.
\ EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE: "The Colored Museum," George C. Wolfe's exploration of conflicting emotions about being black, will be presented tonight and Saturday night at 8 and Sunday afternoon at 2 in Gallery II of the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center.
Two caveats: The seating is limited, and the work is for mature audiences.
Tickets are $15, $10.50 for senior citizens and $8 for students. Call (804) 846-3804.
\ INTERNATIONAL APPEAL: Israeli musical artists Vera Vaidman, violin, and Emanuel Krasovsky, piano, will perform Sunday afternoon at 4 in the Olin Recital Hall of Roanoke College in Salem. Admission is free.
Vaidman is on the violin faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. Krasovsky, a Juilliard graduate, appeared as a soloist with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein.
Call 375-2333 for information.
\ BOOTS OF FIRE: The Jose Greco Company will bring Spanish dance to E.C. Glass High School auditorium in Lynchburg on Monday night at 8. Jose Greco II stars in the Spanish folk and gypsy dances.
And Jose Greco himself, the company's founder, will be on board.
Tickets will be available at the door beginning at 7 p.m. For adults, they are $15.75, and for students, $8.40. For information, call (804) 929-5641.
\ WHEELIE EXCITING: "Choppers, Rice Burners and Hogs" is the exhibit opening Saturday at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. It's a show of vintage and state-of-the-art motorcycles both domestic and imported. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 on Sundays.
The exhibit continues through Jan. 31.
\ LUNACY: "Moon Struck," a day of fun, games and learning, will be Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville.
The subject is the moon's effect on the Earth and on people's lives. Call 666-8615 for details.
One of the museum's current exhibits is "The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962-72." The photos are from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. Call 666-8625.