Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, February 26, 1993 TAG: 9302260108
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
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THE TIPOFF
TAKE TWO: Christo, internationally renowned artist, will present a slide lecture tonight at 8 in Preston Auditorium of Radford University - if the weather cooperates, something it didn't do two weeks ago, when his talk was initially scheduled.The lecture is titled "The Umbrellas: Japan-USA, 1984-1991 and Wrapped Reichstag, Project for Berlin." Admission is free.
Photographs, a model, various documents and drawings pertaining to Christo's exhibit, "Wrapped Coast/Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1969," will be on view at the school's Flossie Martin Gallery through March 5.
For the umbrellas project, Christo installed 1,340 19-foot blue umbrellas in a valley in Japan and 1,760 yellow umbrellas in a valley north of Los Angeles. They were opened at the same time and after 21 days they were removed. The materials were recycled.\ \ PRINCE OF PERPLEXITY: "Hamlet," the William Shakespeare play, opens tonight at 8 at Mill Mountain Theatre in Center in the Square in Roanoke.
It continues through March 14. Show time Tuesdays through Thursdays is 7:30. It's 8 on Fridays and Saturdays, and matinees are Saturdays and Sundays at 2.
Tickets run from $11 to $17. Call 342-5740.\ \ IT'S THE LIPS: Horns will be featured prominently in Saturday night's 8 o'clock concert by the New River Valley Symphony in Burruss Auditorium at Virginia Tech.
The concert will open with Handel's "Water Music" and continue with works by Strauss, Schumann and Mahler.
James Glazebrook conducts. Tickets, available from Squires Student Center, are $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 231-5615 or (800) 843-0332.\ \ COUNTRY SWING: Roger Bellow and the Drifting Troubadours will play tonight at Third Street Coffeehouse on the lower level of Trinity United Methodist Church in Roanoke.
Bellow is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and laid-back singer with a penchant for bluegrass, Texas swing and 1950s country music. He will be accompanied by Bob Sachs on mandolin and Greg Trafidlo on guitar.
There's no admission charge, but donations are requested. Soft drinks, desserts and snacks will be sold. Call 342-4268.\ \ IN THE BEGINNING: The Piedmont Choral Society will present Franz Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" on Sunday afternoon at 4 at Martinsville Junior High School auditorium.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens.
The performance will feature soloists Judith Cline, soprano; Byron Corcoran, tenor; and Wayne Kompelian, bass; the 61-voice chorus; and the 30-member Ensemble d'Encore. Ruth Pace will conduct.
For information, call 632-3221.\ \ THEATRE NEWS: "Into the Woods," the Stephen Sondheim musical based on Grimm's Fairy Tales, opens tonight at 8 at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center. It runs through March 7. Adult tickets are $15, senior citizens are $10.50 and students are $8.
Call (804) 846-3804.\ \ BUS TOUR: The Count Basie Orchestra continues its visit to the region with performances tonight at 8 in Jackson Memorial Hall of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington and Saturday night at 8 in Curfman Hall of Covington High School.
For information about the Lexington performance, call 463-9232. For Covington's, call 962-6220.\ \ BLUES STORIES: Blues masters John Cephas and Phil Wiggins and storyteller Jackie Torrence will present a new work, "BlueStory," Saturday night at 8 in Babcock Auditorium of Sweet Briar College.
Harmonica, guitar and Torrence's tale-telling make for a potent mix. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for seniors. Call (804) 381-6120.