Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 2, 1993 TAG: 9304020044
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: JOE KENNEDY
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
THE TIPOFF
FAMILY FAIR: It's time for the 22nd annual Brush Mountain Arts and Crafts Fair, which means the Rector Fieldhouse at Virginia Tech will be aswarm with people today through Sunday.The event has a proven track record, and it benefits a worthy cause: the Voluntary Action Center of Montgomery County.
More than 125 booths will be filled with fine arts and crafts from across the country. Food, live music and children's activities also will be offered.
The fair runs today from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday noon-5 p.m.
Admission is $2, with children 16 and under admitted free. Call 552-4909.
\ WHAT A COINCIDENCE: Blacksburg also will be the site of the second annual Huckleberry Trail Festival today through Sunday.
It includes the 34th International Street Fair, the season's opening of historic Smithfield Plantation, hikes on the Huckleberry Trail, a concert from the Blacksburg Community Band, walking tours of the Virginia Tech campus and the annual Antique Showsale and Quilt Show of the Blacksburg Junior Woman's Club.
Shuttle service between the events will be available Saturday. And, while you're in the area, you might want to stop by Virginia Tech's Cowgill Hall to see entries from a recent architectural competition for the design of a center for civic activity in the town of Blacksburg.
About 60 of the 210 schemes are on display to give you a glimpse of what goes into creating a town identity. The exhibit continues through Sunday. It's open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
\ TWO FOR THE MONEY: Vince Gill, country music star, will be joined by Mary Chapin-Carpenter, a thoughtful singer-songwriter, in a concert Sunday night at 7:30 at the Roanoke Civic Center.
It's in the coliseum, and tickets are $19.50 apiece.
\ THREE FOR THE MONEY: Conway Twitty, Joe Diffie and Vern Gosdin, country singers all, will perform tonight at 8 at the Salem Civic Center. Twitty and Gosdin are evergreens while Diffie is a relative newcomer.
Tickets are $19.
\ WORLD CLASS: The London Ballet Theatre will bring William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to Burruss Auditorium of Virginia Tech Tuesday night at 7:30. Tickets for the general public are $14. Call 231-5615 or (800) 843-0332.
\ ORIGINAL WORK: "Robin Hood," an original ballet by the Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania, will be presented at Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, W.Va., tonight at 8. Tickets are $10 for adults and $9 for students and senior citizens. Call (304) 645-7917.
\ ABSURD: Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" will open tonight at 8 in Whitman Auditorium of Virginia Western Community College. It continues Saturday night at 8 and Sunday afternoon at 2, and it's from the college theater department. Admission is free. Call 8576-7327.
\ TAKE A HIKE: The Blue Ridge Wildflower Society will take a field trip Sunday morning. It will begin at 10 o'clock at the picnic area on Virginia 24 next to the Appomattox River. A bag lunch is recommended. Call 774-4072 for directions and details.
\ NATIVE AMERICAN: A Pow-Wow will be held at the Dedmon Center of Radford University today and Saturday. The traditional Indian gathering is open to all. It will feature drumming, singing and dancing.
Registration starts this afternoon at 4. Call 382-8863 for details.
\ NATIVE AMERICAN II: "American Indian Visions" is under way at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar. Leaders from tribes across the country are discussing their views of the future, and there are panel discussions, lectures, dance, music and art and photography exhibits, too. Call (804) 381-6262.
\ SMART ART: The ninth annual Roanoke Arts Commission High School Art Show opens tonight at 6 at the Harrison Museum of African American Culture in Roanoke. A reception and awards ceremony will take place tonight from 6 to 8.
The show features works by 66 high school students in the Roanoke Valley and outlying areas. It's free and open to the public and it will continue through April 30.
\ AT LAST: The first of the season's First Fridays at Five is tonight from 5 to 8 at Dominion Plaza in downtown Roanoke. It's for people age 21 and over, and the $2 admission goes to charity. Bananas at Large will provide the music.
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