Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 4, 1993 TAG: 9310070403
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
\ PARTY DOWNTOWN: Today is another First Friday, and it will be observed with a First Friday at 5 celebration from 5 to 8 this evening at Dominion Plaza near the Roanoke City Market. This one is a double-header, with music from the Mosaics and the King Bees. Admission is $2 for the benefit of area charities. You must be 21 to attend.
\ WHEE!: The Great James H. Drew Exposition continues through Sunday in the parking lot of the Roanoke Civic Center, with 32 major rides, a large midway and that timeless carnival atmosphere. Hours are 4 to midnight today, 11 a.m.- midnight on Saturday and noon to 6 on Sunday.
Admission is free. Parking is free. You can get unlimited rides with a pay-one-price ticket costing $8.50. Saturday, though, will be broken into two ``day parts,'' from 11 to 5 and 5 to midnight. Each part requires a separate ride ticket.
You can buy your tickets on the midway.
\ EXPLORING: The first of three open houses in June at Virginia's Explore Park in Roanoke will be Thursday evening from 4 to 8. Others will be June 19 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Y'all can take a picnic and look at the park and the construction under way and take part in education programs. Plus you can enjoy nature and bluegrass music from the Roanoke Valley Ramblers.
Admission is free. Beverages will be provided (no coolers allowed). Call 345-1295 for details.
\ ENTHUSIASM: That's the hallmark of Stan Kingma's musical projects. This evening at 6, Kingma's Virginians will sing at Virginia Tech's Henderson Lawn on College Avenue in Blacksburg. The revue includes 20 singers and a repertoire encompassing show tunes, Top 40 numbers, standards and patriotic songs. You can take blankets, lawn chairs and picnic meals. It's free. Call 231-5200 or 231- 5921.
This is part of the Summer Arts Festival '93 in Blacksburg, as is the play, ``Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grille,'' written by Lanie Robertson and directed by H.D. Flowers II. It's a bio-musical about singer Billie Holiday. It will be performed Tuesday through June 12 at Squires Studio Theatre. Show time is 8 p.m. Admission is free.
\ THEATER STUFF: ``Franklin Fabrics'' is the opening offering from the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre at Ferrum College. Written by Janice Scudder, it takes a humorous, musical look at employment, romance and women's ways of managing men during World War II, when they co-existed in the workplace. It will be presented Saturday night and Wednesday at lunchtime, as well as June 12. Call 365-4335 for details.
``Deathtrap'' continues through Sunday at Showtimers Studio in Roanoke. It's at 8 tonight and Saturday night and 3 on Sunday afternoon. Call 774-2660.
And the season's final Centerpiece will be presented at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke on Wednesday at 15 minutes past noon. It will be Christine Rusch's ``Landscape and Variations,'' a one-act, romantic comedy. Jere Lee Hodgin directs. Admission is free.
by CNB