Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, September 19, 1994 TAG: 9410220074
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Dr. Michael Kaufman, director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic of the Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, will speak Sept. 24 at the Salem Civic Center.
Kaufman heads clinical trials of Copolymer I and Myloral, which are proposed treatments for MS, a chronic disease of the central nervous system.
His talk will be part of a family symposium that begins at 10 a.m. and includes workshops on physical and occupational therapy and other issues specific to persons with MS and their families and care givers.
For more information, call 776-0985 or 800-451-0373.
Plants give-away
The Virginia Tech Horticultural Gardens' Grand Give-Away will be on Friday at 5:15 p.m. Free annual plants will be given to anyone wishing to take them home. Bring trowels and boxes.
The event will be postponed to Saturday at 9 a.m. only in the case of heavy rain.
The gardens' fall plant sale is Friday from 4-7 p.m.
A percentage of each sale will help support the horticultural gardens.
The gardens are located at the corner of West Campus Drive and Washington Street, adjacent to the greenhouses on the Tech campus in Blacksburg.
For more information, call 231-5451.
Play auditions
The Lynchburg Fine Arts Center will hold open auditions for its upcoming drama, ``Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,'' on Sunday.
Roles are available for men, women and children from ages 6-14.
The auditions will be held at the center, 1815 Thomson Drive, across from Lynchburg General Hospital. Children's audtions at are 6:30 p.m., with adult auditions at 7 p.m.
For audition requirements and more information, call (804) 846-8451.
Theatre appointment
Mill Mountain Theatre has appointed Mary Knapp to the position of house manager/volunteer coordinator.
Knapp was an administrative intern at the Theatre for a New Audience in New York City. She is a graduate of Radford University with a bachelor of fine arts degree in theater and a master's of fine arts from Columbia University.
Greensboro event
The streets of downtown Greensboro, N.C., will come alive with the visual and performing arts on Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the annual City Stage Celebration.
The festival will be centered around the Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park and features six stages of local, regional and national music and entertainment (including Jefferson Starship), arts and crafts, international foods, children's activities, cultural demonstrations, a 10K run and 5K walk for the arts, and a new fun and games area.
For more information and schedules, call (910) 333-7440.
Constitution's birthday
At the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy on Saturday, Americans can join citizens in 46 other states and Guam at ceremonies celebrating the birthday of the Constitution as they pen their names to parchment replicas of the famous document.
Visitors may sign the replica from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Everyone will receive a pocket copy of the Constitution and a lapel button.
In addition, there will be an educational exhibit, ``Dreams, Law, and Realities: African Americans and the Constitution 1865 to 1964.''
There is no charge to participate in this event. The monument is 16 miles northeast of Rocky Mount via Virginia 122, 20 miles south of Roanoke via Virginia 116 and 122, or 25 miles south of Bedford via U.S. 460 and Virginia 122.
For information, call 721-2094.
Author speaks
Erik Larson, author of the best-seller ``Lethal Passage,'' will lecture at the Roanoke College campus as part of the school's Convocation Series. He will speak on ``Lethal Passage: The Roots of America's Gun Crisis'' Thursday at 11:20 a.m. in the Sutton Student Center Ballroom.
Larson writes for The Wall Street Journal, and his articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's and the New York Times Magazine.
For more information, call 375-2282. Admission is free.
Symphony tickets
Tickets are now on sale for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra's 41st season, in which Music Director Victoria Bond completes her eighth and final year with the orchestra.
The RSO has merged with the Roanoke Valley Choral Society, which will appear in three concerts, including Handel's ``Messiah'' in December.
Guest performers during the season include jazz pianist Marion McPartland, violinist Tomohiro Okumura, guitarist Liona Boyd and Kandinsky Trio violinist Benedict Goodfriend.
Concert dates at Oct. 10, Nov. 21, Jan. 23, Feb. 13, March 20 and April 24 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. Season tickets range from $62-$98 or $32-$54 for three concerts.
Tickets can be purchased through the Roanoke Symphony box office, 343-9127.
Poets to gather
More than 30 major contributors to contemporary African American poetry will gather Sept. 29-Oct. 1 on the James Madison University campus, Harrisonburg, to lecture, read poetry and exchange ideas.
Speakers include Rita Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States, and Gwendolyn Brooks, the National Endowment for the Humanities' 1994 Jefferson Lecturer.
Tickets for ``Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry'' are $115, including all activities and meals. To register for the conference or for individual events, call 568-6953 or 568-6310.
Railway affair
The Seventh Annual Western Virginia Railfair will be held Oct. 8-9 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Roanoke's historic N&W freight station of the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
The event will include the opening of the Kemper Dobbins Annual Art Exposition, which runs through Oct. 22. An artist's reception will be held on Oct. 7 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the museum.
Model railroad displays, a vintage automobile show, children's activities, food vendors, live music and excursions behind a Class J No. 611 will be featured.
Admission includes entry to the museum and is $4 for adults, $1 children 3-12. For more information, call 342-5670.
Buckley speaks
Author/columnist/editor William F. Buckley will speak on ``The Role of the Media'' at Roanoke College on Oct. 11 at 8 p.m.
Reporter/columnist Daniel Schorr will speak on ``The Effect of the Media on U.S. Politics'' on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Both events will take place in the college's Bast Center and are part of the college's Henry H. Fowler Public Affairs Lecture Series. There is no charge, but reservations are required.
Artist P. Buckley Moss will speak at The Jefferson Club, Roanoke, on Oct. 13 at noon. Tickets are $15.
Dr. Peter Steinfels, religion editor of the New York Times, will speak on ``Religion and the Media'' on Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m. in the Sutton Ballroom. Reservations are suggested.
For information and reservations, call 375-2333, 2-5 p.m.
by CNB