Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 28, 1994 TAG: 9410280046
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Tickets, available at Ticketmaster, Record Exchange in Blacksburg and South Main Cafe, are $15 advance; $20 at the door. Seating starts at 7:30 p.m. Call 552-3622.
BROADWAY IN BLOOM: The three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, ``The Secret Garden,'' will unfold on the stage of the Roanoke Civic Center tonight at 8. Inspired by the classic Frances Hodgson Burnett children's novel, the play tells of a young girl sent to live with her uncle on the English moors in 1906. Her explorations of his lonely estate eventually lead to a secret garden, a delightful cast of characters and the healing of her and their spiritual wounds.
Tickets, $29.50, $24.50 and $15.50, are available at the civic center box office, Ticketmaster outlets and other locations. Call 981-1201.
POST-WAR POLITICS: During the Bush administration, former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger helped chart U.S. foreign policy throughout the Cold War, the Balkan conflict, the Persian Gulf confrontations and changes in the former Soviet Union and Russia. On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hollins College's Hollins Theatre, Eagleburger will examine the challenges facing the United States in managing instabilities during the current post-Cold War era.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Call 362-6451.
STRANGER THAN FICTION: John Berendt's best-selling first book, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (Random House, 1994), sounds like fiction but is, in fact, based on an actual murder that occurred in Savannah, Ga. On Thursday at 8 p.m. in Lee Chapel of Lexington's Washington and Lee University, Berendt will enliven the rascals, eccentrics and proper society folk who populate his book. A reception and book signing will follow Berendt's reading and discussion. There is no charge. Call 463-8460.
HUNGER HALTER: Writers Harvest: The National Reading - a collaboration between American Express and Share Our Strength - is an annual event in which authors read from their works, with proceeds going to hunger-relief groups. Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in Hollins College's Ballator Gallery in Moody Center, authors Rita Ciresi, R.H.W. Dillard, Lucy Ferriss, Cathryn Hankla, Jeanne Larsen, Marilyn Moriarty, Eric Trethewey and Phillip Welch will join 800 authors from across the country in reading hunger the riot act, with locally raised funds going to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks in Roanoke.
Tickets are $10. Call 362-6451.
GOOD SPORTS: Fingers, toes, a little gear and lots of luck will propel more than 85 climbers from Florida, Colorado, Maine, Pennsylvania and Virginia up sheer inclines covered with small, widely spaced rocks during Roanoke's second annual Star City Climbing Crank on Saturday and Sunday. Divisions include juniors, women's rec, men's rec, women's elite and men's elite, with entry fees ranging from $20 to $30. Spectating is free.
The events, at the Rocwood Indoor Climbing Facility, 210 Reserve Ave., Roanoke, are sponsored by Roanoke City Parks & Recreation. Saturday's competitions are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday's are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 981-2236.
Approximately 24 clubs and collegiate teams from across the state will participate in the Ed and Sandy Lee Cup at Green Hill Park in Roanoke County. Competitions in the 1994 Virginia State Rugby Championship Tournament, hosted by the Roanoke Rugby Club and the Roanoke County Parks and Recreation Department, include men's collegiate, women's collegiate and men's club. Games are Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Finals begin Sunday at noon. There is no charge for spectators. Call 344-3221.
COSTUME CAPERS: ZOOBOO!, the annual Mill Mountain Zoo Halloween Party sponsored by Domino's Pizza, hopes to scare up lots of support on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dress as an endangered species or whatever pleases you and be part of an afternoon of games, scavenger hunts, costume parades and pizza. Adults, $3.50; children under 12, $2; children under 2, free. Call 343-3241.
Samples of the best dishes from six uptown restaurants, dancing and competition for most original, scariest and best couples' costumes will comprise the Martinsville Uptown Revitalization Association's masquerade ball and progressive dinner Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight. Cost for the all-inclusive evening is $20 per person. You must be 21 years or older to participate. Call 632-5688.
The Henry Street Music Center and Jazz Institute (1st Street N.W., near the Hotel Roanoke) on Sunday evening will once again reverberate with jammin' jazz at Jazz Jam III, featuring The William Penn Trio, Deborah Liles and other musicians. Costumes are optional, but the best stand to win hotel accommodations, a dinner for two, comedy club tickets or music center T-shirts. Tickets, available at Books Strings & Things on the Roanoke City Market, are $8 per person. Call 985-5950 or 981-9110.
by CNB