Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 21, 1995 TAG: 9502210048
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Thomas Fernandez of Havana, Cuba, will speak on ``The AfroCuban Experience'' on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Brush Mountain Room A of Virginia Tech's Squires Student Center.
The talk will be based on his book ``The Black Cuban.''
Fernandez, a librarian at La Biblioteca Nacional Jose Marti in Havana, is the author of two other books, one on the Santeros religious movement and another on women and prostitution in Cuba.
The event is free and open to the public. Call 231-5310.
Photographic exhibit
A preview of an exhibit of photographic and mixed media works by Elaine Koumparakis-Moss, ``The Hellenes,'' will be held March 11 from 5-9 p.m. at the Garret Gallery in St. Louis.
Koumparakis-Moss, a Martinsville native living in Normandy, Mo., has photographs in the permanent collection of St. Louis University's Busch Center Memorial Gallery, where she is an adjunct curator.
Music gala
The big band sounds of Charlie Goodwin's Orchestra will open an evening of music March 4 at the Ramada Inn, Duffield, as Clinch Valley College presents the Glen Smith Music Gala.
The gala is in memory of Glen Smith, a musician who lived in Norton until his death in 1993.
The Goodwin Orchestra and other musicians have donated their talents for the event. Proceeds from ticket sales will establish a scholarship at the college for instrumental musicians.
Tickets, at $50 per person, include heavy hors d'oeuvres and punch. A cash bar will be available. For ticket information, call 328-6826 or 328-0129.
Ramada Inn will offer a special double room rate of $40, including two breakfasts, for those attending the event.
Mountain Empire Older Citizens will provide a van originating in Wise. Interested persons should call 328-4038 to make arrangements.
by CNB