Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 8, 1995 TAG: 9509080046
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS BANKS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Steven Culver will be doing the fast talking Saturday when the Montgomery County Friends of the Library sets works of art on the auction block.
"Art Event," a reception and auction to benefit the library, gets under way at 5 p.m. and runs to 7 p.m. in the East Commonwealth Room at Virginia Tech's Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center. Original art from the library's collection and a variety of works donated by local artists will be up for bids. Contributors include Freida Post, Pat West, Carole Davis, Martha Dillard, Leona Cale and Anita Weiss.
The library also has been running a silent auction for several weeks. Bid winners will be announced at Saturday's event.
Money raised at the auction will be used to help furnish the new Blacksburg library and to buy computer desks for the Christiansburg library.
Tickets for "Art Event" are on sale at the libraries and will be available from volunteers at the door Saturday. All you have to do is give 'em $5.
WHAT'S MORE FUN THAN AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL? An ice cream social with cool music, that's what!
Houserockin' John and the Hyper Brothers will perform at Montgomery Museum in Christiansburg tonight. The event is a picnic and concert at the museum gazebo on Pepper Street.
For only $3.50, you can enjoy a hot dog, drink and a sweet ice cream sundae. Bring a kitchen item for the museum (dish towel, serving spoon, potholder, paring knife or anything useful), and you'll get a $1 discount.
The price also includes the concert, but donations to help pay the band's expenses won't be turned down.
Houserockin' John and the Hyper Brothers is a local trio that plays everything from Chuck Berry rock to Muddy Waters blues. The group features guitarist John Lloyd.
The fun starts at 6:30. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for the outdoor seating.
BIG TIME IN RADFORD: This year marks the lucky seventh anniversary of Septemberfest, Radford's popular street festival. It's happening Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., on the city's main drag.
Norwood Street will be hopping with lots of vendors, displays, activities and live entertainment. Bands performing in this year's Septemberfest include Breeze, Broken Reins, the Blacksburg Community Band and Crossties. Blackwater is back for the second year as the festival headliner. Don't miss the 7 p.m. show.
You can get an early start on Septemberfest tonight. The festival kicks off with a fashion show, jazz music and wine tasting in the Central Depot courtyard at First and Harvey streets in the city's west end.
The fashion show at Sew Biz starts at 5 p.m. The jazz concert begins at 6. Chateau Morrisette will provide the wine.
Septemberfest is organized by Main Street Radford. Call 731-3656 for more information.
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO: Clogging, juggling, singing, tap dancing, piano playing - if you've got it, flaunt it!
The Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department is looking for local folks with flair. The department is sponsoring a talent search for people who would like to share their gifts with others.
Talent entries include groups or individuals who perform comedy, drama, interpretative readings and poetry, play musical instruments - the list goes on. Performances are limited to five minutes, and you have to register before the talent show, which is scheduled Wednesday at noon.
In addition to the talent show, the event will be a covered-dish luncheon. It's happening at Montgomery County Park, and admission is (what else?) one covered dish.
Door prizes and awards will be given to talent competitors, so don't be shy. You can sign up by calling Kemvia Adams at 382-6979.
NOSTALGIA: Remember when you tapped your toes to the tunes of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Artie Shaw, the Dorsey Brothers and Woody Herman?
Happy days are here again!
The Old Pros, New River Community College's big-band orchestra, will play tonight at 6:30 in Pulaski's Jackson Park. The outdoor concert is part of the summer series sponsored by the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley and the town of Pulaski.
Admission is free, but don't forget to bring chairs or blankets for outdoor seating.
SAME TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE: The monthly jamboree put on by the New River Community College Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club has a new stomping ground.
The fun moves from the New River Valley Fairgrounds to Edwards Hall on the Dublin campus this Saturday. Doors open at 5 p.m. Live music is from 7 to 10 p.m.
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters will perform, along with Wayne Henderson and Friends. Dancers and merrymakers are welcome.
Admission is free, but they'll pass the hat for donations to help the bands with traveling expenses.
DESIGNING A RIBBON IN THE SKY: That's Carlton Sturges Abbott's description of the Blue Ridge Parkway project. Abbott, a nationally known artist, architect and landscape architect, will give a talk Saturday on his professional work on the project.
Abbott's father, Stanley, was the founding landscape architect for the Blue Ridge Parkway.
A display of Abbott's art, "Parts and Pieces," is the featured exhibit at Armory Art Gallery. It's part of a show sponsored by the Virginia Tech Design Consortium and the 1995 Linear Parks Conference.
Abbott's talk starts at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center. After the lecture, you're invited to attend a reception for the artist at the Armory Art Gallery, 201 Draper Road.
Admission to the lecture is free. For more information, call 231-5583.
by CNB