Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, November 11, 1995 TAG: 9511130022
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``Frank Lloyd Wright: An Architect for America'' opens today at the Art Museum of Western Virginia.
The exhibit, in the second floor gallery in Roanoke's Center in the Square, is made up of more than 100 drawings, models, photographs, windows, prints, furniture and other artifacts designed by Wright. It was originally organized by the William King Regional Arts Center in Abingdon.
Wright is arguably America's most brilliant and original architect and designer. The exhibit covers the range of his career, as well as his legacy and that of his apprentices.
A public reception for the show is scheduled for Dec. 9.
For information on educational programs, call 224-1222.
Shuttle buses
Shuttle buses will be running from the Williamson Road Parking Garage for the following events at the Roanoke Civic Center:
Roanoke Express hockey games today, Nov. 17 and 18, the Greater Tuna concert on Nov. 17 and the U.S. Marine Band concert on Nov. 18.
The shuttle service and the parking garage are free. There is free off-street parking available around the Civic Center complex. Parking is not permitted in private lots or in the post office lot. Cars parked in private lots will be towed.
Transportation history
``From Big Lick To Roanoke'' will be hosted by the Virginia Museum of Transportation from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The event depicts transportation history in the 1820s to 1880s in the Roanoke Valley area. Participants will travel a road simulating the Great Wagon Road through Salem and learn about the coming of the railroad.
Guests and exhibits include: Danny Wingate, a wheel maker, conducting a wheel- and harness-making demonstration; Phipps Bourne, from the National Park Service, demonstrating blacksmithing; period interpreters and children's hands-on activities. Traditions of the period, such as quilt making, candle making and soap making will be celebrated.
Participants may bring bag lunches.
Admission for this event, $5 for adults and $3 for children, includes admission to the museum.
The museum is located at 303 Norfolk Ave., Roanoke.
For more information, call 342-5670.
Holiday cards
The holiday cards offered by the Ronald McDonald House now include a card to represent children, featuring art work by Rebecca Ann Danahy, a second-grader at Green Valley Elementary School in Roanoke.
Local artist Eric Fitzpatrick, who created the first card in 1985, returns as the creator of the artist card.
The cards are available in packages of 20 cards and envelopes for $10. The message inside is, ``The Spirit of the Season is Love.''
Proceeds from sales benefit the operators of the Ronald McDonald House in Roanoke, which provides a home-away-from-home for the families of seriously ill patients receiving treatment in local hospitals.
The Fitzpatrick card depicts a sunlit winter day in Middleburg, Va. Pictured is the Red Fox Inn on the day after a snowfall. A travelers heads toward Mosby's Tavern.
For more information, call 375-2282. To order cards, call 981-7622.
Welfare symposium
Randolph-Macon Woman's College is sponsoring a symposium on welfare reform Thursday in Smith Memorial Building to educate the public about welfare.
The approach to the symposium, which is free and open to the public, is nonpartisan.
Deborah Weinstein, director of the Family Income Division for the Children's Defense Fund, will speak at 11 a.m. on the strengths and weaknesses of the current welfare state and proposed legislation.
Round-table discussions will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Jack Lounge and Smith Banquet Hall. Speakers include Michael Schwartz of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, Mark Greenberg of the Center for Law and Social Policy, a representative from the Governor's office, a student and a welfare recipient.
The evening symposium, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Smith Auditorium, will be a panel discussion involving the afternoon's speakers. A question-and-answer period will follow.
For more information, call (804) 947-8142.
Art exhibit
London artist Karen Raney, formerly of Roanoke, will exhibit her work at Hollins College from Tuesday through Dec. 17.
Raney has exhibited her work in group show in England and in the United States. Her work has been reproduced in several books on drawing instruction.
Raney is a lecturer for the University East London and the Tate Gallery in London.
Raney's mixed-media drawings and paintings concentrate on the human face and form, urban London scenes and landscapes of the Pyrenees.
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
For more information, call 362-6451.
Book signing
Christopher Neck, author, marathon runner and Virginia Tech management professor, will sign copies of his book, ``Medicine For the Mind: Healing Words to Help You Soar,'' today from noon to 2 p.m. at Books-A-Million in Crossroads Mall, Roanoke.
For more information, call 231-5071.
by CNB