ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, April 10, 1996 TAG: 9604100043
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Author to lecture at Tech
BLACKSBURG - David Hackett Fischer, author of historical books, will speak on "George Washington and the Crossing of the Delaware" today at 4 p.m. in 100 McBryde Hall at Virginia Tech.
Call the Office of University Relations at 231-4040.
Lunchtime concert
BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech Trumpet Society will present a concert at noon today in the Memorial Chapel as part of the Chapel's Bach's Lunch series.
The program is free and open to the public.
Play at Tech
BLACKSBURG - Student playwright David Norris Jr.'s play "Aquilia" will be performed by Theater Arts-University Theatre Workshop tonight at 8 and 9 in Room 204 of the Performing Arts Building at Virginia Tech.
Admission is free.
Music ensemble at RU
RADFORD - Members of the "Hodie" vocal ensemble from Namur, Belgium will perform tonight at 8 in Radford University's Preston Auditorium.
Formed in 1988, the ensemble is made up of 18 women, including engineers, language teachers, professors, pharmacists and nurses.
Call Jeanne Johnson at 831-5182.
RU poet will read
RADFORD - Rita Sizemore Riddle, poet and director of graduate studies in English at Radford University, will read selections from her book "Aluminum Balloons" tonight at 7:30 in RU's Flossie Martin Art Gallery. A book signing and reception will follow the free public reading.
Riddle, a native of Kentucky, draws on her experiences as an Appalachian. Her book is about "how women deal with domestic trauma - violence, abuse and isolation. It's about their fragility and strength."
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