ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, May 31, 1996 TAG: 9605310015
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: the tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
WOW, POW WOW: The fourth annual Monacan Indian Pow Wow will include a deer dance said to frequently move audiences to tears, a dance through fire, a hoop dance and other traditional and ceremonial dances. Also on the program will be storytelling, flute playing, demonstrations and lectures. Admission to the event at the Sedalia Center in Big Island costs $6 for adults, $3 for children 6 and older, $5 for seniors. Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds help repurchase the tribe's sacred land and provide scholarships. Call 299-5080.
WORD WORKS: The hat-passing and T-shirt selling at the poetry slam, 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Iroquois Club, Roanoke, will help a home team travel to the national championships in Portland, Ore., later this year. Among the competitors will be Patricia Johnson, who recently returned to Roanoke, and members of the '96 Nationals Competition Team. Call 982-8979.
OUTSIDE ART: The Sidewalk Art Show, begun years ago under the leadership of the Docent Guild of the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is moving out of Elmwood Park and into the Roanoke City Market. Some 200 artists from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida will display original paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures at what is billed as one of the largest art shows on the East Coast. The show will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call 342-5760.
GOOD GOSPEL: This year, evangelist Shirley Caesar added Dove and Grammy awards to her impressive collection of accolades. Find out why Sunday at 7 p.m., when Caesar, along with The Spiritual Seven, the Rev. Jimmy Cook and God Lives Here gospel singers perform at the Roanoke Civic Center. Tickets cost $16.50. Call 981-1201 or 343-8100.
TICKLISH TICKET: The rib-ticklin' classic ``Li'l Abner'' will open the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre's 17th season with a performance Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Other shows will be held Wednesday and June 12 and 15, 1:15 p.m. (lunch, 12:15 p.m.); and June 8 and 15, 8 p.m. (seminar, 6 p.m.; dinner, 6:45 p.m.). The theater is at Ferrum College. Tickets cost $16 for evening shows; $13, matinees. Call 365-4335.
FEUD FACTS: "The Last Hanging In Pike County," an award-winning dramatization of the long-running contention between the Hatfields and McCoys, previews Wednesday and Thursday and premieres Friday at the Theater At Lime Kiln, Lexington. Playwright Janice Kennedy is a direct Hatfield descendant. Lime Kiln resident artist Ben Hulan composed and will conduct the full-length musical score. Nightly performances are at 8; tickets range from $7-$12. Call 463-3074.
THE END IS NEAR: The Teen Center's "School's Almost Over Celebration" - with its first junior high band night, featuring the Screaming Zygotes - will happen Friday 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission to the Brambleton Avenue bash costs $2 at the door. Call 772-2058.
LADY AND GENTLEMEN: The Virginia Gentlemen, a barbershop chorus, and Miss Virginia will be among the guests and performers as Stan Kingma again brings his traveling variety show to Roanoke. The annual concert, June 8 at 8 p.m. at the Roanoke Civic Center, is a fund-raiser for the Lions Club. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Call 343-8100.
FESTIVAL FINALE: Roanoke's Festival in the Park wraps up its two-weekend run with good food, fun and, hopefully, weather. See page 3 for details. Call 342-2640.
HERSTORY: Irene Langhorne Gibson, aka the Gibson girl, epitomized the fashionable young American woman of the 1890s. At 3 p.m. Saturday, Langhorne Gibson, who has written a soon-to-be-published book on the subject, will discuss his grandmother's life and accomplishments beyond her famous personae. At 8 p.m., a gala of music, dance, food and festivity, in a cabaret-style production of tableaux, will further celebrate the girls made famous by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson. The gala at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History costs $25; the reserved seating is limited. Call 793-5644.
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