ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, September 6, 1996 TAG: 9609060004
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
HORSING AROUND at Valley View mall Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. will help raise money for Roanoke's Mounted Patrol Unit. Activities will include a free-throw basketball shootout; dunking of city officials; pony rides; face painting and wall rapelling. There's no admission fee.
STAMP OF APPROVAL: Nine stamp dealers from three states will present a diverse assortment of stamps, covers, picture postcards and philatelic supplies at the Roanoke Valley Stamp Fair, Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Days Inn, Plantation Road, Roanoke. Members of Roanoke's Big Lick Stamp Club will be on hand to greet collectors and discuss club memberships. For information, call Jack Essig, Red Dog Stamps, Fairfax, (703) 273-5908.
FRONTIER FUN: Virginia's Explore Park's Traditions in Appalachia Festival promises three-fold family entertainment Saturday and Sunday. Drummers and dancers from the Monacan Indian community will perform traditional dances at the park's American Indian village at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. Dovie Thomason will tell native tales at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. At the 1830s-period Blue Ridge Settlement, various groups will perform and storyteller Sean Mundy will tell frontier tales 2-3 p.m. both days.
A special Colonial concert at Hopkins Planetarium in Center in the Square, downtown Roanoke, will feature performances by one of only six glass armonicists in the world, as well as music on the violin, hurdy-gurdy and harpsichord. The planetarium performance costs $6; advance ticket purchase is recommended. Call 427-1800.
nThe Traditional Frontier Festival at the Museum of American Frontier Culture in Staunton will feature performances on an alpenhorn; Irish uillean pipes; a Celtic harp; and bones; and will include samples of German schuplatter, flat foot and English country dancing. All this plus beautiful handmade items, exhibitions of rare animals and poultry; a fun tent for kids and lots of homemade foods will be offered as more than 300 traditional crafts people and artisans participate in the 11th annual gathering 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission costs $8 per day for adults, $4 for children 6-12 years old, free for those younger than age 6. Call (540) 332-7850.
STICKY SUBJECT: Everything you ever wanted to know and possibly more about adhesives and bonding will be covered in Dr. James P. Wightman's brown bag luncheon and research presentation, "Why Does the Handle Keep Falling Off My Coffee Cup." You won't get stuck with admission to the lecture noon-1 p.m. today at the Roanoke Valley Graduate Center in downtown Roanoke. It's free. Call 857-7900.
ALL ABOUT ART: At an opening reception and gallery talk tonight at 6, contemporary abstract artist Ronald Walton will discuss his use of sphere-like balls in painting the human form. Walton's "rollcubistic" style, evolved over three decades, has been strongly influenced by artists William Dekooning, Jackson Pollock and Romare Bearden. His exhibit will run through Dec. 21 at the Harrison Museum of African American Culture, which also is the site of tonight's free event. Call 345-4818.
Franklin Kelly, curator of American art and British paintings for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., will discuss several of the Hudson River School painters whose works are included among the 88 shown in the Currier Gallery of Art collection at the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Center in the Square, downtown Roanoke. A $10 admission fee for nonmembers, $7 for members, will include the lecture, a reception and the exhibit, which will run through Oct. 13. The event, at the museum, begins at 7 tonight. Call 342-5760.
POSTPONED: Books, magazines, tapes, records and puzzles will be among the booty at the American Association of University Women's annual book sale next weekend. The sale, to be held in front of the main city library on Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke, was postponed this weekend because of Hurricane Fran. Hardback prices start will start at $1; paperbacks at 50 cents. Call 342-2118 or 343-3814.
EASY AS falling off a log will probably be more than a cliche during Saturday's Appalachian Forest Expo, in which area loggers will present machinery exhibits, chainsaw carving, saw competitions and log-rolling contests. The family-fun gathering, intended to stress the importance of forest management, will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the campus of Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Exit 24 off Interstate 64, Covington. Call (703) 862-7621.
PAN HANDEL: ``In Praise of Pan'' will feature soprano Sally Ahner, flutist Deborah Kemper and pianist Erma Rose performing works ranging from Handel, Emmanuel, Gaubert, Marx and Debussy to a medley from classic Disney movies that Pan, the legendary god with a flute, probably would have appreciated. Free performances will be offered Sunday at 3 p.m. in Roanoke College's Antrim Chapel and Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Ferrum College's Grousbeck Music Center. For information on the Ferrum concert, call (540) 365-4358. For the Roanoke College performance, call 375-2333.
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