ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, September 16, 1996 TAG: 9609180127
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Listening event
An American Indian listening event will be held Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Methodist Church, between Tazewell and Bluefield.
The purpose of the gathering is to share the needs and concerns of the American Indian people in the area and to work together for common goals.
The event is open to the public at no charge. It is sponsored by the Holston Conference Committee on Native American Ministry.
The church is located on U.S. 460.
For more information, call (540) 988-4842.
Genealogy society
The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society will meet Sept. 21 at 1:30 p.m. in the Roanoke City Library's main auditorium, 706 S. Jefferson St.
Mary Leigh Boisseau, a former genealogy teacher at Southside Virginia Community College and Averett College, will speak on ``Caveats in Using Primary and Secondary Sources.''
The meeting is open to the public. There is no admission charge.
For more information, call 977-0067.
Fall Rose Show
The Roanoke Rose Society will hold its Fall Rose Show on Sept. 21 and 22 from 1 to 9 p.m. at Valley View Mall.
Learn more about fine roses and how to grow them from other rose lovers.
Festival of Trees
The Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley is accepting entries for the 14th annual Festival of Trees.
The display of decorated evergreens, entered by area businesses and community organizations, will be held on the top floor of First Union Tower in downtown Roanoke from Nov. 29 through Dec. 24.
Last year, more than 32,000 people visited the festival.
Businesses and organizations interested in entering a tree should call 344-0931 for additional information.
Writers conference
The 12th Annual Blue Ridge Writers Conference will be held Oct. 5 in Olin Hall on the Roanoke College campus.
Poet Nikki Giovanni will present the keynote reading and lecture. She has published 13 books of poetry and is a professor of English at Virginia Tech.
Edward Falco, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, poet, essayist and reviewer, will give workshops on fiction.
Lynn Eckman and Robert Alotta will present book review workshops.
Eckman has reviewed more than 100 books for The Roanoke Times and other publications. She recently retired from 35 years of teaching.
Alotta, journalist, history expert and media relations consultant, is a reviewer for The Roanoke Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other publications.
Beth Garst, experienced in providing complete web site services and owner of her own design firm, will present Internet workshops. Garst will help connect creative artists with the latest in technology.
Wallace Kuralt and Julia Williams will give workshops on the bookseller-author relationships.
Kuralt, owner of North Carolina's Intimate Bookshops, and Williams, a partner in Tryon Publishing, will discuss the role of small presses and independent booksellers in recognizing, promoting and preserving local, regional and state literature in today's mass market environment.
In addition, there will be plenty of time for one-on-one discussions.
Call for a schedule or more information, 375-2354.
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