THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, September 23, 1994 TAG: 9409220523
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Preview
LENGTH: Medium: 90 lines
Englebert Humperdink has left the building.
Actually, he never quite arrived, canceling a scheduled Scope show this week. We are devastated, of course; Mr. Humperdink is the Preview team's second-favorite male '60s ballad crooner, ranking right behind the ever-cool Tom Jones.
But there's other music in the air. Shows this week include Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Eek-A-Mouse, The 5th Dimension (with the Virginia Symphony), The Specials, Consolidated and M.C. 900ft Jesus and Spin Doctors with Gin Blossoms, Cracker and Vinx.
Too much music for any one set of ears. Check our Music listings inside for those pesky details.
- Roberta Vowell
ANYDAY
In 1610, Galileo determined that the moon and planets were other worlds, perhaps not terribly unlike our own.
Ever since, mankind has dreamt of what it might be like to go to those worlds. Sometimes those dreams found outlets in art.
``Blueprint for Space,'' an exhibit at Virginia Air and Space Center in downtown Hampton, includes about 60 works of art from the 1950s imagining future space travel.
The drawings and paintings accompanied a landmark series of articles published in Collier's magazine from 1952 to 1954. Written mostly by Wernher von Braun, creator of the largest rocket of World War II (the V-2), the series proposed an elaborate American space program, including satellites and Mars missions.
Von Braun's futurist account made the very idea of space travel convincing to a broad public. Of course, 15 years later, his vision of a man on the moon was jet-propelled from fantasy to reality.
The traveling exhibit (it opened in spring at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) remains on view in Hampton through spring. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, until 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $2-$4. The center is at 600 Settlers Landing Road. Call 1-727-0900 or 1-800-296-0800.
- Teresa Annas
TODAY
It may be more of a leap than a jump but here it is: Skydiving, the movie. Actually it's called ``Terminal Velocity,'' an action moniker that races in the footsteps of ``Blown Away'' and ``Speed'' in the category of less-than-subtle recent titles. When you think about it, it might make sense. When you jump, even if you yell ``Geronimo'' endlessly, you're bound to get the velocity. Whether it's terminal or not may depend on the movie.
Charlie Sheen, trying to get serious after his outrageous, but sometimes on-target, ``Hot Shots'' take-offs, plays a skydiving teacher who gets involved with (do ya' believe it?) a KGB mystery woman. She is played by Nastassia Kinski. Kinski, after a bursting film career a decade ago, has been mysteriously missing from movies of late. Both these players badly need a hit. As long as they stay in the air, it may be promising, but do we really have to start worrying about Russian spies again?
- Mal Vincent
WEDNESDAY
Among the politest of post-James Taylor singer/songwriters, Dan Fogelberg scored a number of platinum and gold albums in the '70s and early '80s. While his star hasn't shone as brightly since, his fans still abound. If you're one, Chrysler Hall will be the place for you Wednesday night, when the man who sang ``Longer,'' ``The Power of Gold'' and ``Part of the Plan'' returns to Hampton Roads.
The show's at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $45; to charge, call 671-8100. For other info, call 441-2163.
- Rickey Wright
ANYDAY
This old world keeps changing, but The State Fair stays the same. They've added a few twists, like a stunt show, but the basics remain: Carnival rides, kids and their cows, blue ribbon-winning preserves, stock races, fireworks and yummy food with no discernible nutritional value.
It's all held daily through Oct. 2 at the Fairgrounds at Strawberry Hill, near Richmond. Fair hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The midway stays open later each night, though. Tickets are $8-$12, children under 2 are free. 1-804-228-3200. ILLUSTRATION: Color photos
by CNB