THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, November 17, 1995 TAG: 9511170645
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 10 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 45 lines
A weekend of art and literature will kick off the holidays in Portsmouth this weekend, beginning with a reading by Andrej Blatnik, a visiting writer from Slovenia.
The fiction writer will read from his short stories and then answer questions about his work and his country.
Blatnik, a member of the International Writers Association, is here through the International Writers Center at Old Dominion University.
The reading and a wine-tasting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the courtyard of Prison Square. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved inside Brutti's.
A block away the faculty of the Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College will hold an opening reception for the 26th annual Art Faculty Exhibition.
The exhibit in the art center's gallery spaces at 304 High St. will continue through Jan 14. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
The center is closed Nov. 23-25 and Dec. 20-Jan. 1.
The rest of the weekend, many Olde Towne merchants will hold their annual holiday open houses in conjunction with the third annual Gallery Art Show.
Besides downtown stores, Meyers and Tabakin Furniture further down on High Street and The Barn Christmas and Crafts Shoppes on Broad Street in Port Norfolk will hold special open houses.
The Gallery Art Show features the work of more than 40 regional artists and will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church, High and Court streets.
Admission is free, but donations benefit the Joy Fund.
The artists include Ken Wright, Edward A. Carson, Persis Jennings and John Alan Stock and works ranging from photography, pottery and drawings to furniture, jewelry, prints and sculpture.
The art show is sponsored by Crockin Furniture, Olde Towne Sales, Portsmouth Floral, The Virginian-Pilot and WFOG Radio.
For more details, call 393-9933. by CNB