THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 3, 1997               TAG: 9701010127
SECTION: DAILY BREAK             PAGE: E3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                            LENGTH:   39 lines

PREVIEW

THURSDAY

WHAT HAMPTON ROADS landmarks will David Copperfield cause to disappear in a cloud of smoke? Nauticus? Doumar's? Irvine Hill? See for yourself as the master magician brings his glitzy show to Norfolk's Chrysler Hall on Thursday. Show times: 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets: $29.50 and $39.50, plus service charge. Order at 671-8100.

- Roberta Vowell

WEDNESDAY

SURE, WE BET Lou Holtz will tell some football tales at his speech Wednesday at Portsmouth's Willett Hall. But the Notre Dame coash is also known for discussing the more abstract points of leadership - overcoming adversity, instilling teamwork and encouraging peak performance. The Fighting Irish commences to speak at 8 p.m. Tickets: $20-30; call 671-8100 to order tickets. Call 393-5144 for general info.

- Roberta Vowell

SUNDAY

Sometimes the most seemingly obvious art is not as simple as it seems. Take, for example, the realistic pencil drawings and paintings by Edward G. Carson, on display at The Arts Center at the Portsmouth Museums.

How should one take them? For clues to the deeper meanings of Carson, a well-known Norfolk artist and landscape architect, catch a free lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday presented by Carson and his old friend, the top Virginia architect Carlton Abbott.

The retrospective exhibit is up through Jan. 26 at the center, 420 High St. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $1. Call 393-8543.

- Teresa Annas ILLUSTRATION: Color photos