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Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Happy Valentines Day at Peaks of Otter Winery
food/wine/libations
Just Married? Receive a free gift. Sweethearts love our “grandma’s wines". Come sit by the fire with us and taste.
E-mail: appleseed@earthlink.net.
Facebook URL http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Peaks-of-Otter-Winery/280375068527.
Cost: Free. Contact: 5405863707.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:00 PM – Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:00 PM.
Peaks of Otter Winery 2122 Sheep Creek rd Bedford, Va 24523.
Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. One Stop Valentine Shopping in Grandin Village - Jewelry & Chocolate
shopping and sales
Blue Heaven Jewelry and Big Lick Cakes are teaming together with The Yoga Center for a Valentine's Special. From 1 - 4:30 come upstairs above Grace's Pizza for homemade chocolate and handmade jewelry, and stay for yoga at 5!
Cost: Free. Contact: Karen Kessler.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
The Yoga Center
1316B Grandin Road, SW
Roanoke, VA 24015
Above Grace's Pizza.
For more info visit www.facebook.com. Sunday Music
mind and body
Every Sunday, enjoy musical performances in the Atrium while enjoying a meal at Norah's Café.
The Stacy Hobbs, master harp guitarist, will be performing regional music.
Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Ave SE
Roanoke, VA 24011-1410.
For more info visit www.taubmanmuseum.org. Now at the Library Documentary Film Series
community events
The Life and Times of Sara Baartman, “The Hottentot Venus” (50 min. 1998) by Zola Maseko. Sara Baartman was a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810. She was exhibited as a freak across Britain, and used by scientists for research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Jackson Screening Room, lower level, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.
Oxfam America Hunger Banquet at Hollins University
community events
Hollins University is hosting an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet on Sunday, February 12 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in Ballator Gallery, located on the upper level of Moody Student Center. The event, which explores the causes of world hunger and offers information on how to make a difference in the fight against poverty, is open to the public. A minimum donation of $3 is requested to participate. Assistant Professor and Director of International Studies Jon Bohland will lead the discussion. At the outset of an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, guests draw tickets at random that assign them each to a high-, middle-, or low-income tier – based on the latest statistics about the number of people living in poverty. Each income level receives a corresponding meal: The 15 percent in the high-income tier are served a sumptuous meal; the 35 percent in the middle-income section eat a simple meal of rice and beans; and the 50 percent in the low-income tier help themselves to small portions of rice and water. (Sodexo, which provides fo…
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 5:00 PM.
Ballator Gallery, upper level, Moody Center, Hollins University.
David Mayfield Parade
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
Tickets for tonight's show will be available at the door.
Grammy-nominated musician and producer David Mayfield is a force of nature on stage. His energy and out and out enthusiasm for performing are evident at every show whether it's with Cadillac Sky, The Avett Brothers, Jessica Lea Mayfield or his own band, The David Mayfield Parade. Mayfield's songwriting "feels as classic as his wardrobe" says Paste Magazine. His music reflects the numerous influences that come from a lifetime of being immersed in American music and channeling its unique forms with sincerity and celebration from the howl of early rock-n-roll, to the low lonesome twang of folk and country with a voice that is all at once heartbreaking and inherently hopeful.
Presented by GJ Productions 540-589-0546.
Ticket Price: $10; Students and 21 & under: $7.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
22 Kirk Avenue SW
Roanoke VA 24011.
For more info visit thedavidmayfieldparade.com. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:00 PM – Monday, February 13, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
Singing Valentine's
special/seasonal events
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and many are trying to figure out the best and most creative way to make that lasting impression on their beloved. Members of The Virginia Gentlemen Acapella Chorus have the answer and are gearing up to serenade lovers throughout the Roanoke Region. On Monday, February 13th and Tuesday, February 14th, Singing Valentine’s will add love and romance to lovers in Roanoke and Blacksburg with delivery by tuxedo clad acapella quartets, members of The Virginia Gentlemen Harmony Chorus.
“If you’re looking an unusual and unique Valentine’s Day gift to say “I love you,” consider a Singing Valentine, says Dave Davis, long-time member of the organization. It is not the usual traditional box of chocolates or flowers, but a memorable surprise instead.”
This telegram style message of love offers a surprise visit to a loved one at home, school, a favorite restaurant or in their workplace, whether a spouse, girlfriend, teacher, family member or friend. A Singing Valentine quart…
Seasonal: valentines. Cost: $50. Contact: Ed Burke, 540.977.0472.
Monday, February 13, 2012 – Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Roanoke, Blacksburg and areas within 30 mile radius of Roanoke.
Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. Valentine's Dinner at The Rescue Mission
community events
VALENTINES BANQUET AT THE RESCUE MISSION
Date: Monday evening, February 13, 2012
I will be hosting a Valentine's Banquet in the private dining room at the Roanoke Rescue Mission on Monday evening, February 13, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. We will have dinner, take a tour of the mission and have a musical guest. The dining room can accommodate 80 people. This special dinner is available for singles and couples. Anyone is welcome. The Modern Woodmen of America Fraternal Organization has agreed to match your donation. If you would like to attend, please send a check for $5, made payable Modern Woodmen of America, and send it to: Ernie Dale, 3531 Peters Creek Road, # 507, Roanoke, VA 24019. We will present these to the mission along with the matching funds.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:15 PM.
Rescue Mission
402 4th Street SE
Roanoke, VA 24013.
Yoga at Balanced Living Yoga Studio
mind and body
Balanced Living offers weekly Yoga Classes. Yoga classes are held Monday & Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm and Tuesday & Thursday mornings at 9:15 am.
Mind & Body: yoga. Contact: For more info or to participate please call 540.556.1611.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
5515 Williamson Rd
Roanoke, VA 24012-1439.
Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 PM – Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. West End Community Market
community events
100% fresh and local, pasture raised meats, rainbow trout, organic fruit & produce, cut flowers, artisan baked goods, cheeses, prepared foods, and much more.
SNAP-EBT benefits accepted and doubled.
Year round rain or shine.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
West End Center for Youth on the corner of Patterson Ave. and 13th Street SW.
For more info visit www.leapforlocalfood.org. Whit MacLaughlin: Performance in a Possible Future (the Future is Now)
art/dance/theater
Performance in a Possible Future (the Future is Now): What is gained and lost when theatre goes digital
"Highly acclaimed performance theatre-maker Whit MacLaughlin will lead an interactive dialogue about theatre in the 21st Century and his explorations of Web-based theatricality on stage and in the ether."
This event is free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Theatre 101
200 College Ave
Blacksburg, VA
24060.
For more info visit www.theatrecinema.vt.edu. Zen Meditation
mind and body
Stone Mountain Zendo is a Zen Buddhist medi-
tation group to meets weekly to support and deepen our practice of the Buddhadharma. All are welcomed! Please contact us before your first visit on Facebook or Richard 293-1873.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
We meet in the basement of Christ Episcopal Church, corner of Franklin Road and Washington Avenue in the Old South-west. Please use the back stairs.
Zumba
mind and body
Move your feet to a Latin beat for a fun cardio workout that will tone and trim your body! Register and pay by first day of class monthly.
Cost: $20.00-$30.00. Contact: jamey.love@lynchburgva.gov.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
Fairview Center
Lynchburg Parks and Recreation
3621 Campbell Ave.
Lynchburg, 24501.
For more info visit www.lynchburgva.gov. American Legion, Post 3, BINGO!
community events
Contact: 389-3773.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
710 Apperson Drive, Salem, VA.
Blacksburg Old Time Jam
music and nightlife
Open jam featuring old-time mountain music, every Tuesday night 7-10 PM. Dancers welcome. Special late evening menu available at Gillies Restaurant.
Music: bluegrass, country, old-time. Contact: 540.961.2703.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Gillies Restaurant
153 College Ave
Blacksburg VA.
For more info visit www.nrot.org. Gregory Alan Isakov
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Gregory Alan Isakov’s song-craft lends to the deepest lyrical masterpieces. With hints of his influences, Leonard Cohen, Iron and Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov has been described as “strong, subtle, a lyrical genius” and has shared the stage with touring artists such as Calexico, Mumford & Sons, Fiona Apple, DeVotchka, and Brandi Carlile. He has performed throughout the United States and Europe and appeared at numerous music festivals such as South By Southwest, Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest.
Presented by GJ Productions 540-589-0546.
Ticket Price: $14, Students and 21 & under-$7.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
22 Kirk Avenue SW
Roanoke VA 24011.
For more info visit gregoryalanisakov.com. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00 PM – Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. Basic Glass Fusing
art/dance/theater
Wed, Feb 15-March 14
5:30-8:30 pm
Students will be introduced to the basics of glass fusing. You will learn to cut glass, select the correct types of glass, and design a project.
Instructor: Amy Reed
Cost: $89, Supplies: $20.
Cost: 89, Supply Fee: $20. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112.
American Legion, Post 3, BINGO!
community events
Contact: 389-3773.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
710 Apperson Drive, Salem, VA.
Yoga at Balanced Living Yoga Studio
mind and body
Balanced Living offers weekly Yoga Classes. Yoga classes are held Monday & Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm and Tuesday & Thursday mornings at 9:15 am.
Mind & Body: yoga. Contact: For more info or to participate please call 540.556.1611.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
5515 Williamson Rd
Roanoke, VA 24012-1439.
FREE Carolina Shag & Line Dance Lessons
art/dance/theater
Presented by STAR CITY SHAGGERS, Basic 1 starts Wednesday , September 5th. Every Wednesday 7pm, Blueberry Hill Restaurant & Lounge. Association members Dee Jays spin your favorite Shag & Beach tunes. Come join in with the greatest fun loving dancing the Roanoke Valley has to offer. No membership required and there is never a fee for lessons, dancing or fun. The motto is NO DUES, NO RULES, JUST DANCE.
Dance: shag. Cost: NO COVER CHARGE.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Blueberry Hill Restaurant & Lounge.
For more info visit www.shaggin4fun.com. Trout Unlimited Monthly Meeting
sports and recreation
2012 Raffle
The drawing for our 2012 raffle will be at our regular monthly meeting on February 15th. This is our primary fund raiser for the year and a lot of fun for everyone. We have a number of great items sponsored by Orvis. Prizes also include a custom fly box by Hans Loberg, a stay at Meadow Lane Lodge, a guided fishing trip on the South Holston and a set of golf clubs
in case you get tired for fishing.
Additional tickets will be available at the meeting before the drawing and are also avalilble at the Orvis store in Downtown Roanoke. You do not have to be present to win, but please come and join in the fun. We will also have a $1.00 drawing at the event and tickets for that can be purchased at the meeting as well.
Visitors are always welcome to join in the meeting!!
Cost: Free. Contact: Steve Minnix.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Hollins College-Moody Student Center.
For more info visit www.roanoketu.org. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:00 PM – Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Thursday, February 16, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. 14th Annual Used Book Sale
special/seasonal events
February 16-18 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
February 19 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Come out and shop through THOUSANDS of books, most for $2 or less! We replenish stock every day, so be sure to come back often.
All proceeds benefit our literacy efforts in the Valley.
We will also be holding a book drive at the mall on Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th (February). Book can be brought to the NRCC/Food Court Entrance on Friday from 8am until 7pm and Saturday 10am until 3pm. We will also be accepting book donations the days of the book sale.
We accept cash, personal checks and major credit cards.
Contact: Nia Indelicato, Executive Director.
Thursday, February 16, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Inside the NRV Mall (in the area between JC Penny’s and Victoria’s Secret) .
Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley 14th Annual Used Book Sale
community events
The LVNRV 14th Annual Used Book Sale will be held February 16-19, 2012, inside the NRV Mall (in the area between JC Penny’s and Victoria’s Secret) .
Come out and shop through THOUSANDS of books, most for $2 or less! We replenish stock every day, so be sure to come back often.
All proceeds benefit our literacy efforts in the Valley.
We will also be holding a book drive at the mall on Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th (February). Book can be brought to the NRCC/Food Court Entrance on Friday from 8am until 7pm and Saturday 10am until 3pm. We will accept book donations at the sale.
We accept cash, personal check and major credit cards.
Contact: Nia Indelicato, Executive Director.
Thursday, February 16, 2012 – Sunday, February 19, 2012.
New River Valley Mall
Christiansburg, VA.
Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Toddler Tales
kids/tween/teens
Toddler Tales is back at Amazement Square! Join us every Thursday at 10:30 am and again during Family Fun Night on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 6pm in the Big Red Barn for an interactive storytime and activity. Ages 4 and under are welcome with their guardians on both Thursday mornings and on Family Fun Night.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 11:30 AM.
Amazement Square.
For more info visit www.amazementsquare.com. Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. Hollins University Founder's Day
community events
Hollins Founder's Day speaker Candice Ransom MA '08 will give her address on Margaret Wise Brown. Ransom is a children's book author and Hollins Graduate Program in Children's Literature faculty member. Part of Hollins University's yearlong Margaret Wise Brown Festival celebrating the huge body of work, including many timeless masterpieces of childhood, the author produced during her brief life.
Hollins' annual Founder's Day program honors the birth of its founder, Charles Lewis Cocke, who was born on February 21, 1820. In addition to the convocation, members of the senior class and a member of the campus community chosen by that class process to the Cocke family cemetery at the southeast end of campus and place a wreath on Mr. Cocke's grave.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 4:30 PM.
duPont Chapel, Hollins University.
Wheel Thrown Pottery
art/dance/theater
Thurs, Feb 16-March 15
5:30-8:30 pm
Get your hands dirty and learn the basic techniques of wheel thrown pottery! Learn the fundamentals, skills, and history in wheel thrown pottery. Students will be able to produce cylinders and bowls with consistency.
Instructor: Brian Tucker
Cost: $89, Supplies: $15.
Cost: 89, Supply Fee: $15. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112.
Beginning Photoshop
art/dance/theater
Thurs, Feb 9-March 1
6:00-8:00 pm
Students will learn to enhance and modify digital images in this hands-on introductory course. Focus will be upon working with the controls and using simple exercises to learn what each function does. Downloading digital images to e-mail, correction of redeye, simple correction of color, and learn which quick keys to use to jump from one function to another.
Instructor: Rick Dawson
Cost: $49.
Cost: 49. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville VA 24112.
Ladies Night at Metro!
music and nightlife
Food and drink specials...
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
14 Campbell Ave SE
Roanoke, VA 24011.
For more info visit www.metroroanoke.com. Reiki
mind and body
Loving Touch Center, a school for learning and healing, offers free meditation and mini Reiki healing sessions the first and third Thursdays of the month from 6-8 pm at the Rocky Mount Library in Franklin County.
Mind & Body: meditation. Cost: free. Contact: call Samuel or Anita, Reiki Master Teachers at 540.482.0805.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Zumba
mind and body
Move your feet to a Latin beat for a fun cardio workout that will tone and trim your body! Register and pay by first day of class monthly.
Cost: $20.00-$30.00. Contact: jamey.love@lynchburgva.gov.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
Fairview Center
Lynchburg Parks and Recreation
3621 Campbell Ave.
Lynchburg, 24501.
For more info visit www.lynchburgva.gov. Beginner Archery Ages 12-15
kids/tween/teens
Gain knowledge, skills and experience in this two-session class. Participants, ages 12-15 will learn using state of the art re-curve bows and equipment. This fun and exciting class will not only teach you how to safely and efficiently shoot your bow, but also maximize accuracy and efficiency.
Cost: CR $27 NCR $34. Contact: Outdoor Recreation 434-799-5215.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 6:30 PM – Thursday, February 23, 2012, 8:00 PM.
Meets at Coates Recreation Center
Danville, VA.
RU Spring Honors Recital
music and nightlife
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Performance Hall in the Covington Center, Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Author of "The Ring Scar" Loren Graham to Speak
community events
Loren Graham studied as a writer and composer at Oklahoma Baptist University, and he received an M.A. in English from Baylor University and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Virginia. He has since taught English and creative writing in Virginia and in Montana, where he currently is associate professor in languages and literature at Carroll College. His first book of poetry, "Mose" (1994), the story of a prison inmate in Texas, was called "a remarkable achievement" by the "Richmond Times-Dispatch," "a narrative both rich in allusion and motivations, a long poem both complex and yet easily approachable by the general reader, and, finally, staggering in its delineation of life gone wrong." His second book, "The Ring Scar" (2010), is the story of a divorce as told through the voices of the husband and wife. He was one of just 42 American poets chosen from over 1,000 applicants to receive a $25,000 fellowship in 2009 from the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for this event is provided by the Dee H…
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:15 PM.
Green Drawing Room, Main, Hollins University.
Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 PM – Friday, February 17, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Friday, February 17, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Friday, February 17, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
SheVaCon
community events
SheVaCon is celebrating it's 20th year as the largest Multi-Media Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror convention in Southwestern Virginia.
We offer many fun events and great programming focusing on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Workshops, panel-discussions, art show & artist alley, dealer's room, costume contest, costumed fan groups, auctions, PC & console gaming, RPG/LARP gaming, Video and Anime screenings.... and so much more!
After December 31, 2011 - prices will go up $5.00 at the door.
Cost: Weekend Pass: $40.00/adult $25/children 8-12 until Dec. 31, 2011.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM – Sunday, February 19, 2012, 5:00 PM.
Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Ave
Roanoke, VA 24016-2025.
For more info visit www.shevacon.org. Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. Buchanan Souper Supper
food/wine/libations
Buchanan’s Special Events Committee invite you to enjoy a hearty meal of soup, vegetables, fresh baked bread and dessert. Enjoy your choice of Taco Soup, Chicken Noodle Soup and Potato Soup.
Cost: Adults $7 and Children 12 and under $3. Contact: Buchanan Downtown Revitalization Program at 540-254-1212.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Community House at 421 Lowe Street in downtown Buchanan.
Kroger Cabin Fever Series
music and nightlife
The Embers started making music playing a mix of rhythm and blues and heart and soul that came to be known as Beach Music. Over the years they've played for presidents and princes, students and bankers, at the beach and in the city, on record and in concert. A musical marvel, the Embers have survived disco, punk, new wave, hip-hop and house and continue to take the stage as one of the tightest and entertaining bands to ever perform.
They've been inducted into the South Carolina Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame and act as North Carolina's Official Musical Ambassadors. They've opened for the Rolling Stones, done commercials for Budweiser, played the Olympics and President Clinton's inauguration, and created the soundtrack for endless summers. If you've seen their show once, you've undoubtedly come back for more. The classics never go out of style. An Embers show at Cabin Fever Series is just what the doctor would order for those post holiday winter nights!
Music: pop, R&B, soul. Cost: Single Dance Party Tickets $17.00 - Advance Ticket, $20.00 - "Day of Concert". Contact: EventZone.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Roanoke Civic Center.
For more info visit www.cabinfeverseries.org. 5th Annual Radford Roosting Festival/Vulture Fest
festivals/fairs
Follow the amazing true story of several bird species as they migrate hundreds of miles to survive the changing seasons over a four-year period in the film “Winged Migration.” Then learn about some of the common species you may encounter during the Great Backyard Bird Count 2012 and pick up your data form to kick off the Festival!
Contact: Deb Cooney at 540-267-3153.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
McHarg Elementary School - 700 Twelfth Street Radford, VA 24141.
Guest Artist Recital: Mark O'Connor, violin
music and nightlife
Acclaimed violinist Mark O'Connor returns to the concert stage performing his solo recital after more than a decade. From foot stomping fiddle tunes to ragtime, free improvisation, jazz and blues, O'Connor provides a memorable evening of breathtaking performances. His c...reative journey began at the feet of a pair of musical giants--folk fiddler Benny Thomasson and then French jazz violinst Stephane Grappelli. He has "crosssed over so many boundaries, that his style is purely personal" (Los Angeles Times). The Center For the Arts at Virginia Tech is bringing Mark O' Connor to work with the students of the Virginia Tech String Project, to teach and present masterclasses. This performance is co-presented by the Lyric Theatre. Tickets will be $40 general public, $34 seniors, $16 students and youth under 18. Tickets will be available at the Lyric Theatre online (general tickets only) at www.thelyric.com or by calling 951-4771 or stopping by M-F during regular box office hours, 10am to 2pm. Tickets go on sale Dec…
Music: classical. Cost: $40 general, $34 senior, $16 student. Contact: http://www.thelyric.com.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
The Lyric Theater, 135 College Ave, Blacksburg, VA.
For more info visit www.music.vt.edu. Mark O’Connor, Reprise, Solo Violin Recital
community events
Acclaimed violinist Mark O’Connor returns to the concert stage performing his solo recital after more than a decade. From old-fashioned fiddle tunes to ragtime, free improvisation, jazz and blues, O’Connor provides a memorable evening of performances. This performance is co-presented with The Lyric Theatre.
Cost: General admission, $40; seniors, $34; students and ages 17 and younger, $16. Contact: Susan Bland, subland@vt.edu.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 8:00 PM.
The Lyric Theatre
135 College Avenue
Blacksburg, VA 24060.
For more info visit www.thelyric.com. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 9:00 PM – Saturday, February 18, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Saturday, February 18, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Physicians On Foot
community events
The doctors of Carilion Clinic are putting on their walking shoes! The health of the Valley is very important to us! That's why we encourage you to lace up your walking shoes and join our weekly walking program. We'll be with you every step of the way on the path toward a healthier you.
Cost: Free. Contact: 540-981-7684 during inclement weather.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Tanglewood Mall in roanoke - Group meets near JC Penny.
For more info visit www.carilionclinic.org. Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. 5th Annual Radford Roosting Festival/Vulture Fest
festivals/fairs
9:00-10:30 AM – bird walk with Radbird's local bird expert Clyde Kessler in Wildwood Park
1:00-5:00 PM: McHarg School, 700 Twelfth Street, Radford - We'll have crafts for kids, a photo contest, live animal appearances, a bluebird presentation by Carl Hansen and more. Bring your completed GBBC count forms and we will post results to the GBBC website.
Contact: Deb Cooney at 540-267-3153.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
McHarg Elementary School - 700 Twelfth Street Radford, VA 24141.
Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Zen Meditation
mind and body
Stone Mountain Zendo is a Zen Buddhist medi-
tation group that meets three times a week to
support our practice and deepen our under-standing of the Buddhadharma. Please contact us before your first visit. Richard 293-1873.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
We meet in the basement of Christ Episcopal Church, corner of Franklin Road and Washington Avenue in Old Southwest. Please use the back stairs.
Two Research Class series
community events
First class-7th annual Beginning Genealogy series of interest to beginners, to those with many scraps of paper but no idea about how to organize this information nor how to retrieve it, to how to start basic internet research.
Second class-follow up of 4 hands-on Internet Research classes held from 7-9 PM, and going from 2 Mondays on March 12 & 19, plus 2 Fridays on March 16 & 23.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Bedford Public Library
321 N Bridge Street
Bedford, VA 24523.
Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. Homemade Weights
kids/tween/teens
You don't need a gym membership to exercise and build muscle. Learn how to make weights from everyday recycled materials in your home - this activity is good for you and good for the Earth! What can you do with 30 minutes and a few empty milk jugs?
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Amazement Square
27 9th Street
Lynchburg VA, 24504.
For more info visit www.amazementsquare.com. Live Glass Blowing Demonstrations
art/dance/theater
Come by and see live glass blowing demonstrations every Saturday afternoon. Browse the gallery and see a variety of hand blown glass art, hand turned wood pieces, paintings and pottery on display.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Hot Taffy Glass
Located at The Grainery
220 Franklin Street
Rocky Mount, VA 24151.
3rd Annual MARDI GRAS COSTUME BALL
music and nightlife
Everybody knows that Floyd likes to party. Everybody knows that Floyd likes to dance. And almost everybody knows that Floyd’s Mardi Gras provides the best opportunity to do both.
Now in its third year, this FUNdraiser for Blue Mountain School has presented some of the region’s finest talent. And this event promises to be the best year yet, with a five-piece all-star band featuring Kerry Hurley (vocals), Janiah Allen (drums), Chris Blankenship (guitar), Christophe Mondot (keyboard) and Jake Dempsey (bass), plus a host of special guests, and two opening bands loaded with Blue Mountain School alumni: Spoon Fight and Attakk.
Let’s have a look at the main act:
• Kerry Hurley is the front man for the Fat Daddy Blues Band and the Lenny Marcus New Orleans jazz quartet, president and founder of the Blue Ridge Blues Society, and presenter of Blues With A Feeling on The Music Place;
• Janiah Allen is the centerpiece of reggae-fusion outfit Alliens;
• Chris Blankenship is constantly in demand as one of the reg…
Music: afro-beat, alternative, blues, cajun, classic rock, funk, fusion, garage, gospel, grunge, hard core, indie, jam band, latin, metal, neo-soul, progressive, R&B, reggae, rock, roots music, soul, zydeco. Cost: • Barons & Baronnes (standing room): $8 advance / $10 at door • Ducs & Duchesses (reserved seating): $20 • Archiducs & Archiduchesses (reserved seating at raised table, with complimentary bottle of champagne and dinner included): $320 for table of 8 • Grand Ducs & Grande Duchesses (reserved seating at raised table, with two complimentary bottles of champagne and dinner included): $360 for table of 8. Contact: Jamie Reygle.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7:00 PM – Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:30 AM.
Sun Music Hall
302 S. Locust St
Floyd, VA.
For more info visit www.bluemountainschool.net. Guest Voice Recital, Lucy Owen Hoyt
special/seasonal events
Radford University presents Lucy Owen Hoyt, Soprano, as a guest recital on February 18th at 8pm. Free Admission.
Cost: Free Admission. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Performance Hall in the Covington Center, Radford University.
Ed Miller
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
Ed Miller has been hailed as "one of the finest singers to come out of the Scottish Folksong Revival" and as "one of Scotland's best singing exports." Originally from Edinburgh, he has for many years been based in Austin, TX where he gained graduate degrees in Folklore and Geography at the University of Texas. In addition to his singing career, Miller is the host of a folk music program on Austin's NPR station, KUT-FM.
Presented by GJ Productions 540-589-0546.
Ticket Price: $18, Students and 21 & under-$9.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 PM.
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
22 Kirk Avenue SW
Roanoke VA 24011.
For more info visit www.songsofscotland.com. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 9:00 PM – Sunday, February 19, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Sunday, February 19, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Sunday, February 19, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Art Exhibition: Olin Gallery: Rob Humphreys-Cornucopia Smoyer Gallery: Kit Keith-Troubled Girls and Home Economics
art/dance/theater
• January 20th at 5:30 in Olin Recital Hall-Artist Lecture-Rob Humphreys
• January 20th from 6-8 in Smoyer Gallery-Opening Reception
Mr. Humphreys is a painter, printmaker, and maker of objects. Many people have known him personally: but not his work which he religiously hides and often enough destroys. Come look at the work.*
*Paraphrased and appropriated from Balthus, 1968
Kit got her start as a painter assisting her father, a self-taught artist, sign-painter and a master gold leaf letterer. Kit cites outsider art as an inspiration as she often will paint over a thrift store painting, incorporating the found imagery into her vision. Ms. Keith expresses her love of imagery from old magazines and advertisements. Kit's iconic portraits of elegant, wistful, figures, carefully placed on maps, old ledgers, and discarded papers are stoic, yet look as though they want to tell their stories. Her 12 year old son; Lincoln , is another driving force behind her creativity. His presence has inspired Ki…
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Talia Logan 540-375-2332 mlogan@roanoke.edu.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Galleries
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. Sunday Music
mind and body
Every Sunday, enjoy musical performances in the Atrium while enjoying a meal at Norah's Café.
The Stacy Hobbs, master harp guitarist, will be performing regional music.
Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Ave SE
Roanoke, VA 24011-1410.
For more info visit www.taubmanmuseum.org. Student Ensemble: The University Bands
music and nightlife
The University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band perform an afternoon concert under the baton of Travis Cross. Student Ensemble Concerts are $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student. Tickets are available at the venue door beginning one hour prior to the performance.
Music: other. Cost: $5 general, $3 senior, and $3 student. Contact: http://www.music.vt.edu.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Old Dominion Ballroom, Virginia Tech, 290 College Ave, Blacksburg, VA.
For more info visit www.music.vt.edu. Deo Gloria concert
music and nightlife
Music: a'cappella, americana, appalachian roots music, classical, folk, gospel, religious. Cost: Free. Contact: 540-552-2411.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Christ Episcopal Church, corner of Church and Jackson Streets, Blacksburg, Virginia.
58: The Film
community events
FAST. FORWARD. THE END OF POVERTY.
A Call for All Pastors, Youth Leaders and anyone who cares about helping those living in extreme global poverty
The Church of the Holy Spirit, 6011 Merriman Rd. Roanoke, VA invites you to join them on Sunday, February 19 at 5 p.m. to view:
58: The Film – A Compelling, feature-length documentary:
Witness bravery and determined faith in a journey that takes you all over the world, beginning in the slums of Kenya and ending in the streets of New York. Confront the brutality of extreme poverty and meet those who live out the True Fast of Isaiah 58 and create stunning new possibilities for the future.
58: aspires to become the largest, most unified effort ever by the global church to help the 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty.
For more information please contact Kim Motley at 342-3122 or Church of the Holy Spirit at 772-4915.
Cost: free. Contact: Kim Motley, 342-3122 or Church of the Holy Spirit at 772-4915.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Church of the Holy Spirit
6011 Merriman Rd. Roanoke, VA.
Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 9:00 PM – Monday, February 20, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Monday, February 20, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Monday, February 20, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
OPEN for President's Day!
kids/tween/teens
Amazement Square will be open from 1PM-5PM in honor of President's Day!
Monday, February 20, 2012, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Amazement Square
27 9th Street
Lynchburg VA, 24504.
For more info visit www.amazementsquare.com. Yoga at Balanced Living Yoga Studio
mind and body
Balanced Living offers weekly Yoga Classes. Yoga classes are held Monday & Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm and Tuesday & Thursday mornings at 9:15 am.
Mind & Body: yoga. Contact: For more info or to participate please call 540.556.1611.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
5515 Williamson Rd
Roanoke, VA 24012-1439.
The Salem Museum Speaker Series
community events
The February program of the Salem Historical Society will commemorate Black History Month with a look back at the role of Dr. Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the Civil Rights struggle. The free talk will be Feb. 20 at 7:00 in the Ritter room of the Salem Museum.
The speaker will be Dr. Perneller Chubb Wilson, a well-known activist in the Roanoke Valley. Dr. Wilson will address the influence of King and the SCLC on our nation’s history and on her own interest in Civil Rights. Wilson was a leader in getting a bridge in Roanoke named for King and a memorial sculpture dedicated in his honor.
This program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served afterwards. Call 389-6760 for more information.
The Salem Museum is located at 801 East Main Street in Salem, and is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 to 4, and Saturday from noon to five. No admission is charged for the Museum galleries.
Cost: free. Contact: The Salem Museum.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Salem Museum
801 East Main Street
Salem, VA 24153.
Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 9:00 PM – Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Nationally Acclaimed Author, Speaker, and Syndicated Columnist, John Rosemond, to Speak at Faith Christian School in Roanoke
community events
Faith Christian School, a distinctively Christian classical school serving students in grades K - 12, is pleased to welcome internationally recognized speaker, author and child psychologist, John Rosemond, to its campus on Tuesday, February 21.
John is syndicated in approximately 225 newspapers nationwide. He has written fourteen best-selling parenting books. He is also one of America’s busiest and most popular speakers and most certainly the busiest and most popular in his field. He’s known for his sound advice, humor and easy, relaxed, engaging style.
In the past few years, John has appeared on numerous national television programs including 20/20, Good Morning America, The View, The Today Show, CNN, as well as numerous print interviews.
John will be speaking at Faith Christian School on Tuesday, February 21 at 9:30 a.m. on “Parenting with Love and Leadership,” and at 6:30 p.m. on “Parenting the Strong-Willed Child.”
Tickets for either event are $10 in advance and are available at Faith Christi…
Cost: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Contact: Faith Christian School 540-769-5200.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:30 AM.
Faith Christian School
3585 Buck Mountain Road
Roanoke, VA 24018.
Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
West End Community Market
community events
100% fresh and local, pasture raised meats, rainbow trout, organic fruit & produce, cut flowers, artisan baked goods, cheeses, prepared foods, and much more.
SNAP-EBT benefits accepted and doubled.
Year round rain or shine.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
West End Center for Youth on the corner of Patterson Ave. and 13th Street SW.
For more info visit www.leapforlocalfood.org. Intro to Woodworking Hand Tools
art/dance/theater
Tues, Feb 21- March 20
5:30-8:30 pm
This class covers the maintenance, sharpening, and use of basic hand tools, including chisels, planes; spoke shaves, marking knives, hand saws, and scrapers. Students will build two hand planes and practice hand tool use.
Instructor: Smitty Grogan
Cost: $89.
Cost: 89. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112.
Machine Sewing Techniques
art/dance/theater
Tues, Feb 21-March 20
5:30-8:30 pm
Students will learn the basic professional techniques used in the construction of garments. Sewing techniques which include cutting, construction, and finishing are explored, using machine to create simple garments in varying types of fabric.
Instructor: Karen Despot
Cost: $89.
Cost: 89. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112.
Zen Meditation
mind and body
Stone Mountain Zendo is a Zen Buddhist medi-
tation group to meets weekly to support and deepen our practice of the Buddhadharma. All are welcomed! Please contact us before your first visit on Facebook or Richard 293-1873.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
We meet in the basement of Christ Episcopal Church, corner of Franklin Road and Washington Avenue in the Old South-west. Please use the back stairs.
Zumba
mind and body
Move your feet to a Latin beat for a fun cardio workout that will tone and trim your body! Register and pay by first day of class monthly.
Cost: $20.00-$30.00. Contact: jamey.love@lynchburgva.gov.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
Fairview Center
Lynchburg Parks and Recreation
3621 Campbell Ave.
Lynchburg, 24501.
For more info visit www.lynchburgva.gov. American Legion, Post 3, BINGO!
community events
Contact: 389-3773.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
710 Apperson Drive, Salem, VA.
Lent Season
community events
Come as you are and join us.
-Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper 2/21 @ 6:00
-Ash Wednesday 2/22 @ 6;00.
Cost: Free. Contact: Bethany Christian Church.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:00 PM.
3115 Fleming Ave. NW
Roanoke Virginia.
Blacksburg Old Time Jam
music and nightlife
Open jam featuring old-time mountain music, every Tuesday night 7-10 PM. Dancers welcome. Special late evening menu available at Gillies Restaurant.
Music: bluegrass, country, old-time. Contact: 540.961.2703.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Gillies Restaurant
153 College Ave
Blacksburg VA.
For more info visit www.nrot.org. The Glass Menagerie
art/dance/theater
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Williams' birth, director Bob McGrath re-envisions this well-known and beloved classic of the American stage. This memory play is an intimate glimpse of the fragile human heart and is thought to be the most autobiographical of Williams' works. $10 general; $8 senior/student. Tickets at www.tickets.vt.edu or 540 231-5615.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM.
Squires Haymarket Theater, Virginia Tech, 290 College Ave, Blacksburg, VA.
For more info visit www.theatrecinema.vt.edu. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:00 PM – Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Second Presbyterian Church's Lenten Services and Luncheons
community events
Please join us for the Wednesday Lenten Services at Second Presbyterian Church. Optional luncheons follow in Fellowship Hall. The preachers include: Dr. William R. Klein (Feb. 22); the Rev. David L. Henry (Feb. 29); the Rev. Joshua Robinson (Mar. 7); the Rev. Rachel Achtemeier Rhodes (Mar. 14); Dr. William L. Lee (Mar. 21); the Rev. Elizabeth N. Howell (Mar. 28). Also, on April 5, a special Maundy Thursday service and luncheon will be held; Pastor Emeritus Dr. William R. Klein will lead the communion service that day.
Cost: Optional luncheon: $5 for adults; $3 for children. Contact: info@spres.org.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM.
Second Presbyterian Church; 214 Mountain Avenue, SW; Roanoke, VA 24016.
Basic Glass Fusing
art/dance/theater
Wed, Feb 15-March 14
5:30-8:30 pm
Students will be introduced to the basics of glass fusing. You will learn to cut glass, select the correct types of glass, and design a project.
Instructor: Amy Reed
Cost: $89, Supplies: $20.
Cost: 89, Supply Fee: $20. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112.
American Legion, Post 3, BINGO!
community events
Contact: 389-3773.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
710 Apperson Drive, Salem, VA.
Yoga at Balanced Living Yoga Studio
mind and body
Balanced Living offers weekly Yoga Classes. Yoga classes are held Monday & Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm and Tuesday & Thursday mornings at 9:15 am.
Mind & Body: yoga. Contact: For more info or to participate please call 540.556.1611.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
5515 Williamson Rd
Roanoke, VA 24012-1439.
FREE Carolina Shag & Line Dance Lessons
art/dance/theater
Presented by STAR CITY SHAGGERS, Basic 1 starts Wednesday , September 5th. Every Wednesday 7pm, Blueberry Hill Restaurant & Lounge. Association members Dee Jays spin your favorite Shag & Beach tunes. Come join in with the greatest fun loving dancing the Roanoke Valley has to offer. No membership required and there is never a fee for lessons, dancing or fun. The motto is NO DUES, NO RULES, JUST DANCE.
Dance: shag. Cost: NO COVER CHARGE.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Blueberry Hill Restaurant & Lounge.
For more info visit www.shaggin4fun.com. The Glass Menagerie
art/dance/theater
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Williams' birth, director Bob McGrath re-envisions this well-known and beloved classic of the American stage. This memory play is an intimate glimpse of the fragile human heart and is thought to be the most autobiographical of Williams' works. $10 general; $8 senior/student. Tickets at www.tickets.vt.edu or 540 231-5615.
Theatre: play. Price: $10/General, $8 Senior/Student. Contact: http://www.theatrecinema.vt.edu.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM.
Squires Haymarket Theater, Virginia Tech, 290 College Ave, Blacksburg, VA.
For more info visit www.tickets.vt.edu. Theatre Roanoke College Presents John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine”
art/dance/theater
In this delightful romantic comedy, the residents of mythical Almost, Maine, fall in and out of love in a collection of midwinter’s love stories that is sure to charm you. Almost, Maine is "…a whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance. Magical happenings bloom beneath the snowdrifts." —NY Times.
Limited seating, advance reservation recommended.
It is suitable for junior high school and older.
Theatre: play. Price: $7/$5. Contact: Olin Box Office 540-375-2333.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Theater
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. The Voice of the Prairie
art/dance/theater
February 22, 23, 24, 25 at 8pm & February 25 at 2pm
Rattling train cars, plunging cliff sides, hunger, danger waiting...sounds like the stuff of scintillating radio drama, but these were the adventures of two cast off kids called by the boundless, empty land of mid-America. John Olive's The Voice of the Prairie unites their moving story with the story of how the fledgling magic medium of radio transformed the American landscape.
Studio Theatre Series are free, however tickets for the productions should be picked up at the Box Office in Porterfield Hall during the week of the show.
Theatre: play. Price: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Studio Theatre, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 9:00 PM – Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Thursday, February 23, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
Toddler Tales
kids/tween/teens
Toddler Tales is back at Amazement Square! Join us every Thursday at 10:30 am and again during Family Fun Night on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 6pm in the Big Red Barn for an interactive storytime and activity. Ages 4 and under are welcome with their guardians on both Thursday mornings and on Family Fun Night.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 11:30 AM.
Amazement Square.
For more info visit www.amazementsquare.com. Wheel Thrown Pottery
art/dance/theater
Thurs, Feb 16-March 15
5:30-8:30 pm
Get your hands dirty and learn the basic techniques of wheel thrown pottery! Learn the fundamentals, skills, and history in wheel thrown pottery. Students will be able to produce cylinders and bowls with consistency.
Instructor: Brian Tucker
Cost: $89, Supplies: $15.
Cost: 89, Supply Fee: $15. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville, VA 24112.
Beginning Photoshop
art/dance/theater
Thurs, Feb 9-March 1
6:00-8:00 pm
Students will learn to enhance and modify digital images in this hands-on introductory course. Focus will be upon working with the controls and using simple exercises to learn what each function does. Downloading digital images to e-mail, correction of redeye, simple correction of color, and learn which quick keys to use to jump from one function to another.
Instructor: Rick Dawson
Cost: $49.
Cost: 49. Contact: 276-656-5461.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
The Artisan Center
54 West Church Street
Martinsville VA 24112.
Ladies Night at Metro!
music and nightlife
Food and drink specials...
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
14 Campbell Ave SE
Roanoke, VA 24011.
For more info visit www.metroroanoke.com. Zumba
mind and body
Move your feet to a Latin beat for a fun cardio workout that will tone and trim your body! Register and pay by first day of class monthly.
Cost: $20.00-$30.00. Contact: jamey.love@lynchburgva.gov.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
Fairview Center
Lynchburg Parks and Recreation
3621 Campbell Ave.
Lynchburg, 24501.
For more info visit www.lynchburgva.gov. The Glass Menagerie
art/dance/theater
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Williams' birth, director Bob McGrath re-envisions this well-known and beloved classic of the American stage. This memory play is an intimate glimpse of the fragile human heart and is thought to be the most autobiographical of Williams' works. $10 general; $8 senior/student. Tickets at www.tickets.vt.edu or 540 231-5615.
Theatre: play. Price: $10/General, $8 Senior/Student. Contact: http://www.theatrecinema.vt.edu.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM.
Squires Haymarket Theater, Virginia Tech, 290 College Ave, Blacksburg, VA.
For more info visit www.tickets.vt.edu. Theatre Roanoke College Presents John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine”
art/dance/theater
In this delightful romantic comedy, the residents of mythical Almost, Maine, fall in and out of love in a collection of midwinter’s love stories that is sure to charm you. Almost, Maine is "…a whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance. Magical happenings bloom beneath the snowdrifts." —NY Times.
Limited seating, advance reservation recommended.
It is suitable for junior high school and older.
Theatre: play. Price: $7/$5. Contact: Olin Box Office 540-375-2333.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Theater
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. The Voice of the Prairie
art/dance/theater
February 22, 23, 24, 25 at 8pm & February 25 at 2pm
Rattling train cars, plunging cliff sides, hunger, danger waiting...sounds like the stuff of scintillating radio drama, but these were the adventures of two cast off kids called by the boundless, empty land of mid-America. John Olive's The Voice of the Prairie unites their moving story with the story of how the fledgling magic medium of radio transformed the American landscape.
Studio Theatre Series are free, however tickets for the productions should be picked up at the Box Office in Porterfield Hall during the week of the show.
Theatre: play. Price: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Studio Theatre, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 9:00 PM – Friday, February 24, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.
RU Graduate Art Student Association Show
art/dance/theater
February 14 – March 2
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
RU graduate art students mount their own installations in various media.
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Friday, February 24, 2012.
Gallery 205, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. RU Juried Student Show
art/dance/theater
February 16 – March 2
Reception: February 16, 5 – 7 pm
An annual student competition with awards for best of show in the undergraduate and graduate division. The Juried Student Show is open to all Radford University students (pick up an entry form in Porterfield 205 or the Art Museum at the Covington Center).
Cost: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Friday, February 24, 2012.
RUAM Downtown Gallery
Radford, Virginia
For directions, go to: http://rumuseum.asp.radford.edu/spaces/direct.html.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. Goya, Dali, Warhol: Masterpieces of World Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
art/dance/theater
This exhibition showcases works of art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, one of the premier art museums in the country. The selection of art demonstrates the breadth, depth, and variety of our state art museum's collection. Viewers will be able experience art from ancient times to the 20th century.
Free admission.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
RU Art Museum at the Covington Center, Radford University.
Altavista On Track Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Brick Sale
special/seasonal events
Altavista On Track has launched Phase Three Two of the Founders Square commemorative brick program. A limited number of bricks are once again available for sale through the Spring of 2012. The area in front of Staunton River Memorial Library was designated as Founders Square by the Altavista Town Council.
This project provides an opportunity to honor or memorialize a loved one, church, civic group or business. Order forms will continue to be available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe for Phase Three of the project. For more details, call the Altavista On Track office at 434-944-5530 or you may download a form at
http://altavistaontrack.com/images/stories/pdfs/commemorative%20bricks_revi.pdf
Commemorative Brick orders for Phase Three are now being accepted. If you missed the opportunity to be a part of Altavista's rich history in Phase One and Two, then pick up or download an order form and be a part of Phase Thre…
Cost: $75 4"x8" brick up to 3 lines with 20 characters per line, $125 8"x8" brick with up to 6 lines with 20 characters per line. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Order forms to purchase the bricks are available at Town Hall, Staunton River Memorial Library, First National Bank, main branch-Broad Street, Bank of the James and Medicine Shoppe in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Jimmy's Cafe Print Sale
shopping and sales
Altavista On Track is currently offering a print by local artist Karen Blaesing. The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall or at AOT"S web site. The prints make a perfect nostalgic and affordable gift idea.
Cost: $30 each. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Altavista On Track office on second floor of Town Hall, Medicine Shoppe on Main Street, and Altavista Art and Antiques on Broad Street in Altavista.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Scenes from Behind the Wall: Images of East Berlin 1989/1990
art/dance/theater
This black and white photography exhibit features images from an eight-day trip through East Germany in December and January 1989-90 during the waning days of Communism. This exhibition has traveled throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum for Fine Arts in Richmond. It has served as a vehicle for presenting sensitive and revealing views of a nation that was on the verge of reunification. Photographs were taken by American photographer Page Chichester and Helmut Brinkman, a German photographer. Travelogue/Dialogue was written by Page Chichester and Katharina Giebel-Chichester. Katharina, an artist and West German native, composed the second part of the commentary in the catalogue as a recollection of growing up with memories of the Berlin Wall. School field trips encouraged.
Winter Hours: please check our website for our hours.
Art: art exhibition, art gallery. Cost: free. Contact: The Jacksonville Center for the Arts.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South Suite 1
Floyd, VA 24091.
MystiCon
community events
MystiCon is a weekend long Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Pop Culture Convention. This year MystiCon will host NYT best selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon, Battlestar Galactic actress Nicki Clyne, Dragonbreath artist Ursula Vernon and over 100 other distinguished guests!
Cost: $30. Contact: mysticon.mail@gmail.com.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 2:00 PM – Sunday, February 26, 2012, 5:00 PM.
Holiday Inn Tanglewood
4468 Starkey Road, SW
Roanoke, VA 24018.
For more info visit mysticon-va.com. Mr. Bill's Wine Cellar's Free Brooklyn Brewery Tasting!
food/wine/libations
Mr. Bill's Wine Cellar is hosting Free Brewery Tastings on the last Friday of the month and you can join us for second one on Friday, February 24 to sample Free Brooklyn Brewery Beers!
Stay tuned that week to see a writeup about Brooklyn Brewery in our newsletter!
You can also join our event online at www.facebook.com/mrbillswinecellar.
Cost: Free Event! Contact: info@mrbillswinecellar.com.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Mr. Bill's Wine Cellar
2825 Brambleton Avenue
Roanoke, Virginia 24015.
Theatre Roanoke College Presents John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine”
art/dance/theater
In this delightful romantic comedy, the residents of mythical Almost, Maine, fall in and out of love in a collection of midwinter’s love stories that is sure to charm you. Almost, Maine is "…a whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance. Magical happenings bloom beneath the snowdrifts." —NY Times.
Limited seating, advance reservation recommended.
It is suitable for junior high school and older.
Theatre: play. Price: $7/$5. Contact: Olin Box Office 540-375-2333.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 7:30 PM.
Roanoke College Olin Theater
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153.
For more info visit www.roanoke.edu. The Voice of the Prairie
art/dance/theater
February 22, 23, 24, 25 at 8pm & February 25 at 2pm
Rattling train cars, plunging cliff sides, hunger, danger waiting...sounds like the stuff of scintillating radio drama, but these were the adventures of two cast off kids called by the boundless, empty land of mid-America. John Olive's The Voice of the Prairie unites their moving story with the story of how the fledgling magic medium of radio transformed the American landscape.
Studio Theatre Series are free, however tickets for the productions should be picked up at the Box Office in Porterfield Hall during the week of the show.
Theatre: play. Price: Free. Contact: cvpa411@radford.edu.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Studio Theatre, Porterfield Hall
Radford University.
For more info visit www.radford.edu. John Hammond with Peter Bradley Adams
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
With a career that spans over three decades, John Hammond is one of handful of white blues musicians who was on the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-'60s. That revival, brought on by renewed interest in folk music around the U.S. brought about career boosts for many of the great classic blues players, including Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, and Skip James. Some critics have described Hammond as a white Robert Johnson, and Hammond does justice to classic blues by combining powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive vocals and a dignified stage presence.
http://rosebudus.com/hammond/
Peter Bradley Adams was formerly one half of the duo, Eastmountainsouth was signed by Robbie Robertson to DreamWorks Records in 2002. Since then, Adams has released four solo records.
"Adams is fast developing as a songwriter who both inspires and questions" - Nic Harcourt / Los Angeles Times Magazine - Jan 2010
One of the “21st-century writers whose songs are wo…
Ticket Price: $30.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 8:00 PM.
Kirk Avenue Music Hall
22 Kirk Avenue SW
Roanoke VA 24011.
Altavista On Track Raffle of "Jimmy's Cafe" original painting by Altavista artist Karen Blaesing
community events
Altavista On Track (AOT) will hold a raffle for the original painting of "Jimmy's Cafe" created by local artist Karen Blaesing. Tickets may be purchased at AOT's office at 510 Seventh Street, second floor or from any board member. For additional information please call (434) 944-5530.
Cost: $1 each or $4 for five tickets. Contact: Altavista On Track.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 9:00 PM – Saturday, February 25, 2012, 5:00 AM.
Altavista On Track
Second Floor Altavista Town Hall
510 Seventh Street
Altavista, VA.
For more info visit www.altavistaontrack.com. Altavista On Track Kick-Off Of Cell Phones For Soldier Collection Site
community events
More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers, and Altavista On Track are calling on all Americans to support these brave men and women by donating your unused cell phones. Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to collect over 1 Million cell phones this year to help keep troops connected with their families need to support our troops continue.” says Brittany Bergquist, Cell Phones for Soldiers co-founder. “It is easy for Americans to make a small sacrifice of support by donating their unused cell phones, and providing families with a much-needed connection to their loved ones overseas.”
Local residents can support the collection drive by donating their phones at Altavista Art and Antiques:
623 Broad St. Altavista, VA 24517 (434-)309-1375
Hours: Tues/Wed - 11am-6pm
Thurs/Fri - 11am-7pm
Sat - 10am-5pm
“We’re proud to show our support for U.S. soldiers, and to contribute to a worthy cause like Cell Phones
for Soliders,…
Cost: None. Contact: Jo Kelley.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 11:00 PM.
Altavista Arts & Antiques
623 Broad Street
Altavista, VA 24517.