March 30 to April 5, 2009

YOUR WEEK IN EVENTS IS WAITING! So get out there and heart your community! If you want to see everything happenin’ in our fantastic little corner of Virginia, check out our main calendar of events here or for the best of the best, pick up A Useful Paper today! It’s all FREE, yo!

MONDAY

Green Home Tour Class: Energy Efficiency and Your Home

TIME :: 6:30pm
PLACE :: YMCA at VT – Y Center, 1000 North Main St, Blacksburg, VA
PRICE :: $10
DETAILS :: In this workshop youʼll learn about making your home healthier and more energy efficient. Weʼll cover what a Home Performance Assessments (aka Energy Audit), including the diagnostic tests that can be performed on your home to find problems. We will discuss solutions available to improve energy efficiency and indoor air quality, comfort, and durability of your home. Cecile Newcomb is Home Performance Director for Energy Check and a Certified HERS rater.
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TUESDAY

Stroller Strides

TIME :: 9am – 10am
PLACE :: Tanglewood Mall, 4420 Electric Rd, Roanoke, VA
DETAILS :: A Fitness Program for Moms with their babies! First class is FREE!
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WEDNESDAY

LINCOLN in 3-D

TIME :: 7pm
PLACE :: Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave SW, Roanoke, VA
PRICE :: FREE
DETAILS :: During this bicentennial anniversary year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, take a fascinating 3-D journey through the times of his momentous presidency when Civil War photography experts Bob Zeller and John Richter present Lincoln in 3-D, a photographic, stereoscopic history of one of our greatest presidents.
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THURSDAY

Lola Starfish Launch Party*

TIME :: 5pm
PLACE :: Claire V. inside Twist & Turns, 128 Campbell Ave SE, Roanoke, VA
PRICE :: FREE
DETAILS :: claire V. is launching a fab new line of beach inspired bags. Made from eco-friendly recycled corn husk, Lola Starfish walks lightly on the earth and strongly down the runway. Come and see what Lucky Magazine, Yoga Journal, Women’s World and Baltimore Magazine have picked for their spring issues!
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Charlie Hunter Duo*

TIME :: 8pm
PLACE :: Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke, VA
PRICE :: $20
DETAILS :: “I knew that I wanted to do this with my life from when I was 16”, says Hunter. He picked up his first guitar at age 12 for $7, and a few years later was taking lessons from Joe Satriani, who at that time was just another guitar teacher. “People can’t believe that but I was just another Berkeley kid, every Berkeley kid took lessons from Satriani.”
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FRIDAY

An Irish Homecoming*

SOLD OUT!
TIME :: 8pm
PLACE :: Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA
PRICE :: $26-$51
DETAILS :: Blending ancestral tradition and musical mastery, Irish chanteuse Maura O’Connell teams with the all-female Celtic ensemble Cherish The Ladies for an evening of high spirits and merry-making. To top off the exuberant collaboration, fiddler Liz Carroll and guitarist and singer John Doyle join in along with an all-star dance ensemble.
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SATURDAY

World Pillow Fight Day

TIME :: 2pm
PLACE :: Century Plaza between Kirk & Church Ave, Roanoke, VA
PRICE :: FREE
DETAILS :: Join the largest pillow fight in the world! Cities around the globe will wage pillow war on April 4th, including yours truly, Roanoke, VA! Show up at 2pm sharp with a pillow in hand, feathers work best, no stuffed animals, eyeballs hurt!! Costumes 100% encouraged!
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The Five Deadly Venoms

TIME :: 8pm
PLACE :: Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke, VA
PRICE :: $8
DETAILS :: There is nothing deadly or venomous about this band unless you consider great vocals and playing like a cool stream over rocks, with wind and sunsets overhead to be feared… The Five Deadly Venoms have quickly and rightfully earned a reputation at the top of New York City’s vibrant bluegrass scene.
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SUNDAY

Sunday Music with Scott Perry

TIME :: 1pm
PLACE :: Taubman Museum of Art
PRICE :: Free
DETAILS :: Every Sunday, enjoy musical performances in the Atrium while enjoying a meal at Norah’s Café. Scott Perry’s music celebrates the acoustic music created and recorded in the early years of the 20th century. His performances draw inspiration from traditional blues, ragtime, old time, honky tonk, western swing jazz and mountain guitar.
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NOTE…

Any event in this list marked with a “*” means we’ve got fantastic giveaways coming so keep checking the site this week for your chance to win!