April 20 to April 26, 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

Greg Koons

Time: 8pm
Place: The Water Heater, 813 5th Street SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: $5
Info: ”Gritty… strong tunesmithing and melodies. We have on this disc something of a musical movie. The currently running ‘The Wrestler’ comes to mind. It is in some way a window into the hearts and lives of the
broken and misbegotten.” -Vermont Times Argus (Feb. 09) Art Edlestein
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TUESDAY

Roanoke Symphony Orchestra: Behind The Silence

Time: 8pm
Place: Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave SW, Roanoke, VA
Info: Audubon Quartet and RSO Chamber Orchestra, David Wiley, piano and conductor, Leah Marer Wiley, soprano and narrator. Behind the Silence, The music lives on. Featuring the last works from their last days: Holocaust composers’ Forbidden Music.
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WEDNESDAY

It’s Earth Day! Hug Your Planet!

Collab Fest

Time: 7pm
Place: The Water Heater, 813 5th Street SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Collaborative Events seeks to provide an alternative to the customary experience of the gallery visitor. Rather than passively participating as mere visual spectators, the viewers become active participants in the experience. Collaborative works will be on display, and new works will be created during the event.
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Lecture and Film: Dru Carr, “Brave New West”

Time: 7pm
Place: Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Carr will present and discuss his documentary film, “Brave New West,” a story about the eccentric, humorous, and inspiring world of Jim Stiles, whose dedication and imagination produced one of America’s truly indie newspapers: “The Canyon Country Zephyr.”
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THURSDAY

John Cowan

Time: 7:30pm
Place: Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 22 Kirk Ave SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: $15
Info: Bluegrass, Newgrass, Rock N’ Rollgrass. True innovators defy easy categorization and John Cowan is the ultimate innovator. His ability to move easily between music styles and blend genres into creative new forms has made him one of the most significant voices in acoustic music.

Mission IMPROVable

Time: 8pm
Place: Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Price: $5 student ID, $7 public, free to Hollins community
Info: Mission IMPROVable began its ascent in Chicago five years ago and makes more than 200 college appearances a year.The show features a series of fast-paced improv games, or “missions.” Audience suggestions and participation control the action.
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THURSDAY-SATURDAY

Spring Dance Works

Time: 8:15pm
Place: Hollins University Theatre , Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Price: $10 adults, $5 children and seniors.
Info: Hollins Repertory Dance Company (HRDC) is made up of undergraduate dance majors, garnering national attention for imaginative, energy-filled performances. Thursday-Saturday, 8:15pm.
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FRIDAY

Enter The Haggis giveaway later this week

Time: 9pm
Place: Sun Music Hall, Floyd, VA
Price: $16 In Advance, $20 Day of Show
Info: To engage this quintet is to indulge rock, fusion, bluegrass, traditional Celtic fare, folk, even Latin flavors. There aren’t many groups in North America who could lay claim to possibly 18 different genres of music, but Toronto’s Enter The Haggis is one of them. To engage this quintet is to indulge rock, fusion, bluegrass, traditional Celtic fare, agitpop, folk, even Latin flavors. Sounds awfully confused, right? Wrong. ETH is one of those rare jewels that actually pulls it all off as if to own everything.
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SATURDAY

The Neon Man and Me

Time: 6:30pm, 8pm
Place: The Water Heater, 813 5th Street SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: TBA
Info: From the mind and heart of award winning comedian Slash Coleman come 30 characters who tell an expressive, touching, and very funny story of one young man’s struggle to come to terms with the death of his best friend. “Destined to be a Hit!” – NPR. Two shows, one evening: 6:30pm and 8pm.
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That Seventies Event giveaway later this week

Time: 8pm
Place: Science Museum of Western Virginia, One Market Square, Roanoke, VA
Price: $50 in advance, $60 at the door
Info: Last spring, the Museum celebrated its founding in 1970. The event was a huge success, with live music, great food, and party-goers in their grooviest 70s-style attire! Expect another great party in 2009, with 70s dance hits by Monkey Fuzz, and dinner by Carrabba’s Italian Grill.
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SUNDAY

HER SEXY OUTFIT from Lysistrata

Time: 7:30pm
Place: Haymarket Theatre, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Price: $9 General, $7 Senior/Student
Info: Expect the unexpected as Director Bob McGrath brings Lysistrata’s plea for peace into this 21st century multi-media music/theatre experience. Aristophanes’ satire has women of Athens and Sparta refusing their husbands/lovers sexual favors to end a 21-year war.
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