June 29 to July 5, 2009

Have a happy and safe Fourth of July everyone! YOUR WEEK IN EVENTS IS WAITING! So get out there and heart your community! If you want to see everything happenin’ in our greater Roanoke Valley and beyond, 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!

WEDNESDAY

Car Less Brit Museum Wonder-Filled Grand Opening

Time: 6pm
Place: Car Less Brit Museum, 310 2nd Street, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Featuring bike culture exhibits, interactive bike activities for all ages, a bike lane for the little ones, bike music, bike food and extra bike fun!
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

“A Bicycle Obsession” Opening

Time: 6pm
Place: Virginia Museum of Transportation, 303 Norfolk Ave., Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: David Saville’s bike collection chronicling a century of cycling featuring early cycling history as well as the various Tours; de France, DuPont, du Trump.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

“Remembering Artie Levin” Opening

Time: 6pm
Place: Virginia Museum of Transportation, 303 Norfolk Ave., Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Bike and artifacts belonging to Roanoke’s own “Mr. Fitness.” Visitors are encouraged to bike between the 3 events above, or enjoy a free vintage transit ride.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

Surrealist Pot Luck!

Time: 7pm
Place: The Water Heater, 813 5th Street SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: The terms for this public Collab Fest event is to create a “surrealist” food dish to contribute to the Collab Feast. Concoct as weird a recipe as your unconscious mind can dream up, it must be edible. Surreal Appétit!
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

FRIDAY

Cadillac Sky

Time: 8pm
Place: Kirk Ave Music Hall, 22 Kirk Ave, Roanoke VA
Price: $20
Info: Original, innovative, fearless, ambitious, propulsive, a marvel of emotion and razor sharp focus… these are the words of those that have had a chance to hear one of American music’s most compelling bands.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

SATURDAY – INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Power Tool Drag Race

Time: 1pm
Place: Wilson Hughes Gallery, 117 Campbell Avenue SW, Roanoke VA
Price: FREE
Info: Take a power tool, say a circular saw, and attach rollerblade wheels to it and you have a power tool drag racer! Competitors race their creations in 12” wide plywood troughs.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

Music for Americans

Time: 5pm
Place: River’s Edge Sports Complex, Wiley Drive, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Roanoke’s largest July 4th celebration, complete with family activities, live patriotic music from the Big Lick Brass Band and Abbey Road LIVE plus spectacular fireworks at 9:30pm.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

Smith Mountain Lake Fireworks

Time: 5pm
Place: Parkway Marina, Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Live music by The Worx, custom bike show, antique and custom car show, rides for the kids including the Parkway Marina carousel, great food and beverages, and spectacular fireworks at dusk!
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

SUNDAY

Argentine Tango Lessons

Time: 7:30pm beginner; 8:30pm advanced
Place: The Water Heater, 813 5th Street SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: $10 per class or $50 for 6wks
Info: Born in the back streets of Buenas Ares and frowned upon by the elite , Tango has been embraced by the dance world, heels recom for ladies, dress shoes for men.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE

Jazz Sundays

Time: 7pm
Place: 202 Market, 202 Market Street, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Spend your Sunday evenings listening to jazz in the CityBar at 202 Market downtown. Featuring the ultra-talented James Pace on the Hammond B3 Organ with Greg Ayers and others! Every Sunday in July.
LINK TO EVENT PAGE