July 13 to July 19, 2009

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!

THURSDAY

Barbara Bernstein: Opening/Lecture

Time: 6pm
Place: Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: “Things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise “incorporates architectural references culled from the university’s historic campus and interpreted in unfamiliar, surprising ways. Exhibit through August 22.

Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament

Time: 7pm
Place: POPS, 1916 Memorial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: Come throw your best Rock, Paper, and Scissors at POPS. No experience necessary to enter, winners take home a Pop’s prize and the pride of being Roanoke’s premier hand-shape competitors!
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Chris Knight

Time: 8pm
Place: Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 22 Kirk Ave, Roanoke, VA
Price: $15
Info: Singer/songwriter and artist of fierce instinct and uncommon paradox, returns after wowing Roanoke with an amazing show last fall… alternately raw and rocking, quietly powerful and significantly truthful.
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FRIDAY

Confederate Goliath

Time: 6:30pm
Place: Taubman Museum of Art, 110 Salem Ave SE, Roanoke, VA
Price: $6.50
Info: The Taubman Museum of Art brings this documentary film based on the chronicles of the battle to capture Fort Fisher and close the port of Wilmington, NC during the American Civil War.
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FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Looney Tunes on The Big Screen

Time: 10am
Place: Grandin Theatre, 1310 Grandin Road, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE
Info: The Grandin Theatre has teamed up with the Greater Raleigh Court Civic League to bring you FREE Looney Tunes! Every Friday and Saturday, all shows start at 10am and are FREE for everyone!
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SATURDAY

Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival

Time: 12pm-10pm
Place: Elmwood Park, Downtown Roanoke, VA
Price: $15 Advance, $20 Gate
Info: Presented by The Blue Ridge Blues Society with Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Damon Fowler and The Fat Daddy Band + others. Blues competition from Noon until 5pm, winner goes to Memphis!