October 12 to October 18, 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!

TUESDAY

Open Level Contemporary Dance

Time: 7:30pm Every Tuesday
Place: The Water Heater, 813 5th Street SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: $10
Info: This class is for people who enjoy moving to develop movement efficiency and physical alignment. Taught by Diana Crum, current Adjunct Faculty at Hollins.

WEDNESDAY

John Cowan Band & The Waybacks

Time: 7:30pm
Place: Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 22 Kirk Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: $20
Info: Bluegrass, Newgrass, Gospelgrass, Rock N’ Rollgrass…true innovators like John Cowan break boundaries and personify innovation… And The Waybacks are definitely no throwback.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

Hollins Fall Dance Gathering

Time: 8:15pm
Place: Taubman Museum of Art, 110 Salem Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA
Price: $10-$15
Info: For the past 17 years, Hollins Dance Dept has consistently been presenting a 3-day run of dance performances with world renown dancers, choreographers, students and alumnae.

THURSDAY

Charlie Parr with The Black Twigs

Time: 8pm
Place: Kirk Avenue Music Hall, 22 Kirk Avenue SW, Roanoke, VA
Price: $10
Info: A confused, shy individual, Charlie Parr plays original and traditional folk and rural-style blues, accompanying himself on National resonator guitars, 12-string guitar and fretless banjo.

The Cowboy Junkies

Time: 8pm
Place: The Lyric Theatre, 135 College Avenue, Blacksburg, VA
Price: $20-$30
Info: Canadians, Cowboy Junkies, with their emotionally textured music wrapped around the levitating vocals of Margo Timmins, always provide their audience with a uniquely mesmerizing experience.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Women’s Health Beauty Life Expo

Time: 5pm-8pm Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday
Place: Salem Civic Center, Salem, VA
Info: This Expo is designed to give women information and resources to enhance their lives, in areas of health, beauty, leisure, or personal effectiveness featuring exhibitors, demonstrations and speakers.

FRIDAY

Autumn Rock Paper Scissors Tournament

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

Harvest Gourmet Wine Dinner – SOLD OUT!

Time: 7:30pmPlace: Valhalla, 6500 Mt. Chestnut Rd, Roanoke, VA
Price: $80 per person
Info: Join owners James and Debra Vascik atop the property for a night of food, wine and fun. With the help of Chef Jason Pollard, an evening awaits you that will transport you into another world.

SATURDAY

Breakfast with the Animals

Time: 8:30am
Place: Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke, VA
Price: Breakfast free with cost of admission
Info: Join Zoo Staff and animals for breakfast! Enjoy a presentation from zoo keepers on how the animals start their day and watch as they provide the animals with their morning meal.

City Tour: Betty Branch’s Public Works

Time: 2pm
Place: Begin at Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Price: FREE, reservations required
Info: Artist Betty Branch and museum director Amy Moorefield will give a tour of Branch’s exhibition at the museum and citywide public artworks.

Opera Roanoke – Wagner in the Valley

Time: 8pm
Place: Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave, Roanoke, VA
Price: $20-$90
Info: Maestro Steven White will guide audiences through the highlights of Wagner’s greatest music dramas. Opera Roanoke’s Sempre Libera program provides students of all ages free tickets to every single performance.