‘Round Town

By Alison Matthiessen

Published: March 6, 2008

Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
Friday, March 07, 2008
Science Musuem of Western Virginia
MegaDome Theatre

Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West is now showing in the MegaDome Theatre at the Science Museum of Western Virginia. One of the most popular National Geographic large-format films of all time, Lewis & Clark will run through August 31, 2008.
Through careful research and meticulous recreations, this scientific expedition lives again on the big screen. Movie-goers will go back 200 years to experience this monumental quest—the adventure, danger and beauty of the unmapped West.
The film chronicles the group of explorers led by Lewis and Clark into uncharted territory to find a water passageway to the Pacific Ocean and describe for science the wonders of the west.
The expedition conquered raging rivers, buffalo-filled prairies, sub-zero temperatures and rugged mountains on their 8,000-mile journey to the Pacific Ocean and back. The generosity of Native Americans is detailed, including the story of Sacagawea, a teen-aged Native American girl who accompanied the group and whose contributions were invaluable to the success of the expedition.
Sponsored by the Bank of Botetourt, Carris Plastics, NTELOS, and the Botetourt County Chamber of Commerce

That Film and Coffee Thing at the Art Museum
Friday, March 7, 5:30pm
Art Museum Western Virginia

Film Starts at 6:00pm First Floor and Galleries, Art Museum of Western Virginia The Art Museum’s film series continues the Nashville Portraits theme with Coal Miner’s Daughter. Cost: The film and our exhibition galleries are free, concessions are available for purchase. http://www.artmuseumroanoke.org

The Diary of Anne Frank”
Friday, March 7, Saturday, March 8, 2:30 & 7:30pm
Botetourt’s Community Theater

The Diary of Anne Frank is the Pulitzer Prize winning play adapted from Anne Frank’s famous diary. The play recounts the true story of a young, ever energetic Jewish girl and her family and friends as they hid for two years during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Otto Frank gave his daughter a diary when she was 13 years old, shortly before she and her family went into hiding in the annex of an Amsterdam office building. From that time until Anne was almost 16, she wrote about her life in hiding, her feelings about her parents, her hopes and fears for the future, her innermost thoughts. Eight people, all Jews, hid from the Nazis for two years, never leaving the annex, never knowing if they would be discovered and sent to the death camps. Please join us to experience anew the joys and fears of their lives together in that tiny attic during World War II. You won’t want to miss this beautiful and touching play that speaks to the power of hope and love. All shows will be at the D. Geraldine Lawson Center for the Performing Arts located at the Attic Theater, 7490 Roanoke Road, Fincastle VA. Ticket office phone: 473-1001. Leave a message and someone will call you back

Doc Watson and The Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet
Friday, March 7, 8pm
Jefferson Center

Top-notch pickin’. Down-home classics. Living legends. No one can pick a guitar like Doc or sing with such authority and depth. Joined by fellow guitar masters Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, the legendary performers blend traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire. Part of Jefferson Center’s “The Blind Leading…” series, an exploration of blindness and creativity. http://www.jeffcenter.org/theblindleading

THE FOREIGNER at Mill Mountain Theater
Friday, March 7, Saturday March 8, 8 pm, Sunday March 9 3pm
The cat’s out of the bag and it’s got your tongue. You can’t believe everything you hear. Just ask Englishman Charlie Baker, an out-of-place guest at a remote fishing lodge in Georgia. When Charlie’s shyness keeps him tongue-tied, his fellow Brit tries to cover by telling the locals that Charlie can’t understand English. Which translates into a farcical free-for-all for secrets, gossip, and scandal, Southern-style. Ticket prices: Adults: $30 - $25

MDA Stride and Ride
Saturday, March 8, 7:30am – 10:00am
Tanglewood Mall

MDA Stride and Ride by the Muscular Dystrophy Association @ Tanglewood Mall

Country Western Family Day
Saturday, March 8, 11am – 2pm
Art Museum of Western Virginia

Free and open to the public Come to the museum between the hours of 11am-2pm and get in free! Besides visiting the wonderful exhibit Nashville Portraits, families can hear live music, play games, see country and western themed performances and learn how to line dance, among other exciting activities. A rootin’ tootin’ good time is guaranteed for all! For more information, please contact Bambi Boyle, Coordinator of Youth and Family Education at 540.857.4392 or

The Crucible, William Fleming High School
Saturday, March 8, 7:30pm
William Fleming High School

The Colonel’s Theatre Company of William Fleming High School will perform The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s timeless play that puts truth on trial. The show is directed by Larry Van Deventer. In 1953 Arthur Miller proved that the pen is mightier than the sword by writing a play that shook America to its core. The Crucible, an exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts, is a gripping historical play written at the height of America’s largest “witch-hunt” to date. The Colonel’s Theatre Company of William Fleming presents The Crucible, March 7, 8, 14, 15 at Fleming’s Dickinson Auditorium. The curtain goes up at 7:30 each night. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door, from cast members, or by calling 362-0139.

Opera Roanoke presents Franco Zeffirelli SCREEN STARS
Sunday, March 9, 2pm
Jefferson Center
The recital includes an unusual variety of songs: Italian, French, German, Spanish and English.
Features Adina Aaron, soprano and Scott Piper accompanied by Craig Sams.

50th Annual Highland Maple Festival
http://www.highlandcounty.org/maple.htm