Sunday, December 28, 2008
Cool Stuff - Upcoming - Random
Things that perhaps only I would be interested in:
The Bull & Bones Brewhaus is opening on New Year's Day at the First & Main shopping center. It seems like it might be a grown-up type o' place. We have hopes.
If you haven't been there yet, River Co. Brewery in Radford is definitely worth a visit. It has a beautiful main dining room, and a great view of the river off the balcony (which you can eat on in the summer).
Through Dec. 31, the science museum of SW VA has 6$ admission, which includes megadome & planetarium shows. The Planetarium will be closed though Jan 2-9 though.
One of the Taubman's exhibits is Pens and Needles: Drawings for Tattoos
(Nov 8, 2008 - Mar 8, 2009).
Friday, Feb. 20, The Hackensaw Boys are playing The Lantern. Go hear them!
Also, our fantastic English Dept. reading series has 2 amazing poets visiting:
Matthea Harvey is reading on Friday, Feb 6 (7:00 PM, Volume II Bookstore) & Terrance Hayes is reading on Monday, March 2 (7:00 PM, Volume II Bookstore).
And far, far ahead, on Nov. 29, 2009, a guy I went to Dartmouth with will be exhibiting his prints at the Taubman (Jumpstart and Holler: Mike Houston and Martin Mazzora - November 29, 2009-February 7, 2010).
The Bull & Bones Brewhaus is opening on New Year's Day at the First & Main shopping center. It seems like it might be a grown-up type o' place. We have hopes.
If you haven't been there yet, River Co. Brewery in Radford is definitely worth a visit. It has a beautiful main dining room, and a great view of the river off the balcony (which you can eat on in the summer).
Through Dec. 31, the science museum of SW VA has 6$ admission, which includes megadome & planetarium shows. The Planetarium will be closed though Jan 2-9 though.
One of the Taubman's exhibits is Pens and Needles: Drawings for Tattoos
(Nov 8, 2008 - Mar 8, 2009).
Friday, Feb. 20, The Hackensaw Boys are playing The Lantern. Go hear them!
Also, our fantastic English Dept. reading series has 2 amazing poets visiting:
Matthea Harvey is reading on Friday, Feb 6 (7:00 PM, Volume II Bookstore) & Terrance Hayes is reading on Monday, March 2 (7:00 PM, Volume II Bookstore).
And far, far ahead, on Nov. 29, 2009, a guy I went to Dartmouth with will be exhibiting his prints at the Taubman (Jumpstart and Holler: Mike Houston and Martin Mazzora - November 29, 2009-February 7, 2010).
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Why this blog
I started this blog due to my own frustration with the fact that since Blacksburg lacks a local alterna-weekly paper, there doesn't seem to be a central spot to find out what cool things are going on in town. Other folks tell me that the Roanoke Times has events listings for Blacksburg, but I'm provincial and prefer to get my news from The New York Times, so I'm not a subscriber.
This week I managed to miss my favorite band from Charlottesville, The Hackensaw Boys, who were playing this past Thursday at the new music venue in town (called The Lantern). We also had no idea that there was a "holiday parade" in town on Friday evening (though we're Jewish, so I'm not sure we would have brought Oz to see Santa anyway).
For Sunday, December 7, there are a few events:
For toddlers/kids, there's When Elmo Grows Up (at the Salem Civic Center)
For grown-ups and older kids, there's the holiday celebration at Smithfield Plantation (tea, people in period costumes, singing children, etc.)
Upcoming cool things:
The movie "Rachel Getting Married" starts December 12 at The Lyric.
On-going cool things:
If you haven't been to Mountain Lake lately, you should go (assuming the weather gets warmer) to see the creepy, drained lake, which has lost all its water. It looks like a lunar-surface/marshland combo. There are also some great super-short hikes up there; we did Wind Rock (more like a short 5-minute walk) and the views were incredible.
This week I managed to miss my favorite band from Charlottesville, The Hackensaw Boys, who were playing this past Thursday at the new music venue in town (called The Lantern). We also had no idea that there was a "holiday parade" in town on Friday evening (though we're Jewish, so I'm not sure we would have brought Oz to see Santa anyway).
For Sunday, December 7, there are a few events:
For toddlers/kids, there's When Elmo Grows Up (at the Salem Civic Center)
For grown-ups and older kids, there's the holiday celebration at Smithfield Plantation (tea, people in period costumes, singing children, etc.)
Upcoming cool things:
The movie "Rachel Getting Married" starts December 12 at The Lyric.
On-going cool things:
If you haven't been to Mountain Lake lately, you should go (assuming the weather gets warmer) to see the creepy, drained lake, which has lost all its water. It looks like a lunar-surface/marshland combo. There are also some great super-short hikes up there; we did Wind Rock (more like a short 5-minute walk) and the views were incredible.
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