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Car Less Brit Museum and Virginia Museum of Transportation announce wonder-filled grand openings of 3 new bike culture events at the very same time! Wednesday July 1, 6 - 8 p.m.
**The Wonder-Filled Grand Opening of the Car Less Brit Museum
* bike culture art
* a virtual roanoke bike gang ride
* interactive bike activities for all types/ages
* bike lane for kiddies to ride on
* live bike music from dj DickiE & Joey T
* pedal-powered blender smoothies —u gotta pedal for it
* flat tire repair competition —old school style
* bike culture exhibits —tonnes of stuff touched on. ‘except 4 lycra shorts, no, they’re mentioned too just not shown, hehe!
* more fun stuff than this!
**2 wonder-filled new exhibits at the Virginia Museum of Transportation
** A Bicycle Obsession: David Saville’s bike collection
* chronicling a century of cycling
* Tour de France memorabilia
* unique items signed by cycling celebrities
* & more!
**Remembering Artie Levin
* bike and artifacts belonging to Roanoke’s own “Mr.
Fitness” & founder of Blue Ridge Bicycle Club (BRBC)
* visit the automobiles & historic locomotives at the
Virginia Museum of Transportation while here
* & more!
**FREE ADMISSION to Virginia Museum Tranportation Museum during these opening events, usually about $8, but it’s not after them!
**ADMISSION IS ALSO FREE AT the Car Less Brit Museum wonder-filled grand opening, but for this museum it will be free afterwards as well —he’s got far more money than he knows what to lose it on —the tough thing will be finding a time after the grand opening when the museum’s actually open for viewing!
*u can bike between locations,
or enjoy free vintage transit ride provided by the Commonwealth Coach & Trolley Museum
and for food…
*custom-made British cuisine at Car Less Brit Museum
* Maggie Moo’s ice cream at VA Museum of Transportation.
* food kindly bought, picked up, cooked by RIDE Solutions —who’re becoming close to obsessive, even creepy, with their endless cash handouts!
and everything’s free
Plays: 6
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Ada Lis Jimena, mezzosoprano, rehearsal —Emerging Artists series
Ada Lis Jimena
“Music of Argentina”
Monday, June 22, 6:30 - 8 pm
Roanoke Main Library
Featuring Emerging Artist Ada Lis Jimena, mezzosoprano, and Kerry Morgiewicz, pianist, showcasing a variety of musical styles, composers and poets.
The first section is dedicated to Argentinian formal composers of the 20th Century, including Ginastera and Guastavino.
The second section is Tango, a music style originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay around 1900. This part includes tangos of the golden age (1930-mid1950s), Symphonic Tango and New Tango.
Red Clay River live at Kirk Ave Music Hall (2)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Red Clay River live at Kirk Ave Music Hall (1)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Ada Lis Jimena, mezzosoprano —Emerging Artists series
classic movie star photo!
“The Emerging Artists series features local or regional homegrown talent that is slightly ahead of the popular curve in its given genre…”
Star City Harbinger
Link includes a live recording of a song by one of the artists featured, Danny Schmidt,
“that doesn’t appear on any of Schmidt’s current albums. The song Guilty by Association Blues is “my save the world song,” Schmidt says. “It is about shifting power back to responsible people.””
Star City Harbinger
“KiD A: Wasnotwas The newcomer Anni T delivers one of the year’s great electro-pop singles”
The Sunday Times
KiD A, ah, it’s so terrific. ‘super happy for you!
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