October 5, 2008
Things to do today: Oct. 5, 2008
Music
BOYS LIKE GIRLS and CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. WVU Mountainlair Ballroom. Call 342-5757 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.MOUNTAIN STAGE: 7 p.m. Advance tickets $10.50, at the door $15. Featuring Sonya Kitchell and The Slip, Judith Owen, The Alternate Routes, Joe Pug and one other act to be announced. Cultural Center Theater, state Capitol Complex. Call (800) 594-TIXX or visit www.mountainstage.org.TRAVIS RIDDLE AND THE BOURBON STREET SOUND: 11 a.m., First Baptist Church, Fairlea. Free. Call 646-0137 or visit www.trjazz.com.
Stage/theater
"ROBIN HOOD": 2 p.m. Tickets $10 adults, $8 seniors and students. A cast of 53 children, ages 8 to 16, are featured in this Children's Theater Group of Charleston staging of "Robin Hood," about the outlaw of Sherwood Forest and his merry band. Civic Center Little Theater. Call 541-7222 or visit www.ctoc.org."JACK THE RIPPER": 2 p.m. Tickets $9.50 adults, $5.50 students and seniors. Scarpelli and Kehde's new musical is a fly-on-the-wall take on the murderer's life and his victims. Capitol Plaza Theatre, 123 Summers St. Call 342-6522.
Fairs/festivals
FOREST FESTIVAL: Various times. Free. The 72nd Mountain State Forest Festival, Elkins. Buckwheat cake and sausage feed starts at 7 a.m. Call 636-1824 or visit www.forestfestival.com.WV PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: Pumpkin Park, One Pumpkin Way, Milton. Pumpkin foods, contests, pageants and music. Pumpkin auction begins at 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit Pumpkin Fest Scholarships. Visit www.wvpumpkinpark.com for full schedule.
Film
FILMFEST: Single Screening $5; Day Ticket $15; Festival Pass $15. The 9th annual W. Va. Filmmakers Film Festival runs Oct. 3 to 5. Landmark Studio for the Arts, Sutton. Featuring work by the state's prominent film and video artists and emerging talents. Call 545-3043. Visit www.wvfilmmakerfilmfestival.
Etc.
KANAWHA TRAIL CLUB HIKE: Carpool from Ohio and Randolph streets. Meet at 1:30 p.m. for a hike at Amherst-Plymouth Wilderness Management Association. Hike is 3 to 4 miles. Call the leader for the regroup area. Moderate difficulty. A shorter version is available for 1 to 2 miles. Hike on the level pipeline access road. Call 342-8755.Music BOYS LIKE GIRLS and CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. WVU Mountainlair Ballroom. Call 342-5757 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.MOUNTAIN STAGE: 7 p.m. Advance tickets $10.50, at the door $15. Featuring Sonya Kitchell and The Slip, Judith Owen, The Alternate Routes, Joe Pug and one other act to be announced. Cultural Center Theater, state Capitol Complex. Call (800) 594-TIXX or visit www.mountainstage.org.TRAVIS RIDDLE AND THE BOURBON STREET SOUND: 11 a.m., First Baptist Church, Fairlea. Free. Call 646-0137 or visit www.trjazz.com.Stage/theater
"ROBIN HOOD": 2 p.m. Tickets $10 adults, $8 seniors and students. A cast of 53 children, ages 8 to 16, are featured in this Children's Theater Group of Charleston staging of "Robin Hood," about the outlaw of Sherwood Forest and his merry band. Civic Center Little Theater. Call 541-7222 or visit www.ctoc.org."JACK THE RIPPER": 2 p.m. Tickets $9.50 adults, $5.50 students and seniors. Scarpelli and Kehde's new musical is a fly-on-the-wall take on the murderer's life and his victims. Capitol Plaza Theatre, 123 Summers St. Call 342-6522.Fairs/festivals
FOREST FESTIVAL: Various times. Free. The 72nd Mountain State Forest Festival, Elkins. Buckwheat cake and sausage feed starts at 7 a.m. Call 636-1824 or visit www.forestfestival.com.WV PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: Pumpkin Park, One Pumpkin Way, Milton. Pumpkin foods, contests, pageants and music. Pumpkin auction begins at 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit Pumpkin Fest Scholarships. Visit www.wvpumpkinpark.com for full schedule.Film
FILMFEST: Single Screening $5; Day Ticket $15; Festival Pass $15. The 9th annual W. Va. Filmmakers Film Festival runs Oct. 3 to 5. Landmark Studio for the Arts, Sutton. Featuring work by the state's prominent film and video artists and emerging talents. Call 545-3043. Visit www.wvfilmmakerfilmfestival.Etc.
KANAWHA TRAIL CLUB HIKE: Carpool from Ohio and Randolph streets. Meet at 1:30 p.m. for a hike at Amherst-Plymouth Wilderness Management Association. Hike is 3 to 4 miles. Call the leader for the regroup area. Moderate difficulty. A shorter version is available for 1 to 2 miles. Hike on the level pipeline access road. Call 342-8755.
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