THE PIANO MEN: 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets $12 adults, $9 students and senior citizens; $3 more at door. Ivy & Stone show featuring Jim Witter and the music of Billy Joel and Elton John. Nicholas County High School Auditorium, Summersville. Call 872-4228 or visit www.ivyandstone.org.
MONTCLAIRE STRING QUARTET: 8 p.m. Tickets $12.50 adults, $7.50 students. "The Fifth Element," featuring works by Rossini, Shostakovich and Dvorak. Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia St. E. Call 561-3570 or visit www.wvsymphony.org.
LORRAINE JORDAN AND CAROLINA ROAD: 7:30 p.m. Adults $12, seniors $10, children $5. Mountaineer Opry House, Milton. Call 743-5749 or visit www.geocities.com/wskeens88.
LOU GRAMM: 9 p.m. Tickets $35, $30 and $25. Foreigner vocalist for 26 years and rock legend Lou Gramm performs at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, Wheeling. Call TicketMaster at 342-5757 or visit www.Ticketmaster.com.
LEANN RIMES: The country star's concert set for Oct. 11 at the Clay Center has been canceled on the advice of her voice doctor. Call 561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.
TOMMY GRIFFITH KNIGHT WYNDBAND: 7 p.m. Adults $7, children $3. Kanawha Valley Jamboree, 8902 MacCorkle Ave., Marmet. Call 545-2693.
NEWSONG CONTEST FINALS: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 advance, $12 at door, with a two-day pass available online for $15 including finals and next day's "Mountain Stage" show. Twelve finalists from across North America compete in 2008 contest with grand-prize winner on "Mountain Stage" next day. Visit www.newsong-music.com.
Stage/Theater
"BRIGHT IDEAS": 8 p.m. Tickets $16 adults, $10 students. Kanawha Players presents a comedy about extreme parenting. Kanawha Players Theater, 309 Beauregard St. Call 343-7529 or visit www.kanawhaplayers.org.
"JACK THE RIPPER": 8 p.m. Adults $9.50, students and seniors $5.50. Mark Scarpelli and Dan Kehde's new Contemporary Youth Arts Company musical is fly-on-the-wall take on the murderer's life and his victims. Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. Call 342-6522.
MAT DAVIS AND CHRIS SHAW: 8 and 10:15 p.m. Admission $10. The Comedy Zone, Ramada Plaza Hotel, 400 Second Ave., South Charleston. Call 414-2FUN.
Fairs/Festivals
Music
THE PIANO MEN: 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets $12 adults, $9 students and senior citizens; $3 more at door. Ivy & Stone show featuring Jim Witter and the music of Billy Joel and Elton John. Nicholas County High School Auditorium, Summersville. Call 872-4228 or visit www.ivyandstone.org.
MONTCLAIRE STRING QUARTET: 8 p.m. Tickets $12.50 adults, $7.50 students. "The Fifth Element," featuring works by Rossini, Shostakovich and Dvorak. Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia St. E. Call 561-3570 or visit www.wvsymphony.org.
LORRAINE JORDAN AND CAROLINA ROAD: 7:30 p.m. Adults $12, seniors $10, children $5. Mountaineer Opry House, Milton. Call 743-5749 or visit www.geocities.com/wskeens88.
LOU GRAMM: 9 p.m. Tickets $35, $30 and $25. Foreigner vocalist for 26 years and rock legend Lou Gramm performs at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, Wheeling. Call TicketMaster at 342-5757 or visit www.Ticketmaster.com.
LEANN RIMES: The country star's concert set for Oct. 11 at the Clay Center has been canceled on the advice of her voice doctor. Call 561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.
TOMMY GRIFFITH KNIGHT WYNDBAND: 7 p.m. Adults $7, children $3. Kanawha Valley Jamboree, 8902 MacCorkle Ave., Marmet. Call 545-2693.
NEWSONG CONTEST FINALS: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 advance, $12 at door, with a two-day pass available online for $15 including finals and next day's "Mountain Stage" show. Twelve finalists from across North America compete in 2008 contest with grand-prize winner on "Mountain Stage" next day. Visit www.newsong-music.com.
Stage/Theater
"BRIGHT IDEAS": 8 p.m. Tickets $16 adults, $10 students. Kanawha Players presents a comedy about extreme parenting. Kanawha Players Theater, 309 Beauregard St. Call 343-7529 or visit www.kanawhaplayers.org.
"JACK THE RIPPER": 8 p.m. Adults $9.50, students and seniors $5.50. Mark Scarpelli and Dan Kehde's new Contemporary Youth Arts Company musical is fly-on-the-wall take on the murderer's life and his victims. Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers St. Call 342-6522.
MAT DAVIS AND CHRIS SHAW: 8 and 10:15 p.m. Admission $10. The Comedy Zone, Ramada Plaza Hotel, 400 Second Ave., South Charleston. Call 414-2FUN.
Fairs/Festivals
ST. ALBANS FOUNDER'S DAY: Events begin 11 a.m. with parade staring by St. Francis School, finishing at the Loop. Free. Music by St. Albans High show choir, artisans on Olde Maine Plaza, apple butter making at Morgan's Kitchen. Call 437-1883 or e-mail founders...@verizon.net.
BRAMWELL OKTOBERFEST: 2 to 8 p.m. Tickets $18 advance, $20 at gate (free to youth under 12). Tours of Millionaire Row Historic District, live music all day, beer samples to ticketholders over 21. Call (800) 221-3206 or visit bramwelloktoberfest.com. NOTE: See gazz story on Charleston Oktoberbus trip to this festival.
WEST VIRGINIA BOOK FEST: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Charleston Civic Center. Free. Author and book signings, programs for all ages, vendors and exhibits. Used Book Sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the South Hall of the Charleston Civic Center. Call 343-4646 or visit www.wvbookfestival.org.
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KEN FARMER: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Doors open 8:45 a.m. for registration. Admission is $20 per item (limit two items), $5 to watch. Ken Farmer of "Antique Roadshow" returns to evaluate items by local residents. South Charleston Museum, LaBelle Theater, South Charleston. Call 744-2972.
HAUNTED HOUSE: 7 to 10 p.m. Admission $3. Rand Community Center. Call 419-3135.
HAUNTED TRAIL OF RIDENOUR LAKE: 7 to 11 p.m. Admission $5. Not recommended for very young children. Ridenour Lake. Call 776-1776.
GREAT PUMPKIN PARTY: Noon to 3 p.m., Capitol Market. Pumpkin painting from noon to 2 p.m. Also featuring, face painting, pumpkin bowling and more.
KIDS' POP ART WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. to noon, Clay Center presents a workshop on pop art for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Cost is $15.
CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT: 3 p.m., at site of historic Battle of Droop Mountain at the Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, about 5 miles south of Hillsboro, Pocahontas County. A ladies tea will be featured at 11 a.m. Info: Droop Mountain State Park at (304) 653-4254.
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