Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, March 2, 1993 TAG: 9303020247
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WHO, WHERE & WHEN
Hollins hosts classics symposiumHollins College's annual Classics Symposium will be held Wednesday and Thursday in the college's Babcock Auditorium of the Dana Science Building.
Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. Hollins Professor of Classics Anne Laidlaw will discuss "Schliemann and the Myths: The Early Excavations." On Thursday at 4:30 p.m., Brian Rose of the University of Cincinnati's department of classics discusses "Greco-Roman Troy: The Modern Excavations." A reception will follow Rose's talk in the Green Drawing Room in Main Building.
For more information, call the college at 362-6452.
Lakota on stage
Kevin Locke will present an evening of Lakota music, dance and oratory tonight at 8 in Roanoke College's Olin Theater in Salem.
Locke is a lecturer and consultant on American Indian values, belief systems, social structures and education. He has performed in several movies, including "Dances with Wolves."
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for senior citizens and students. For reservations, call 375-2333 from 3 to 6 p.m.
Media critic
Journalist and critic Salim Muwakkil will speak on "Distorted Images: African Americans and the Mass Media" at 7:30 Wednesday night in Heth Ballroom on the Radford University campus.
Muwakkil is senior editor of In These Times, a national bi-weekly news magazine, and an instructor at the Associated Colleges in Chicago, Ill.
His essays on black-American politics and culture have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and other publications.
The lecture is sponsored by the college's department of communication. Call 831-6042.
Poetry reading
The Roanoke City Main Library on South Jefferson Street will host an afternoon of readings by area poets Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 in the Brody Room.
Sponsors are the American Association of University Women, the National Association of American Pen Women, the Writer's Club of Virginia and the Poetry Society of Virginia.