DATE: Friday, November 14, 1997             TAG: 9711130241

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PREVIEW

Steve & Eydie HOW HIP are Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme? So hip they're on the new CD ``Lounge-A-Palooza'' with the Ben Folds Five, PJ Harvey, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Cassandra Wilson and the Pizzicato Five. How popular are Steve and Eydie - besides being on a first-name basis with their fans? So popular their gig with the Virginia Symphony Pops sold out lickety-split. Reminder: 8 p.m. Saturday, Chrysler Hall, Norfolk.

- Craig Shapiro

HAND-CRAFTED arts and crafts-style lamps. Sculptural baskets. Jewelry, goblets, clay sculpture. These are among the unique, artist-made items on sale Saturday at Craft Explosure, a craft exhibit in downtown Norfolk.

More than 30 of the region's top artists will show and sell their work from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the former Khedive Temple, corner of Duke and Freemason. Four bucks at the door. Benefits Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. 624-1333.

- Teresa Annas

TUTUS AND TOE SHOES are the garb du jour as the Stars of the Kirov Ballet take the stage at 7 p.m. at Chrysler Hall. Those with tickets to the sold-out show will see 18 excerpts from the Kirov repertoire, including ``Swan Lake,'' ``Sleeping Beauty,'' ``Romeo and Juliet'' and ``The Nutcracker.'' Most of us won't see the show - it's sold out. But it's a benefit for the Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival, which is starting to book acts for its spring run. For info on those events, call 664-6492.

- Roberta Vowell

THURSDAY

HOW MANY DIRTY words was that again? Nearly 40 years since he first started poking fun at conservatives, liberals and those who make the rules, George Carlin is still raging at the world. The guy who gave us the hippy-dippy weather man and the ``Seven Words You Can't Say on Television'' comes to town Thursday, appearing at 8 p.m. at Willett Hall in Portsmouth. Tickets: $25. 393-5144.

- Roberta Vowell

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