The Roanoke Times, Va., Short List Column: The Thursday Short List

By Tamara Gaskin, The Roanoke Times, Va.

Jan. 25–TODAY

Bulgarian State Academic Opera

Bulgarian opera. Need we say more? The ensemble performs Puccini’s “Turandot.” $15, general; $7.50, children. 8 p.m. Bondurant Auditorium, Radford University. 831-5324, radford.edu.

Speakers and Lectures and Talking, Oh My!

Chatty Cathies abound today. Richard Holbrooke takes about “America and the World’s Crisis” as part of the “America and the World: Sustaining Democracy in the Global Age” conference. 7 p.m. Jarman Auditorium, Longwood University. (434) 395-2000. Then over in Bedford, author and World War II mariner Bruce Felknor talks about the role of the Merchant Marines during the war’s Operation Overlord. 7 p.m. Bedford Welcome Center, 816 Burks Hill Road. 586-3329, dday.org.

FRIDAY

Jefferson Center Jazz and Blues Mini Series

The festivities kick off with Frank Vignola’s Gypsy Grass. $12, 8 p.m. 345-2550, jeffcenter.org.

Children’s Winter Carnival

It’s cold. The kids are insane. Time to get them out of the house and into the carnival. Before someone gets seriously hurt. 5 to 9 p.m. Salem Civic Center. 375-3004, salemciviccenter.com.

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