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New local Salem artist wins second place in oil/acrylic category at the Fall Festival Art Show in Clifton Forge held on Oct. 16.

Submitted by Steve Mullins

Country singer Jason Aldean is coming to the Salem Civic Center Feb. 4.

Opening act is Luke Bryan.

Tickets go on sale Monday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. through the Salem Civic Center box office and www.ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Ticket prices: $34.75 general admission, $34.75 and $29.75 reserved.

"The Christmas List" presents it's 3rd Annual Craft Show: December 5th, 2009. 9am-4pm.

The show will be held at the Taylor Masonic Lodge on Texas street in Salem, behind the Salem Football Stadium. Show will feature homemade items such as fudge, apple butter, dog treats, breads, and soup mixes, hand painted gourds, wooden items, ornaments, bracelets of hand-rolled beads, "quote signs", quilts and quilt racks, jewelry, yard art and more!
Admission and parking are free.

50% of concession proceeds will be donated to St.Francis Service dogs.

Submitted by Sharon Tarpley.

Nineteen professors have joined Roanoke College for the 2009-10 academic year. The new faculty members include: Dr. Kelly Anderson, assistant professor of chemistry; Dr. Shannon Anderson, visiting assistant professor of sociology; Linda Bernick, visiting instructor of Spanish; Dr. Durell Bouchard, assistant professor of computer science; Danny Chen, Fulbright Program - foreign language teaching assistant; Dr. Adam Childers, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics; Dr. Kirsten DeVries, visiting assistant professor of history; Dr. Pamela S. Galluch, assistant professor of business administration; Dr. James Hargrove, assistant professor of art history; Dr. Claudia Leeb, assistant professor of political science; Dr. Stephanie Livingston, visiting assistant professor of chemistry; Dr. Srikanth Mallavarapu, assistant professor of English; Dr. Kenneth W. McGraw, assistant professor of English; Dr. Chad Morris, assistant professor of anthropology; Phil Nelson, visiting assistant professor of physics; Dr. David Nichols, assistant professor of psychology; Dr. Eric Rothgery, assistant professor of religion; Dr. Karin Saoub, visiting assistant professor of mathematics; and Dr. Edward Whitson, associate professor of psychology. Read more »

Fall festivals and parties aren't just for little ones! The Salem Senior Center hosted their very first Halloween Party on Thursday afternoon, October 15, and about 50 people showed up to celebrate the autumnal holiday.

Do you have photos of a past event and want to see them in So Salem? Send them to us at news@sosalem.com and we'll post them up here!

Roanoke College announces several upcoming events. Roanoke's theme for the year is "The Challenge of Intellectual Inquiry," as the College is launching a new general education curriculum. Many events will focus, as does the curriculum, on what it means to study something deeply - to explore, inquire and examine. Happenings on the Salem campus over the next few weeks include the followin

Lecture: Tuesday, October 27, 5 p.m. Antrim Chapel.(The October 15 release listed this event with a start time of 4:30 p.m.)

George Weigel, official biographer of Pope John Paul II and one of America's foremost Catholic public intellectuals, will speak on "The Meaning of Pope John Paul II for Church and World." The first volume of his two-volume biography of the Pope, "Witness to Hope," was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 14 languages. He has authored 20 other books and writes a weekly column that appears in many journals and newspapers. Weigel is currently Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Question & Answer session/Reading: Thursday, October 29, 3/7 p.m. Colket Center Garrett Meeting Room/Antrim Chapel.

Lee Upton is the author of eleven books, including the new novella The Guide to the Flying Island (Miami University Press). She has written five books of poetry, most recently Undid in the Land of Undone, and four books of literary criticism. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the National Poetry Series Award and awards from the Poetry Society of America. Her poetry and short stories appear widely. She is a professor of English and the writer-in-residence at Lafayette College. Upton will answer questions in the afternoon session and offer a reading the same evening.

Art Exhibit: October 30-December 11. Smoyer and Olin galleries.

Opening Reception: October 30, 6 p.m. Olin Gallery.
Tarbell's artist's lecture: Thursday, October 29, 5 p.m. Olin 231.

Evangeline's artist's lecture: Friday, October 30, 5:30 p.m. Olin 231.

In Smoyer Gallery, Rob Tarbell presents his work titled Diagnostics, a series concentrated on the effect of smoke on paper. While the smoke is controlled and manipulated, it is allowed to remain true to its nature and explores Tarbell's interest in the manipulation of "traditional materials." Diagnostics has evolved Generators, a series of "work that combines elements of the parlor game ‘Ghost of My Friends' with the responses from the Rorschach Inkblot test." Tarbell hopes his work will "both balance accident with control and give permanence to the ephemeral."

Olin Gallery will present Margaret Evangeline's Polychromatic Series from Roanoke College's permanent collection. As a New York based and Louisiana-born artist, Evangeline explores different mediums that "deepen the immediacy of a moment." Her gunshot Polychromatic Series shows a departure from the traditional concepts of art and embraces a charged aesthetic language. Evangeline's video eXile also will be shown. eXile encompasses the dynamic world of fashion photo shoots through the eyes of an artist. It is an infusion of the process of Abstract Expressionism, coupled with the visual vibrancy of pop culture.

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Our paparazzi photo crew was at Ikenberry's Harvest Festival at Ikenberry's Orchard out in Daleville over the weekend -- and so were a lot of people from Salem!

Specifically, here are the folks from Salem who stepped onto the red carpet:

* Chris and Jessica Blankenship of Salem with Balla the dog
* Doug and Nina Hagy
* Garrett and Sydney Williams
* Cloyse, Sarah, and Sharon Bell

You can find all the photos in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.

Do you have photos from what you did this past weekend? If so, you can share at news@sosalem.com.

Alyce Haynes of Salem was named first runner-up in this past weekend's Miss Roanoke Valley pageant.

We have a photo of her, along with others, in the slideshow above. You can also view the photos in this gallery format.

The winner was Madison VanDuyne of Botetourt County.

With a grant from the Governor's office for substance abuse prevention, the Salem planning prevention team of RAYSAC was able to sponsor a poster contest with five winners and buy a week's worth of billboard space on Boulevard to promote Red Ribbon Week.

Lindsey Siska placed first, Kaitlyn Salvia second, Korey Tatarka third, Kristin Borzotra fourth, and Michael Ripa fifth. They were awarded gift certificates to Mac n' Bob's and Target.

Salvia's poster was incorporated into a billboard design that is set to be displayed from now through the third week of October.

RAYSAC is a group of parents, citizens, and students who try to keep Roanoke Valley's youth away from substance abuse. They are the sponsors of Red Ribbon Week (which is coming up on its 14th year) the last week of October each year for Salem, Roanoke County, Roanoke City, and Craig and Botetourt County schools. This year's Red Ribbon Week is October 26 through 30, and it's designed to call attention to the importance of staying drug free in creative ways.

For more information, visit www.raysac.org or call Ray Bemis at 982-1427.

The Star Spangled Banner   Honors Ensemble (directors and students)

LEVEL 1A
Mary Had a Little Lamb           Lily Webster, piano/voice        age 5

The Broken Clock                     Amanda Knizley, piano
Tiptoe                                       age 8

Moving on Up                        Thomas Bassford, trumpet
Four by Four                            age 11

Hot Cross Buns                       Maya Makked, violin
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star     age 6

Swinging                                  Nicki Kelly, piano
Indian Campfires                      age 14

LEVEL 1B
Grandfather’s Clock                 Maya Makked, piano/voice
Yankee Doodle                         age 6

Back To BC                               Hadyn Perler, piano/voice
Oh Susanna-Foster                  age 10

Camptown Races                   Leslie Brittain, violin
Wildwood Flower                     age 16

When the Saints Go Marching In     Andy Kelly, saxophone
Ode to Joy-Beethoven                     age 11

LEVEL 2A
Old King Cole                           Sydney Willingham, piano/voice
Shave and a Haircut                 age 8

The Old Gray Mare                   Molly Willingham, piano/voice
Boom Boom                             age 8

The Ice Skater                         Leslie Brittain, piano/voice
Part of Your World(The Little Mermaid)-Menken           age 16

Off to Bed Now                              Matthew Svec, piano
Sweet By and By-Webster                age 9
Beauty and the Beast-Menken

LEVEL 2B
Yankee Doodle Boy-Cohan               Debbie Bell, flute
A Whole New World-Menken             adult student

LEVEL 3A
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad         Jade Boehmer, piano
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik-Mozart             age 10

LEVEL 3B
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Russian)         Andy Kelly, piano
Scarborough Fair                                         age 11

LEVEL 4A
dan o’keefe’s slide                                       Emily Green, violin
Allegro Moderato (Concertino in D)-Kuchler    age 13
Millionaire’s Hoedown-Clebanoff

LEVEL 4B
When I Fall in Love                         Adam Kelly, piano
Puttin’ on the Ritz-Irving Berlin     age 13

LEVEL 5A
Bella’s Lullaby (Twilight)-Burwell            Devin Boehmer, piano
Till There Was You (The Music Man)        age 13
She Loves You-Lennon, McCartney

LEVEL 6A
A Time For Us (Romeo and Juliet)            Emily Green, piano
Dance Masquerade-Brown                        age 13
Distant Dream-Karp
LEVEL 7A
Scherzo in D minor-Gurlitt                           Amy Green, piano
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship-Moore    age 16
O Worship the King-Haydn
Yesterday-Lennon, McCartney

ALUMNI
Prelude No. 1 - Heitor Villa-Lobos              Brian Hodges, guitar
Spanish Dances - Gaspar Sanz                    Sophomore
I. Pavana    Hayes School of Music
II. Espanoleta   Appalachian State University
III. Rujero
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