| Date: | July 24, 2013 |
| Time: | 3:00 - 6:00 PM |
| Venue: | Lyric Theatre |
| Description: |
As part of the Summer Arts Festival, The Lyric presents a Classic Movie Series. Fiddler on the Roof from 1971 will be shown on Saturday, July 20th and Wednesday, July 24th starting at 3 pm for both showings. Fiddler on the Roof is a drama/musical, was released in 1971 and won three Oscars. In pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish peasant must contend with marrying off his three daughters while antisemitic sentiment threatens his home. The film is rated G. For more information, visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067093/ All classic movie presentations are free and open to the public. The Summer Arts Festival (a joint effort by Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg) was established in 1991. This Festival is held each summer beginning in June and ending in late August. This year's events will provide New River Valley residents, Tech faculty/staff/students, conference attendees, and tourists with an attractive array of arts and cultural attractions. These include: live theatre productions; gallery exhibitions at the Armory Art Gallery; outdoor musical concerts on Henderson Lawn, an Independence Day Celebration sponsored by the Town of Blacksburg; the Steppin' Out Street Festival, Art at the Market, Summer Solstice sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association; three classic films sponsored by and being shown at The Lyric Theatre on College Avenue and, again this year, we are featuring a Storyteller. For more information, visit: http://www.sopac.vt.edu/events/summer_arts_festival.html or call The Lyric at 540-961-0604. |