TODAY

Live Music Wednesday

The Taj Mahal/Mavis Staples concert at the Jefferson Center is, alas, sold out, but there's still a lot of live music in the area: John Hollenbeck and the Claudia Quintet perform at 8 p.m. at the Graduate Life Center Multipurpose Room at Virginia Tech (231-5685; $5); "Virginia Opera Presents" features young singers performing arias, duets and Broadway hits at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre, 135 College Ave., Blacksburg (951-0604; $20; $10 students); and the Hollins University Concert Choir performs with the Virginia Tech Women's Chorale at 7:30 p.m. at duPont Chapel, Hollins University, Roanoke (362-6511; free).

Roanoke Dazzle Basketball

The Dazzle take on Fayetteville. 7 p.m. Roanoke Civic Center. $10-$16.50; $7.50, kids. 266-1000.