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Arts / Events Etc.

Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert Coming to Roanoke

Nickelodeon, GEA Live, and Senbla today announced Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert – The 20th Anniversary Tour (www.avatarinconcert.com) will land in Roanoke at Berglund Center on September 24th...

2025 Tavern Stage Summer Music Series Returns to Explore Park

For the third year, Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Explore Park, and Twin Creeks...

PBS Appalachia Premieres Season 3 of “The Life of a Musician” May 3rd

PBS Appalachia proudly announces the premiere of Season 3 of its Emmy Award-Winning music series,...

Food Truck Thursday at Roanoke County Administration Center Thursday, May 8

Roanoke County is hosting Food Truck Thursday at the Roanoke County Administration Center on Thursday,...

Civil War Roundtable Explores 1864 Beefsteak Raid at Pamplin Park

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier welcomes Mr. J....

Pop Artists are the Focus for Local Gallery Owner/Painter

by Gene Marrano New Jersey native Gerald Hubert has hit the ground running during the year and a half he has lived in Roanoke....

PROject proJECT Draws Sizeable Crowds Downtown

by Gene Marrano Ever heard of “fire hooping” – a flaming hula-hoop dance routine that held audiences spellbound? What about psychedelic projections, civil raves...

From Prague With Love: SW VA Ballet Impresses in Europe

by Gene Marrano Southwest Virginia Ballet artistic director Pedro Szalay didn’t tell his twelve students, age 14-18, that accompanied him to Prague in the...

Floydfest Doesn’t Happen Overnight

by Elizabeth Matthews Jones It is early June and the dew is heavy on the tall grass of the festival grounds as 40 volunteers...

“Overnight” Puts The Spotlight On Live Theater Once Again

by Gene Marrano Overnight Sensations returned to Mill Mountain Theatre last weekend for a fifth time. It is a frenetic, 24 hour period when writers,...

PROject proJECT Yet Another New Art Wrinkle for Roanoke

by Gene Marrano Roanoke has hosted some unusual takes on art over the past few years, from aerial ballet dancers that performed while suspended high...