Arts / Events Etc.

Roanoker Sings With U.S. Navy Band “Sea Chanters” During 2024 National Tour

Chief Musician Jennifer Stothoff, from Roanoke, Va., sings with the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus during their performance at First Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City while on the...

VA’s Longest / Longest-running Adventure Triathlon Returns For 25th Year

Athletes from across the Mid-Atlantic region will convene at New River Trail State Park on...

Southwest Virginia Ballet Presents: A Breathtaking Performance of Romeo and Juliet

Southwest Virginia Ballet (SVB) is thrilled to announce its upcoming production of Sergei Prokofiev's timeless...

‘Women in Appalachia’ Exhibit Spotlights How Food and Crafting Created Community

Kaitlynn Harless, a graduate student in history, created the Newman Library exhibit "Women in Appalachia:...

VA Tech Alumnus Spotlights Local History Using Local Mail

On a warm summer day in 1966, 7-year-old Bob Hill met his dad, long-time Blacksburg...

“Vietnam – Now and Then”

On Thursday the History Museum of Western Virginia held a showing of “Now and Then,” a photographic tour of sites in Vietnam during...

The Sway Katz Return to the Whole Note

Had enough of frigid temperatures? Feeling housebound? Shake a leg and ease on down to The Whole Note, where the SWAY KATZ jazz...

Artist Creates a World of Labyrinths at Hollins Museum Exhibit

Eleanor D. Wilson Museum director Amy Moorefield is a big fan of site-specific work; that is, artwork created especially for the space it...

Renowned Hollins Alum Returns for Film Retrospective

Known by some as the man who helped put Arnold Schwarzenegger on the map more than 30 years ago with “Pumping Iron,” noted...

RSO Prepares for Woodstock

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra with David Stewart Wiley, Music Director, continues to prepare for their special concert event, A Night at Woodstock - ...

Annual Writers Conference to Convene at Hollins

The third annual Roanoke Regional Writers Conference is scheduled for January 22-23 at Hollins University. Founded and organized by Valley Business FRONT Co-Founder and...