Arts / Events Etc.
UVA Discovery Could Create New Opportunity For Vision Loss Prevention
Health scientists from the University of Virginia have found a previously unknown contributor to harmful blood vessel growth in the eye. This discovery can help address the formation of...
Ferrum College to Showcase “You Caught Me Dancing”
The Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre at Ferrum College will open the new year with a...
VA Museum of Fine Arts Appoints New Curator of Decorative Arts
Following an international search, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced today the appointment...
A Salute to Southwest Virginia: 250th Anniversary of the Fincastle Resolutions
January 18 event marks Fincastle Resolutions, VA250 Mobile Museum Experience, VA250 Fanfare & special exhibitsVirginia...
Scenic Virginia Announces 2024 Photo Contest Winners
Mountains & Valleys"Frosty Fall Morning" taken in Clintwood, by James Dell, Winner"Summer Day on McAfee...
Journalist Chronicles Regional Ghost Stories
Joe Tennis loves history. He also holds a special affection for Virginia and its folklore. A writer for the “Bristol Herald Courier” and a...
Theatre 101 at Virginia Tech Opens in Green, Grand Style
The arts at Virginia Tech have a new space. The environmentally friendly Theatre 101 building will hold its grand opening with a full slate...
“Paint for Preservation” is a Novel Fundraiser for Historical Society
The Historical Society of Western Virginia is taking a novel approach to fundraising with “Paint for Preservation,” on Saturday, November 7, wherein ten local...
Finalists Chosen for Pedestrian Bridge Art Project
A citizen selection panel has chosen four finalists in the search for an artist or artist team to design a work of public art...
First Run for the Arts Draws a Hardy Few
A handful of runners and walkers, 20 perhaps, participated in the first ever “Run for the Arts” on Saturday Oct. 17, a downtown 3-mile...
Roanoke Ballet Theatre Student Headed To The Big Time
It was a toy – a stuffed ballerina bunny doll – that in part helped turn Claire Kiser into a dancer. “All my friends...