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Elani Spencer Hosts Free Poetry Workshop for Veterans at Roanoke Library

A poetry workshop for U.S. military veterans will be held at the City of Roanoke Main Library, 706 South Jefferson Street, Saturday, Oct. 11 from 2 to 3 p.m....

Inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas: The Striking New Landmark Redefining the Future of 5-Star Luxury

Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is easily one of the most iconic and luxurious hotels you...

Best Minnesota Betting Sites in 2025 – Top 5 MN Online Sportsbooks

With sports fandom running deep in the North Star State, choosing the best Minnesota betting...

New Mural Blossoms Downtown

Downtown Roanoke, Inc. and the Roanoke Arts Commission are proud to announce the addition of...

Biomedical Innovator Rob Gourdie Opens Maury Strauss Lecture Series in Roanoke

Roanoke’s reputation as a great place for biotech was in for a watershed moment when...

Record Setting Corps of Cadets

Three hundred eighty-five new members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets reported to the Virginia Tech campus in early August one week...

Sandborg Receives Wade Professorship in Music

Dr. Jeffrey Sandborg’s many years at the helm of Roanoke College’s choral program have commanded an audience and won many fans. Earlier this year,...

Railway Historical Society Plans Trips to Abingdon and “Eastern Continental Divide”

The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society has announced two unique round trip train excursions that will take place the first...

Blue Ridge PBS Wins EMPixx Award For “Virginia State Parks”

The Blue Ridge PBS production “Virginia State Parks: 75 Years and Still Growing,” first broadcast in June 2011, has been honored with a...

FDR Library Photographic Exhibit Recalls Depression Era America

by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. Between 1935 and 1943, photographers from the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a New Deal agency, fanned out across America,...

Roanoke Children’s Choir Sings in Centuries Old Canterbury Cathedral

Fifty-two singers from the Concert Choir of the Roanoke College Children’s Choir participated in the highly acclaimed International Children’s Choir Festival at Canterbury...