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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....

Jeepers Creepers! New Documentary Recalls Local TV “Horror Hosts”

Sean Kotz’s introduction to television horror hosting came in 1975 when he was a ten-year-old living on the eastern side of Virginia, where TV...

Rimsky-Korsakov Descendant to Make U.S. Debut in Roanoke

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra with David Stewart Wiley, Music Director, opens a new season on Monday evening October 5, 2009.  Opening Night is the...

Major Exhibition at Hollins a First for Betty Branch

Despite the fact that she’s lived and created art in the Roanoke Valley all her life, internationally-known sculptor Betty Branch has never had a...

Taubman’s New Director Sees “Tremendous” Potential

The Taubman Museum of Art’s long search for a new executive director has ended with the appointment of David Mickenburg. He replaces the now-retired...

Jefferson Center’s Upcoming Season Promises Variety of Talent

From Sweet Honey in the Rock (Sept. 25) to the Robert Cray Band (Oct. 18), from the new Jazz Club series (beginning Nov. 13)...

Red Hat Society’s Mission is Fun, Fellowship, Service

The Red Hat Society is an international membership organization for ladies, age 60-plus. “We spend our pension on Brandy and summer gloves, satin sandals and...