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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....

New Book Illustrates the Parallels Between Society and the Silver Screen

Melvin Matthews Jr. loves old movies. The Roanoker has written two non-fiction works that painstakingly detail the intersection of film and society. First, there...

New Exhibit at Hollins Presents “Things That Are Not”

The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum on the Hollins University campus is presenting an exhibit of art that will be dismantled after August 22 –...

Film Project to Focus on Smith Mountain Lake

A walk down by the shore of Smith Mountain Lake turned on a light bulb inside Sara Elizabeth Timmons’ head. Now the young producer/actress...

Barcelona Institute of Gospel to Perform at Virginia Tech’s Kentland Farm

The Barcelona Institute of Gospel will perform at Virginia Tech's Kentland Farm on Wednesday, July 15 from 4 to 8 p.m.This is the first...

Roanoke College Alumni Release Books

Two Roanoke College alumni have recently released books while another Roanoke alumni is in the process of publishing a memoir. Corbin M. Wright, a...

Sinking Creek Releases First CD

Several Roanoke area musicians have teamed up to form Sinking Creek, recently releasing their first CD, “Fast Asleep.”  Songwriter-acoustic guitarist Lance Smith, bassist Jake...