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...
CarLess Museum Preview Opening
River Laker’s most recent claim to fame began when he sold his old Volvo station wagon and vowed to go “carless” for at least...
Gamut Theatre Returns with “Vintage Durang”
Gamut has gone down to the wine cellar and emerged with a fine “Vintage Durang”, an evening of short works by Christopher Durang. ...
Fred First Returns with Second “Slow Road Home”
Fred First writes like he speaks: laid back, thoughtful and thought provoking. In recent years, the Floyd County resident has penned columns for the...
PR advice – from a Former “Revenuer”
Jack Allen Powell made his living an agent ATF agent – a “revenuer,” as they used to say, often tracking down local moonshiners....
Local Author Introduces Second Book, “Gray Baby”
Teenaged Clifton Carlson lives between two worlds as a bi-racial child. Years earlier he witnessed his African-American father being brutalized and killed by two...
Roanoke’s Bike Culture to be Focus at New CarLess Brit Museum
River Laker has turned selling his old Volvo station wagon into the “CarLess Brit” franchise over the past six months – all because...