The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will dedicate the trail on Tuesday, the 79th anniversary of D-Day.
Lindsey Hull
Lindsey Hull is a 2023 graduate of Hollins University, where she studied English, creative writing, and leadership. She is a published poet and is working on a creative nonfiction book about storytelling performances in and around South-Central and Central Appalachia.
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Roanoke ballet performance incorporates poetry, music — and sign language
“The end goal is to have a ballet performance where a hearing person and a person with a hearing impairment can both watch it and walk away thinking they saw a show just for them,” said Will Smith, the show’s producer/director.
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An archivist has spent 12 years working to return Native American remains and artifacts to their tribes. Success may be close.
In 2011, Stephanie Gardner discovered that some of Bridgewater College’s 4,000 Native American artifacts were federally protected and needed to be repatriated. Archivists across the U.S. have been involved in similar efforts.
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This 47-bell instrument at Hollins hasn’t been played regularly in years. This week it will ring out in concert.
Hollins University is home to a carillon, an instrument of 47 large bronze bells that is the main fixture in the chapel’s bell tower. Though the bells once chimed frequently, they have mostly fallen silent in recent years. On May 3, that will change.
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Sculptor seeks to give a young civil rights pioneer her due, more than 70 years later
Maryland artist Steven Weitzman was chosen to create a sculpture of Barbara Rose Johns that will stand in the U.S. Capitol. Johns was just 16 when she led a student strike for equal education in Farmville in 1951.
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Roanoke ‘pauses’ Sister City relationship with Russian city; will take down Russian flag
The statue to Pskov, Russia will remain in Century Plaza but the city will affix a statement about the relationship.
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Roanoke officials disagree on how permanently to cut ties with Russian sister city
While Mayor Sherman Lea maintains that Roanoke should end its sister city relationship with Pskov, Russia, the city’s vice mayor says Tuesday’s vote is about pausing, not ending, the program.
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Roanoke reconsiders its Russian sister city ties as assault on Ukraine continues
The Roanoke City Council, which initially had stood by its relationship with Pskov, is expected to vote later this month on cutting ties with the Russian city.