Isaac Hadden, Cinémathèque to open April 18 show that doubles as a post-Blue Ridge Marathon celebration.
Tad Dickens
Tad Dickens is technology reporter for Cardinal News. He previously worked for the Bristol Herald Courier and The Roanoke Times and likes to bang on his drums when he can. Reach at tad@cardinalnews.org or 540 293-6018.
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Roanoke’s newest venue fills a niche in the city’s music scene
The Exchange Music Hall is part of a complex that includes a boutique hotel and a restaurant, all inside a grand former bank building in downtown Roanoke. The music venue had its grand opening on New Year’s Eve.
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Inauguration events featured leather, streetwear, cookies and hard cider from Southwest Virginia
Businesses from Bristol, Roanoke and Callaway were among those offering Virginia-made goods during Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s inauguration weekend.
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Crooked Road troupe brings sounds of the mountains to Richmond inaugural parade
A marching string band of about 25 top old-time and bluegrass musicians played for Virginia’s new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
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AeroFarms remains open, perhaps only temporarily
While the vertical farming company sent out a news release touting new investment that will allow its Pittsylvania County facility to remain in operation, a letter to the state says it may yet close this month.
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Readers recall decades of food and family at dearly departed eateries
After the recent closing of Mrs. Rowe’s in Staunton and the K&W Cafeteria chain, Facebook users who follow Cardinal News responded to a post by listing their favorites among now-closed restaurants, including The Roanoker, Pete’s Deli, Angler’s Cafe, The Homeplace, Country Cookin’ and Mike’s Grill.
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GO Virginia awards technology, life sciences grants
Among the projects to receive funding: an initiative to strengthen startups and a workforce development effort.
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Then & Now business and technology: Broadband vs. railroads, Carter Bank and the Justice family, missing Radford arsenal chemicals, Project VITAL funding
Courts disarm state law to speed broadband crossing railroads, but federal lawmakers propose bill to address the issue. Justices still paying down Carter Bank loans. More than a year after flooding from Hurricane Helene, three totes of chemicals from the Radford arsenal are still missing. Southwest Virginia tech concerns enact programs from $5 million Project VITAL partnership.
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FloydFest adds Railroad Earth and more to `26 lineup
The Dip and Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes also part of lineup additions announced on Thursday.
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Southside organization receives grant from the OpenAI Foundation
South Boston-based SOVA Innovation Hub is one of four organizations serving Virginia — and among 208 nationwide — to receive an award from the foundation linked to ChatGPT.
