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Culture
Cardinal News covers culture and all the stories that are shaping Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Take an immersive look at Taubman’s immersive Art Nouveau exhibit
You might not recognize his name, but you’ve probably seen his work: Alphonse Mucha’s work characterized Art Nouveau.
Augusta County man organizes drive to donate ambulances to Ukraine
When an upcoming delivery scheduled for November is completed, the number of ambulances sent to Ukraine will surpass 250.
National nonprofit developer Artspace chooses Roanoke for artist housing project
The project would provide affordable live/work and gallery space in the Riverdale development.
50 years after ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ a question of how the Roanoke Valley could mark its connection to a literary masterpiece
Annie Dillard spent a dozen years in the Roanoke Valley, but there’s no official commemoration of her time there or of her Pulitzer-winning book.
Roanoke attorney helps reunite mother and child in international kidnapping case
Vicki Francois was tapped by the State Department to represent a woman in Mexico whose infant had been brought to Martinsville.
Landmark Southwest Virginia theater to finish 2024 season as building goes up for auction
The iconic Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre building has stood next to Interstate 81 in Wytheville for a quarter-century.
Henrietta Lacks, ‘mother of modern medicine,’ statue unveiled in her childhood home of Halifax County
A statue of Henrietta Lacks, the mother of modern medicine, was unveiled in South Boston
Court of Appeals blocks transfer of giraffes from Natural Bridge Zoo
One has been moved to South Carolina but the other three remain in Rockbridge County and now, legal limbo.
Judge allows Rockbridge County to move 4 giraffes from Natural Bridge Zoo
Complicating the discussion of what should happen to the giraffes: Two are currently pregnant.

