Minneapolis-based Artspace is looking at the Riverdale development — the former American Viscose property — as a place to create living and working spaces for artists.
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Story of Black Lucyville community lives through new historical marker
Lucyville was founded by a freed slave in the late 19th century. Students from Cumberland Middle School helped make the marker a reality.
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Mill Mountain Theatre marks 60th anniversary with show tunes and Top 40 hits
The shows take place Friday and Saturday. The theater’s 60th season also will bring back productions from previous years such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Annie.”
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Roanoke project focuses on ‘heat islands’
A city study concluded that areas of the city with the most vulnerable populations — that is, those most likely to experience poverty, violence, food insecurity — also experienced the most extreme heat.
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Saving ‘iconic’ farm buildings in Craig County
The Frists have restored what Tracy Frist says is “a great piece of American history.”
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Ten years later, the Harvester Performance Center put Rocky Mount ‘on the map’
The town-owned venue has attracted big-name acts like Tab Benoit, Morgan Wade and the Indigo Girls. It’s also been an economic boon for Rocky Mount.
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Virginia Tech’s New Music + Technology Festival set for Tuesday start
Events will include a performance by L2Ork, a Linux-based laptop band, and the debut of an original piece for live drum and spatial audio.
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Despite the clouds, some saw the eclipse
Here’s how readers saw the eclipse (if they could). You can share yours, too.
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Anyone can claim it but only one can be it: Franklin County takes moonshine capital title
A friendly debate in Martinsville pitted Franklin County against Wilkes County, North Carolina, for the honor.
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Court delays ruling on cost of caring for animals seized from Natural Bridge Zoo
The zoo said the state was asking for “extortionate amounts of money,” but no figures were discussed in court and the case was put off until June.
