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Soul Sessions plans a performance event to share experiences in dealing with the impact of COVID-19.When Bryan Harvest Blaque Hancock was asked to host a…
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At a time when the nation is politically polarized – when we’re divided by over a hundred channels of cable and a growing gap between rich and poor, a…
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This season the American Shakespeare Center features King Lear and the Rise of Queen Margaret – stories of political people in olden times, but the…
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It’s been said music is the language of the heart, something able to break down barriers between people with different politics, cultures or beliefs.…
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Even though Muslims make up nearly a quarter of the world's population, the political, religious, historical, and cultural aspects of Islam are not known…
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Whatever your thoughts on fashion, it seems clear that what a woman wears can speak volumes about her, before she ever utters a word. In part three of our…
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The arts have a unique ability to embrace complexity; to hold a variety of ideas at once. They can foster exploration not always possible through other…
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In 1949, the merchants of Roanoke decided to hype the holiday season with a giant star. Made from 2,000 feet of neon tubing, the star sits atop a mountain…
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This summer, thousands of tourists will visit the Civil War battlefields of Virginia, its premiere national park, the ornate capital in Richmond and a…
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If you’ve driven through the UVA campus recently, you may have noticed a mural going up on the side of the Graduate Hotel. It’s a collaboration with the…
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The market for opera is a small one, and most companies are based in big cities, where they can draw large enough crowds to pay for it, but a new company…
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Since it opened in the 1930s, Roanoke’s historic Grandin Theatre has offered both entertaining and educational moviegoing experiences. Now the theater is…