Arts & Culture

'Poetry in Motion' is a production in four parts, at the Trinkle Main Stage of Center in The Square May 12.

If you drive through the small town of Pulaski in the New River Valley in the next month, you may spot a giant sculpture, with hundreds of ladders intertwined. This temporary art installation is made entirely of borrowed ladders.

Many public school divisions throughout Virginia have orchestra programs, but not in rural southwest Virginia. There is, however, a program in the New River Valley, where music students at Virginia Tech help teach children to play classical string music.

Students at Emory & Henry College have spent the past semester uncovering the names of hundreds of people who were enslaved at the college, before and during the Civil War. They produced a short video, meant as a memorial to those whose stories would otherwise have been written into oblivion.

Students and faculty at Radford University are hosting a free, two-day festival this weekend, featuring musicians from around the world who will teach and perform different styles of classical guitar.

Ferrum College in Southwest Virginia has a long and storied history of performing arts. That history is now being archived.

FloydFest is canceled for this summer. The annual music festival was expected to draw thousands of visitors from dozens of countries and states.

Radford University is performing a rock-music and modern dance rendition of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album.

The 2021 film is showing on Blue Ridge PBS.

Victory Hall Opera is a small, independent company based in Charlottesville, founded by two singers who wanted to keep the emphasis on the human voice rather than expensive costumes and sets. Now, they’re moving in a new direction – making opera accessible to people who have never experienced it before.