Arts - The Roanoke Rambler

An Ounce of Creative Prevention is Worth a Pound in Police Enforcement

As a victory for local activism changes the city’s safety conversation, grassroots public murals demonstrate how altering Roanoke’s physical surroundings can organically help in securing our streets.

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New Model for Cash-Strapped Jefferson Center Pursued Through Management Firm Idea

“I am very encouraged and very hopeful that there is a path forward,” the facility's board director said.

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After Blunt Letter, City Warms to Solution for Jefferson Center

City Council members said the Jefferson Center is too important to lose.

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Roanoke-Area Holocaust Survivors Share Stories of Hiding, Hope in Documentary

“Triumph of Hope,” a documentary about three Roanoke-area survivors of the Holocaust, will screen at the Grandin Theatre on April 2.

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Roanoke's Black History Museum Plans To Leave Downtown for Melrose Plaza

Center in the Square was not planning on renewing the Harrison museum’s same lease, which is up in 2026.

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Fewer Hours, More Tours: Roanoke's Taubman Museum Charts a Post-Pandemic Future

The museum has settled into a new routine post-pandemic: fewer public hours, more group tours and more special events.

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Daisy Art Parade Float Bringing Mardi Gras Whimsy Through Downtown Roanoke

The parade seeks to demonstrate the ability of art and artistic expression to unite disparate people, communities and neighborhoods.

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Henrietta Lacks Statue Concept Unveiled at Roanoke Plaza Named in Her Honor

The Black woman’s statue is to be erected where an obelisk dedicated to Confederate general Robert E. Lee used to stand across from city hall.

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Fixture of Roanoke Music Scene 5 Points Seeks Urgent Funding To Buy Its Old Church Building

5 Points Music Sanctuary seeks to raise $300,000 before the end of this month in order to buy the church that’s become their home.