Roanoke Doesn't Suck!!!
Roanokers Jason Turner and Brenda Nicole McGuire decided a year ago to do something about all those peeps who say “There’s nothing to do in Roanoke…” They created a Facebook Fan Page called Things That Don’t Suck in Roanoke so we can post and read about the great many things that actually do go on [...]
Mystery Reality Show Coming Thru Town
Mystery Reality Show Coming Thru Town Black Dog Salvage in Roanoke will be the setting or idea behind a new national Cable TV reality show, according to Assistant Producer Clark McCarthy-Miller. He reached out to local producers in the Roanoke, VA area this past February 2012, seeking able workers for the show’s supporting staff on the [...]
This Week’s Top Ten Videos – June 5, 2011
Newbies on the list is always a beautiful thing… This week, Local Colors’ Parade of Nations 2011 emerges as the Number One video on the Top Ten, while a couple of musical artists hit the list with new videos of their performances around Roanoke. Southwest Virginia Songwriter’s Association member David Simpkins pulls two spots with [...]
This Week’s Top Ten Videos – May 26, 2011
This Week’s Top Ten Videos – May 26, 2011 So glad to see everyone having fun this Spring 2011!! Fabulous music and all sorts of outdoor stuff like Local Colors making Roanoke jump with sights and sounds! Thanks to all for your creative contributions to the Arts and Culture in our great city! 1. Local [...]
Breaking News: No End Times Until Local Colors and Other Festivities Are Over!!
Local Colors 2011: May 21, 2011 marks the last day before the latest common-era End Times begins with a big rapturous send-off scheduled for 6PM EDT. While ground zero was officially determined to be Philadelphia, PA, by Harold Camping (leader of Family Radio), he failed to mention that the real bon-voyage party was taking place [...]
This Week’s Top Ten Videos – May 19, 2011
We had a few weeks with not much activity in shooting local music. But finally we were able to get out some and enjoy several gigs in Roanoke. Many thanks to Bazaar Consignments, 3rd Street Coffeehouse, and Studio Roanoke for letting us tape their events. And special thanks to all performers and audiences for being [...]
Taubman Museum Family Day 2011
Saturday March 12, 2011 The weekend was a huge one for Roanoke, with celebrations in the street kicked off by the St Patrick’s Day Parade and city-wide festivities, including Taubman Museum of Art’s Family Day event. It seems Spring 2011 is unofficially here as the weather cooperated inline with the seasonal time change to Daylight [...]
This Week’s Top Ten Videos – Feb 21, 2011
Some oldies-but-goodies showing up on the Top Ten Videos this week at Star City FAME… Jonathan Byrd and Doug & Telisha Williams from their 2009 Americana In-the-Round tour, gigging at the Roanoke Public Libraries’ Emerging Artists Series. Also, a couple of videos popped up of Nancy and 2 Meteors. Of course, with the opening of the season [...]
Weekly Ted Talks – Shadowbox Bringing “Real News” and Conversation to the Community
When you go Downtown, just know there’s always something cool going on. Time of day doesn’t matter, there’s always something. Cool. Today I remembered that The Shadowbox runs a weekly Ted Talks video stream in their micro cinema. The cinema (which also is the Kirk Avenue Music Hall) sits on a street with a gaining [...]

