Fantasyland holiday programming has returned to the Roanoke History Museum with displays of vintage Christmas department store yule scenes and time with Santa. Both school and public program times are included. Fantasyland began in the 1970s when several downtown...
On Feb. 27, Kegley Lectures features Penny Blue who will discuss her book, A Time to Protest: Leadership Lessons from My Father Who Survived the Segregated South for 99 Years. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. Books will be available for sale. Blue says, “This book is a...
Veteran author and researcher Betsy Biesenbach of Roanoke will discuss her arduous research to locate Persinger Mill for the Kegley lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church. Buried in the heavy clay riverbank about 600 yards from the west side...
Bespoke: Millinery from the Permanent Collection honors Roanoke resident and History Museum volunteer Sara Airheart for her 95th birthday. This millinery exhibit showcases the ostentatious, demure and highly fashionable hats that once graced the windows of downtown...
The Roanoke History & O. Winston Link Museums will offer free admission to visitors from seven counties and two cities on the second Saturday of every month beginning May 13. The program covers Craig, Botetourt, Roanoke, Bedford, Montgomery, Franklin and Floyd...
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