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...
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...
A New Look at Link: His Life and Legacy exhibit, which opens June 29 at the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, explores the logistics behind the internationally known photographer’s techniques. The exhibit also is featured prominently on Valley Metro buses and on the...
A new catalog, “Botetourt County: 250+1 Years of Delight,” has gone on sale online and in the Gift Shop of the Historical Society of Western Virginia. Authored by Curator Ashley Webb, this catalog acts as a record for the exhibition “Botetourt County: 250+1 Years of...
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