January 31, 2026

Gene Marrano

Carilion Children’s trauma nurse urges safety first approach for those breaking out the Flexible Flyers this week Carilion Clinic Emergency #2

Carilion Children’s trauma nurse urges safety first approach for those breaking out the Flexible Flyers this week

Gene Marrano January 29, 2026 0
School has been out for many this week and local hillsides have been covered with snow and...
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Black History Month films at the Grandin Theatre; Roanoke History Museum needs your vote, Brothers Grimm-Youth version opens this Thursday Culture Calendar WFIR

Black History Month films at the Grandin Theatre; Roanoke History Museum needs your vote, Brothers Grimm-Youth version opens this Thursday

Gene Marrano January 28, 2026 0
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of...
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Why Science Museum is leaving Center in the Square: add “copious amounts of water,” and a costly leak to different vision and low attendance numbers Science Museum of Western VA

Why Science Museum is leaving Center in the Square: add “copious amounts of water,” and a costly leak to different vision and low attendance numbers

Gene Marrano January 21, 2026 0
Besides not being on the same wavelength with Center in the Square executives on a vision for...
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This weekend Theatre that makes think at The Bear … the 1956 wreck of the 611 at VMT … and The Brothers Grimm youth show coming to Attic Culture Calendar WFIR

This weekend Theatre that makes think at The Bear … the 1956 wreck of the 611 at VMT … and The Brothers Grimm youth show coming to Attic

Gene Marrano January 21, 2026 0
From the WFIR News room this is your Culture Calendar – With a look at some of...
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A Longer Listen with Vicki Gardner, who writes about that fateful day in August 2015 and its aftermath in memoir, Survival Has Consequences. Survival Has Consequences

A Longer Listen with Vicki Gardner, who writes about that fateful day in August 2015 and its aftermath in memoir, Survival Has Consequences.

Gene Marrano January 20, 2026 0
August 26th, 2015 … WDBJ-7 reporter Alison Parker and videographer Adam Ward are shot dead on live...
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Yes, Center in the Square IS moving away from a museum-heavy space to one based on interactive entertainment: its intentional center in the square

Yes, Center in the Square IS moving away from a museum-heavy space to one based on interactive entertainment: its intentional

Gene Marrano January 19, 2026 0
Yes, as some have commented online, Center in the Square IS moving away from a museum-heavy space...
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The Grandin Theatre’s Annual Black History Month Film Program includes a second location this year – the Harrison Museum of African American Culture, LIVE IN STUDIO

The Grandin Theatre’s Annual Black History Month Film Program includes a second location this year – the Harrison Museum of African American Culture,

Gene Marrano January 19, 2026 0
February is Black History Month and two of Roanoke’s long time cultural institutions are teaming up for...
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