Gene Marrano
Dan Bremner – Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs photo
After more than a month away from the Berglund Center the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs are home tonight and tomorrow. Head coach Dan Bremner says his team is ready for a break from the road. The Dawgs have clinched an SPHL playoff spot but Bremner says they would like to move up a notch or two in the standings with six games left in the regular season. Game time tonight at the Berglund Center versus Knoxville is 7:05. You can hear an extended conversation with Rail Yard Dawgs head coach Dan Bremner below:
The Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia announced its biggest fundraisers during last week’s “Roanoke Valley Gives Day,” at a luncheon today. Roanoke Catholic, Lake Christian Ministries and the Prevention Council of Roanoke County took home the top honors in the large, medium and small organization categories, respectively. Despite Facebook and Instagram going down that same day Michelle Eberly with the Community Foundation says it was a record-breaking event. Roanoke Valley Gives raised $823,000 in its fourth year – about $80,000 more than in 2018.
The Mill Mountain Theatre season on the main stage opens next week with Mamma Mia! Meanwhile the Waldron “Fringe Series” that presents edgier, lesser known works in that more intimate space is looking for feedback from the public on what they want the Fringe Series to become. Ginger Poole is the Producing Artistic Director at Mill Mountain Theatre. Hear a complete live in studio conversation below:
Another series of public meetings from Tuesday through April 3rd at Roanoke libraries are designed to receive input from “all” sectors of the city’s population, as it crafts an updated comprehensive plan with “interwoven equity.” WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
All meetings at city library branches: Gainsboro March 26, Raleigh Court March 28 (both 5-7); Belmont March 30 10-12, Melrose March 30 2-4, Main Library April 2 11:30-1:30, Williamson Road April 3 5-7