Gene Marrano
Berglund GM Robyn Schon at podium
Ten years after the Roanoke Valley Vipers left town pro ice hockey will return to the Berglund Center next year. The Southern Professional Hockey League makes it’s debut here next September. A team owned by a group of local and out-of-town parties will play 28 home games. Roanoke Mayor David Bowers says having a pro hockey team back in town will also build momentum for a new ice rink that the club could use for practices as well. Berglund Center General Manager Robyn Schon (who used to work for the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings) helped negotiate the deal. She spoke with WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Many know the name of Ralph Stanley as a blue grass legend – but his brother Carter Stanley is often long forgotten. A Roanoker’s one-man show aims to change that as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
Click below to hear more from Gary Reid on his one man show (speaking with WFIR’s Gene Marrano)
Scene from “The Pillowman”
“The Pillowman” tackles issues like Freedom of Speech – and looks at where art collides with government. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more on a play that opens tonight at Community High School’s McBroom Theater:
Click below to hear more from director Miriam Frazier, followed by cast members in The Pillowman”
