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Market Gallery celebrates 20 years with a ribbon cutting tomorrow

Published September 13, 2023 | By Gene Marrano

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Twenty years ago what they describe as Roanoke’s Oldest Fine Art Galley opened on Market Street. Three years ago it moved around the corner at 22 Campbell Avenue and now the Market Gallery will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a ribbon-cutting tomorrow at 3-pm.  At tomorrow’s ribbon cutting member artists of the collective will be on hand and refreshments will be served. Until November 30 visitors can sign up for a drawing to win two-thousand dollars of art from the studio. Cathryn Hankla is an artist and co-president of the “Market Gallery.”

 

Hokies beat ODU to open 2023 season

Published September 3, 2023 | By AP

BLACKSBURG (AP) – Grant Wells threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a score to lead Virginia Tech to a 36-17 season-opening win over Old Dominion on Saturday night.

Wells, who won the starting quarterback job over Baylor transfer Kyron Drones in the preseason, completed 17 of 29 passes for 251 yards to help the Hokies avenge a 20-17 upset loss to the Monarchs in last year’s season opener.

Wells threw touchdown passes of 20 yards to Jaylin Lane, and from 10 and six yards out to Ali Jennings, as the Hokies snapped a 14-game streak of scoring fewer than 30 points. Wells also scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter for Virginia Tech, which scored the game’s final 13 points.

Jennings, a transfer from ODU, victimized his former team, catching five passes for 72 yards and the two scores.

Grant Wilson threw two touchdown passes and rushed for 81 yards to lead the Monarchs, who lost for the seventh consecutive time dating to last season.

THE TAKEAWAYS

ODU: None of the quarterbacks on the Monarchs roster had ever played in an FBS game, but Wilson acquitted himself well. His timely runs on quarterback keepers were troublesome for the Hokies, who allowed 201 yards rushing. That type of play will be needed for an ODU team that has just six seniors.

Virginia Tech: This was a strong opening performance for the Hokies, who went 3-8 last season. Virginia Tech, which entered the game as a 16-point favorite, did not turn the ball over, punted only twice and committed just three penalties. More impressively, the Hokies scored their most points in second-year coach Brent Pry‘s tenure.

Gainsboro Road and Beyond: drawings from its heyday in new exhibit

Published September 1, 2023 | By Gene Marrano

Photos courtesy Taubman Museum

Around 200 pencil and ink drawings created from memory and detailed written descriptions of what was being captured by the artist – the heyday of Gainsboro and the northeast Roanoke neighborhood where the Berglund Center now stands. WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports on a multi-venue exhibition opening tonight:

 

 

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