Arts, Leisure and Sports
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For the first time this Saturday, the Vinton Fall Festival will also be an Oktoberfest event this Saturday. WFIR’s Ian Price has details: Continue reading
Through 13 seasons and as a member of 4 NBA teams, former Cave Spring High School and Duke star JJ Redick has never missed the playoffs. Now he’s a new member of the New Orleans Pelicans. Redick spoke during the opening day of training camp yesterday about teammate and number one draft pick Zion Williamson:
Dawgs head coach Dan Bremner – and puppy Carl – in studio./Ian Price photo
A rather unique venue for the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs one and only preseason game a week from Saturday – they’ll play the Fayetteville Marksmen on the US Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Dawgs head coach Dan Bremner was live in-studio this morning:
Brett Roden and Pat Wilhelms/Roanoke Children’s Theatre/C Palmer photo
Roanoke Children’s Theatre is gearing up for the first production of its new season with “The Velveteen Rabbit” next week – its also made a move to help the bottom line. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Click below to hear a full length conversation with Pat Wilhelms and Brett Rhoden from RCT:
Morgan Harrington (left) and Sheriff Hank Partin/G Marrano photo
A current exhibition of Jane Lillian Vance’s colorful paintings at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine includes a portrait of Montgomery County Sheriff Hank Partin – a big supporter of “Help Save the Next Girl”