Arts, Leisure and Sports
Number-one ranked UVA began its run through the ACC men’s basketball tournament with a win over Louisville yesterday- and the Rail Yard Dawgs are still on the road:
A new art exhibit on the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Roanoke shows community meetings, jars of water from different streams, and pamphlets that point to both Governor Ralph Northam and former Governor Terry McAuliffe as “water terrorists.” Neither of the Democrats has opposed the natural gas pipeline. “Rising Pressure: A Community’s Fight Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline” is at the Aurora Studio Center until the end of March. That’s near the corner of 1st and Campbell Ave. in downtown Roanoke.
The Franklin County Library wants you to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with tea and soda bread at their Main Library in Rocky Mount. WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno has more on “From Ireland to America: What I Learned about My Homeland After Coming to the U.S.”
The Blue Ridge Marathon returns on April 21 and Beth Doughty with the Roanoke Regional Partnership told City Council recently the numbers are still growing:
An internet destination that tracks music in the region is under new management and has set its sights on expansion. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more on “Blue Ridge Rocks dot-com”: