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Book No Further will celebrate Small Business Saturday (November 25) with a local author signing from 10 AM to 4 PM. An annual event the Saturday following Thanksgiving, Shop Small Saturday was begun by American Express in 2010. Momentum has built, and by last year, the national effort brought out an estimated 112 million shoppers.… Continue reading ★ Local authors, local impact: Shop Small Saturday (Nov. 25) at Book No Further
Maureen McNamara Best hosted the November 13 conversation on Dar Williams’ What I Found in a Thousand Towns. Weaving together a variety of voices, the lively discussion on the role of local food in the community included 34 people and was held at organization’s commercial kitchen on Patterson Avenue in the West End. Maureen's professional experience… Continue reading ★ Finding Roanoke: Maureen McNamara Best on the local food connection
The City of Roanoke Arts Commission, Ride Solutions and the Greater Roanoke Transit Authority are again sponsoring a mobile residency for an area writer or writers. The 2018 Writer on the Bus will be provided a bus pass and paid an honorarium of $1,000 to create a unique work of literature while riding different bus… Continue reading ★ Be the next Writer on the Bus: Apply by Dec. 15
Roanoke-based biographer and independent curator Heath Hardage Lee focuses her biographies and exhibitions on hidden stories of women whom history has overlooked or forgotten. The subject of her first book, Winnie Davis: Daughter of a Lost Cause (Potomac Books, 2014), was Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis, the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. It's easy to see… Continue reading ★ A remembrance for Veterans’ Day: Biographer Heath Hardage Lee on The League of Wives
In the next Finding Roanoke conversation, the Local Environmental Agriculture Project will host a conversation on local food and vibrant communities. Susanna Thornton of Thornfield Farm will be one of the local farmers participating, and she talked with us as a quick preview of the evening. BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke: On the website for Thornfield… Continue reading ★ Finding Roanoke with Susanna Thornton of Thornfield Farms
The Roanoke Public Library will host a reading by Newberry Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña to celebrate the renovation and expansion of the Williamson Road Branch Library. The New York Times bestselling author has published children's picture books and novels for young adults. In addition to the reading at the Williamson Road Branch (Wednesday,… Continue reading ★ Newberry Medal winner Matt de la Peña on understanding ourselves and others through books
As part of our Finding Roanoke conversation series, we're digging deeper into role of local foods on Monday, November 13. For the event, our host, Maureen Best, director of the Local Environmental Agriculture Project (LEAP), has pulled together some interesting food folks, including blogger and freelance journalist Christina Nifong. We spent a little time with Christina as… Continue reading ★ On fork and pen with local foods journalist Christina Nifong
Last night's Finding Roanoke conversation (on chapter four of Dar Williams' What I Found in a Thousand Towns) probed Roanoke's transformations over decades, asking questions such as: How do we thoughtfully and inclusively continue the successful revitalization efforts begun decades ago with Center in the Square? Who historically has gotten pushed aside in the wake of… Continue reading ★ FIVE ON better understanding the experience of race in Roanoke
Beth Macy appeared at Book No Further this weekend to celebrate the opening of Doloris Vest's new bookstore and the paperback release of Macy's second book, Truevine (Back Bay Books, 2017). In presenting the motivation behind her work, the Roanoke based author points to the unexpected heroes she's drawn to. They fight the odds—against racial injustice,… Continue reading ★ History and the art of the possible: Beth Macy at Book No Further
Roanoke writer and civic leader Rev. Joe Cobb has teamed with Linda Webb to present Heart to Heart, a weeklong conversation series with a daylong conference. The conversations, held from November 8-13 in a variety of settings, are designed to create dialogue and support for all people seeking deeper understanding in relationship to LGBTQ neighbors… Continue reading ★ Heart to Heart guest Susan Cottrell on journaling and building community
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