Stories of an Abandoned Virginia

Wed 3/27
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Presentation


General Admission - $20 + tax

Come join us for a visually captivating journey through the beautifully decaying rural places within our state with which so many Virginians have become intrigued. Photographer  and adventurer John Plashal has commemorated these abandoned gems by capturing their beauty and delivering them to us in a presentation full of powerful imagery and fascinating stories. Experience the “unseen” side of Virginia with all the houses, churches, schools, asylums, diners and secret societies that have been “frozen in time” and now documented and delivered in Plashal’s presentation titled “Stories of an Abandoned Virginia”.
 

Hoot and Holler - Comeback Stories (SOLD OUT)

Thu 4/18
7:00 pm

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT

Comeback Stories - General Admission - $22 + tax

We all have a comeback story and Hoot and Holler is shining a light and celebrating those moments where we’ve come back from the brink.

We all have these phoenix moments- the ones where we rise back up from medical challenges, tragedies, toxic environments, near death experiences, legal woes, financial ruin, dissolution of relationships, or adversities of any kind. Conversely, perhaps we come back to a place, person, or situation that we thought we’d left.

There are endless interpretations of this theme! These stories will showcase the true resilience of the human spirit. We will celebrate reclamation, rebirth, and empowerment through brave and bold personal tales of truth.


 

Hoot and Holler: 5-Minute Hootenanny

Thu 4/18
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Hootenanny - General Admission - $10 + tax

New fresh, 5 minute HOLLERS.  Come enjoy new, raw story tellers taking at shot a giving a HOOT!   It'll be a no holds barred hilariously good time!

See below for a full detailed breakdown of this new offering from "Hoot and Holler!"

 

Science + Literature: Nature's Peril and Poetry

Thu 4/25
Doors - 6 pm | Readings and Conversation - 7 pm | Book Sales and Signing - 8 pm


Arthur Sze, National Book Award-winning poet, and author of 11 books of poetry (most recently, THE GLASS CONSTELLATION) will have a conversation on poetry and the environment with UVA professor and poet Brian Teare (POEM BITTEN BY A MAN).

General Admission: FREE with Reservation

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Book Release Date: April 13, 2021 (paperback forthcoming on August 13, 2024)

The National Book Foundation's prestigious Science + Literature program is bringing National Book Award winner Arthur Sze to Roanoke.  Sze will join UVA professor Brian Teare at the Grandin Theatre. In a conversation titled Science + Literature: Nature's Poetry and Peril, Sze and Teare will discuss the role of poetry in our modern lives, how poetry connects us to nature, and how we can use literature to benefit our environment.  This event is free and open to the public, though pre-registration is encouraged. Presented in partnership with the Roanoke Public Libraries, Virginia Festival of the Book, the Grandin Theater, and the National Book Foundation.

Hope Over Hate - A Community Conversation

Thu 5/9
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Presentation


General Admission - FREE - BY RESERVATION ONLY. 

Join us for a memorable evening of dialog, learning, and healing as the RJF presents a discussion and Q&A on how to overcome hatred.
 

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Dorothy Gillespie: Courage, Independence, and Color

Wed 5/22
6:00 pm - Doors Open | 7:00 pm - Screening | Q&A afterwards with the filmmakers and members of the Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation


Born in 1920 – the same year women won the right to vote – Dorothy Gillespie challenged society and women’s place in it through her activism, pedagogy, and groundbreaking art work as one of the great abstract expressionists of the twentieth century.