Your guide to anything and everything to do in and around the Roanoke Valley this November and December!
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Destinations
Kirk Avenue Music: Americana Live In Roanoke At Last!
The success of Kirk Avenue has prompted an expansion of its offerings that includes a 10-band extravaganza later this summer headlined by the Derek Trucks Band and The New Riders of the Purple Sage.
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A Pleasing Path to the Beach
Here’s a quick long-weekender, taking in the historical sites and fun stops along U.S. 460 before soaking up the sun in the ever-evolving Virginia Beach.
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Child’s Play for a Day
Want to take the kids somewhere exciting, but don’t have a lot of money to spend? Here are 10 cool day trips where you can make memories on less than one tank of gas.
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Destination: Lynchburg, A Surprising Fall Getaway For Couples
Many Roanokers probably don’t consider Lynchburg when they are planning getaway weekends for this autumn. The Hill City may be thought to be too close (after all, it is only an hour’s drive away) or too staid (after all, why should a couple leave one medium-sized city to visit another one of even smaller size). But just as Roanoke features a number of under-appreciated charms, so does Lynchburg – both of the outdoors and indoors nature.
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Fall Getaways: Hot Springs: The Road to Health, and to a Unique Rustic town
My 80-something mother and I recently drove the Blue Ridge Parkway to the hot mineral baths of Hot Springs, North Carolina, about 35 miles northwest of Asheville.
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See You at the Movies
And not just any movies. Here’s your guide for heading out this summer to that bastion of the American past, the drive-in.
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Western Virginia Drive-In Tour
Photos courtesy Jennifer Sherer, janisch/drive-on-in.com Fifty years of community memories, as filtered through Hollywood Technicolor, block-iron speakers and tasty corn dogs from the snack bar – yes, let’s take the Virginia Drive-in Tour on beyond The Hull in Lexington. • When visiting the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, save some time for the town’s other, more [...]
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