The Voice That Awed Roanoke

Mayor A. R. Minton (center) greets Marian Anderson (center, holding coat) along with Rev. William Simmons (right) and others from Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Roanoke was once privileged to host Marian Anderson, who had “a voice that only comes along once in a hundred years.”

A Song for All to Hear

Know a young person who loves to sing? Visit join/childrenschoir.com.

The Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir teaches our youth much more than to simply sing beautifully together.

Do You Know… Lawrence Bechtel?

Lawrence Bechtel at a recent show at the Montgomery Museum of Art & History in Christiansburg.

You likely know Lawrence Bechtel’s Roanoke work—’Officer Down’ and ‘Calling the Powers’—but you probably don’t know the man behind them.

Market Square

The community space we know and love has only grown since 1917.