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40th Annual Readers’ Choice Dining Awards  

Submit your nominations for Roanoke's best restaurants today!

Events Calendar May/June 2026

Top May and June Events Around the Roanoke Area

Wasena Will Come Full Circle Soon

The new bridge, skate park, and blueway will be welcomed by pedestrians, businesses, and customers.

Inspired by Nature

The celebration of a heralded book leads to ongoing community projects.

Where Everyone’s an Artist

Art Project Roanoke hosts community events on the first floor and artist studios above.

From Buchanan to the Big Leagues of Softball

When his daughter asked him to teach her how to pitch, Denny Tincher began a journey that would produce a national champion, a historic no-hitter, and a softball training empire rooted in the Roanoke Valley.

Do You Know… Dr. Mary McDonald?

Dr. Mary McDonald takes her message and her care for large animals worldwide.

Southern Spoonful: Amaizing Summer Corn

The Game Changer

In 1961, an NFL exhibition game in Roanoke changed the city and professional football.

Pride in Our People

Our annual Best of issue shows what makes Roanoke strong, resilient, and unmistakably local.

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40th Annual Readers’ Choice Dining Awards

40th Annual Readers’ Choice Dining Awards  

Submit your nominations for Roanoke's best restaurants today!
Local Colors Festival May 16 Elmwood Park

Events Calendar May/June 2026

Top May and June Events Around the Roanoke Area
Bruce and Peggy Todaro on the deck of the Green Goat, with the Wasena Bridge behind them.

Wasena Will Come Full Circle Soon

The new bridge, skate park, and blueway will be welcomed by pedestrians, businesses, and customers. 
Artist Casey Murano discussed her watercolor, Come On, Surprise Me, at an artist talk.

Inspired by Nature

The celebration of a heralded book leads to ongoing community projects.
Artist Brian Counihan, Roanoke Arts and Culture Coordinator Douglas Jackson, and other artists and community members create people-centered floats for this year’s Daisy Art Parade in the main floor of Art Project Roanoke, located in the heart of downtown.

Where Everyone’s an Artist

Art Project Roanoke hosts community events on the first floor and artist studios above.
Group photo from one of the two national events Tincher Pitching did this winter in Roanoke, the Pitching Summit.

From Buchanan to the Big Leagues of Softball

When his daughter asked him to teach her how to pitch, Denny Tincher began a journey that would produce a national champion, a historic no-hitter, and a softball training empire rooted in the Roanoke Valley.
Dan Smith / Patrick Harrington

Do You Know… Dr. Mary McDonald?

Dr. Mary McDonald takes her message and her care for large animals worldwide.
Grilled Mexican Street Corn “Elote” ©Sara Schober

Southern Spoonful: Amaizing Summer Corn

This is a 1959 aerial view of Victory Stadium along Reserve Avenue SW.

The Game Changer

In 1961, an NFL exhibition game in Roanoke changed the city and professional football.
The Roanoker May June 2026 Best Of Roanoke Editors Note

Pride in Our People

Our annual Best of issue shows what makes Roanoke strong, resilient, and unmistakably local. 
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The Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival attracts about 20,000 visitors annually — a boon to the local economy.
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Bloom Town

Flower farms are finding new ways to keep our community beautiful.

May 1, 2023
Recreating a Dreamy Blue Kitchen
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Recreating a Dreamy Blue Kitchen

Inspired by a beloved former home, this Old Southwest renovation layers sky-blue cabinetry, warm metallic accents, and tailored updates into

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