Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions in the entire world, with vessels dating as far back as 30,000 years. Although these first pots were molded by hand and exclusively utilitarian in nature, the invention of the potter’s wheel (between 6,000 and 4,000 BC) allowed clay makers to explore creative uses for pottery, such
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Monday, January 9th, 2023
If only the path to career success and happiness – trumpet fanfare included – was a straight line. Imagine knowing, with a peaceful certainty, when you launched, you would land exactly where you’re supposed to. Unfortunately, it...
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
Famous for its whimsical take on one girl’s dream, “The Nutcracker” ballet, in all its glitter snow and sugar plum glory, was first performed in December of 1892 in Russia. At the heart of the narrative, it...
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
It started with a compliment and an exhortation to bring music instruction to the community. Nearly 30 years later, the Renaissance Music Academy is making Blacksburg and the New River Valley a place where music thrives,...
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
Parker Stafford was 12 years old when he remembers first being impressed by glass. He had traveled to England with his grandparents and was awestruck by stained glass windows. After graduating from high school in Floyd County,...
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
Hani Naji spends most all his mornings into the afternoon drawing at Mill Mt. Coffee & Tea in Blacksburg. His seat of preference is a far back corner wood bar stool at the left-side tip of the...
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Friday, July 29th, 2022
Imagine my surprise when I asked Pat Buckley Moss recently what is her favorite thing to paint, and she reached for a pendant she was wearing on a long chain. It is … … a...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
The entrepreneurial bug can bite young, and Lindsay Santos, 15, doesn’t remember a time when she did not want to start a business. She would daydream about it and even sketch out business plans and marketing ideas....
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Formerly known as the Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center and perched behind Montgomery County Courthouse on Pepper Street since circa 1980, the Montgomery Museum of Art and History went through a rebranding about four...
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
There is much to recommend fiber arts as a creative outlet. It has the vibrant colors of painting without the mess of cleaning brushes. It won’t cut or burn like stained glass, and it won’t dry out...
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