Mini Hokie Birds to benefit community
November 6, 2009
The Blacksburg Partnership will be selling 2-foot miniature versions of the Hokie Bird statues seen around town.
Content on Art:
Blacksburg showcases its artistic palette with Art Tour 10
November 4, 2009
"Buy local. Be local. Eat local." Blacksburg's local initiative has found its way onto bumper stickers, storefront windows and advertisements.
Gallery combines technology and art
September 28, 2009
Digital arms dangle from the wall of a gallery. As visitors walk through the room talking and making noise, the arms stretch out toward them.
Gallery exhibits tension between art, utility
September 9, 2009
The rectangular room looks like the kitchen of a mad man. Random, utterly useless contraptions line the walls surrounding beautifully crafted and purposeful ceramic bowls and cups.
August 28, 2009
Jane Vance slogged across an 18,000-foot Himalayan pass. Snow swarmed her body, the clouds like an awoken hornet's nest. The thin air gripped her lungs in a vice, and the bitter cold needled her bones.
August 26, 2009
Group 'TWISTS' art and science in novel way
March 30, 2009
Theater arts and science are typically seen as non-intersecting disciplines, but members of Theatre Workshop in Science, Technology and Society, or TWISTS, don't see it that way.
Bill Connelly's rendition of everyday life
February 26, 2009
I went with a cup of the macadamia nut. He opted for the Mill Mountain blend along with a turkey sandwich.
Engineers celebrate 100-year anniversary with exhibit
October 15, 2008
It looks as though engineers really can do it all.