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Mon 1/20 🏆 noon–9pm: MLK Day Skate (roller skating) // Firehouse Skate 'N Play - Vinton // prices vary ↝ ✮♫ 5:30–7:30pm: Beginner & Intermediate Frame Drum Class // The Beat Goes On - Salem // $10 ↝ 🏆🧸 6–7pm: Youth Beginner Movement Class (rock climbing) // River Rock Climbing // $10; ages 8–

Mon 1/13 🏆 5:30pm: 100 Miler Kickoff Event (walk, raffle, tips, community) // Fishburn Mansion // free for participants ↝ 🏆 6–7pm: Adult Beginner Movement Class (rock climbing) // River Rock Climbing // $10, registration req. ↝ ✮ 6–7:15pm: Begin with a Pure Vision (basic & practical meditation) // Dharmapala Kadampa Buddhist Center // $10 ↝ ✮ 6:

Southwest Virginia probably isn't the first place that comes to mind when you think of multicultural dance, but after regularly adding 💃 salsa events 💃 and seeing the many classes offered this month, I'm beginning to think the dance scene here might, in fact, be something to write

🎆💃🎊🪩 In true procrastinator fashion, I'm adding this intro with 1 hr 53 min left in 2024. This project started mainly as an exercise to convince myself that moving back home after a very, very difficult year wasn't the worst thing in the world. In that regard,

Mon 12/23 🧸🎨 8:30–11:30am: Holiday Critter Crafting with Mill Mountain Zoo // West End Center // $25, registration req. ↝ 🧸✮ 9am (additional time slots at 10:30am & noon): Cookies for a Cause with Mrs. Claus (cookie decorating fundraiser for The Life Ring Foundation) // One City Plaza // $25, registration req.

🕎 Just like last year, yesterday we celebrated the final night of Hanukkah, the Jewish celebration of—what's that? What do you mean it hasn't even started yet? If you're anything like me, your childhood consisted of basic protestant holidays celebrated by conservative white Christians.

Tue 12/10 ✮ 5–8pm: Happy Hour for All: Ugly Sweater Party // A Few Old Goats Brewing - Roanoke // free ↝ ♫ 5–8pm: Brian Mesko & Terry Brown (jazz, funk) // Parkway Brewing - Salem // free ↝ 🏆 6pm (check-in 5pm): Holiday Lights Tour Bike Ride // Cardinal Bicycle - Grandin Village // free; $5 donation

Photos ops with Santa have been marked with "🎅". Mon 12/2 🎅 5–7pm: Free Family Photos with Santa (photo op, bring your own camera) // Belmont Library // free ↝ ♫ 7–8:30pm: Roanoke Valley Choral Society: “Merry and Bright – Holiday Memories” // Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church // free, $20 suggested ↝ Tue 12/

🦃 No holiday is more fixated on the consumption of a singular animal than American Thanksgiving; most families couldn't imagine dinner without a perfectly roasted turkey on the table. But what, exactly, does that bird symbolize? Does it hold any cultural significance, or is it simply the product of

🥸 Is it just me, or is no one celebrating Movember anymore? In our little corner of the world, has the mustache become so mainstream that participants are indistinguishable from the common man? In case you don't remember, Movember started as a movement to bring awareness to (and raise

💫 🔮🤞Why do we make wishes at 11:11? And on 11/11, are they more likely to come true? Read about it here. In the meantime, I'm wishing you all have time to check out what's happening this week: Mon 11/11 ✮ 7–10am: Veterans Day

Tue 11/5 ✮ 8:30pm–close: College Line Dance Night // Sidewinders // $10–20 ↝ ✮ 6:30–9pm: Music Bingo with Nathan // Big Lick Brewing // free ↝ Wed 11/6 ♫ 5–8pm: Foster Burton (psych rock, blues) // Parkway Brewing // free ↝ ♫ 6–9pm: The Guard (bluegrass) // The CoffeePot // free ↝ 🏳️‍🌈 6:30–7:30pm: Queer