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The first Earth Day took place on April 22 in 1970 – it was billed as a “national teach-in on the environment.” A year later, President Nixon celebrated Earth Day's first anniversary with a ...

ROANOKE, Va. – The Roanoke Baroque Orchestra and The Eye Planetarium at the Science Museum of Western Virginia teamed up this weekend to combine immersive visuals and baroque music during their “In ...

The ornate melodies of Baroque music performed by the TENET Vocal Artists filled the Moeser Auditorium on Sunday for a show that was well attended by local music enthusiasts. Jolle Greenleaf, the ...

In February 1770, Thomas Jefferson’s childhood home at the plantation Shadwell, in Albemarle County, Va., burned to the ground. Years later, his great-granddaughter Sarah Randolph retold the story of ...

Orange — Baroque music may not strike the average casual music fan but the 17th- and early 18th-century style of music has certainly struck a chord with a group of young musicians known as ...

A pair of replica Baroque instruments starred in a recent concert, “Sonate di Luce,” at the Baroque Room in St. Paul’s Lowertown, where a rising violin talent, Benjamin Lenzmeier, performed with ...

On the evening of March 30, the Jupiter Ensemble took the stage of Richardson Auditorium. The music group was led by the outstanding lutenist Thomas Dunford, the group’s founder and artistic director.

Although all sectors were adversely affected by the onset of Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns, none were more affected than arts and entertainment with over a 50% decline in employment between ...