“A lot of people knew him as a songwriter and a political activist, but more than anything else he was a community organizer,” said Craig Green to a full-house audience at the Pete Seeger Celebration on Saturday. Held at the Floyd Country Store, the free, public event was a tribute to 6kkthe late music activist […]
~ The following first appeared in the May 15, 2014 issue of The Floyd Press. Linneya Cooley says she didn’t know how to cook before participating in a Culinary Arts class at Blue Mountain High School (BMHS). Now she makes marinara sauce each Monday morning for stuffed manicotti shells, a lunch entree at the school’s […]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on May 8, 2014 The Artist’s Table, a new gallery café, opened on May 2nd over The Harvest Moon Food Store in Floyd. The space, which was previously occupied by Natasha’s Market Café, Over the Moon Gallery and the Moonlight Lounge, is now one entity […]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on May 8, 2014 with a larger selection of photos. The Partnership for Floyd held its annual Earth Day Celebration at the Floyd Ecovillage on Saturday. The sunny warm weather was a perfect backdrop for nature hikes, scavenger hunts and much more. Organizers estimated […]
~ The following first appeared in the April 24, 2014 edition of The Floyd Press. A red piano, a world champion classical whistler, a renowned symphony conductor who has worked with Billy Joel, and a young violinist who was a top ten finalist on America’s Got Talent were some of the elements that made a […]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 20, 2014. A contingency of about 80 Floyd Countians and Gibby Waitzkin’s family attended her February 22nd opening of Continuum of Being at Piedmont Arts in Martinsville. “There were about 200 in all that attended,” said the fiber-artist about the show, where treasures of […]
~ The following first appeared in the March 6, 2014 issue of The Floyd Press with a larger spread of captioned photos. The Blue Mountain School (BMS) community knows how to throw a party. The 5th annual Mardi Gras Costume Ball, a BMS signature fundraiser, was celebrated Saturday night in three festively decorated rooms at […]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 6, 2014. A couple of photos have been added. Donna Polseno did some preparatory research for The Great Road: Contemporary Wood-fired Ceramics, an exhibit she presented at Roanoke’s Taubman Museum of Art, where she is adjunct curator of ceramics. At the museum members’ opening […]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 27, 2014 Jennifer Greene’s study of water began when she was a child playing in mud puddles. Today, as director of the Water Research Institute in Blue Hill, Maine, she consults with municipalities on waste water management and teaches hands-on workshops that explore the […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 13, 2014. In an opening splash, Natasha’s Market Café recently welcomed guests to the Moonlight Lounge. The new venue, located on top of the Harvest Moon Food Store, shares space with Natasha’s and the Over the Moon Art Gallery. It features an extensive wine […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 23, 2014. Students and the staff at Blue Mountain High School (BMHS) hosted a special program on Martin Luther King Day in honor of King. Middle school students at Blue Mountain Elementary School were invited to attend the event, which was held at the […]
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on January 2, 2014 The Young Actors Co-op (YAC) presented their latest production, Tales of the Windship, with three shows on December 13, 14 and 15th. Performed at June Bug’s Black Box Theater, the play was written by Fengar Gael in narrative style and incorporated folktales from […]
