-The following first appeared in The Floyd Presss on February 17, 2022. Returning to the June Bug Center studio, where she first taught Irish dancing and ballet in 1996, Thally McBroom is offering Irish Ceili Dance classes on Mondays (6-7 pm) and Thursdays (12-1 and 6-7 pm). The classes are free (donations accepted) and will […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 10, 2022. About two dozen community members turned out to listen to the poetry of Colleen Redman and Katherine Chantal on Sunday during the duo’s first event of their Soulful Aging Tour. Hosted by the Jessie Peterman, Redman and Chantal read from their recently published […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 3, 2022. More than 35 Floyd community members enjoyed a slide show presentation from Floyd’s Ian Caton of Wood Thrush Native Plants Nursery on Saturday, learning some of the basics of gardening using native plants. The free-to-the-public event was hosted by the Partnership for Floyd […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 3, 2022. Buffalo Mountain Adventures (BMA) is a woman-owned outfitter business that provides fully-facilitated outdoor activities of all types, including stand-up paddle boarding, hiking, climbing, biking and caving. A storefront Grand Opening is planned at the Outpost Building on Route 221 in late March/early April. […]
Miss Floyd County Fair 2021, Meriden Roberts, was a semi-finalist at the Miss Virginia Association of Fairs Scholarship Pageant in Williamsburg on January 8. Roberts, a Galax native who studies Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia Tech, placed in the top eleven of twenty-three contestants and was also the recipient of the pageant’s Photogenic […]
Last day for the Student Art Show Exhibit at the Floyd Center for the Arts. The following gallery first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 20, 2022. A view of the Floyd County High School art show in the Hayloft Gallery at the Floyd Center for the Arts, which will be on display through […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 13, 2022. “New year, new service,” said Dr. Christina Alba of Manifesting Wellness Family Chiropractic who recently opened a community Salt Therapy Room at her 613 East Main Street chiropractic office. Studies have found that salt therapy, also known as halotherapy, is beneficial for respiratory […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 6, 2021. Dogtown Roadhouse welcomed the up-and-coming Appalachian Folk trio Palmyra to the stage on Saturday (1/1/22). The band kicked off the New Year with a three-set performance as the start of a six-week southbound tour that will bring them to other venues in Virginia, […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 30, 2021. Objects are Closer Than They Appear is a new book of poetry by Floyd poet Colleen Redman. The 43-poem collection is a sequel, or a deepening, to Redman’s 2017 Packing a Suitcase for the Afterlife, published by Finishing Line Press. As a poetic […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 16, 2021. Before becoming Floyd’s first Tourism Director, Pat Sharkey owned a jewelry and gemstone business for more than 20 years. Now, a new incarnation of Earth Dance has just opened up as a retail shop — located downtown in The Station — and Sharkey […]
‘The perfect gift is the one you give to another,’ that’s the motto of The Perfect Gift Shop (TPGS), which distributes holiday shopping gift certificates to children and adults with developmental disabilities so they can experience the joy of giving. The all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded five years ago by Jean Woods, held a public Open […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 9, 2021. Attendees of the 27th Annual Winterfest Art and Craft Festival got the message, ‘buy local and homemade.’ The free holiday tradition, held Saturday and Sunday, is one that showcases some of the best of the county’s creative artisanship and draws visitors in time […]
