• Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg Annual Open Houses, 4 – 8 pm: Late night shopping, free gift wrap, snacks and beverages, holiday specials.
• Deo Gloria will carol through the stores and streets.
• Holiday Farmer’s Market, 4 – 7 pm: Crafts, Funnel Cakes, free hot chocolate and hot cider, Student Government Association selling Hokie Basketball shirts, Blacksburg Junior Master Chorale Bake Sale, and more in the new Market Square Park, (fomer Blacksburg Farmer’s Market space)
• Pictures with Santa at The Lyric, 4:30 pm: Bring your own camera.
• Opening Reception and Book Signing for Signs of Dysfunction at the Mish Mish Gallery, 5 -7 pm: In the show are photographs from the new book, Signs of Dysfunction by local photographer Kirk Carter. The show and book depict the subtext of signage through photos of incomplete, vandalized, weathered, painted-over and otherwise remarkably useless signs. Most of the photos were taken in or near Southwest Virginia. Framed prints and copies of the book will be available for purchase during the run of the show, December 4-31.
• Tree lighting with music from the Blacksburg Children’s Master Chorale, 5:30 pm
• TubaChristmas, 6 pm: Market Square Park, co-sponsored by the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg, the Lyric Theatre and the Department of Music at Virginia Tech
• Sounds of the Season Holiday Parade, 7 pm: co-sponsored by Blacksburg Parks and Recreation Department and Virginia Tech Chapter of Circle K

Details for this post found on the Blacksburg.gov calendar and the Downtown Merchants of Blacksburg

Sports are limited this week due to schools being on break for Thanksgiving. But here are the events that I’m aware of:

If you happen to be in Harrisonburg, VA on Sunday 11/22 or are willing to make the two hour drive, the Women’s Basketball team is playing at James Madison University at 2pm

• Monday 11/23
  • -no known events-
• Tuesday 11/24
  • -no known events-
• Wednesday 11/25
  • VT Women’s Basketball at Radford
    3:00pm | Donald N. Dedmon Center, Radford, VA
  • VT Volleyball vs the University of Virginia
    7:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
• Thursday 11/26
  • -no known events-
• Friday 11/27
  • VT Wrestling vs Newberry
    5:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
  • VT Wrestling vs Campbell
    7:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
• Saturday 11/28
  • VT Women’s Basketball vs Elon
    1:00pm | Cassell Colliseum, Blacksburg, VA
  • VT Football at the University of Virginia
    3:30pm | Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VATelevised on ESPN/ESPN360
  • VT Women’s Soccer Quarterfinal
    TBD
• Sunday 11/29
  • Radford Women’s Basketball vs Howard
    3:00pm | Donald N. Dedmon Center, Radford, VA

Comments with feedback would be greatly appreciated!

• The links at the top of the page populated with area specific information, in a mini-directory format
• Weekly posts outlining local sporting events from Virginia Tech, Radford, the local high schools, and other area teams
• Regular posts with information about area concert, shows,  and art displays
• Regular posts with information about movies playing at The Lyric, on campus, and at the Christiansburg Theater
• Detailed information about Town and Campus events
• As needed posts for fund raising events for charities…on my radar now is the Hungry Hokies Fast-a-thon
• Seasonal posts about activities in the New River Valley…hiking, tubing, sledding, etc
• If, after completing the above list, I still have free time…then I’ll try to include special events/specials at the local businesses, restaurants, and bars.  I make no promises on this one!

The focus will attempt to focus on cheap or free things to do whenever possible.  Blacksburg, Radford, Christiansburg, and sometimes even Roanoke/Salem are fair game to be considered local. However, anything that I think will be a benefit to the readers will make it through my brain filter.

I’ll have a “tip line” email address setup so you can let me know about events and activities I may not already be aware of (especially good causes).  Although it usually doesn’t seem like it, there’s always something to do in Blacksburg if you know where to go and have a good enough idea.

Gobble away, friends

-Brad-