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13-year-old Roanoke girl to have baking show on Blue Ridge PBS new ECHO channel
Read full article: 13-year-old Roanoke girl to have baking show on Blue Ridge PBS new ECHO channelAs simple as a click on a remote or a mouse, children will now be able to learn through new educational shows on Blue Ridge PBS, including one from a local teenager featured on the Food Network.
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The Nutcracker brings holiday cheer to Carillion Clinic
Read full article: The Nutcracker brings holiday cheer to Carillion ClinicROANOKE, Va. – To help make the holidays a little less lonely for hospital patients, the Southwest Virginia Ballet decided to bring some holiday cheer to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The ballet company partnered with Blue Ridge PBS to stream the performance on the GetWellNetwork, the in-house patient channel. Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital has more than 700 rooms and the performance will be available to view in each room. So being able to watch that, keeps their mind off their cancer,” Melinda Bailey, an oncology nurse, said. The performance will stream until December 29th.
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Southwest Virginia Ballet company takes ‘The Nutcracker’ to the TV screen
Read full article: Southwest Virginia Ballet company takes ‘The Nutcracker’ to the TV screenROANOKE, Va. – Grab your popcorn, because the Southwest Virginia Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker is coming to your screen. Rather than a traditional performance on just a stage, the ballet company is partnering with Blue Ridge PBS and other sponsors to air the show throughout December. A moment Emerson Kniola, a senior dancer, is excited about as her family lives in New York and Michigan. “This year the Nutcracker which is my favorite production," Kniola said. If you are not in the area, viewers can watch the performance online in a Nutcracker Marathon on BRPBS' YouTube channel “Blue Ridge Streaming” the weekend of December 11-13 and again throughout the holiday season.
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'We have to reach every child’: Blue Ridge PBS offering classes for kids at home
Read full article: 'We have to reach every child’: Blue Ridge PBS offering classes for kids at homeROANOKE, Va. – Blue Ridge PBS is going back to its educational roots. For example, Mondays are about physical education, Tuesdays are arts and crafts, Wednesdays are theatre arts and so on. In 2012, Blue Ridge PBS lost state funding, which effectively shut down their education department. “Some kids don’t have a computer,” said Will Anderson, president and CEO of Blue Ridge PBS. “Some kids don’t have internet access and this basically gets education (well you know everyone has a TV), it gets education into the homes.
'Downton Abbey' street party in front of Grandin Theatre raises money for Blue Ridge PBS
Read full article: 'Downton Abbey' street party in front of Grandin Theatre raises money for Blue Ridge PBSROANOKE, Va. - After six seasons on television, "Downton Abbey" will hit the big screen Friday as a movie. Lucky fans of the popular PBS series got a sneak peek of the movie right here in Roanoke before it hits theaters. Blue Ridge PBS closed off Grandin Road in front of the Grandin Theatre so "Downton Abbey" fans could experience a movie premiere like no other. This party also served as a fundraiser for Blue Ridge PBS. Blue Ridge PBS sold more than 300 presale tickets and sold tickets at the door.