Jazz Poetry Hour

Brown Library and Student Activities invite you to come express yourself at our Jazz Poetry Hour this Wednesday, March 31st, at 1pm in the Student Commons. The Elmer Coles Quintet will play behind you as you share your spoken-word, poetry, or other *short* forms of writing based on themes from the Big Read book, A [...]

Big Read Kick-Off A Big Success!

On Friday, February 12th, Virginia Western’s Brown Library hosted a kick-off event for The Big Read Roanoke Valley. Fifty copies for the Big Read book, A Lesson Before Dying, were given out FREE to the first fifty students who came by! To learn more about why you should participate in The Big Read, check out [...]

Big Read Kick-Off Tomorrow!!

February 12th is the VWCC Kickoff, steps of the Brown Library, 10am-12noon!! Come learn about Roanoke’s literary event, The Big Read, and what Virginia Western is doing to celebrate it! Free books to the first 50 students! Refreshments provided. The Big Read is a national reading program that is being billed as “The Roanoke Valley’s [...]

The Big Read Comes to VWCC

The Big Read is a national reading program that is being billed as “The Roanoke Valley’s Biggest Literary Event Ever!” The Educational Foundation, Student Activities, and Brown Library invite you to join Roanoke Valley residents who will be reading A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Here’s how to get involved: Get a copy of [...]