COMMUNITY PROFILES

Downtown Roanoke hums with famous attractions like the art hub at the Center in the Square and the Historic City Market. The Art Museum of Western Virginia focuses on the visual arts while the Jefferson Center in Roanoke hosts a full calendar of audience-pleasing performances and events that include Opera Roanoke, Roanoke Ballet Theatre, and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. Salem draws crowds to a medley of performances and programs at the Salem Civic Center and James E. Taliaferro Sports & Entertainment complex. The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge unifies more than 80 cultural groups and hundred of artists who take advantage of galleries, theatres, and civic centers.