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238Events this week
29Free things to do
75New spots
75New stories

● Checked this morning, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Blacksburg

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 238 events, day by day →

Vinyasa

Monday 7am · Richmond

Tot Storytime

Monday 10am · Christiansburg Library

Music Mondays present.... I Choose izumi

Monday 12pm · McConnell Library

Mobile Branch: Tractor Supply, Dinwiddie County

Monday 12pm · Tractor Supply Co. (Dinwiddie, VA)

End of Season Potluck

Monday 4pm · Shalom Farms

New in Blacksburg

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Innovations Salon & Day Spa

Beauty

A little reset: Innovations Salon & Day Spa brings hair and spa services together, from hairstyling and perms to facials and pedicures.

innovationssalonanddayspa.com ↗

Lyric Theatre

Arts & Culture

Your movie night upgrade: Lyric Theatre is Blacksburg’s go-to for first-run crowd-pleasers, indie discoveries, and live music or theatre on the same beloved stage.

thelyric.com ↗

RunAbout Sports

Sporting Goods

Find your better fit: RunAbout Sports uses a 3D foot scan, gait analysis, and knowledgeable staff to help match runners, walkers, and anyone on their feet all day with shoes that work for them.

runaboutsports.com ↗

Blacksburg’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Blacksburg’s best →

Most read in Blacksburg

The five stories Blacksburg readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. New law aims to address nonpayment of speed camera tickets statewide - Virginia Lawyers Weekly

    Virginia's new law requires a second summons for unpaid speed camera tickets and allows DMV to withhold registration renewals until fines are paid.

    Full story at valawyersweekly.com ↗

  2. About one-third of drivers ticketed through speed cameras on I-81 don’t pay their fines, and there’s no mechanism to make them do so

    Success rates for getting offenders to pay vary widely across the region, but a change is coming Jan.

    Full story at cardinalnews.org ↗

  3. 11/11: Celebrate Montgomery County 250!

    Join Montgomery County and the Towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg in a day celebrating the 250th anniversary of Montgomery County!

    Full story at nrvnews.com ↗

  4. Community Foundation of the NRV's Scholarship application now open - Patriot Publishing LLC

    The scholarship application is open to graduating high school seniors and currently enrolled college students pursuing an education at a 2- or 4-year college.

    Full story at pcpatriot.com ↗

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