16 Blocks Magazine

Gathering the new work.

The Local Jam mural, Stella Rose Outdoor Piano, Blacksburg Utility Boxes, and Nook Looks

How leftover Canopy Tents and a Street Closure from Covid Social Distancing Measures during the time of quarantine led to the artist’s drawing, which became the cover of the Rebirth of 16 Blocks Magazine, and now printed outdoors and large-sized as the first installment Blacksburg Public Arts Committee’s destination project.

New Section-in-Progress following the opening of our our office in the Aurora Building in downtown Roanoke.

Local and Visiting Artists speaking about their work.

Our coverage of the working of local governance was began in an effort to fill the void left by the shuttering and downsizing of traditional media sources. Grandstanding, Politicking, or being the voice of the uninsured and humble poor?The embattled 24-year-old Councilman Liam Watson is publicly voicing his concerns over

Our continuing coverage of local politics shifts its focus to the late stage of the Roanoke Mayoral Election with interviews at our new studio in the Aurora Building in Downtown Roanoke. Nov 11 UPDATE In anticipation of new votes being counted today … https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/11/08/absentee-ballots-be-counted-could-decide-tight-roanoke-mayor-race Our first coverage of a local