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BUZZ Watch Party stars The Spot on Kirk 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ Watch Party stars The Spot on Kirk

All are invited to a free Watch Party on Feb. 27, 2025, at 7:00 pm EST to enjoy our newest BUZZ starring The Spot on Kirk! Show up early to be part of our BUZZ Live! from The Spot on Kirk talk show at 6:00 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm).

About the episode:

Attracting an eclectic cast of artists from around the world — and helping launch the likes of Morgan Wade — The Spot on Kirk in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, is both listening room and community center for all music lovers.
The nonprofit is also a passion project for founder and board president Bruce C. Bryan, whose marketing agency 5Points Creative has provided the “buzz” for nine of our episodes to date. For its 10th BUZZ milestone, 5Points Creative and Bruce are making sure more people know about The Spot. BUZZ videographer Dan Mirolli — a talented musician in his own right — lends a hand in this episode by creating a promotional video that better highlights this remarkable venue.
BUZZ Watch Party stars Franklin County (Va.) NAACP’s “Raising the Shade” 900 506 Michael Hemphill

BUZZ Watch Party stars Franklin County (Va.) NAACP’s “Raising the Shade”

All are invited to a free Watch Party on Feb. 1, 2025, at 6:00 pm EST at First Baptist Church of Rocky Mount to enjoy our newest BUZZ starring the Franklin County NAACP’s venture “Raising the Shade.”

About the episode:

Monuments are all around us … testaments to people and places of the past. One such monument stands on the courthouse lawn in Franklin County, Virginia, honoring the county’s ancestors who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

But the nonprofit Franklin County NAACP has begun asking: Why do we honor these forefathers who fought for a cause to keep other forefathers of ours enslaved? What role did the foremothers have in preserving this history? And, if we insist on memorializing one side of the story, can we at least start to pay tribute to the other?

With funding they’ve received from the Mellon Foundation as part of a Virginia Tech led initiative titled “Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia,” these citizens have banded together to form an organization called “Raising the Shade.” Their mission: create new monuments that celebrate the county’s 70 African-American ancestors who fought for the Union during the Civil War in a branch of the Army known as the United States Colored Troops.

This BUZZ is part 1 of a multi-episode project we’re producing in partnership with the Franklin County NAACP.

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