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The Blue Demons head to Tunstall on Monday for a playoff match. Read more here.

The Punch Brothers will play the Lyric on Feb. 21. Music writer Tad Dickens has details on his cut'n'scratch music blog.

Music writer Tad Dickens has the list of who's playing at the Blacksburg nightspot in this post on his cut'n'scratch music blog.

John Bush celebrates his win.

Four available Blacksburg Town Council seats were won tonight by incumbent Susan Anderson and newcomers John Bush, Krisha Chachra and Cecile Newcomb, according to the Montgomery County registrar's office.

We have complete results here.

We have analysis of the statewide results here.

Novelist Melanie Rae Thon will be at Volume II bookstore in Blacksburg Wednesday for a reading.

For details, see our Back Cover book blog.

Both candidates for governor will be in Blacksburg Thursday, campaigning in and around the tailgating at the Virginia Tech - North Carolina game.

Here are the official schedules for both Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds. McDonnell's is a little sparse on details at the moment; if we get more specifics, we'll post them here.

MCDONNELL:
4:15pm Tailgate at Virginia Tech University

Blacksburg

DEEDS:

4:30 PM IN BLACKSBURG - TAILGATE WITH VIRGINIA TECH YOUNG DEMOCRATS. Sen. Deeds will join the Virginia Tech Young Democrats for a tailgate before the Virginia Tech Hokies take on the University of North Carolina Tarheels. Deeds will talk to students about the importance of getting out to vote on November 3rd.

When: 4:30 PM

Where: Lane Stadium Parking Lot
Corner of Spring Street and Stadium Road
Lot # 1, Space 327
Blacksburg, VA

7 PM IN BLACKSBURG - VIRGINIA TECH VS. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL GAME. Sen. Deeds will attend the Virginia Tech football game. Kick off time is 7:45 PM.

When: 7:00 PM

Where: Lane Stadium
Corner of Spring Street and Stadium Road
Blacksburg, VA

Also, Deeds will be back in the New River Valley on Friday and Saturday. On Friday night, he'll at the Floyd Country Store and on Saturday, he'll be in Christiansburg. Here are details on the Floyd visit; the Christiansburg info hasn't been finalized yet:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009

9:30 PM IN FLOYD - FLOYD COUNTRY STORE FRIDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE. Sen. Deeds will attend the Floyd Country Store Friday Night Jamboree. The Floyd Country Store Friday Night Jamboree features live music and dancing.

When: 9:30 PM

Where: Floyd Country Store
206 South Locust Street
Floyd, VA

Music writer Tad Dickens has the November line-up of who's playing at Awful Arthur's in Blacksburg. It's here on his cut'n'scratch music blog.

Blacksburg Town Council holds a work session at 5:30 and a regular meeting at 7:30. Here's the agenda.

Creigh Deeds, the Democratic candidate for governor, will make appearances in Radford and Blacksburg on Saturday.

When we get word about any campaign appearances in the New River Valley by Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate, we'll share them here, as well.

Deeds' schedule is below:

1 PM IN RADFORD - LUNCH WITH SUPPORTERS. Sen. Deeds will join U.S. Senator Mark Warner, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-9th District) for a lunch with supporters at a house in Radford.

When: 1:00 PM

Where: Home of Gail Montouri
801 Oak Lane
Radford, VA

3 PM IN BLACKSBURG - GET OUT THE VOTE EVENT WITH SENATOR MARK WARNER. Sen. Deeds will join U.S. Senator Mark Warner and Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke) for a get out the vote campaign event in Blacksburg. Sen. Deeds and Sen. Warner will speak to voters and supporters about the importance of getting out the vote on November 3.

When: 3:00 PM

Where: Democratic Coordinated Campaign Office
208 North Main Street
Blacksburg, VA

Singer-songwriter Darrell Scott plays The Lyric on Friday, but you can hear him now in this audio interview on music writer Tad Dickens' cut'n'scratch music blog.