Silent Book Club
Meet up with likeminded book nerds to hang out in comfortable silence at Ursula’s Cafe. Enjoy a hot beverage and maybe bond over mutual interests.
No need to read the same book as everyone else, feeling pressured by deadlines or other people’s opinions. Just come out, bring the latest from your To-Be-Read Pile and settle in.
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a delicious beverage and snacking on a sweet treat!
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a delicious beverage and snacking on a sweet treat!
Play Reading: Unhuddled
Please join us for a staged reading of a play by Ami Trowell that deals frankly with the systemic and personal violence marginalized people are exposed to regularly. It is the story of a homeless woman (Dr. Greta Norman), a homeless woman living under an overpass in Baltimore with her best friend Olga (a talking, stuffed penguin).
FREE and open to the public. The play runs about an hour, and contains discussions or depictions of substance addiction, homophobia, domestic/sexual assault, with strong language throughout.
Fall for Ursula & Holiday Market
Join us for Ursula’s Holiday Market for local, handmade goods & vintage items! 10% of each purchase will go to Ursula’s Cafe programs & services to Feed Roanoke!
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a delicious beverage and snacking on a sweet treat!
Seven - a staged reading
This staged reading of the play SEVEN, by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith and Susan Yankowitz, is presented by Hollins Theatre & Ursula’s Cafe. Directed by Anuradha Marwah and Wendy-Marie Martin, the play is based on interviews with women leaders of the Vital Voices Global Partnership network.
Please visit Hollins Theatre’s event page for content warnings and more details. Reading is free and open to the public.
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a delicious beverage and snacking on a sweet treat!
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a delicious beverage and snacking on a sweet treat!
Open Mic Night
"Grab the mic, share your vibe 🎤✨ Whether you're a poet, comedian, or singer, tonight's your chance to shine!
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a delicious beverage and snacking on a sweet treat!
The Real Funny Comedy Show
The Real Funny Comedy Group is performing at Ursula’s Cafe! Entrance fee is FREE! Grab a beverage and get ready to laugh the afternoon away!
Open Mic Night
Join us for our regularly scheduled open mic! You can showcase your stand up, poetry, music, stories, talents, skills, and hobbies! Original works only please!
Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a cup of hot tea!
Open Mic Night
"Grab the mic, share your vibe 🎤✨ Whether you're a poet, comedian, or singer, tonight's your chance to shine!
The Great Ursula Buck Off
Team up, spread kindness, and win big!
Join The Great Ursula Buck-Off, our summer-long, friendly competition where teams of up to 5 people sell as many Ursula Bucks as they can. These $10 pay-it-forward coins help cover meals for neighbors in need at our café—and your efforts help fuel our mission.
Runs: June 17 – August 17 (National Nonprofit Day)
Top 3 Teams Win: Prize bundles featuring gift cards, goods, and services donated by amazing Roanoke businesses!
Open Mic Night
Join us for our regularly scheduled open mic! You can showcase your stand up, poetry, music, stories, talents, skills, and hobbies! Original works only please!
Family Friendly Improv Show!
Join us for a fun, family friendly Improv Show with local Improv troupe Big Lick Conspiracy! Join us for a fun hour of laughter, silliness, and whimsical humor! Suggested ticket price is $10!
Improv Workshop
Join comedian extraordinarre Ami Trowell for a fun Improvisation workshop geared for ages 12 and up! Come willing to play, laugh, and learn how to do improvisation! Suggested donation is $30. Email atrowell@yahoo.com to reserve your spot!
Silent Book Club Roanoke
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a cup of hot tea!
Open Mic Night
"Grab the mic, share your vibe 🎤✨ Whether you're a poet, comedian, or singer, tonight's your chance to shine!
The Real Funny Comedy Show
The Real Funny Comedy Group is performing at Ursula’s Cafe! Entrance fee is FREE! Grab a beverage and get ready to laugh the afternoon away!
Open Mic Night
Join us for our regularly scheduled open mic! You can showcase your stand up, poetry, music, stories, talents, skills, and hobbies! Original works only please!
Book Launch Event
Book Launch Event for to Belong Here byRae Garringer, Jai Arun Ravine, and G. Samantha Rosenthal. Live music by Doc McClintock!
Open Mic Night
"Grab the mic, share your vibe 🎤✨ Whether you're a poet, comedian, or singer, tonight's your chance to shine!
Silent Book Club Roanoke
Silent Book Club Roanoke is coming to Ursula’s Cafe! Bring a book or a quiet activity and spend time with community while drinking a cup of hot tea!
The Real Funny Comedy SHow
The Real Funny Comedy Group is performing at Ursula’s Cafe! Entrance fee is FREE! Grab a beverage and get ready to laugh the afternoon away!
Open Mic Night
Join us for our regularly scheduled open mic! You can showcase your stand up, poetry, music, stories, talents, skills, and hobbies! Original works only please!
Ursula's Birthday Week
It’s Ursula’s Birth Week!! Come into the cafe during our regularly scheduled hours to celebrate with her!! Flour Moon Bakery is baking TWO types of birthday cakes for her!! Eat cake with us! For her birthday she wants friends to visit her at the cafe, clothing donations, and world peace :)
Down By Downtown
Join us for a night of live music and laughter! Featuring local musicians and a local playwright!
Spring for Ursula Fundraiser
Come celebrate Ursula with us by wearing something bright, colorful, or floral to match the theme of the night: Celebrating Growth! 🌸✨ The festivities kick off at 6pm, with doors opening then. Open mic sign-ups start at 6:30, and the main events will begin at 7pm. We’ve got an exciting night ahead, including an open mic, a raffle, delicious treats, and so much more! We can’t wait to see you there and celebrate together!
Silent Book Club
Often with traditional book clubs there's the scramble to finish the assigned book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn't it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books, friends, and drinks—without any homework? At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading.
