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SUMMARY:Lecture @ Grave Creek: The West Virginia Mine Wars
DESCRIPTION:By Stan Bumgardner\, Editor\, Goldenseal Magazine\n \nStan Bumgardner discusses the largest armed insurrection in the United States since the Civil War\, examining its causes\, its major events\, and why few West Virginians ever learned about these nationally significant struggles until recent decades.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/lecture-grave-creek-the-west-virginia-mine-wars/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Education,History
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SUMMARY:Archaeology Day @ Grave Creek
DESCRIPTION:Learn all about archaeology in an afternoon filled with behind-the scenes tours of the Research Facility\, flint knapping\, spear throwing using an atlatl\, hands-on activities\, and many other demonstrations and displays.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/archaeology-day-grave-creek/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lecture @ Grave Creek: First Encounters of the Earthworks at Marietta
DESCRIPTION:By William Reynolds\, Historian and Exhibit Specialist\, Campus Martius Museum\, Marietta\, OH \nThis program looks at some of the first reports on earthworks in the Ohio Valley\, including the Grave Creek Mound. Early maps and descriptions of mounds and other prehistoric earthworks can provide a more complete picture of  these ancient structures than is visible from what remains of them today.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/lecture-grave-creek-first-encounters-of-the-earthworks-at-marietta/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education,History
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SUMMARY:Katherine Johnson Weekend
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the life and achievements of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson\, the Greenbrier Historical Society will be hosting a weekend of community activities aimed at recognizing her life and legacy and inspiring the next generation of scientists and thinkers. These events will take place at the Schoolhouse Hotel in White Sulphur Springs the weekend of August 26th\, which would be her 104th birthday and West Virginia’s designated Katherine Johnson Day.​Born in White Sulphur Springs\, Katherine Coleman Johnson was one of the first Black female engineers at NASA and her pioneering work on John Glenn’s orbital mission in 1962 consolidated her reputation as an outstanding mathematician. Her life and story has earned her countless awards and recognitions\, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016\, and has inspired works such as the book & movie Hidden Figures.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/katherine-johnson-weekend/
LOCATION:West Virginia
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,Culture,Education,History
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SUMMARY:West Virginia Independence Hall to Host Coffee Social and Statehood Debate Featuring First-person Portrayers of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
DESCRIPTION:WHEELING\, W.Va. – West Virginia Independence Hall (WVIH) in Wheeling will host a morning coffee social on Saturday\, Oct. 15\, at the historic McLure House Hotel from 9 – 11 a.m.\, followed by a debate over West Virginia statehood between Abraham Lincoln\, portrayed by John King\, and Andrew Johnson\, portrayed by Kevin Titus\, in the courtroom of WVIH at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are required for this free event by calling WVIH. The deadline to reserve a spot is Thursday\, Oct. 6.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/west-virginia-independence-hall-to-host-coffee-social-and-statehood-debate-featuring-first-person-portrayers-of-abraham-lincoln-and-andrew-johnson/
LOCATION:West Virginia
CATEGORIES:Culture,History
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SUMMARY:Film: America's Untold Story\, Episode 1\, Struggle to Survive
DESCRIPTION:This four-part series tells the story of the settlement of the North American Continent that did not make it into the textbooks. Episodes 2-4 will be shown December-February. Part of the PBS Secrets of the Dead series.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/film-americas-untold-story-episode-1-struggle-to-survive/2022-11-12/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,Education,History
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SUMMARY:Film: The Lost Ones: The Long Journey Home
DESCRIPTION:A documentary film by Susan Rose and Manuel Saralegui \n\n\n\nThis is the story of two Lipan Apache children who were captured along the Texas-Mexican border in 1877 by the 4th U.S. Cavalry after massacring almost everyone in their village. Kasetta and her brother\, Jack\, lived with a military family before being sent to the Carlisle boarding school in Pennsylvania. They then each lived with different families and Kasetta bore a son\, who was sent to the Carlisle school upon her death. The children were never forgotten by their families\, who did not know what had happened to them or where they were buried until two centuries later. In 2009\, Lipan Apache descendants traveled to Carlisle to offer their blessings and send their Lost Ones home.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/film-the-lost-ones-the-long-journey-home/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Culture,History
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SUMMARY:Greenbrier Valley Theatre's Mountain Home Christmas
DESCRIPTION:An original production that celebrates the holiday season in the Mountain State. Wild and wonderful and family-friendly\, this event will feature memorable songs\, humor\, storytelling and the spirit of Christmas that you won’t want to miss. Mountain Home Christmas is sure to be a joyous celebration that captures the cultural beauty of West Virginia.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/greenbrier-valley-theatres-mountain-home-christmas/2022-12-09/
LOCATION:Greenbrier Valley Theatre\, 1038 Washington St. E\, Lewisburg\, WV\, 24901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,History
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SUMMARY:West Virginia Strawberry Festival
DESCRIPTION:The WV Strawberry Festival is a 9 day fun-filled festival in Buckhannon\, WV. Complete with live music\, food vendors\, carnival and fireworks\, you’re sure to find something for everyone!
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/west-virginia-strawberry-festival/
LOCATION:jawbone park\, 15 Madison St\, Buckhannon\, WV\, 26201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231209T130000
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SUMMARY:Grave Creek: Book Signing: Memories of Fostoria Glass
DESCRIPTION:Meet authors Gary L. Rider and Roseanna Dakan Keller who will give a short introduction to their newest book which tells the story of Moundsville’s Fostoria Glass plant and some of the people who worked there. The program will be held at the museum’s exhibit of Fostoria glass and copies of the book will be for sale.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/grave-creek-book-signing-memories-of-fostoria-glass/
LOCATION:Grave Creek Mound\, 801 Jefferson Ave\, Moundsville\, WV\, 26041\, United States
CATEGORIES:History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240913T100000
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SUMMARY:WV Country Roads Festival
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the WV Country Roads Festival is to promote the history and agriculture of West Virginia in a fun\, educational and safe environment by promoting the traditions of family entertainment.\n\nThe WV Country Roads Festival values our community\, and holds a primary objective of supporting our community by creating a venue to provide families\, young and old\, enjoyment at a fun\, family-friendly weekend at an affordable cost. We will continue to support and display our local entrepreneurs\, vendors\, and talents to expose them to a more diverse audience.  We will also continue to integrate arts\, history and culture into the festival in ways that attendees of all ages can engage and learn.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/wv-country-roads-festival/
LOCATION:Wetzel County 4H Camp\, 61 4H Camp Road\, New Martinsville\, WV\, 26155\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T160000
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SUMMARY:River Road Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:Atlanta Rythm Section will headline this year’s River Road Music Festival as a part of their 50th anniversary tour. ARS joins a line up that includes Appalachian Folk singer Micah Kesselring and West Virginia native and rising country singer Kate Boyteck.  The event benefits Historic Henderson Hall\, built in 1836 and now operated as a museum and event center  by the Museums of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/river-road-music-festival/
LOCATION:Historic Henderson Hall\, River Road\, Williamstown\, WV\, 26187\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250222T150000
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SUMMARY:Cabin Fever Concert @ Historic Graham House
DESCRIPTION:CABIN FEVER is back! – Saturday\, Feb. 22 @ Graham House\n\nThe second annual Cabin Fever concert at the historic Graham House in Lowell\, WV is right around the corner and promises to be a great show! On Saturday\, February 22nd\, from 3 PM to 5 PM\, three very talented musicians – Tish Westman\, Hunter Walker\, and Lewis Prichard – will join Appalachian duo Little Maggie to present a mix of traditional and original songs and tunes featuring a passel of instruments from clawhammer banjo to upright bass\, fiddle to bowed psaltery\, lap dulcimer to ukelele\, mandolin to autoharp and more\, in combinations perhaps never before heard.\n\nFor Tish Westman music is a way of life. As a youngster\, she often found herself in trouble for whistling and humming at school. She now teaches\, performs\, sings\, and composes on a variety of instruments\, most notably lap dulcimer and bowed psaltery. Since 2001\, she and her husband Greg have been the resident woodworkers at Tamarack where they build and sell instruments along with recordings and books of music instruction in their Noted Note style. In addition\, they produce an annual Bowed Psaltery Symphony performance featuring as many as 60 musicians from across the United States. Among all these pursuits\, Westman says her greatest passion is teaching others to play and watching them experience the joy of music. In 2011\, she performed on Mountain Stage with her group Psaltrio\, which included a budding young musician named Hunter Walker.\n\nWalker began learning dulcimer from Westman when he was 13 years old. A quick learner\, he started competing and went on to win numerous competitions including the West Virginia State Championship. But he didn’t stop there! His prodigious skill on clawhammer banjo landed him more first-place wins including another state title. To hear him play is to appreciate why. He’s an in-demand musician with extensive performance experience\, a composer\, a teacher known for his kind\, approachable style\, a founding member of Long Point String Band\, and a West Virginia native proud of his roots.\n\nLewis Prichard\, also from West Virginia\, grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at an early age. He took up mandolin as a teen and fiddle in his twenties. Skilled in a variety of genres from Old-Time to Celtic\, his instrumental versatility and easy demeanor make him a welcome addition to many ensembles. Past adventures include taking his music as far away as Norway and playing in Virginia’s Mando Mafia. He is currently a member of Beckley\, West Virginia’s Long Point String Band and Greenhouse of Lexington\, Virginia.\n\nRounding out this unique collaboration will be Mary Dailey and Cheryl Mansley of Little Maggie with songs old and new – heartfelt\, humorous\, and haunting – as well as instrumental accompaniment on some ordinary and not-so-ordinary instruments. As hosts of a monthly Old-Time Mountain Music Jam\, Dailey and Mansley love fostering community participation in the living tradition of Appalachian music. This year’s Cabin Fever concert is dedicated to that tradition and will celebrate the tunes and songs\, musicians and instruments\, and listeners – all part of what makes it so grand.\n\nThe Graham House is located at 131 Graham House Road in Lowell\, West Virginia\, off Rt. 12 (also Rt. 3)\, between Talcott & Pence Springs. Admission is $20/person at the door. Cash only\, please. Doors open at 2:15 PM\, and seating is first come\, first served.\nIn case of inclement weather\, the concert will take place the next day\, Sunday\, February 23rd. For more information contact Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or cherylmansley@gmail.com\, or visit ArtBeat of the Mountains on Facebook.\n\nWe would like to thank Graham House\, the New River Gateway CVB\, and the Hinton Area Foundation for their support in making this event possible. We look forward to seeing you at this one-of-a-kind show that’s sure to cure even the most serious case of cabin fever!
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/cabin-fever-concert-historic-graham-house/
LOCATION:Graham House\, Graham House Road 131\, Talcott\, WV\, 24981\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,Education,History
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program: Affrilachian Freedom Dreaming: Honoring Dr. Ancella Bickley
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month\, on March 28\, West Virginia University Libraries’ Art in the Libraries will host the first Feminist Activist Artist in Residence Catron Booker for a virtual presentation and viewing of her forthcoming project\, “Affrilachian Freedom Dreaming: Honoring Dr. Ancella Bickley.”\n\n\n\nBooker’s project\, a short film that explores Black resistance through the Dr. Ancella Bickley archives of the West Virginia & Regional History Center’s (WVRHC) West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection (FAC)\, will be the result of the inaugural West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Artist in Residency (FAIR) program.\n\nAs a Black feminist experimental filmmaker and performance artist\, Booker incorporates Afrofuturism to envision Black liberation.\n\n“The Art in the Libraries committee and the West Virginia & Regional History Center were honored to receive over 50 outstanding submissions for the inaugural Feminist Activist Artist in Residence program\,” Art in the Libraries Curator Sally Brown said. “It was a privilege to select Catron Booker\, whose Affrilachian perspective and deeply thoughtful feminist approach align powerfully with the mission of this residency. We are thrilled to support this groundbreaking project and look forward to the powerful dialogue it will spark around the Feminist Activist Collection.”\n\nAs the culmination of the week-long collaborative pilot residency program\, Booker will discuss her experience as the first FAIR resident\, her process and inspiration for exploring the Dr. Ancella Bickley archives and her resulting artistic product to be created during her residency at the virtual event.\n\nOpen to students\, faculty\, staff and the public\, all those interested must  RSVP to receive zoom information to join us on Friday\, March 28 at 10 a.m.  \n\n \n\n\nRSVP for Event\n\n\n \n\n\nCatron Booker. \nA short experimental film\, Booker’s project intends to honor Bickley’s legacy. A Huntington\, W.Va. native born in 1930\, Bickley is a historian\, educator and author known for preserving and documenting the history of Black communities in West Virginia. Her work emphasized oral histories\, genealogy and the contributions of overlooked Black scholars and activists.\n\nInspired by Bickley’s focus on overlooked “community builders\,” Booker will interweave archival materials with footage of the Ohio River\, a historically significant landmark in Louisville. The project will examine the river as both a visual metaphor and a site of historical continuity. As part of the residency\, Booker’s virtual film screening and community discussion will engage conversation on Bickley’s impact and legacy.\n\nBooker was selected as the 2025 resident for the inaugural FAIR program by the WVU Art in the Libraries Committee in collaboration with WVRHC archivists.\n\nFor more information about Art in the Libraries or FAIR\, visit  exhibits.lib.wvu.edu. To register for the virtual event\, visit  wvu.libcal.com/calendar/events/FAIR.\n\nAbout the West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Artist in Residency \n\nThe  Art in the Libraries program and the  West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC) at  WVU Libraries launched the inaugural  West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection Artist in Residency (FAIR) to expand the connections between the WVRHC’s  West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection (FAC) and the public.\n\nThis collaborative pilot residency program aims to expand the use of and build upon the archival collection by offering awards to support projects that use the collection in new and creative ways. FAIR supports artists in the creation of artistic works\, small exhibitions\, publications or other creations that imaginatively study\, experiment with and/or build upon the collection materials.\n\n \n\n-WVU Libraries-  \n\nMEDIA CONTACT: Ellis Willard\n\nDirector of Public Relations & Events\n\nWVU Libraries\n\n304-293-0306;  ellis.willard@mail.wvu.edu
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LOCATION:West Virginia
CATEGORIES:Arts,History
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SUMMARY:West Virginia Day Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join the West Virginia Humanities Council on Friday\, June 20th\, from 2:00-4:00pm at our historic headquarters\, the MacFarland-Hubbard house. The event will feature refreshments\, historic house tours and Appalachian storytelling with Bill Hairston and Bill Lepp. The event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://wvculture.org/event/west-virginia-day-open-house/
LOCATION:1310 Kanawha Blvd. East Charleston\, WV 25301\, Kanawha Boulevard East 1310\, Charleston\, WV\, 25301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,Education,History
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