A five-day mountaintop gathering of musicians and friends with contests, concerts, workshops, square dances, camping and vendors. Old time Appalachian music is presented to an audience of more than 3000 musicians and string band music lovers of all ages. The festival attracts visitors and participants from all around the world including all 50 states and... View Article
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Governor’s Arts Caravan is coming to a town near you. The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) and the State Arts Office will host an upcoming arts caravan, featuring a series of five grant workshops around the state to discuss grant programs with artists and arts organizations. Available... View Article
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Governor’s Arts Caravan is coming to a town near you. The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) and the State Arts Office will host an upcoming arts caravan, featuring a series of five grant workshops around the state to discuss grant programs with artists and arts organizations. Available... View Article
This showing of Picture Proof, a documentary by WV filmmaker Tijah Bumgarner, is offered free at Fayette Theatre. Picture Proof chronicles everyday moments in the life of one family in West Virginia as they rebuild, repair, and extend their life in the aftermath of substance use disorder. Ashley Ellis is a mother who is 2... View Article
Join Kara Gordon from the Historic Cockayne Farmstead in an interactive and object-based discovery of World War II era artifacts. Letters, photographs, booklets, and uniforms tell the story of the Second World War as experienced by residents of Marshall County. This program is recommended for ages 10 through adult.
Hosted by Ron Scott Jr. with performances led by Ezra John This unique program, presented in partnership with YWCA Wheeling, will take you on a journey through time, examining the contributions of Black artists to American music. Starting with Negro Spirituals, it will follow the creative road map from jazz to blues, rock and roll... View Article
On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded the Normandy beaches to liberate Europe from the Nazis. More than 5,000 ships with thousands of tanks and landing craft and nearly 200,000 men crossed the English Channel. Hundreds of ships fell victim to German shellfire, mines, and torpedoes and are being documented by dive teams, submersibles, and... View Article
New Music Director Maurice Cohn leads the WV Symphony Orchestra in this Elliot Family Foundation Symphonic Series Concert featuring Byeol Kim, piano, performing Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto. The concert begins with Aram Khachaturian's Masquerade Waltz, and ends with Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. More information is available at wvsymphony.org.
The acting troupe at Fayette Theater presents this comedy play written by Pat Cook set at Hurley Squonk's general store, the Hitchin' Post. Run by Hurley himself, who is always behind the counter, this sort of "everything store" serves as a run-of-the-mill meeting place for the locals. But the normal, laid-back pace changes when a... View Article
3 pm: Lecture, The Elm Grove Monster, Edaphosaurus and other Prehistoric Creatures from the Ohio Valley by E. Ray Garton of Prehistoric Planet - Fossil Identifications by Dr. Ronald McDowell of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey - Dinosaur Mini Museum from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Fossil exhibit scavenger hunt - Activities relating to fossils include... View Article
The acting troupe at Fayette Theater presents this comedy play written by Pat Cook set at Hurley Squonk's general store, the Hitchin' Post. Run by Hurley himself, who is always behind the counter, this sort of "everything store" serves as a run-of-the-mill meeting place for the locals. But the normal, laid-back pace changes when a... View Article
The acting troupe at Fayette Theater presents this comedy play written by Pat Cook set at Hurley Squonk's general store, the Hitchin' Post. Run by Hurley himself, who is always behind the counter, this sort of "everything store" serves as a run-of-the-mill meeting place for the locals. But the normal, laid-back pace changes when a... View Article
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