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Vandalia Gathering 2013 Contest Winners Announced

May 30, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s champion old-time fiddle and banjo, bluegrass banjo, lap dulcimer, flatpick guitar and mandolin players... View Article

Archives Library to Present “Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture” on June 4

May 24, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Dr. Karen L. Cox will present “Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the... View Article

West Virginia’s Historian Laureate to Discuss “The Revolution that Forged a State” at Independence Hall in Wheeling on June 6

May 24, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… WHEELING, W.Va. — Historian Laureate of West Virginia Ronald L. Lewis will present a lecture titled “The Revolution that... View Article

Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex to Host Day-long Archaeology Symposium on June 8

May 24, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. – The Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, the West Virginia University Native American Studies Program and the... View Article

Grave Creek Mound to Present Talk on “Early American Prehistory in the Middle Atlantic Area” on May 30

May 21, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — William Jack Hranicky, director of the Virginia Rock Art Survey, will present the talk “Early American... View Article

Gerald Milnes, Folklorist, Author, Filmmaker and Musician, to Receive 2013 Vandalia Award on May 24

May 20, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Vandalia Award, West Virginia’s highest folklife honor, will be presented to folklorist, filmmaker, author and... View Article

Vandalia Gathering Celebrates Traditional Arts at Culture Center May 24-25 To Be Featured During the 150th Birthday Celebration

May 16, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Culture and History invites the public to celebrate the traditional music... View Article

Grave Creek Mound Invites Public to Help Sow Seeds in its Interpretive Garden

May 14, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville invites the public to its fourth annual “Sowing of... View Article

Morgantown Student Represented West Virginia in National Poetry Competition Activities in Clarksburg, Morgantown also will promote poetry in schools

May 3, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News…  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tim DiFazio, a Morgantown High School senior, represented West Virginia April 29 -30 at the Poetry... View Article

Shady Spring Middle School in Raleigh County Wins West Virginia State History Bowl

May 3, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Shady Spring Middle School Team One of Raleigh County won the West Virginia Division of Culture... View Article

Award-winning Television Producer Russ Barbour to Discuss his Film Reconstructing Bill: The Story of Governor William C. Marland in Archives Library on May 7

May 1, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Television producer Russ Barbour will present “Reconstructing Bill: The Story of Governor William C. Marland” on... View Article

Archives Library to present talk on the Haunted History of the West Virginia Penitentiary on May 9

May 1, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Author and columnist Sherri Brake will present “The Haunted History of the West Virginia Penitentiary” on... View Article

West Virginia Dance Festival Draws Students from Across the State

May 1, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dance students from 45 dance school, high school and college programs participated in the 2013 West... View Article

Twenty-four Teams of West Virginia Eighth Graders to Compete in Fourth Annual History Bowl Final Competition at Culture Center on April 30

April 29, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Culture and History will hold its fourth annual State History Bowl... View Article

State Historic Preservation Office to Host Real Estate Workshops in Wheeling, Martinsburg and Elkins to Guide Potential Buyers of Historic Properties

April 25, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Culture and History’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), in conjunction with... View Article

WV writers toolkit in Wheeling

April 15, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Culture and History in collaboration with the West Virginia Center for... View Article

Culinary Cultures Program Resumes at Culture Center

April 8, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Culture and History will resume its First Lady’s Culinary Cultures program... View Article

Dance Company, Lincoln Impersonator to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of Statehood Proclamation at West Virginia Independence Hall on April 20, 2013

April 3, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia Independence Hall will commemorate the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s West Virginia statehood... View Article

Division of Culture and History to Offer Cake Decorating Classes this Spring

April 3, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Culture and History will offer a six-week cake decorating class this... View Article

Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park to Present Spring Wildflower Hike on April 20

April 2, 2013 12:00 am Published by culturewv Leave your thoughts

 News… LOGAN, W.Va. – The Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park will host the annual Sue Browning... View Article