‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Combines Theater and Art in Unique Ways Justice Hudson May 30, 2023 When David Widder-Varhegyi first discovered Every Brilliant Thing, a one-man play written by David Macmillon with Johnny Donahoe, in 2016 he said to himself it would be amazing to perform it. “This makes sense ...
These Three Wheeling Women Are The Definition of Intergenerational Creativity Molly Sovich December 2, 2022 Wheeling has long been known as an industrious city thanks to the people who have had the creative vision to turn their ideas into reality. We can point to leaders like Arthur Boreman and Francis Pierpont, who ...
Students Invited to Participate in Annual Almost Heaven Governor’s Art Exhibition Provided November 7, 2022 Gov. Jim Justice, the West Virginia Department of Tourism, and the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History invite all West Virginia students in grades K-12 to participate in the 2023 Alm...
New Pop-Up Art Exhibit Coming to WesBanco Arena Provided October 19, 2022 The Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission has partnered with WesBanco Arena to display temporary murals that were created by several talented artists earlier this year. The exhibit, which is comprised of 10 4x8...
The Time an Eccentric Art Collector Visited Sears Roebuck & Co. in Wheeling Kate Wietor October 18, 2022 When was the last time you had an opportunity to purchase artwork? Living in Wheeling, it’s a pretty easy thing to do. From gallery shows to student art exhibitions to craft fairs, it seems like there is always...
Wheeling Arts Roundup – August Edition Tucker Riggleman August 8, 2022 Wheeling is known for its rich industrial history as a blue-collar Ohio River town, but it also boasts a vibrant arts scene. Whether you’re browsing the galleries in Centre Market, catching a play at Towngate, ...
Local Students to Create Downtown Public Art Provided March 10, 2022 The Wheeling Arts & Cultural Commission received a $1,500 matching grant from the State Department of Arts, Culture and History to support student-created art in downtown Wheeling. The purpose of the pro...
Show Buildings Some Love with Volunteer Wheeling Alex Panas January 28, 2022 If you take a walk through Downtown Wheeling - what places stick out most in your mind? Is it the Capitol Theatre that hosts several Broadways shows and is home to the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra? Perhaps it’s ...
City of Wheeling’s Arts & Cultural Commission Announces Request For Proposals for Public Art Murals Provided September 23, 2021 The Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission is excited to release a request for proposals (RFP) for three artists to complete murals along part of the Wheeling Heritage Trail. The murals will be located on the ba...
Arts and Cultural Commission and Clientele Art Studio Add Some Color to East Wheeling Provided September 1, 2021 Wheeling’s Arts and Cultural Commission is shifting its focus to public art in the coming year and wasting no time engaging local artists and small businesses in the process. Following a proposal passed at Augu...
Try Something New with the Ohio Valley Photography Club Alex Panas March 16, 2021 Over the past year, we’ve filled our days with new hobbies, like gardening and bread-making, but as more COVID vaccinations become available and life starts to look “normal” again, will we leave all of our pand...
Wheeling Heritage Seeks Community Collaboration for Art Installation on Diversity Provided August 4, 2020 Wheeling Heritage is seeking community participation in a public art project about diversity. To participate, interested individuals can pick up a free, 4-inch by 4-inch canvas from various locations throughout Wheeling.
Mount Wood Overlook: A Community Treasure Ellen Brafford McCroskey July 3, 2020 If you have driven up Mount Wood Road to bypass the recent interstate construction project, you’ve likely noticed the unique property. It appears to be the foundation of a castle-like structure, mysteriously le...
PRESENCE EXHIBITION: A Virtual Tour Within Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center Wheeling Heritage Media March 27, 2020 At Weelunk, we’re all about keeping you connected to your community. Since that looks a little different right now, we’re bringing you ways to engage while staying safe and healthy. We hope Weelunk can continue...
Clientele Art Studio-Small Business Video Series Corey Knollinger July 9, 2019 Editor's Note: This video is part of Weelunk series focused on small businesses that have recently launched in the Friendly City. Thank you to AT&T for sponsoring this series. ...
The James Wodarcyk Podcast: Hannah Mull Carl Adams October 31, 2017 James and special Co-Host Trevor Lindgren sit down with our favorite mutual friend Hannah Mull elaborate on the new project Black Bear Magazine which she spoke of briefly on the Arts Fest episode. From getting ...
Oglebay Unveils New Garden Works Sculpture Exhibit Lindsey McGlaughlin August 13, 2017 Experience Oglebay’s historic Bissonnette Gardens like never before as Oglebay launches the new Garden Works Sculpture Exhibit at The Hilltop. Through October 22nd, the lush beauty of the Bissonnette gardens...
Wheeling Arts and Culture Fest This Weekend Erika Donaghy June 15, 2017 The Wheeling Arts and Culture Commission in partnership with the Wheeling YWCA are excited to announce the 2017 Arts and Cultural Festival. Mark your calendars for Friday, June 16th and Saturday, June 17th from...
Why Wharton Came Home to Wheeling Steve Novotney May 26, 2017 1 He grew up here. Most of his family has always lived here. And, now, after three decades, he lives here again. Thomas Wharton, brother of long-time Ohio County Commissioner Randy Wharton, returned to Wheelin...
Wheeling Art Lovers’ Palettes To Get Real Treat Steve Novotney April 19, 2017 It is an event that represents a chance for enthusiasts of the local arts scene to gain an insider perspective of a dozen Wheeling area artists. On April 29, 12 different painters, writers, jewelry crafters,...
Native Artist Goes Global with ‘Trash Doves’ Steve Novotney March 17, 2017 Syd Weiler didn’t pay much attention to the pigeons she encountered when walking the streets of Wellsburg as a high school student at Brooke, but one day at Loring Park in Minneapolis a flock of them caught her...
Come One, Come All! It’s an Extravaganza Stacey Creely March 2, 2017 The longest running variety show of its kind in the Ohio Valley, The Linsly Extravaganza has become an annual tradition for generations of Linsly alumni, many of whom have children or grandchildren who will per...
Woman Artist Finds Her Passion In Documentary Photography Maria Kimble February 23, 2017 Rebecca Kiger wanted to be an artist. She attended Shepherd College and set out to find her means of expression. She didn’t draw or paint. Her second semester, she decided to take one more art class: Photogra...
Artworks Around Town A Centre Market Attraction Steve Novotney February 16, 2017 1 Not many of the visitors entering the north market house from the 22nd Street entrance walk to the Soup Shack or Oliver’s Pies without first admiring the artwork along the way. They can’t help it, and that’s...
Spring 2017 Artist’s Studio Tour Announced Erika Donaghy February 2, 2017 The Wheeling Arts and Culture Commission is excited to announce its inaugural Greater Wheeling Artists Studio Tour. The project aims to serve the community with art and cultural programming while supporting are...
Wheeling Women Artists: Creative Librarian Finds Her Passion Maria Kimble January 28, 2017 2 Cheryl Harshman comes from a long line of makers. Her family includes brick masons, fiber artists, painters, potters, and gardeners. For holidays a common tradition was to give hand-made gifts to each other. So...
Meet the Clay Ninja Maria Kimble January 25, 2017 “I remember watching him create a few clay pieces on the wheel. He made it look so easy, so effortless, and within minutes he would turn this clump of clay into a mug, a bowl, or a teapot. It was as if he was a...
Stages Owners Ready for Retirement Steve Novotney November 18, 2016 It’s been a costumed life in downtown Wheeling for Gael and Dan Fincham ever since the couple purchased the inventory once available at Wickham’s on National Road in the Woodsdale neighborhood. That was 1990...
W.Va.’s Poet Laureate A Student Of Life Steve Novotney October 22, 2016 1 This Poet Laureate’s pace when he’s publicly reading his work is sometimes somewhat swift and steamed, but when Marc Harshman is embracing a conversation, the author chooses his words most carefully. He is arti...
WSO: May the Force Be With You This October Michael Hires October 1, 2016 In anticipation of the exciting October 20 Wheeling Symphony concert spotlighting The Music of John Williams: Star Wars & More, the WSO is hosting community events to explore the power of music and its impa...
Local Film To Debut At Marquee Cinemas Steve Novotney September 25, 2016 Brains or muscle? Accountants or killers? Need? Or greed? All the above are involved in this 35-minute street drama, and it was filmed here in Wheeling, where one of the actors witnessed it, and anothe...
Young Artists of Wheeling No Longer Have To Be Solitary Monica Mull September 22, 2016 A few weeks ago I was sitting alone in my room editing photos from a recent session of mine. It was probably about the fourth hour into editing and I'd hit the “Dear-God-when-will-this-end!?” mark. The hardest ...
WLU Design Students Share Skills with Community Maureen Zambito August 29, 2016 Feature graphic by WLU graduate Jesse Lenz for the OCWeekly. West Liberty University senior graphic design students are now offering their skills to non-profit groups and startup companies in the Ohio Valley...
Bedway Molding His Career In Wheeling Steve Novotney August 7, 2016 He’s always known he needs to work with his hands to create something because that’s what he’s always done since an early age while growing up in Bridgeport, Ohio. Adam Bedway began with leveling and coverin...
Symphony Hosts A Week Of Divertissements Before Concert Rochambeau May 17, 2016 Wheeling is in the midst of a bit of Shakespeare Mania right now. The First Folio visit has events on tap nearly every night for a month. You might have thought that the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra's French Fes...
Wheeling’s ‘Tin Man’s’ Heart Is In His Art Steve Novotney March 11, 2016 1 Oh, wow, Bob, you were named West Virginia’s 2016 Artist of the Year! Congratulations!! “Um, yeah. Thanks.” That’s all I get? “Well, I’m pumped about it. I am. But I didn’t even know such a thing exist...
Wheeling Arts Fest Gets New Location Steve Novotney January 12, 2016 A new partnership with the Wheeling YWCA will move the Wheeling Arts Fest to a new location in June. Erika Donaghy, chair of the Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission and lead organizer of the annual event, ...
Delbrugge’s ‘Do Something’ Attitude Spreading Steve Novotney October 13, 2015 Gloria Delbrugge owns no filter. She says what is on her mind, always, and that is just one of several reasons why residents of Wheeling’s first ward wish she would delay her retirement from the Friendly Cit...
McKinley’s ‘Alley’ Project Prepares For A Grand Finale Steve Novotney September 6, 2015 1 Only three weeks remain in Bennett McKinley’s “Meet Me in the Alley” art project, and he remains hopeful that he will reach his goal of photographing at least 1,000 people in Lane 9 in downtown Wheeling. McK...
Request for Artists for Centre Market Meter Mural Project Erika Donaghy September 4, 2015 The City of Wheeling Arts & Cultural Commission is seeking amateur and professional artists to artistically paint parking meters in the Centre Market area. This project is part of the commission’s ongoing e...
Amanda Carney Gets Creative with Cat’s Paw Studio Maureen Zambito August 11, 2015 West Liberty University alumni are making a big difference in Wheeling. One recent graduate working to improve Wheeling in a creative way is Amanda Carney, the new manager of Cat’s Paw Art Studio, located at...
Bennett McKinley: The Road to the Alley Steve Novotney October 10, 2014 3 By Steve Novotney Weelunk.com It all started with a dog taking a leak in an alley. It was Lane 9, in fact. The alley is a throughway located between a law firm and the First Presbyterian Church along C...
