Wheeling Family Launches a Summer Swim Pass Program for Kids Laura Lynn Brown June 15, 2022 Originally published June 1, 2021 Chip Calissie grew up in South Wheeling enjoying carefree summers, playing ball with friends and going to the 36th Street pool most days. His mom worked at the pool; later, ...
WEEREAD: Practicing Silence — New and Selected Verses Laura Lynn Brown July 25, 2020 What is silence? Our first thought is usually absence of sound. In Bonnie Thurston’s poetry collection “Practicing Silence,” silence is that, but it’s other absences as well, some of which have nothing to do...
All the World’s a Stage to Karla Boos’ Quantum Theatre Laura Lynn Brown February 22, 2019 Long before Karla Boos had any idea of founding a theater company, she got her start as a young actress at various Wheeling venues, including Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre. On Monday, she’ll return to...
Katy Wack Not Immune to Hard Work Laura Lynn Brown August 13, 2018 Katy Wack started to love astronomy and exploration on a grand scale when her dad took her outside in their Springdale yard at night to look at the stars through a telescope and to witness events like meteor sh...
WANDERING & WONDERING: A Bittersweet Ending Laura Lynn Brown May 26, 2018 I recently spent a happy afternoon with West Virginia-related poets, as the result of a sad afternoon. Happiness first. The poems in Wheeling resident Kimberly Sinclair’s ribbon-tied chapbook “Lemon Grass an...
