Events Archives

Ginger Tales From a Red-Headed Writer

October 29, 2019

Editor's note: Redheaded men, women and children will be celebrated at the Wheeling YWCA's Ohio Valley Redhead Festival on Saturday, Nov. 2. Here's a first-hand account of being an "awesomely rare" redhead by W...

No Shortage of Good Food … and Dinosaurs … at Upcoming Show of Hands

Phyllis Sigal

October 22, 2019

One is shooting for a "dino-mite" win. Another is no chicken in this match. A third is really working it for the dough. And the fourth one is hoping for a big serving of votes with a cool side of cash. At wh...

BEFORE YOU GO: From The Variatones to The Four Lovers to The Four Seasons

Stacey Miller Sacco

October 21, 2019

Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi formed the iconic group, The Four Seasons, in 1960. The Jersey Boys, the Tony award-winning musical about the band, is coming to Wheeling, Wednesday, Oct. ...

Are You in the Market for Some Fun EVENTS in the Ohio Valley?

Phyllis Sigal

October 17, 2019

THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET! Live music, a pig roast, a 5K and much more are planned as part of the Grow Ohio Valley’s grand opening celebration for the Public Market, a non-profit local and natural foods...

Curtain Up! Light the Lights!

Phyllis Sigal

September 12, 2019

Curtain up! Light the lights! … Season 11 of Broadway at The Capitol is starting here, starting now. ... You'll be swell! You'll be great! You'll be ... “Beautiful." The musical tale of singer/songwriter Car...

Warwood Farmers Market: More Than Just Tomatoes and Potatoes

Matthew Rafa

September 8, 2019

If you through Warwood on a Tuesday afternoon, you might notice a gathering of canopies, food trucks and people. The green signs waving in the wind announce Farmers Market Open; however, in Warwood, a farmers m...

Wheeling to Host Inaugural Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia

Christina Fisanick

September 4, 2019

Downtown Wheeling has been chosen as the site for the first-ever Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA), where workshops, presentations, roundtable discussions and literary readings will take place F...

Park ‘Speechies’ Unite! Remembering 40 Winning Years

Phyllis Sigal

April 5, 2019

Author's note: As a parent of two "speechies" from 2004-06 when the team won its 25th, 26th and 27th state championships, I surely concur with the praise doled out here for the coaches. And I know that my kids ...

Guide Helps Visitors, Residents to Navigate Wheeling Area Attractions

Phyllis Sigal

March 20, 2019

It’s glossy! It’s colorful! And it’s jam-packed with what to do, where to eat and places to stay in the Wheeling-Ohio County area and beyond. “IT” is the fresh-off-the-presses 2019 Wheeling Visitors Guide, c...

Jessica Lynch Is Keynoter at OUE’s ‘Celebrate Women’ Event

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March 17, 2019

“Bravery, Courage and Determination.” That's the theme for the third annual “Celebrate Women 2019,” featuring an inspiring keynote address by PFC Jessica Lynch, U.S. Army, on Thursday, March 21, at the Shann...

Ohio University Eastern Exhibit Answers the Question ‘What Were You Wearing?’

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March 16, 2019

if only it were so simple/if only we could/end rape/by simply changing clothes. — From "What Was I Wearing?" by Mary Simmerling The question, “What Were You Wearing?” is often asked of survivors of sexual vi...

Narrative Medicine: Using Patients’ Life Stories to Promote Healing

Laura Jackson Roberts

March 16, 2019

Cancer is a fact of life. We all know someone who’s fought it, and most of us know people who have both won and lost that battle. Cancer changes lives. It has a way of clearing away cobwebs and refocusing prior...

‘Something Rotten!’ Is Coming to The Capitol

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March 16, 2019

“Fresh, irreverent and hysterical!” says The Associated Press about Something Rotten!, a new musical coming to The Capitol Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 20. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including Bes...