Festival of Lights Archives

Weelunk Writer Takes Readers on a Sparkling Tour of Oglebay

December 16, 2018

Everyone who knows me knows that I love all things Oglebay — the history, the lakes, the lodge, the rolling hills. And yet up until this year, I had all but sworn off the Festival of Lights. That is, until I wa...

EVENTS: Holiday Festivities, a Gallery Hop, the Rise and Fall of Bill Lias … and More

Weelunk Staff

December 6, 2018

ART ABOUNDS It’s Holiday Pop-Up Weekend at The Drawing Room, 1425 Chapline St., Unit 1, in Wheeling. The studio space is a work progress, but stop by to see and shop work by local artists and vendors. Happ...

Recipe for a ‘Capitol’ Holiday

Ryan Norman

November 19, 2018

Take six parts theatrical spectacle, add a dash of distinctive cuisine, fold in a trip to one of many unhidden gems — and what do you have? All the ingredients for a delectable visit to Wheeling. Treat this ...

Oglebay’s Holiday Tradition: The Best Light

Laura Jackson Roberts

November 9, 2018

The Festival of Lights is Oglebay’s crown jewel, and on Thursday, Nov. 8, it went live for its 33rd year. That’s a lot of years, a lot of light and a lot of excited young faces hanging out car windows. Many of ...

EVENTS: Lights, Music, Art, Tea, Wine!

Weelunk Staff

November 8, 2018

The switch is being flipped tonight! At 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, the Oglebay hills will be alive with more than a million twinkling lights at the Winter Festival of Lights — just as it has since 1985. But ther...

Oglebay Flips the Switch to On Tonight

Lindsey McGlaughlin

November 9, 2017

More than 300 acres of Oglebay’s picturesque landscape will come alive with twinkling light displays on Thursday, Nov. 9 as the annual Winter Festival of Lights kicks off for the holiday season. Recognized as o...

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