Celebrate Earth Day Weekend With Oglebay Institute Provided April 17, 2018 Celebrate Earth Day weekend with naturalists from Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center, by participating in a series of events set for Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22, (Earth Day...
50th Anniversary Screening Set for Kubrick’s Masterpiece ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Provided April 17, 2018 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the film release of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The visionary work changed the way the world thought about science, science fictio...
Who Will Be the Next Wheeling Symphony Music Director? Provided April 14, 2018 1 Who will be the next music director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra? Patrons will have the opportunity to experience four candidates in action during the 2018-19 WSO season. The season will feature the...
Gracie Curran at BluesDays Provided April 13, 2018 Gracie Curran will bring her “jaw-dropping” blues and soul to River City Restaurant at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17. “One of the hardest working blues artists on the circuit, Gracie’s bare feet should have ca...
In Response to the Rumor … James Wright Poetry Festival Is Back! Phyllis Sigal April 13, 2018 If there’s anything you want to know about Pulitzer Prize-winning Martins Ferry poet James Wright, just ask Jonathan Blunk. Blunk, Wright’s authorized biographer, has spent decades studying Wright — the last...
Enter Weelunk’s Haiku Contest Phyllis Sigal April 13, 2018 Try your hand at writing a haiku inspired by Wheeling’s waterfront, and one winner will join West Virginia’s poet laureate, Marc Harshman, for lunch! A haiku is a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three phra...
Lounge Lizards Duel in New Mystery Theatre Show Provided April 11, 2018 Dueling lounge lizards, a love-conflicted exotic dancer, a down-and-out club owner and a strange Austrian body-builder populate Mystery Theatre Unlimited’s all-new murder mystery, “Murder at the Kit Kat Klub,” ...
WJU Students to Perform ‘Pippin’ Provided April 11, 2018 An ensemble cast of Wheeling Jesuit students will take to the stage inside the university’s Troy Theater this April to perform the musical “Pippin.” Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in...
Spaghetti Dinner Is About Service Steve Novotney April 11, 2018 Smothered in homemade spaghetti sauce and garnished with sausages or meatballs or both, the noodles that will be devoured at Catholic Charities’ 18th Street Neighborhood Center this weekend serve as symbols of ...
Musical Hits the High Seas at John Marshall Provided April 8, 2018 A shining example of classic musical theater, "Anything Goes" opens Friday, April 13, and runs through Sunday, April 15, in the Center for Performing Arts at John Marshall High School. With epic tap dancing,...
In the Key of Nate Phyllis Sigal April 6, 2018 EDITOR'S NOTE: Sprinkled throughout this story are pieces composed by Nate Strasser when he was in kindergarten through second grade. The full album, "Nate at Eight," can be found at the end of the story. Na...
Time for Antiques … and Lots More Weelunk Staff April 5, 2018 Antiques, cats, art openings, films and more are on the upcoming agenda in the Ohio Valley, so don’t let a little April snow keep you home. CALLING ALL ANTIQUE LOVERS! The state’s largest antiques show is...
Ashley Is the Cat’s Meow Laura Jackson Roberts April 2, 2018 Charlie crawled through the frigid rain, one step at a time. His bones ached; his backside throbbed. He hadn’t eaten in days, and he could barely make it up the porch stairs. The world around him felt enormous ...
‘Make Wheeling Shine’ Event Set for April 7 Provided April 2, 2018 The City of Wheeling is partnering with Williams Lea Tag to “Make Wheeling Shine” on Saturday, April 7. The cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. on Wheeling Creek, launching at Patterson Recreation Complex on Sycamore ...
Film Documents Relationship Between Art and Gardens Provided April 1, 2018 Long considered spaces for expressing color, light and atmosphere, the garden has occupied the creative minds of some of the world’s greatest artists. The film “Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse” exp...
Don’t Let All This Fun Hop on By! Weelunk Staff March 29, 2018 It's time to Face the Music, run a 5K, sip & shop, sip some tea, sip some wine, hear an “American Idol” finalist … or just wait for the Easter Bunny to deliver some chocolate. Sip & Shop Nothing t...
Antiques Show and Sale Returns to Oglebay Provided March 29, 2018 Wilson Lodge in Oglebay will be transformed into an antiques marketplace Friday, April 6, through Sunday, April 8, as Oglebay Institute presents its 64th annual Antiques Show and Sale. This annual event is ...
Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein To Be Discussed Provided March 29, 2018 West Liberty University’s College of Liberal Arts is celebrating the birth of “Frankenstein” (the novel) throughout 2018, beginning with an interdisciplinary symposium from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, April 3. ...
WSO Young People’s Concert takes ‘Music, Noise and Silence’ on Tour Provided March 26, 2018 The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s annual Young People’s Concert tour, conducted by Music Director Andre Raphel, this year features the Magic Circle Mime Company’s program, “Music, Noise and Silence.” This ed...
Oglebay to Host Bunny Trot, 5K Fun Run/Walk Provided March 25, 2018 Lace up your sneakers and hop over to the Bunny Trot 5k Fun Run/Walk, slated for 9 a.m., Saturday, March 31, at Oglebay. The race will begin and end in the upper parking lot of the Good Zoo. The cost to part...
Villamagna Scholarship Winner Opens Pop-Up Exhibition Provided March 25, 2018 West Liberty University student Lucas Shaver is the first recipient of the Robert Villamagna Jr. Scholarship, named after the deceased son of Professor of Art Robert Villamagna, who retired recently. Shaver ...
Glass Castles, Demons and Jeannette Walls Phyllis Sigal March 21, 2018 “Magical.” In a word, that’s what Jeannette Walls calls her childhood. Surprised? If you have read her memoir, “The Glass Castle,” or have seen the movie based on the book, you might be. Walls will spe...
Going O’Green This Weekend? Weelunk Staff March 14, 2018 Top of the mornin’ to all you Weelunkers! It’s St. Paddy’s Day weekend, and the calendar is packed with things to do — both St. Pat’s Day-related and otherwise. Let's hope you're not too "knackered” (exhausted)...
Perils of War Real for Women, Too Steve Novotney March 14, 2018 They come home, too, except for, of course, more than 500 of the 280,000 women who have been deployed to war zones and killed in action over the past 17 years. They are medics, nurses, pilots, judge advocate...
East Meets West, Music Meets Storytelling Bryan Braunlich March 12, 2018 Music and storytelling — simply put — the foundation of humanities that extends beyond cultural barriers and told many different ways. The Wheeling Symphony will present a free festival celebration that examine...
Maple Madness! Sweet Saturday Set March 17 Provided March 11, 2018 Something sweet is happening in Oglebay! Naturalists at Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center have been working hard preparing this year’s harvest of maple syrup, which the public can enjo...
Cast Assembled for ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ Provided March 10, 2018 The curtain opens on Towngate Theatre’s production of the dark, comic play, “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” on Friday, March 16. The play is written by Martin McDonagh, writer/director of the film “Three Billboa...
Wine, Women & Song This Weekend Weelunk Staff March 8, 2018 Take a wine tour of the Mosel Valley before heading off to see "Vertigo," where Towngate Theatre is going to dizzying heights to please Ohio Valley audiences! Or be one of the first to hear the lineup of Herita...
The Crest That Didn’t Flood Steve Novotney March 7, 2018 1 Devastation. That’s what Lou Vargo with the Ohio County Emergency Management Agency thought would take place. He admits he envisioned a disaster comparable to the damage that occurred in mid-September 2004, ...
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials Bring Big Sound to Town Provided March 7, 2018 “Rough and ready blues played with unmitigated intensity … Swirling, snarling, riveting slide … The Blues Imperials pound out riffs and rhythms like they’re overdosing on boogie juice. Scorching and soulful, jo...
#55Strong Returns to Classrooms Steve Novotney March 6, 2018 They had to research a mineral, any one of the 3,800 or so that exist on Earth these days, and they also had to prepare to educate their classmates on it when, finally, an acceptable deal was made to return the...
Ohio Valley Writers Announce Writing Contest Laura Jackson Roberts March 6, 2018 1 The Ohio Valley Writers are pleased to announce our first writing contest. In fact, we’re announcing two contests: one for adults and one for elementary school children. We’re accepting submissions in fiction, ...
March Roars in With Slew of Entertainment Options Weelunk Staff March 1, 2018 March is roaring in with a slew of entertainment options, from theater to film to art to music to festivals. • “Earth, Wood and Fire,” an exhibition featuring professional artists working in wood, clay and s...
Join the Walk for a Future Where We All Have a Home Phyllis Sigal February 23, 2018 1 Ladonna Blake’s Facebook post about her father, Freddie Blake, a homeless amputee who panhandled near Perkins off the I-70 East Oglebay Exit, has gone viral, bringing much attention to the homeless in the Ohio ...
Reach for the Stars With a Taste of Linsly Stacey Creely February 22, 2018 The Linsly School will host the seventh annual Taste of Linsly at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24, in the Banes Hall Cafetorium sponsored by The Glessner Group. This year’s enchanting theme, Reach for the Stars, will set the...
Vagabond Chef Wins on Food Network Steve Novotney February 21, 2018 10 Yup. You viewed it right. And those who crowded his restaurant Wednesday evening had the chance to win it with him. He faced chefs from much larger cities than Wheeling; he prepared a decadent mac and ...
Bourbon, Beer, Blues and More on Tap in Ohio Valley Weelunk Staff February 21, 2018 The days are getting longer, the sky is getting brighter, the temperature is rising — all good reasons to get out there and enjoy the entertainment the Ohio Valley has to offer! • Theater fans will have an o...
“The Glass Castle” Author to Visit Hilltop Weelunk Staff January 31, 2018 1 Best-selling author Jeannette Walls, who wrote the memoir, “The Glass Castle,” will be the guest lecturer at West Liberty University’s Hughes Lecture on Thursday, March 22. Free and open to the public,...
LACE UP YOUR SNEAKERS FOR THE OGLEBAY TURKEY TROT 5K Lindsey McGlaughlin November 18, 2017 Looking to burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories? Lace up your sneakers and join us for the Turkey Trot 5K, slated for Saturday, Nov. 25 at Oglebay. The race will begin and end in the Good Zoo parking l...
Wheeling Welcomes Bach and Mozart Thursday Bryan Braunlich November 8, 2017 Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) announces the next concert of the 2017-2018 season, Bach Double and Mozart, conducted by Music Director André Raphel, featuring WSO guest artists Rachel Stegeman and Juan Jaram...
Experience Linsly Day Set For Next Sunday, Nov. 5th Weelunk Staff October 27, 2017 The Linsly School will host an Experience Linsly Day for families interested in learning more about the school on Sunday, November 5th starting at 1:00 PM in Banes Hall. The event is hosted by the Linsly Admiss...
Corpus Christi School’s Garden Park Event Raises Funds Miranda Shaner-Zambito October 24, 2017 Corpus Christi School (CCS) recently held its seventh annual Race for Education in Garden Park. Led by their top sponsor the Fitzsimmons Law Firm, PLLC, donors and contributing families. “We are extremely gr...
Soft Opening Set for Elm Grove Hemp Shop Douglas Flight October 19, 2017 Winkin’ Sun Hemp™ Company is having a soft opening of new retail outlet location in Elm Grove on National Road Saturday 10/28. When most people think of Cannabis, they think of a plant that you smoke having ...
Harvest Festival This Weekend Weelunk Staff October 17, 2017 Just outside of Wheeling on the weekend of October 21 regional residents will find a fully formed Harvest Festival free and open, containing food trucks, live music, a pumpkin patch and a list of other assorted...
Homecoming 2017 Includes Candidates, Elections and Alumni Honorees Maureen Zambito October 12, 2017 West Liberty University celebrates Homecoming 2017 with a variety of student, alumni and community events but none is more important than the selection of the Homecoming King and Queen. “We have nine candida...
Boo at the Zoo Kicks Off With “Freaky Friday” Lindsey McGlaughlin October 11, 2017 Ghouls and goblins of all ages will enjoy nine nights of family fun at Boo at the Zoo, the annual Halloween event at Oglebay Good Zoo. Boo at the Zoo kicks off on Friday, Oct. 13 with a special Freaky Friday...
The 40th Annual Oglebayfest Is This Weekend Lindsey McGlaughlin October 5, 2017 The Ohio County Fair, the Phil Maxwell Artists’ and Gourmet Market in Mansion Woods, the Rathskeller, a parade and fireworks are just a few of the many festivities guests will enjoy at the 40th annual Oglebayfe...
Next Week at the Wheeling Symphony Bryan Braunlich October 4, 2017 1 Internationally Renowned Pianist Returns to Wheeling Symphony Orchestra For Evening of Celebrated French and Russian Composers Wheeling Symphony Orchestra announces the next concert of the 2017-2018 ...
The 100th Anniversary of the Establishment of the WV Flying Corps Stacey Creely September 29, 2017 The Linsly School invites local media to attend the celebration of Louis Bennett, Jr. and The 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the WV Flying Corps, for a wreath-laying ceremony that will take place in ...
Tunes Set for Inaugural Oktoberfest Steve Novotney September 28, 2017 Even polka found a place at No. 4 in the entertainment lineup for Saturday’s inaugural Oktoberfest at Centre Market, and that’s because, well, it’s polka. “It’s tradition, so I believed it would be great to ...
