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...
Keep Calm and Create with an Exclusive Gift Box from the Wheeling Artisan Center Shop Wheeling Heritage Staff September 18, 2020 WHEELING, W.Va. – Sept. 18, 2020 – Wheeling Heritage’s Artisan Center Shop will be selling a limited quantity of Keep Calm and Create gift boxes to provide buyers with some much-needed TLC, on sale today! Each ...
Connecting a Large Community — Clientele Presents: Appalachian Sound and Color Kyle Knox September 7, 2020 Clientele Presents: Appalachian Sound and Color is a new podcast by Will Wallace, Logan Schmitt and Corey Knollinger. They’re all local creative young people with a love for Appalachia and the city they call home — Wheeling.
‘Orchidelirium’ Reflects Adelaide Stifel’s Scientific and Artistic Talents Linda Comins August 31, 2020 The title of Oglebay Institute’s current exhibit -- “Orchidelirium” -- suggests Victorian mania, but its true inspiration draws upon a steadying influence of scientific knowledge and artistic sensibility. Th...
Wheeling Man’s Hobby Proves ‘It’s a Small World’ Taylor Abbott August 19, 2020 The world today is a small one. Just think about it. With a few connecting flights you can literally find yourself on the other side of the planet in less than 24 hours. Have an urge to talk to that friend who’...
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.
Crosscurrents Art Exhibit Opens June 25th at Stifel Center Provided June 24, 2020 Oglebay Institute’s annual Crosscurrents exhibition will take place again this year at its Stifel Fine Arts Center. While no opening night reception will be held due to the COVID-19 crisis, the gallery will be ...
Through the COVID-19 Lens: Photographers Find Creative Ways to Keep Clicking Jennifer Materkoski June 23, 2020 Social distancing and other effects of Covid-19 have disrupted life as we knew it — especially the seasons of graduations, weddings and summer sports. And though we haven’t been able to gather as we did in t...
Art in the Time of Coronavirus Phyllis Sigal June 16, 2020 Whether their work documents the period or adds commentary or levity, five Wheeling artists who are creating art throughout this COVID-19 time report the same ends to their artistic means. Peace. Artists ...
Keeping Music Live – A Musician’s Life During COVID-19 Kyle Knox June 9, 2020 Wearing a vintage concert T-shirt, singing every word to every song, dancing indiscriminately and connecting with people who enjoy the exact same music — collectively it makes up the beautiful harmony of the li...
Getting to Know the OV Hip-Hop Scene Glynis Board June 5, 2020 Editor’s note: This week, Weelunk will pause our normally scheduled programming to highlight stories that feature Black narratives. We have chosen to take this time to amplify those voices that are so often sil...
Staying Inspired: Keeping the Human Spirit Alive during COVID-19 Jessica Broverman April 28, 2020 At Weelunk, we’re all about keeping you connected to your community. Because that looks a little different right now, we’re bringing you ways to engage while staying safe and healthy. We hope Weelunk can contin...
PHOTO GALLERY: The Great Wheeling Easter Egg Hunt! Wheeling Heritage Media April 15, 2020 At Weelunk, we’re all about keeping you connected to your community. Because that looks a little different right now, we’re bringing you ways to engage while staying safe and healthy. We hope Weelunk can contin...
Ghost Signs of Wheeling Fred Connors April 15, 2020 At Weelunk, we’re all about keeping you connected to your community. Because that looks a little different right now, we’re bringing you ways to engage while staying safe and healthy. We hope Weelunk can contin...
WOMEN IN HISTORY: These Wheeling Women Made Music History Stacey Miller Sacco March 31, 2020 Throughout March — Women’s History Month — Weelunk will feature stories about women who have made history and women who are making history. Read our other Women in History features. Music lovers in Wheeling ...
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...
Music Under the Stars: Celebrate 90 Years With Ninth Music Director Phyllis Sigal August 30, 2019 Nine decades, eight conductors, dozens of guest artists, a myriad of concert programs and thousands of musicians have led to the moment when John Devlin’s downbeat will strike up the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra...
Ananga Martin Band Album Release Party at Towngate Provided August 11, 2019 Live music returns to Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre, and first up is the Ananga Martin Band at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. Adrian Niles, Matt Smith, Chad Burrall, Michael Iafrate and John Whorton will j...
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. ...
Wheeling Symphony’s Ninth: John Devlin Named Music Director Phyllis Sigal June 27, 2019 From the moment he shook hands with Concertmaster Rachel Stegeman and conducted the first phrase of Brahms, John Devlin felt that the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra “might be my orchestra.” John Devlin That...
Plein Air International Coming to Wheeling Provided June 9, 2019 The first week of July will see artists from throughout Europe gathering in Wheeling for a week-long plein air painting experience. For more than 20 years, painters from Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, ...
Brooke Hills Playhouse Season to Begin Provided June 7, 2019 The Brooke Hills Playhouse has announced the cast for its 48th season-opening comedy, "Ghost of a Chance," while also noting a change in the performance times for the show's second weekend. According to Juli...
With So Much to See and Do, Wheeling Punches Above Its Weight Class Wheeling Heritage Staff May 27, 2019 To use a sports analogy, Wheeling punches above its weight class. For a city of only 27,000, Wheeling boasts a tremendous number of high-quality cultural institutions and tourism attractions. Not many look like...
John Marshall Strings Students’ Synchrony Saves the Day Nick Musgrave May 26, 2019 Those of you who attended the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra’s season finale on May 17 may have noticed the group of young people performing during the pre-concert dinner and in the lobby before the show. The s...
Brooke Hills Playhouse Postpones Season Opening Because of Wind Damage Provided May 26, 2019 The Brooke Hills Playhouse has postponed the opening of its 48th summer season until the weekend of June 14-16, while the pre-Civil War apple barn undergoes repairs from damage caused by a recent windstorm...
Crosscurrents Exhibit Showcases Regional Artistic Talent Provided May 19, 2019 A staple of Oglebay Institute’s art exhibition season, Crosscurrents is now open at OI’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. Now in its 40th year, this annual exhibition attracts some of the finest artwork from the tri-st...
Wheeling Symphony’s 90th Anniversary Season to Welcome New Music Director Provided May 17, 2019 The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra announces its 90th anniversary season with seven subscription concerts and the return of Ohio Valley’s No. 1 family holiday event, Symphony On Ice. Wheeling Symphony Orchestra...
Ohio Valley Summer Event Guide Dedicated to ‘Scat’ Phyllis Sigal May 13, 2019 Four years ago, Robert “Scat” Scatterday, wanted to get the word out about all the summer concert events around the Ohio Valley, and put those events in one easy-to-access publication. He took his idea to the C...
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Concludes 89th Season with Fuchs, Mozart and Tchaikovsky Provided May 5, 2019 Guest artist Soyeon Kate Lee will be featured when the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra closes its 2018-19 season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17. Music director finalist Silas Huff will conduct “Fate and Triumph: Tc...
Harshman, Villamagna Bring Attention to Wheeling Landmarks in New Children’s Book Phyllis Sigal April 29, 2019 Once there was a mouse … it was paddling for dear life outside of Robert Villamagna’s art studio, trying to keep its poor little head above water during the flood of 2004. Once there was another mouse … "who...
Towngate Ends 50th Season With ‘Our Town’ Provided April 28, 2019 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre ends its 50th season of community theater with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “Our Town,” considered by many to be greatest American play ever written....
Park Players to Present Classic Gershwin Musical ‘Crazy for You’ Provided April 27, 2019 Witness a classic Gershwin musical production when the Park Players of Wheeling Park High School present its spring musical, Crazy for You, Friday, May 3, through Sunday, May 5, at the high school’s J.B. Chambe...
Fresh Coat of Paint and Other Upgrades for Artworks Around Town Anne Hazlett Foreman April 27, 2019 Editor's note: Anne Hazlett Foreman — as humble as she is talented — mentions in her story below an Artworks Around Town member who "came forward" with "a list of ideas to upgrade" Artworks. She failed to menti...
Broadway Superstar Joins Wheeling Symphony Orchestra for Classic Broadway, Star Wars and Disney Favorites Provided April 20, 2019 The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra welcomes guest artist Sierra Boggess for "Once Upon a Time," an evening of Broadway, Star Wars and Disney music, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, at The Capitol Theatre. T...
Wheeling Heritage’s Tom Griffith Collection on Display at WesBanco Provided April 17, 2019 Visitors to WesBanco’s trust department can now see a local artist’s vibrant, nostalgic paintings of Wheeling lining the walls. Wheeling Heritage has loaned more than 20 of its Tom Griffith paintings to the com...
Artists Studio Tour to Showcase Local Artists at Work Laura Jackson Roberts April 16, 2019 If you’re not an artist, the world of art seems like another dimension. When we walk the halls of a gallery, buy a piece of jewelry or admire a hand-crafted dining room table, we only see the finished product. ...
PHYLosophy: ‘Why Are Newfoundlanders Bad at Knock-Knock Jokes?’ Phyllis Sigal April 13, 2019 "We were all exhausted — just spent. Most of us had been up for five days straight working But somehow I can't sleep so I sit down and turn on the television And I just start crying. I hadn't let myself cry t...
Shantyboats and Watercolors: Wheeling Native Takes On Kentucky Artist Kelly Strautmann April 10, 2019 “Just like Hubbard on one of his many trips down the Ohio River, I came with the water from Wheeling and was mysteriously compelled to stop at this beautiful little part of the world near Madison, Indiana.” ...
Poet Laureate’s Latest Book Takes Surprise Twists Phyllis Sigal April 8, 2019 Editor’s note: April is National Poetry Month, inaugurated in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets. After you read about West Virginia’s poet laureate, find ways to celebrate poetry’s vital place in our cultur...
Film Society Offers Free Screening of Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ at Towngate Provided April 7, 2019 “Rear Window,” Alfred Hitchcock's iconic 1954 suspenseful thriller starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, will be shown on the big screen Friday, April 12, at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre in Wheeling. ...
Rustic Mechanicals to Stage Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ at Towngate Provided April 7, 2019 The Rustic Mechanicals, West Virginia’s only professional Shakespeare troupe, bring their Truth is Truth tour of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” to Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre for a single ...
Wheeling Heritage (Part 2): What’s on the Drawing Board? Phyllis Sigal March 26, 2019 Editor’s note: Yesterday, it was announced that Wheeling Heritage had won the 2019 Great American Main Street Award. Today, we hear more about the organization’s goals and how it intends to reach them. On th...
Wheeling Heritage (Part 1): A Big Win Today! Phyllis Sigal March 25, 2019 J ust like on a reality television show, Jake Dougherty and Alex Weld knew how the competition ended more than seven months ago — and had to keep it hush-hush. Until today. The exciting news — that Wheeli...
Oglebay Institute to Bring The Dancing Wheels Company to the Ohio Valley Provided March 23, 2019 If dance is an expression of the human spirit, then it is best expressed by people of all abilities. That is the fundamental belief behind The Dancing Wheels Company and School, the first and foremost physicall...
Irish Comedy Coming to Towngate Stage Provided March 10, 2019 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre continues its main stage season with a production of Dion Boucicault’s Irish comedy/melodrama “The Shaughraun,” to be staged March 15, 16, 17, 22 and 23. The story revolv...
WSO to Host Evening of Storytelling Through Symphonies, Arias and Songs Provided March 9, 2019 The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra's next concert, featuring guest artist Soloman Howard and conducted by music director finalist John Devlin, is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, at The Capitol Theatre in Wheel...
Lecture Series Explores a Powerful Photo-Documentary Provided March 2, 2019 Photographer Angelo Merendino will discuss his internationally recognized photo-documentary, “The Battle We Didn’t Choose – My Wife’s Fight with Breast Cancer,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Oglebay Institute...
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...
And the Mural Contest Winner is … Phyllis Sigal February 1, 2019 “I was tickled!” That was Sherri Mestrovic’s reaction when she heard today her mural was chosen by popular vote to enhance the green space at Kossuth Park, located at the intersection of W.Va. 2 and Intersta...
