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...
Get Fired Up for Route 88 BBQ & Brew Phyllis Sigal April 26, 2019 Sitting around the fire pit, making s’mores, sipping a glass of wine or having an ice-cold craft brew. Playing a bit of corn toss. Listening to some live music on a Saturday night. Sounds like summer backyar...
Lots of EVENTS Knockin’ on Wheeling’s Door Weelunk Staff April 25, 2019 KNOCK-KNOCK … Artists in the greater Wheeling area will open their studios and homes to the public for one day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, for the Wheeling Artists Studio Tour. Attendees ...
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. The co...
Area EVENTS Will Keep You Hoppin’ Weelunk Staff April 18, 2019 TREASURE HUNT The Easter Bunny will be hopping over to the Oglebay Good Zoo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, for the annual Good Zoo Treasure Hunt! Each participating child wi...
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...
Wheeling Kids Take Over: Our Guided Tour of the RNR Discovery and Learning Center Justus, Anelise and Iris Sacco April 17, 2019 Editor's note: Weelunk writer Stacey Sacco and her children enjoyed an afternoon at RNR Discovery and Learning Center, located at 436 National Road in Wheeling. The 3,800-square-foot center, owned by Chris and ...
Two Wheeling Woman Among Five WVU Students Awarded Fulbright Scholarships Provided April 16, 2019 Five West Virginia University women, including two from Wheeling, have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English abroad next year. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s fla...
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. ...
Our South American Odyssey: The Final Chapter Jason Koegler April 15, 2019 "For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother" - Homer, The Odyssey. After our there-and-back, 30-hour bus odyssey to Buenos Aries, everyone was ready for Day 9 to be a little mor...
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...
Wheeling Heritage Accepting Show of Hands Applications Provided April 11, 2019 If you have an idea for a new business, a business expansion or a project that will impact Wheeling, you are encouraged to apply for Wheeling Heritage’s Show of Hands. The winner will leave the event with more ...
Sip, Shop, Dance, Cheer, Laugh, Learn at Ohio Valley EVENTS Weelunk Staff April 11, 2019 BOOTS TO BOW TIES Kick up your heels at The Linsly spring soirée and auction, Boots to Bow Ties, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Pine Room at Oglebay. The evening features food, live music from Better D...
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.” ...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 8 Jason Koegler April 9, 2019 On the evening of Day 7, April 3, 2019, we climbed into our "El Practico" bus and embarked on a 10-hour red-eye from Cordoba to Argentina's Capital: Buenos Aires. During the grueling ride, we stopped at ...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 7 Jason Koegler April 8, 2019 Day 6 brought practice, Day 7, April 3 2019, was Game Day. It seems all of our efforts in fundraising, planning and practicing have led to this moment. This was the day our boys from Wheeling and the Ohio Valle...
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 ...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 6 Jason Koegler April 6, 2019 We have been in in Cordoba, Argentina now for three days and on Tuesday April 2 2019 we were ready to take the field for the first time. But first we needed to take care of something we had been planning for a ...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 5 Jason Koegler April 4, 2019 Last you heard from us it was Day 4 and the boys were holding a "sleepover" with their host families. When they awoke on Monday April 1 2019, they had, literally and figuratively, never been this far home. Yes,...
EVENTS Feature Oldies But Goodies Weelunk Staff April 4, 2019 OLDIES BUT GOODIES Wilson Lodge in Oglebay will be transformed into an antiques marketplace Friday, April 5, through Sunday, April 7, as Oglebay Institute presents its 65th annual Antiques Show and Sale. Mor...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 4 Jason Koegler April 3, 2019 The “sleepover” is not a foreign concept to these 13-year-olds, yet Day Four of our journey presented a brand-new take on the subject. In the afternoon of Sunday March 31, the boys of FC United were dropped off...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 3 Jason Koegler April 2, 2019 There are those moments in life that inspire people to take a step back, take a deep breath and reflect. For some it might happen often, but for most it only occurs a handful of times. It is when we find oursel...
Our South American Odyssey: Day 1 Jason Koegler March 30, 2019 It was 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2019, when 14 boys from the FC Wheeling United U-14 soccer team became a part of a long-standing Wheeling “send-off” tradition by convening at the White Palace parking lot i...
Our South American Odyssey: Preview Jason Koegler March 28, 2019 After months of planning, fundraising, meeting — and lots of soccer — reality finally settled in. The exact timing of such realization happened a few weeks ago when Diego Gattesco sent a message to our group o...
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...
Wheeling Country Day School: Celebrating 90 Years of Learning Christina Fisanick March 22, 2019 “To empower students to think, to create, and to communicate in a nurturing environment where learning and character are paramount.” — Wheeling County Day School’s mission 1929 was an epic year in Wheeling, We...
EVENTS Celebrate Country, Women, Heroes Weelunk Staff March 21, 2019 The Oak Ridge Boys will bring their four-part harmonies and upbeat, award-winning songs to The Capitol Theatre, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22. Their string of hits includes Elvira, Bobbie Sue, Dream On, Thank God ...
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...
Ohio University Eastern Exhibit Answers the Question ‘What Were You Wearing?’ Provided 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...
Perspective Is Everything: Living with Multiple Sclerosis Laura Jackson Roberts March 15, 2019 Editor's note: In this series, we’ll talk to locals who struggle with autoimmune disease and share their stories. Below, Ohio Valley resident Michele Meeks shares her experiences with Multiple Sclerosis. WHA...
The Table Is Set for Wheeling’s First Restaurant Week Phyllis Sigal March 13, 2019 Four meatballs stuffed inside an Italian bread bowl, smothered in cheese, peppers and onions, and finished with an award-winning sauce … Is your mouth watering? That, my hungry friends, is the Chi-Chi Glo...
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...
In Ruby Slippers or Glass Slippers, Step Out for Upcoming EVENTS Weelunk Staff March 7, 2019 FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Click your heels together and follow the yellow brick road to Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre Friday, March 8, for a free screening of “The Wizard of Oz.” In honor of the f...
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...
(Williams Lea) Tag — You’re It Phyllis Sigal March 1, 2019 Along with the fact that there are 100 job openings, why should you consider working at Williams Lea Tag? Because it “feels like home, like family,” said Jennifer Materkoski, senior manager of communications...
Regional Science & Engineering Fair Continues to Strengthen STEM Education Provided February 28, 2019 On Saturday, March 9, the College of Science at West Liberty University will welcome hundreds of young students to the Regional Science & Engineering Fair, an academic competition that inspires and encourag...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: Big Idea — The Fractional Gravity Experiment (Part 3) Robert E. Strong February 27, 2019 (Editor’s note: In the last two weeks, we read about the Big Idea (Part 1) and Big Idea (Part 2). Today, Robert E. Strong wraps things up. Did his "Big Idea" make the cut? Read on ... ) For over third of a c...
Bike Share Program Coming to Wheeling Provided February 25, 2019 Residents and visitors alike will soon have access to a new feature in the community that will enhance recreational and wellness opportunities. Launching in the spring, Wheeling will be home to West Virginia’s ...
Exhibit Explores Therapeutic Power of the Creative Process Misty Klug February 23, 2019 When Angelo Merendino’s wife Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, he documented her battle through photographs to raise awareness about the day-to-day struggles they faced. When Angela...
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...
A VIEW FROM THE MOON: Big Idea — The Fractional Gravity Experiment (Part 2) Robert E. Strong February 19, 2019 (Editor's note: Last week we read about the Big Idea (Part 1). Today, Robert E. Strong recaps that article and moves on to Part 2.) As a recap from Big Idea: The Fractional Gravity Experiment (Part 1): ...
Valentine’s Day EVENTS You’ll Adore Weelunk Staff February 14, 2019 ♥ KISSES AND CHAMPAGNE Oglebay Institute will present a Valentine’s Champagne Tour of the Mansion Museum in Oglebay from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.14. During the champagne tour, guests will learn about the...
