Memorial Day Weekend EVENTS Mark Summer’s Start Weelunk Staff May 23, 2019 MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION Kick off summer at Oglebay this Memorial Day weekend with live entertainment, fireworks, face painting, inflatable rides and more! Festivities include a fireworks extravaganza at 9:1...
Hangover BBQ Fired Up Over Show of Hands Win Phyllis Sigal May 22, 2019 A sweet little voice from the crowded room asked, “What’s your favorite kind of meat to make?” That question, posed by Billy Litman’s 6-year-old niece CeCe, is what put Hangover BBQ over the top at Wednesday’s ...
A Gym, Salon, Roadside BBQ and Resale/Consignment Shop Up for Show of Hands Prize Phyllis Sigal May 21, 2019 Strength. ... Sustainable. ... Repurpose. ... Delicious. These are just a few of the words the Wheeling Heritage Show of Hands contenders use when talking about their business ventures. Delicious: Billy a...
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...
Grand EVENTS From Yoga to Music to Theater to History Weelunk Staff May 16, 2019 FREE TO BE YOGI The fifth annual Free to Be Yogi, hosted by Happy Goat Yoga, is set for Saturday, May 18, at Grand Vue Park, Shelter 5. Enjoy demonstrations, mindfulness crafts, local goods for sale, and hea...
Give Your Wedding the Star Treatment Stacey Miller Sacco May 14, 2019 Just like the Suspension Bridge, Oglebay Park and Centre Market, The Capitol Theatre is shorthand for home for many of us in Wheeling. Its brilliantly lit red marquee has displayed the names of famous acts a...
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...
COLORFUL EVENTS ON TAP Weelunk Staff May 13, 2019 PRIDE FEST The 2019 Ohio Valley Pride Festival and Pride March are set for noon to 11 p.m., May 11, at Heritage Port. Presented by Ohio Valley Pride, there will be a beer garden, drag shows, live music, foo...
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...
Tick-Borne Disease: Fact, Fiction and Prevention Laura Jackson Roberts May 3, 2019 The other day I went into the woods to dig up some ramps. I wore socks and long pants as I crouched in the leaf litter. Later, I felt something on my stomach. It was a tick, moving as fast as it could toward my...
Local Secret Worth Sharing: Home for Men Celebrates 90 Years of Service Ellen Brafford McCroskey May 1, 2019 "One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." — Lewis Carroll One of Wheeling's best-kept secrets, the Home for Men in Warwood, is celebrating its 90th annivers...
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...
West Liberty University Spring Commencement Set for May 4 Provided April 28, 2019 West Liberty University will graduate 371 students at its spring commencement, to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, in the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex. McKinley Congressman David B. McKinle...
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...
