WEEREAD – Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore & Everyday Culture in Appalachia Anna Cipoletti November 28, 2022 In Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore & Everyday Culture in Appalachia, author and state folklorist Emily Hilliard explores West Virginian traditions both old and new. These observations are informed by ...
These Popular Toys Were Made Right Here in Glen Dale, W.Va. Candace Nelson November 11, 2022 If you’ve ever pedaled around your neighborhood on a red, yellow and blue plastic Big Wheel, you know the joy of a Marx toy. Or, maybe you’ve bobbed and weaved during a game of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots...
New People’s University Series Features Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups Provided February 10, 2022 For the Winter session 2022, People's University at the Ohio County Public Library will offer a series on the origins of familiar fairy tales. Patrons are invited to gather around the campfire beneat...
Black History Month Programs at the Ohio County Public Library Provided February 4, 2022 The Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling is offering a full slate of programs celebrating Black History Month throughout February. All of the programs are part of the library's adult series, "Lunch With Books...
Lunch With Books Winter Program Schedule Provided December 28, 2021 Lunch With Books is the Ohio County Public Library's flagship program for adult patrons. These lunchtime programs feature authors, poets, musicians, historians, and more every Tuesday at noon. Bring lunch to th...
Bugs and Books: See What the Ohio County Public Library Has Been Up To Nayt Knapp October 18, 2021 Over the summer, Sean Duffy of the Ohio County Public Library put together a program to celebrate insects and their relationships with humans. During this program, we unveiled an ongoing event called the “Manti...
Villamagna’s Epic ‘Shrine for a Mill Rat’ Finds Forever Home at the Library Seán Duffy July 1, 2020 Public libraries exist to provide free and equal access to resources, helping people to pursue knowledge and inspiration. And “Shrine for a Mill Rat,” the new permanent exhibit (courtesy artist Robert Villamagn...
Radical Ratification: Wheeling’s Role in the 19th Amendment Kelly Strautmann March 10, 2020 The right to vote is something many of us may take for granted — until it is time to get to the polls. And 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. One hundred years ago today, Ma...
Held Together by Stories: A Special Lunch With Books Remembers OVMC Kelly Strautmann January 11, 2020 I was born there. I graduated from there. My children were born there. These statements were heard more than once at Tuesday's Lunch with Books — “OVGH & OVMC Memories” — at the Ohio County Library. ...
Star of ‘Deadwood’ and ‘Newhart’ to Visit Wheeling Library Provided November 23, 2019 Are you a fan of "Newhart" (I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl. This is my other brother Darryl), "Deadwood" or "True Blood"? If you answered "yes" to any of these, then you know William Sanderson, author ...
Handled With Dignity: Putting the Past to Rest Kelly Strautmann October 25, 2019 It took a village to honor an anonymous young girl’s skeletal remains retrieved from the now-closed Ohio Valley Medical Center. Two hospital retirees, a historian, a funeral home, a library and, finally, a ceme...
PETROCHEMICALS AND THE OHIO VALLEY: Part 2 — Health Effects of Cracker Plants Laura Jackson Roberts August 2, 2019 Editor’s note: On July 16, the Ohio County Public Library hosted two experts at its Lunch with Books series. Dr. Matthew Mehalik, Ph.D., and Dr. Ned Ketyer, M.D., spoke to a crowd of over 100 about the env...
PETROCHEMICALS AND THE OHIO VALLEY: Part 1 — Environmental Effects of Cracker Plants Laura Jackson Roberts July 26, 2019 1 Editor's note: On July 16, the Ohio County Public Library hosted two experts at its Lunch with Books series. Dr. Matthew Mehalik, Ph.D., and Dr. Ned Ketyer, M.D., spoke to a crowd of over 100 about the environm...
Wee Asked Sean Duffy Phyllis Sigal June 24, 2019 WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a little bit better with our fun series, “WEEasked.” Look for it a couple...
Wheeling’s American Legion Post 1: Leading the Way in Service for 100 years Nick Musgrave May 15, 2019 Editor's note: Learn more about Wheeling Post No. 1 of the American Legion — officially the oldest post in the U.S. — at Lunch With Books, Tuesday, May 21, at the Ohio County Public Library. The program will in...
America’s First Highway in Spotlight Erin Rothenbuehler October 25, 2018 The 2018 Ohio Valley History Expo will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the completion of the National Road from Cumberland, Md., to Wheeling, (West) Virginia, with a number of events, beginning early ne...
Lunch With Books Memories and a Sequel for Sean Bill Orkoskey July 11, 2018 They say that the only sure things in life that never change are death and taxes. ERIN ROTHENBUEHLER That held true last week at the Ohio County Public when Dottie Thomas, the head librarian, announced t...
Much Well-Deserved Ado About Mom Weelunk Staff May 10, 2018 It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and there are plenty of events that cater to mom and kids! You can kick up your heels at a mother/son dance or run your toes off at a 5K. If neither of those is your cup of tea, well,...
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...
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...
People’s University Fall Schedule Weelunk Staff September 25, 2017 FALL 2017 PEOPLE’S UNIVERSITY: West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories From documents that record the formation of our proud state during the tumultuous Civil...
