New Group Forms to Explore Shakespearean Literature Karin Butyn May 3, 2023 “All things are ready, if our minds be so,” William Shakespeare penned when writing Henry V in the 1500s, today Wheeling is ready to make itself home for a group of Shakespeareans. Since its creation in the ear...
The Inspiration Behind A Female-Driven Documentary Screening Alex Panas March 14, 2023 When it comes to community involvement, one of the perks of living in a city the size of Wheeling is that it can be easier to turn ideas into action. That’s exactly what happened when local artist Mindi Yarbrou...
Coming Soon: Citywide Ceramics Take Over! Alex Panas February 23, 2023 Wheeling is about to get a whole lot more creative as local ceramic artists, along with Oglebay Institute, Wheeling Heritage, Artworks Around Town, East Wheeling Clayworks, Clientele Art Studio and the McLure H...
Oglebay Institute Invites You to a Lavish Party to Support the Arts in Wheeling Provided August 16, 2022 Each year near the end of the summer season, friends, members, and supporters of the nonprofit, arts, nature, and cultural organization Oglebay Institute (OI) gather at a lavish party, organized and hosted by t...
Talented Cast Delivers New Take on Well-Known Story Provided July 13, 2022 Oglebay Institute’s Parcel Players present a new stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel “Little Women.” The production is staged July 14-17 at Towngate Theatre in Wheeling. “Little Women” f...
From Abandoned Baby in Wheeling to Hollywood Hills Provided April 21, 2022 “Tally Ho Baby” was the name the local media gave to an unidentified, 10-day-old, baby girl found in a cardboard box inside the front door of the Tally Ho Apartment Building on National Road in Wheeling many ye...
Local Artist Shares His Work With First In-Person Exhibit Jessica Broverman February 18, 2022 Vondel Bell, a Wheeling Park High School graduate and standout athlete, has a lot more to him than what meets the eye. While Bell, 27, spent most of his life planning on playing in the NFL, he decided to pick u...
The Friendly Ghost Who Loved The Theatre Alex Panas and Natalie Kovacs October 31, 2021 According to local lore, if you visit the historic Towngate Theatre in Centre Market you might have an encounter with Peter, Towngate’s friendly ghost. Towngate Theatre's Friendly Ghost. Illustration ...
Crazy 8s Improv Troupe Performs at Towngate Theatre Provided October 19, 2021 In addition to a full season of community theater and children's theater, Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre hosts a variety of performing arts programs. Two very talented improvisation groups call Towngate T...
A Very Bridge + Tunnel Christmas: A Rocking Holiday Concert at Towngate Provided December 15, 2019 Members of The Bridge + Tunnel Collective and some very special guests continue their annual holiday revue benefiting Wheeling-area neighbors who are especially vulnerable and in need at this time of year. T...
Towngate to Present ‘Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit’ Provided October 27, 2019 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre continues its children’s theater season with a production of “Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit,” playwright Jonathan Rand’s hilarious parody of the popular TV series. The s...
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....
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 ...
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...
