Have a Blast With Independence Day Weekend EVENTS Phyllis Sigal July 2, 2020 CAR SHOW AT THE PORT The 17th annual Wheeling Heritage Port Car Show will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, July 5, at the city’s Heritage Port, 12th and Water streets. Dash plaques will be given to the ...
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 ...
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...
Kick Up Your Heels at Area EVENTS Phyllis Sigal March 5, 2020 CELEBRATE CELTIC NATIONS Celebrate the heritage of seven Celtic nations on Saturday, March 7, at the Wheeling Celtic Celebration with food, drink, entertainment, history and education at the Wheeling Artisan C...
‘Presence: An Exploration of Aging Through Art’ Exhibit Challenges Perceptions of Growing Old Provided February 29, 2020 A new exhibition and educational series opens Thursday, March 5, at Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. “Presence: An Exploration of Aging Through Art” examines the universal, yet intensely personal, e...
EVENTS Will Entertain to Your Heart’s Content Phyllis Sigal February 13, 2020 LOVE SOARS Witness Ohio Valley native Megan Wilson and her husband Andy Parrish in Duo Quintessence, an incredible aerial act, high above the stage at The Capitol Theatre. Duo Quintessence will perform twice o...
Pick Your Perfect Valentine’s Day Date Night Jessica Broverman February 7, 2020 Valentine’s Day rolls around every year — whether you want it to or not — and it'll be here before you know it! Do you plan it to the nines? Do you wait until the last minute? Do you even have a clue what to do...
EVENTS Get the Action Rolling Phyllis Sigal February 6, 2020 GRAB THE POPCORN Wheeling Heritage and the YWCA Wheeling have joined forces to present the Ohio Valley Festival for Filmmakers of Color Friday, Feb. 7, at the Wheeling Artisan Center. The event begins at 5 p.m...
‘Souper’ EVENTS on Tap in the Area Phyllis Sigal January 30, 2020 SUPER ‘SOUPER BOWL’ EVENTS • Join the Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling Inc. for its SOUPer Bowl Party! from 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. The New Age Adenas will be playing from 6:30-10:30 p.m. There will be foo...
Chill Out With Upcoming EVENTS Phyllis Sigal January 23, 2020 ICE BREAKER Get ready to celebrate winter while helping your local community at the area’s newest wintertime celebration — WinterFest, Saturday, Jan. 25, at Oglebay Park! The fun kicks off at noon Saturday wit...
Winners Announced for OI Regional Student Art Exhibit Provided January 19, 2020 Celebrating the talent and creativity of young artists, Oglebay Institute’s 31st annual Regional Student Art Exhibition is on display at the Stifel Fine Arts Center. The exhibit provides high school students...
Notable EVENTS on Tap in the Valley Phyllis Sigal January 16, 2020 THE DUEL IS ON Enjoy a lively night of piano music with Hermie and Harry's Dueling Pianos at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Towngate Theatre. Sing along, make requests and enjoy Hermie & Harry’s unique blend...
Wrap Up the Holidays With EVENTS Special Edition Phyllis Sigal November 28, 2019 It’s beginning to look a lot like … From decorated rooms at the Mansion Museum to an Enchanted Winter Breakfast to Christmas concerts to holiday light displays to a variety of specialty shopping experiences,...
Feast on This Cornucopia of EVENTS Phyllis Sigal November 27, 2019 SHOP SMALL Start your Christmas shopping now! Shop all around town at your favorite small businesses to support Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30. There are plenty are places to go in Centre Market with more ...
A Parade of EVENTS Coming Your Way Phyllis Sigal November 21, 2019 HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS! There is a myriad of holiday events coming down the block ... and at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, get ready for the Main Street Bank Fantasy in Lights Parade, literally coming down the bl...
Wheeling Area EVENTS Get You in Gear Phyllis Sigal November 14, 2019 GET CRANKING TO GIVE BACK Get together with friends and family and give back during the Thanksgiving season! Hosted by Bike Wheeling and Brew Keepers, Cranksgiving 2019 is part bike ride, part food drive and p...
Holiday Art Show and Sale Showcases Local Talent Provided November 10, 2019 Oglebay Institute’s annual Holiday Art Show and Sale not only benefits shoppers looking for unique gifts it also supports local artists. The exclusive five-week show provides an outstanding opportunity for s...
EVENTS Begin to Ring in the Holidays Phyllis Sigal November 7, 2019 TREES, WREATHS & GARLANDS! Stifel Fine Arts Center is decorated in red and green glory, filled with a variety of trees, wreaths and garlands for the Festival of Trees. Cast a bid for the fully decorated tr...
Festival of Trees Returns to Wheeling’s Stifel Center Provided November 3, 2019 Oglebay Insitute's Festival of Trees will transform the Stifel Center into a Christmas wonderland of trees, wreaths and garlands from Nov. 8-22, decorated by creative and skilled volunteers. All items are fo...
Artists Bring Vision to ‘Celebrate Wheeling Invitational’ Phyllis Sigal October 1, 2019 Will we see Suspension Bridges? Park landscapes? Businesses that are no more? The Ohio River or Wheeling Creek? Sculptures of historic mile markers? That remains to be seen when visions of Wheeling will dance r...
Eat and Drink Your Way Through Area EVENTS Weelunk Staff September 26, 2019 CELEBRATE OKTOBER Oktoberfest fills Centre Market from noon to 11 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, with live music, food vendors, and domestic and craft beer. Proceeds benefit the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valle...
Theater, Music, Tours — EVENTS Are Blossoming Weelunk Staff September 19, 2019 PLANT YOURSELF AT TOWNGATE Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre opens its 51st season of community theater with Paul Zindel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigol...
EVENTS Are Rollin’ on the River Weelunk Staff September 12, 2019 Rollin’… rollin’ … rollin’ on the river … The Sternwheel Festival kicks off at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. Along with the boats docked at Wheeling Heritage Port, food vendors and crafters, entertainment will...
Celebrate History, Art and Music at Area EVENTS Weelunk Staff September 5, 2019 HERE COMES A PARADE! Celebrate Wheeling’s milestone with the Wheeling 250 Parade, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. The parade begins at 20th and Market streets, then travels up Market to 10th Street, tu...
Stifel to Open Season With ‘Collective Works’ of Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators Provided August 31, 2019 Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center will opens its 2019-20 season of changing art exhibits with “The Collective Works” of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators. “The Collective Works” exhibit featur...
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...
Eat Your Way Through Upcoming EVENTS Weelunk Staff May 2, 2019 BOOGIE ON DOWN Boogie on down to Friday Night Fever — Wheeling Health Right’s 26th annual Chef’s Auction — at 6 p.m. Friday, May 3, at WesBanco Arena, 14th St., Wheeling. Guests will dine on delicacies from ...
Phyllis Sigal April 22, 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 i...
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. ...
Oglebay Institute Honors Student Artists Provided January 19, 2019 The 30th annual Regional Student Art Exhibition opened earlier this month with a public reception and awards ceremony at OI’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. Several students received cash prizes for their work, and o...
EVENTS: Happy New Year! Weelunk Staff December 27, 2018 SPARKLING WINE TASTING Good Mansion Wines will serve up a bounty of sparklings and other reds and whites to usher in the New Year! At 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, taste and compare Prosecco, Cava, Champagne, Cre...
EVENTS: And After Dinner’s Digested … Weelunk Staff November 22, 2018 Looking for something to do to keep your visitors entertained? There’s shopping, an art film, a wine tasting and, of course, a variety of holiday events such as the Festival of Lights, Festival of Trees and the...
Recipe for a ‘Capitol’ Holiday Ryan Norman November 19, 2018 Take six parts theatrical spectacle, add a dash of distinctive cuisine, fold in a trip to one of many unhidden gems — and what do you have? All the ingredients for a delectable visit to Wheeling. Treat this ...
Freaks Night Out! Costume Party and Sideshow Extravaganza at Shadows Ball Provided October 13, 2018 Oglebay Institute is hosting the most wicked Halloween party in Wheeling. The third annual Shadows Ball brings a night of thrills, chills, sideshow, costumes and live music by Ohio Valley favorite Hit Play. ...
Art and Technology Converge at Stifel Ryan Norman September 23, 2018 A crumpled water heater. Footage of a train that looks like it’s been put through a shredder and reassembled. Halting images being projected onto a disc of celluloid film. Metal formed into an image of the fact...
EVENTS: Paint the Town at First Friday Weelunk Staff September 6, 2018 FIRST FRIDAY The Gallery Hop at Artworks Around Town on Friday, Sept. 7, will usher in a two-month celebration of the art of plein air painting. As a preliminary to “Paint Historic Wheeling” set for later ...
‘Crosscurrents’ Showcases Regional Artistic Talent Provided August 5, 2018 A staple of Oglebay Institute’s art exhibition season, Crosscurrents is now open at OI’s Stifel Fine Arts Center. For more than 30 years, this annual exhibition has attracted some of the finest artwork from the...
Phyllis Sigal June 11, 2018 WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, maybe some strangers, answered. Get to know them a little bit better with our fun, new series, “WEEasked.” Look for it a ...
‘Tin is the New Black’: Oh, the Stories Discarded Objects Can Tell Provided May 12, 2018 “Tin is the New Black,” an exhibition featuring professional artists working in repurposed printed lithographed metal, is on display at Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling through June 22. ...
