Friends, Artists Remember Wheeling Playwright Tom Stobart Daniel Flatley August 28, 2020 Editor’s note: Two memorials are scheduled for Tom Stobart. The first is at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, via Towngate Theatre’s Facebook page. The second will be an in-person event at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at To...
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...
‘Wheeling Reads: One Book, One Community’ Kicks Off With Lecture Provided February 2, 2020 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theater and the Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission will host the kickoff event for Wheeling Reads: One Book, One Community. A popular vote chose Tara Westover’s "Educated" as the...
Towngate Actors Let Down Their Hair in ‘Rapunzel’ Provided January 26, 2020 Oglebay Institute continues its tradition of bringing beloved fairytales to life with an imaginative production of “Rapunzel,” to be staged Jan. 31, and Feb. 1-2, 7-8 at Towngate Theatre in Wheeling. Adapted...
OLD CHURCHES, NEW LIFE (Part 1): Framed for the Arts Alex Panas December 30, 2019 Writer's note: When thinking of Wheeling’s scenery, it’s hard to turn a corner without marveling at one of the city’s many churches. Whether it’s the architecture, history or fellowship that draws you in, the b...
Touching and Inspirational Musical ‘The Littlest Angel’ on Towngate Stage Provided December 1, 2019 The classic Christmas story of a little angel who is transformed from a celestial pest to the toast of the Heavenly Host comes to life onstage at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre. The inspirational musical,...
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Enchants Young and Old at Towngate Provided October 5, 2019 The story of “Alice in Wonderland” was penned more than 150 years ago, yet this engaging fantasy of a young girl and her adventures into a world of enchantment has remained popular with young and old alike. ...
Beloved Halloween Classic ‘Hocus Pocus’ on Towngate Big Screen Provided September 28, 2019 The Sanderson sisters are being resurrected again. Halloween favorite “Hocus Pocus” is showing on the Towngate Theatre big screen on Friday, Oct. 4. The film is part of Towngate’s popular Dinner and a Movie ...
Towngate Theatre Opens 51st Season With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama Provided September 16, 2019 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 Marigolds.” A story of perseverance a...
Ananga Martin Band Album Release Party at Towngate Provided August 11, 2019 Live music returns to Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre, and first up is the Ananga Martin Band at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. Adrian Niles, Matt Smith, Chad Burrall, Michael Iafrate and John Whorton will j...
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...
Wee Asked Kris Kringle AKA Robert Gaudio Phyllis Sigal December 24, 2018 1 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...
‘Sweat’ Equity Pays Off for Wheeling Native Phyllis Sigal November 23, 2018 Wheeling native Michelle Duffy certainly has invested “sweat equity” into her career, which has thus far spanned close to three decades in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and now, ...
Hollywood Success for ‘Hometown Girl’ Phyllis Sigal September 21, 2018 Editor's note: Wheeling has cultivated a number of men and women who are outstanding in their chosen fields — the arts, science, medicine, etc. Today, Weelunk features Kristin Slaysman, a Wheeling Park High Sch...
Towngate Opens Season With ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ Provided September 17, 2018 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre opens its 50th season of community theater with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. It will b...
Towngate 50th Season Dedicated to Hal O’Leary Misty Klug August 28, 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder once said, “I regard the theater as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense o...
Wee Asked Butch Maxwell Phyllis Sigal August 6, 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 series, “WEEasked.” Look for it a coupl...
Parcel Players to Stage ‘Sir Not-So-Brave’ Provided July 29, 2018 1 Oglebay Institute’s Parcel Players will stage “Sir Not-So-Brave,” an original play by Wheeling native Zachary Michael. It will be staged at 7 p.m. Aug. 1-4 at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre. “In Sir...
Stride Pianist to Bring Chaplin’s ‘Silent’ Films to Life at Towngate Provided June 9, 2018 Stride piano player Tom Roberts, joined by Mary Beth Malek on clarinet, brings his celebrated “Charlie Chaplin Silent Picture Show” to Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 16. Robert...
‘August: Osage County’ on Towngate Stage Provided May 9, 2018 Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre closes its 2017-18 season with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “August: Osage County” by Tracy Letts. It will be staged for two weekends — May 11, 12 and 13 and...
Film Documents Relationship Between Art and Gardens Provided April 1, 2018 Long considered spaces for expressing color, light and atmosphere, the garden has occupied the creative minds of some of the world’s greatest artists. The film “Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse” exp...
Perils of War Real for Women, Too Steve Novotney March 14, 2018 They come home, too, except for, of course, more than 500 of the 280,000 women who have been deployed to war zones and killed in action over the past 17 years. They are medics, nurses, pilots, judge advocate...
Cast Assembled for ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ Provided March 10, 2018 The curtain opens on Towngate Theatre’s production of the dark, comic play, “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” on Friday, March 16. The play is written by Martin McDonagh, writer/director of the film “Three Billboa...
Weelunk Video on Roney’s Point Debuts Nov. 23 Steve Novotney November 12, 2016 You had to know where it was to navigate the way there that very first time because it’s located some distance away from the first turn off of U.S. Route 40. A sharp right, a loop to the left, and then a few sw...
Towngate Stages A Full Season of Entertainment Misty Klug September 5, 2016 Lineup includes Theater, Music, Film, Poetry, Impov and More! Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theater has announced its 2016-17 season and it is being kicked off with a Season Preview Party Friday, Se...
Local Film Premiere Set For Towngate Bill Hanna February 25, 2016 The Towngate Theatre will feature the world premiere of “The Static,” a locally written, filmed, produced, and directed film, on Friday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The movie, which has a running time of about 34 min...
