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    Horror film shot in West Virginia, ‘Self Help’ to hit theaters nationwide on Halloween

    Arts Clyde Craig -
    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A horror-thriller filmed in Huntington in 2024, "Self Help" is set for a nationwide theatrical release on Halloween through Mainframe Pictures. The...

    Friday Night frights and delights light up West Virginia this Halloween season

    Arts David Sibray -
    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Film fans across West Virginia are in for a frightfully fun weekend as Halloween-themed screenings, premieres, and film festivals take over...

    Fayetteville Creates turns town into a living arts studio for the New River Gorge

    Arts Bianca Bosworth -
    FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — This winter, the small mountain town of Fayetteville, perched at the edge of the New River...

    Here's how West Virginia has contributed to American Country Music

    Arts Clyde Craig -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On a typical Saturday night in the 1930s, when coal dust and church bells marked the...

    From Greenbrier Valley to global fame, the defiant jazz legacy of Ada "Bricktop" Smith

    Arts David Sibray -
    ALDERSON, W.Va. — Perhaps few people could have predicted that one of the most electrifying figures of the Jazz...

    The writer who captured Appalachian tragedy—and couldn't escape it

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    MILTON, W.Va. — Breece D’J Pancake soared like a meteor through the American literary universe in the late 1970s...

    West Virginia Film Office marks thrilling anniversary with Hollywood momentum

    Arts David Sibray -
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Film Office quietly turned three years old in 2025, but the celebration is...

    Hewn log cabins are West Virginia's ultimate historic architecture

    Arts David Sibray -
    SAULSVILLE, W.Va. — Perhaps no other form of architecture is more strongly associated with West Virginia than the old-fashioned...
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