Explore West Virginia’s vibrant arts scene, from traditional Appalachian music and craftsmanship to contemporary galleries, theater, festivals, and the artists shaping the state’s evolving cultural identity.
Cacapon Resort State Park will host West Virginia native and professional storyteller Adam Booth Aug. 11 for a family friendly evening of campfire ghost stories and tall tales. Booth has been professionally telling stories for more than 12 years, has performed across the country, and was featured in Wonderful West Virginia magazine’s May 2018 issue, … Read more
Retro imagery featured in the Fallout video-game series is coincidentally well suited to West Virginia, says an architectural historian who expects the state’s portrayal in the Fallout 76 game will be positive. “As for the retro images in the game, I happen to love that kind of thing, and I don’t think it conflicts with … Read more
(Editor’s Note: Over the next six issues of the The Shenandoah River[/caption] All are found in the panhandle in Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties, and all represent the region’s rich history from pre-colonial America through the Civil War. Several small battles and skirmishes dating back to the French-and-Indian War were fought here. George Washington surveyed the … Read more
An e-newsletter being published by a West Virginia online travel guide this coming week will explore the virtual landscape presented in Fallout 76, a soon-to-be-released video game set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Mountain State. According to a spokesman for the newsletter, fans awaiting the November launch of the game are combing the Web … Read more
At 16 square miles, Fallout 76 is reported to be four times the size of Fallout 4, Bethesda Game Studio’s previous release in the Fallout series. Considering that West Virginia is 24,000 square miles, it’s clear not every beloved or unusual location will make the final release of the game, but which areas made the … Read more
On June 16, 1964, hell broke loose in Grafton, West Virginia, a sleepy town on the Tygart Valley River. Excitement here normally came by railroad rather than lurching out of the forest. Though the Grafton Monster, or “Beast of Grafton,” as it came to be called, left not so much as a footprint, folks still … Read more
In time for Christmas 2018, Bethesda it will unleash “Fallout 76,” a video game of enormous proportions that appears to be entirely centered in a post-apocalyptic West Virginia set in the 2076. The trailer for the video begins to pay homage to the Mountain State from the state, invoking the state song “Country Roads, Take … Read more
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Singer, songwriter, and record producer Vladimir John Ondrasik III, known by his stage name Five for Fighting, will perform Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center in Huntington, W.Va. Presented by Cabell Huntington Hospital, the Grammy-nominated Ondrasik, perhaps best known for his hits “What If,” “100 Years,” “The Riddle, and … Read more
Lewisburg may seem a world away from New York City, but its arts scene is not so far removed. The Greenbrier Valley Theatre today announced its schedule of live Metropolitan Opera broadcasts for 2018-2019, to be transmitted in real time to the theater Saturday afternoons. Each high-definition transmission from the Met will be introduced by … Read more
