W.Va. Makes Festival offers $10,000 in prizes to makers of all...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the West Virginia Makes Festival, scheduled for Oct. 6, 2023, the Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center...
Heroic female figure once almost added to West Virginia state seal
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The figure of a heroic female was proposed to be added to the State Seal of West Virginia in the 1990s,...
“King Coal” to premiere at Culture Center in Charleston July 8
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “King Coal,” a feature-length documentary by West Virginia-raised and Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Curren Sheldon and Elaine McMillion Sheldon, makes its home-state...
Bright $1M gift boosts Blanche Lazzell acquisition at WVU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nearly 30 years after Patricia Bright was first introduced to the artwork of modernist Blanche Lazzell, she and her husband, Bill...
W.Va. film office, filmmaker's guild to host locations workshop
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Ideal locations are key to creating good film and television content, say the organizers of a two-day workshop for location scouts...
Artist says former West Virginians captivated by West Virginia imagery
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Former West Virginians are increasingly interested in art that recalls the past in the Mountain State, says an artist launching a...
Storytellers to weave tales at Saturday program in Beckley
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Hosted by the West Virginia Storytelling Guild, story-tellers Linda Durrett, Karen Vuranch, Mikalena Zuckett, and Jodi French-Burr will weave tales on...
Downtown Beckley getting even odder, say fair organizers
BECKLEY, W.Va.—Organizers of a third annual oddities fair being celebrated September 24 in historic downtown Beckley say things are about to get even odder.
Sponsored...
Remarkable stone face attracting curious in New River Gorge
An enigmatic stone face carved into mossy sandstone along the rim of the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia is attracting increased attention...
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" reaching new audiences
If you're a West Virginian who came of age after 1971, chances are you can hardly remember a time when John Denver's "Take Me...
Bluefield State welcomes Sternloff Center for W.Va. music
Bluefield State College announced today the founding of the Pete Sternloff Center for West Virginia Musicology, which will archive and promote the history of...
Trails, conservatory key to mission at Huntington Museum of Art
Nature has always been a key component of the mission at the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, West Virginia. With a nature trail,...
