What is it about the female species that whenever life doesn’t feel quite right, our first inclination is, “Maybe I should get bangs?” I posed this question […]
Entertainment
Watchword for 2024 isn’t really a word at all
Last night I lay awake nearly until dawn, a very real pit bull snoring in my ear, a metaphorical hornet’s nest in my head. It was just […]
WVPT puts on final show of the season
BY ALISE CHAFFINS For West Virginia Public Theatre, 2023 is going out like a lion — an 8-foot-tall, quadrupedal puppet lion that is. WVPT closes out its […]
Oh, the horror … of this hair
Because I write and I love horror movies, people often ask if I’ve ever considered penning a screenplay. My friend Matt — who has worked on a […]
Trevor Cooke: Proudly (uniquely) West Virginian
“… Proudly West Virginian Appalachia’s living When my people winning Don’t you dare forget it …” To hear that hook is to know, immediately, that Trevor Cooke […]
Landau Murphy Jr. performs with Kamron Lawson
BY ALISE CHAFFINS When Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. auditioned for “America’s Got Talent,” he had just been robbed and had almost nothing to his name. His win […]
WVPT comedy show fundraiser tonight at Cosmo
BY ALISE CHAFFINS Laugh, so that Aslan may sing. National comedian and WVU alum Andy Hendrickson will headline the second comedy night fundraiser for West Virginia Public […]
Award-winning documentary ‘O Pioneer’ screens today
BY ALISE CHAFFINS Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque embodied the spirit of their film “O Pioneer” when they traveled with their daughters from Helvetia to Mountain View, […]
Amphitheater would bring entertainment options to Preston
KINGWOOD — The final big project in the 2016 Kingwood Pool and Park plan is an amphitheater. “When our park architect toured the property back in 2016, […]
123 Pleasant Street hosts Kassi Valazza with opener Grace Campbell tonight
BY ALISE CHAFFINS When Grace Campbell heard that 123 Pleasant Street was looking for a local act to open for national artist Kassi Valazza tonight, she was […]
