As we enter an era when few living Holocaust survivors remain and when there is a concerted effort to ban books like Maus that directly confront the […]
Entertainment
River City Festival of the Arts returns
The Annual River City Festival of the Arts will return after COVID shut it down a couple of years ago. Scheduled for Memorial Day weekend — May […]
Morgantown artists to be featured at the Parkersburg Art Center
West Virginia Watercolor Society is pleased to announce “Aqueous Plus 2022,” exhibiting Friday through June 7 at the Parkersburg Art Center in Parkersburg. Several Morgantown artists are […]
Sobriety is possible, even enjoyable — I swear
Sometime back around 2013, I was put on a 10-day course of strong antibiotics to battle an infection I had. When prescribing the drugs, the doc was […]
‘Metal Lords’ taken down by uneven tone
The high school rock band is something that I would swear was an invention of movies if I wasn’t married to someone who played in one. He […]
WVPT works on Stephen King, John Mellencamp’s new musical with Tony Award-winning director
West Virginia Public Theatre kicks off its summer season with Broadway Licensing with a developmental reading of Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s completely reworked haunting musical, “Ghost […]
‘Rothaniel’ is a piece about secrets
BY ALISE CHAFFINS There’s a saying that comedy is just tragedy plus time. Story-telling comedians like Mike Birbiglia, John Mulaney and Hasan Minhaj have proven this over […]
Big themes get muddled by ghost story in ‘Master’
Subtlety is a lovely tool that, when used effectively, can transform a good film into a great film. In Mariama Diallo’s film “Master,” streaming on Amazon Prime, […]
Take-in for MAA juried Exhibit 60 set for April 6
Local artists are encouraged to enter their artwork in the 63rd annual fine art Exhibit 60, sponsored by Morgantown Art Association. This will be juried and judged […]
Guess what? There is no Shelob at Valley Falls
We were coming up the trail at a good clip when he stopped me. “Wait,” he said, holding me back. “Look.” I followed the direction of his […]
