Month: June 2015

Color Me Fun Run

This past May, the inhabitants of Parkersburg flooded the streets covered in colored powder all for a good cause. The Color Me Fun Run, sponsored by the WV Cred...

MOV Work Camp

Last weekend, almost 400 passionate students and adults flocked to the Mid-Ohio Valley from all across the country ready for a week of work. While their peers b...

Nelsonville Music Festival

“It’s the perfect size festival. Any bigger and you’d lose something.” Andrew Bird’s quote perfectly encapsulates the whole vibe of Nelsonville Music Festival. The four day event which took place in the heart of southeastern Ohio, in the city of Nel...

Juicy Jeff

If you have frequented the Point Park or Marietta Marketplaces, you are sure to have run into my friend Juicy Jeff.  He serves amazing, healthy food options, as...

Multi-Cultural Festival

Normally sparsely populated by runners, walkers, and children playing, the Parkersburg City Park is alive with culture this weekend. Vendors, performers, and co...

DIY: Urban Vertical Pallet Garden

Back in March I claimed a very solid and very clean pallet from the loading dock at my work.  When I see a clean blank slate like that of my pallet, I have all sorts of ideas for it.  Luckily I was able to get two projects out of this pallet.  At fir...

Crowd Pleasing with Wine

Often in life, it’s the things we love most that can be the most frustrating. As a little girl, I’m sure my wife must have prayed to find a man who could cross ...

134 Bistro

In the Frontier Shopping Center, located near the Giant Eagle in Marietta, a bistro has recently opened and is serving lunch for the Mid-Ohio Valley. This eater...

“Arcadia” Nearly Complete

Do you know the way to...Arcadia? Or, more importantly, do you know the way out? Local musician and filmmaker Andy Hall has been hard at work bringing an underground cult of artists to life for his latest feature: Arcadia. What began as a short proj...

Athens Farmers Market

If you love to cook using local or seasonal ingredients or need to pick up a handmade gift (hint: Father’s Day is June 21) a stop at the Athens Farmers Market i...
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