Normally sparsely populated by runners, walkers, and children playing, the Parkersburg City Park is alive with culture this weekend. Vendors, performers, and co...
Always waiting with a smile, hug or high five, local artist Michelle Waters has become a driving force behind the thriving art community in the Mid-Ohio Valley....
My mom keeps all of the family photos from my childhood in a big tote-like box, and my nan keeps all of the older family photos in albums. One of my favorite past-times is looking through the old photos and seeing my relatives in different times in t...
I remember very little before I moved to Parkersburg. I was four when I moved here. Oak Island, N.C. is my first home. In my first home, my memories are sparse....
Standing out in the middle of an open field, a group of dancers sway rhythmically back and forth to hypnotizing music. It’s hard not to join in. The music seems...
My husband asked me if I was actually going to do it this time. Apprehensively, I nodded and closed the lid to my laptop. Together, we powered down our phones, and set out to have a night of enjoying the people we were with instead of the phones in o...
“You can be anything you want to be.” I heard that countless time growing up, and my mom truly believed it each time she told it to me. If there were something ...
With the warm yellow walls coupled with the falling afternoon sun, it is hard to be unhappy in The Mustard Seed Cafe. The cafe is cozy, and the smell of rotisse...
A modern renaissance man with as many talents as he has interests, local Chad McClung splits his time between his passions. A native to Parkersburg, Chad left the Mid-Ohio Valley to pursue art at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Although he initially...
At its inception, the sprawling manor imagined by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride was built to house 250 souls at its maximum. There were plenty of windows for natural lig...
Olivia is a W.Va. based wedding photographer consumed by wanderlust. She seeks beauty in everyday things. Olivia is a teacher, wife, mother, daughter, indulger of all things Disney and unabashedly obsessed with her fur-babies: Henry and Pepper.
