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Keep up with what’s happening across the Mid-Ohio Valley

Gunlock Park

The Marietta Trail Network has recently opened a new system that offers features unique to Marietta and the surrounding region. Located adjacent to the Pioneer ...

WV State Honey Festival

Life in City Park is pretty sweet this weekend. I know—it’s an awful pun, but I just couldn’t help it. You see, the park is the site of the 36th annual West Vir...

The Castle

The Castle Historic House Museum stands tall on fourth street in historic downtown Marietta. In the past, The Castle was home to the most prominent people in th...

Found Object Bench

There's a kind of magic in discovering a new piece of art or sculpture in a city, especially when it feels like it's been there all along. If you've passed the ...

Barks and Books

Summer can be a time when kids push school work to the back of their mind and just want to have fun. Although, kids participating in the Barks & Books progr...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

As a huge fan of Alan Paton’s classic tale of South Africa, Cry, the Beloved Country, I was so excited to hear that the group that contributed most of the tradi...

Savana Skye Designs

Recently,  I have become involved with The Parkersburg Art Center. While taking a tour of the facility, I visited the gift shop and fell in love with all of the...

Monty Python’s Spamalot

There were two conflicting issues at play in my mind as I took my seat to view the Actors Guild of Parkersburg’s upcoming production of Monty Python’s Spamalot....

Divination and the MOV

Lately, Facebook has bubbled with news about an archaic law in Parkersburg that prohibits the practice of the psychic arts. Marietta struck down a similar law i...

Pokémon Go in the MOV

Sitting in the parking lot at McDonough Park at dusk, my husband has taken off over the hill toward the pond. I’ve locked myself in the car because it’s creepy ...
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