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...
The West Virginia music scene is as strong as it's ever been. One of the people helping the scene grow is a 24 year-old girl from Charleston who can't play musi...
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...
I’ve spent many days of my life sitting across the kitchen table from my nan. During the day, the other members of the family will work in the yard – five acres...
Elsa Anne Ekenstierna came to Marietta in September of 1952, a blue-eyed and bushytailed native of Roselle, New Jersey, prepared to start her college education....
Parkersburg solo-artist, Corey Shields welcomes the summer season with the release of his first full-length album titled Only Questions. This eleven-track album...
For the right person, the right school can be a life changing experience. This is true in the case of local foodie and founding Paste Magazine Food Editor, Sara...
Say you live in the Mid-Ohio Valley, you love making your friends laugh, and you one day want to try out stand-up comedy. Where do you go around here to do so? ...
Growing up, Joe Stephens had three career options. He was going to be a slugger in the major leagues, but he wasn’t able to hit a curve ball by 13. He was going...
Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of having a conversation with Angela Perley (of Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons), before her performance at the Mari...