The WV Music Hall of Fame Celebrates Black History Month
The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame is celebrating Black History Month with their web site featuring the stirring biographies, photos and short video vignettes of the 14 African American West Virginia natives who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, including 2020 WVMHoF inductee Ethel Caffie-Austin. The WV Music Hall of Fame Celebrates […]
Be a Mountain Music Early Bird
February is fading fast away and so is the time to get those Early Bird tickets for the sixth annual Mountain Music Festival at ACE Adventure Resort. Wednesday, Feb. 19 is the last day to snag Mountain Music Festival early bird tickets. Set for June 4-6, the MMF2020 edition will feature more than 30 acts […]
Craft Your Career With A WV Brew Tech Degree
With the big snow this morning, I had a Flashback Friday moment of remembering this photo shoot with Lavender Photography out in a deep snow. Oh, since I have your attention, the wacky guy in the Lederhosen also comes bearing some ultra cool West Virginia brewing news. Do You Love Beer and Want to Learn […]
It’s A Wrap – Help Adopt A Box and Art Up Downtown Huntington
Sure you can adopt a puppy or a kitten but did you know you can now Adopt A Box in downtown Huntington? Help turn out city’s small army of gray electrical boxes into works of art. The Huntington Mayor’s Council for the Arts is seeking businesses, property owners and individuals to “adopt a box” in […]
Red Caboose
When it comes to supporting, presenting and repping for regional artisans, The Red Caboose at Heritage Station has been leading the way. The Huntington Area Convention & Visitors Bureau just announced its regional artisan center, The Red Caboose, posted record-breaking sales in 2019 that include a 61% increase in revenue over 2018. These results were […]
Marshall Artists
The Marshall Artists continues its 83rd season and kicks off the 2020 spring semester of shows at the historic Keith-Albee. Here’s a look at the remaining shows and film festivals taking place in downtown Huntington. Go online at http://www.marshall.edu/muartistseries/ to find out more information about upcoming shows and to link to tickets. The Simon & […]
Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
Here in these gray days of winter, the sight of one more day of late winter rain is enough to put you over the edge. That’s why in recent years, I’ve referred to those incessant rains as waterfall-factories and have purchased not one but two waterfall books to find some of those really hidden gems […]
Barboursville Walking Tour
Welcome to Barboursville, a bustling city rich in history. The Cabell County seat for nearly 80 years in the 1800s, Barboursville was also a popular steamboat destination before the Civil War when a skirmish tore open the heart of the city. In the 20th Century it was one of the region’s first college towns and […]
Winter in Pocahontas
Original Post Here: https://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/dave-lavender-late-winter-trip-comes-with-its-own-west/article_c86625ae-6822-5c39-855d-89cc0a0f50d3.html While West Virginia may be small in area, we know how to stack, pack and pile things vertically. Like the cluttered Fred Flintstone closet and Chevy Chase’s Vacation piled-high station wagon, there are plenty of things to find in the West Virginia mountains – it just takes a minute and a […]
Stonewall Resort Wine Weekend
ROANOKE, W.Va. — Sometimes a good road-trip starts by looking at a map. In the weeks after Christmas, I was at a friend’s house admiring their new Basecamp Printing West Virginia state map that listed all of the State Parks and counting up the ones that we have been to and the ones we have somehow […]