Soak in That Freewheelin’ Paddle-Wheelin’ Feeling!
If you’re missing the peaceful, easy feeling of life in the slow lane from those sternwheelers that lined the riverbanks from the revival of the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta, you’re in luck. There’s still a few places to catch a ride aboard a historic paddlewheeler plying inland waterways near us this summer. About The Belle Folks […]
They Shall Be Released – April Showers Us With New Music
Arlo McKinley “Stealing Dark From The Night Sky” Things are heating up for Cincinnati-based Oh Boy Records artist Arlo McKinley, who’s got management through the Huntington/Nashville-based WhizzbangBAM (Booking and Management). McKinley’s first single off, “Stealing Dark From the Night Sky,” dropped just days before playing to a great crowd at the historic Paramount Arts Center […]
March Into Skiing
With a couple days already topping 70 degrees, spring is getting sprung in a major way here in the river valleys. High in the mountains of West Virginia, the state’s ski resorts are not only holding onto a decent base of winter glory but could well get some fresh March snow. That awesome combo of […]
The Wooks Getting Loud and Flyin’ High Again
They say you can’t step in the same river twice, and that is also true of a club. Well, at least the V Club if you’re The Wooks. Lexington, Ky., singer/songwriter C.J. Cain and his wild bunch of Americana newgrassers, The Wooks had been booked to play the V Club back on March 20, 2020 […]
The Lifestyle Film Festival
Celebrates Food, Fashion, and Music at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center HUNTINGTON – The Marshall Artists Series will continue to showcase their new projector and sound system at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center with the new Lifestyle Film Festival sponsored by ZMM Architects. This six-film screening runs Thursday through Sunday, March 3-6 enriching audiences with […]
Get Into That Olympic Spirit
We’re in the middle of the thrills, spills and chills of the 2022 Winter Olympics and if you’re itching to channel your inner Chloe Kim (snowboarding), Nathan Chen (ice skating) or Jesse Diggins (crosscountry skiing) you’re in luck. With five downhill ski resorts and some of the premiere cross-country meccas – in WhiteGrass and Elk […]
Bless This Frozen Mess! It’s Primetime Ski – and Winter Fun – Season
Sure, we may already have a few veggie and flower seeds ordered looking ahead to the hot, sunny growing season but let’s revel in the frosty now. Yes, revel in the steely cold icy embrace of Jack Frost for at least another couple months because it is indeed this shivering, solid block of cold temperatures […]
They Shall Be Released!
A host of new recordings are popping up to get us through the dark days of winter. Here’s a look at just a few of the many bluegrass and Americana recordings rolling out here in winter 2022. A New Flow of Oyo Jams Birthed out of jam sessions in the back of Marietta’s JustAJar Design […]
Night Sledding – Blackwater Falls Sled Run
One of the undeniably awful things about being an adult with nearly full grown children is a massive snowstorm can hit and melt and somehow you missed that short window to hit an epic sled hill. My timing had been atrocious earlier this winter. We arrived to hike Ritter Park’s sledding hills with the snow […]
Marshall Artists Series Kicks Off Second Half of its 85th Season
HUNTINGTON – The Marshall Artists Series continues the second half of its 85th season with two touring Broadway musicals and a flurry of new film festivals that showcase the new projection and sound system at the majestic Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. Paid for by an anonymous gift, and installed in the summer of 2020, the […]