PARKERSBURG – Downtown Parkersburg is preparing for the next Meet Me on Market this Friday from 5-7:30 p.m. or so. The Meet Me on Market events are bringing together local businesses, artists, musicians and community organizations for another installment of the popular Third Friday event of ...
Two of the big acts this year at the Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival are from Kentucky and Canada, an organizer of the annual event said. The 29th Multi-Cultural Festival opens Friday for a three-day run at Civitan Park in Belpre, a move made last year when construction on the new ...
BELPRE – Local artists and tribute acts will provide the entertainment at the 2026 Belpre Homecoming in August for the festival’s 94th year. The four-day event kicks off Thursday, Aug. 6, in Civitan Park. Local band Insured Sound takes the stage at 8 p.m., sponsored by the Belpre ...
PARKERSBURG — The city of Parkersburg presented $10,000 to The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley on Tuesday to support energy-efficient lighting improvements at the organization’s facility. Mayor Tom Joyce presented the funding to Michelle Curtis, executive director of The Arc of the Mid-Ohio ...
PARKERSBURG - The Artsbridge Calendar of Events for the week. Today: 2026 Middle School STEAM Camp, free, BB2C Makerspace, Marietta Noah Strickler Photography art exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street Junior Chef Kid's Cooking Camp: Italian Eats, 9 a.m. to noon, The Changed Plate, Belpre Unearth Storytime, ages 5 and under, 9:30 a.m., Parkersburg Public Library, Emerson Avenue Summer STEM Camp, Pre K-K, 10 a.m. to noon, Discovery World on Market, Parkersburg Unearth the Story of Mounds, check dates for which library branch, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., all Wood County ...
ATHENS - Two writers of a local musical that is part of the America 250th celebration will be the speakers at noon Thursday at the Southeast Ohio History Center Lyceum Luncheon Speaker Series at 24 West State St. in Athens. Singer-songwriters Larry Groce and Todd Burge wrote their original “One Vote! - the Musical” based on the founders of Marietta, Ohio and Ohio University between 1786 and 1820. Burge is affiliated with Peoples Bank Theatre and the Esbenshade Series at Marietta College. Groce is co-founder of National Public Radio program Mountain Stage in Charleston, W.Va., where ...
