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Concert series announced by Artsbridge

PARKERSBURG - Artsbridge has announced the 2026 schedule for the Music in the Park Summer Music Series. Shows are held from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays from June to August at Parkersburg City Park. While concerts are free, volunteers collect donations to support arts programming, educational programs and events in the communities around the Mid-Ohio Valley. The series this year starts on June 4 with Country Best in Class with Luke Colombo as the opening act. Sponsors are North Bend Wealth Management. The schedule is: June 11: Luke Colombo. Evie Schaffer opening. Sponsor is DeBarr ...

Golden Horseshoe recipients announced

PARKERSBURG - Thirty-two eighth-grade students from the region will be inducted next month into the Order of the Golden Horseshoe by the West Virginia Department of Education. The 95th class of recipients, who have demonstrated a mastery of West Virginia history, will be feted in ceremonies beginning at 9 a.m. June 9 at the West Virginia Culture Center in Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East in Charleston. The class consists of 225 students from across the state who will become Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. Local students are: Calhoun County: Brooke Brown, Calhoun Middle/High ...

Parkersburg Housing Expo slated for Wednesday

PARKERSBURG – Local groups are organizing an event this week aimed at providing answers and assistance with a host of housing issues. The Parkersburg Housing Expo 2026 is slated for 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Landing on Murdoch Avenue. “Our goal is to have in one location any aspect of housing,” said Lisa Doyle-Parsons, executive director of the Circles Campaign of the Mid-Ohio Valley and an organizer of the expo with Parkersburg City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck and Ron Tomasch of Polaris Home Funding. Those aspects include emergency, recovery, senior, veteran and rental ...

Auditions scheduled for Smoot children’s groups

PARKERSBURG - Auditions for next year’s Smoot Theatre Vocal Ensembles will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the theater on Fifth Street in downtown Parkersburg. The Ensembles are the Children’s Chorus for boys and girls who will be in grades 4, 5 and 6 next year, the Girls ...

Artsbridge Calendar of Events

PARKERSBURG - The weekly Artsbridge Calendar of events: TODAY Debbie and Steve Sisson Art Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Frederick Hayes Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Paint Club: Watercolor Landscape Tutorial, adults, 3 p.m., Parkersburg Library- Emerson One last Crazy Messy Kids Club Day!, 4-5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center Evening Story Time, ages 3-6, 5-6 p.m., Marietta Public Library WEDNESDAY Debbie and Steve Sisson Art Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg Walking Through the Books, all ...