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Parkersburg Art Center celebrates opening of regional exhibit

PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg Art Center invited the community to the opening reception for the PAC Regional Exhibit on Friday. Artistic Director Abby Hayhurst said the center saw an unprecedented number of entries this year from both amateur and professional artists living within a ...

The Crochet Lady: Learn to crochet, THEN relax and have fun

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Maurita Way. I am writing four crochet pattern books, share ideas online, am a crochet vendor, and teach random classes. I hope I can entice you to join me on my artistic journey, and let me teach you along the way. I see myself as a crafty “Jack of ...

Backyard Gardener: Heritage beans for summer gardening

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about an Appalachian favorite, the pole bean. This vegetable has been widely grown in home gardens across our area for hundreds of years. West Virginia has several unique, heritage bean varieties of both pole and half-runner ...

Movie Review: ‘Smurfs’ has Rihanna but not much else

Justin Timberlake had "Trolls." Rihanna has "Smurfs." Now, we patiently await a "Gummi Bears" with the Biebs. But first we have "Smurfs," which, like "Trolls," gets as much mileage as it can from its pop singer-voice actor. Rihanna voices Smurfette and supplies a new song, giving a ...