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Marietta Kiwanis readies 69th annual Pancake Days

MARIETTA — The Marietta Kiwanis Club will hold its 69th annual Pancake Days on Feb. 7-8 at the Broughton Community Building, 619 State Route 821, Marietta. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased from any Kiwanis member for $10. Children under age 5 eat free with any ticket holder. ...

SideTrax to perform as part of Artsbridge Winter Music Series

VIENNA — The Artsbridge Winter Music Series continues Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Grand Central Mall with local band SideTrax from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the south foyer entrance closest to the Boot Barn and Ross stores. While the mall provides some seating, please feel free to bring a chair. The ...

Loss of funding reduces Point Park Concert Series from three shows to one

PARKERSBURG — The Point Park Concert Series, which have been staple events for the area for the past few years, will only able to do one concert this coming summer due to loss of funding. Downtown PKB which has organized the concerts for 10 years announced on its Facebook page Tuesday that ...

Entertainment and more in the Mid-Ohio Valley

PARKERSBURG — This week’s Artsbridge calendar. THURSDAY * “Eight Miles High: Works by Dan Hilford,” Parkersburg Art Center * Clay Zombies Display, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center * Written Visual Art and More- Calligraphy Display 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center * ...

Joy Held to launch Parkersburg Art Center’s Meet the Author series

PARKERSBURG — Local author Joy E. Held will kick off the Parkersburg Art Center’s “Meet the Author/Book Talk” Series from 6-7 p.m. Thursday at the art center at Eighth and Market streets in downtown Parkersburg. The event is free and open to the public. Held, a West Virginia native, ...

‘Flight Risk’ soars above competition at U.S. box office

NEW YORK (AP) — Critics lambasted it and audiences didn’t grade it much better. But despite the turbulence, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” managed to open No. 1 at the box office with a modest $12 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. On a quiet weekend, even for the typically ...