“The heart of this beast is strong.” In her 2021 hit novel “Nightbitch,” Rachel Yoder explores the idea of dormant instinct and animalism. When a used-to-be artist becomes a stay-at-home wife/mother, she gradually yet methodically becomes atrophied. She feels her drive draining, her ...
PARKERSBURG – The centennial of the Smoot Theatre will be celebrated in October in two events on stage and on the screen. “I want to make this a big thing,” Felice Jorgeson, executive director of the downtown Parkersburg theater, said. The theater opened on Oct. 18, 1926, when ...
ELIZABETH – The 23rd annual Wirt County Pioneer Days will honor America's 250th anniversary Saturday at Courthouse Square in Elizabeth Saturday, plus a Civil War encampment and battle reenactment Sunday. Hosted by the Elizabeth Beauchamp Chapter of the Daughters of American Pioneers, the ...
MARIETTA – The inaugural Country For A Cure concert and fundraiser benefiting the Ohio Pink Ribbon Fund, hosted by OnPoint Event Services, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Gator's Pub in Marietta. “Country for A Cure was created to bring people together through country music ...
PARKERSBURG — Families found pony rides, crafts and an apple butter tradition spanning generations Saturday at the Harvest Moon Festival at City Park. Kela Kress, assistant director of Wood County Recreation, said the event offered face painting, a petting zoo, inflatables, live music and ...
WAVERLY — Stories of an oil boomtown offered visitors a look at the Mid-Ohio Valley’s past Saturday afternoon during Volcano Days at Mountwood Park. The annual celebration honored Volcano, a town that once flourished along the border of Wood and Ritchie counties. Antique engines, ...
