Welcome back, my lovely crafty artists. I’m Maurita the Crochet Lady. I was thinking everyone might enjoy learning how to make a simple stuffed animal plushie. The newest term is “Amigurumi”... Japanese for knit or crochet stuffed toy. Most of them are made using single crochet ...
“Beasts of the Sea,” by Iida Turpeinen. Translated by David Hackston. Publication Date Nov. 18. 288 pages. In 1741, naturalist Georg Steller was aboard the St. Peter when it was shipwrecked on an island in the Bering Sea for nearly a year. There he encountered a new creature, a huge ...
PARKERSBURG — The Historic Oakland Estate Christmas open house celebrating the holidays will be held from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 14. Sponsored by the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Foundation, the community can experience the splendor of the historic property as it’s transformed with ...
MARIETTA — Marietta College’s Theatre Department will open the musical “Ride the Cyclone” today on the main stage of the Hermann Fine Arts Center’s Friederich Theater. “Ride the Cyclone” follows six teen members of a Canadian chamber choir whose lives are cut short in a roller ...
It's always interesting when time overtakes the dystopias of the past. In Stephen King's 1982 novel "The Running Man," the United States has fallen into a totalitarian state, divided between haves and have-nots, where all movements can be surveilled and realistic video propaganda is easily ...
Ten years or so between installments of a successful Hollywood franchise is a lifetime. When it comes to the third "Now You See Me" movie — poof! — time doesn't matter. These magicians still got it. "Now You See Me: Now You Don't" does what sequels apparently must do these days — ...
