Stage Lives: Actors Guild of Parkersburg celebrating 70 years of ‘Magic’ with original show
PARKERSBURG - The Actors Guild of Parkersburg is marking its 70th anniversary with an original production, “Magic to Do,” featuring Guild veterans, longtime local performers and former members returning home for the one-weekend celebration. The show is designed as a more informal ...
West Virginia Capitol Christmas tree ceremony set for Dec. 4
PARKERSBURG - The 2025 Christmas tree will be lit in a celebration at 6 p.m. Dec. 4 on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol facing Kanawha Boulevard. The free festivities will include Gov. Patrick Morrisey and his wife, Denise, who encourage those who can to donate a toy or coat “and help ...
Movie Review: ‘Zootopia 2’ is a cuddlier, tamer sequel
The original "Zootopia" was a minor miracle. Here was a Disney animated film that took themes of race and prejudice and managed to make a sensitive-to-all-sides tale, anthropomorphize it and, as a bonus, sneak in a Department of Motor Vehicles sloth gag that the DMV is still wincing from. A ...
Entertainment and more in the Mid-Ohio Valley
PARKERSBURG — Events and programs from Artsbridge: TODAY * Anything Goes: Wild Things, all member exhibition of the West Virginia Watercolor Society, Parkersburg Art Center * Festival of Trees Display, Blennerhassett Hotel and Spa * Christine Rhodes, watercolor art display 9 a.m.-4 p.m., ...
Brenden Trojan mesmerizes Mid-Ohio Valley middle schoolers
PARKERSBURG — Mid-Ohio Valley middle school students recently experienced a performance by magician, illusionist, and mentalist Brenden Trojan through the Artists on Tour program at Artsbridge. Artsbridge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting communities through ...