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Christian Lopez opens for Love and Theft

The Ruby Concert Series continues to bring crowds to Ruby Amphitheatre. On Friday, audiences tapped their toes to the sounds of Love and Theft with opener Christian Lopez. The series continues with shows on Friday nights through Aug. 25. The year’s lineup features local, regional ...

M.T. Pockets presents play about little-known Mingo County drama

M.T. Pockets Theatre Company will present “Carry Me Back to West Virginia,” a stranger-than-ficton true story written by Lawrence DuKore, this weekend and next. The play is based on actual events that happened in Mingo County in the 1970s involving a coal mine, a bridge, and the Soviet ...

Sounds of summer continue with Ruby concert series

The Ruby Concert Series is in full swing. On Friday, audiences headed to the Ruby Amphitheatre to take a trip down memory lane with Color Me Badd, a group that had huge hits in the early 90s with “I Wanna Sex You Up,” “All 4 Love” and “I Adore Mi Amor.” The Heavy Hitter ...

WVPT presents ‘The Mountaintop’, which imagines leader’s last night

BY ALISE CHAFFINS What was going through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s mind the night before he was assassinated? West Virginia Public Theatre is back for its 2023 season with playwright Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” with the hopes of engaging the audience with some answers to ...

See Gilligan’s Island— the Musical Experience — at Wisp

DEEP CREEK LAKE, Md. — Wisp Resort has partnered with the nationally renowned production company, Brian Clowdus Experiences, to bring an outdoor musical production to the mountaintop this summer. The world’s only mountaintop whitewater course amphitheater serves as backdrop for the 90-minute production of Gilligan’s Island — The Musical Experience every Wednesday through Sunday from July 27-Aug. 20 starting at 7:30 p.m. “This partnership has been years in the making. The moment I arrived at the resort in August of 2020, it was evident we needed to bring an immersive ...

JoAnn Peterson to portray Abigail Adams at River City festival

On May 26 at the Historic Rowlesburg School, Szilagyi Center, JoAnn F. Peterson will bring history to life in a first-person portrayal of Founding Mother Abigail Adams. The portrayal begins at 2 p.m. This presentation is a History Alive! program of the West Virginia Humanities Council. A witness to and active participant in our nation’s birth, Adams is well known for her advocacy of women’s rights, especially in education, and her opposition to slavery. A valued confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president, Abigail cautioned him that the ...