WVU announces Fall Fest concert lineup

August 13, 2022

FallFest, West Virginia University’s welcome-back-to-campus concert returns Tuesday with Polo G, Dustin Lynch, Dirty Heads and Tay Money. The concert gets underway at 5:45 p.m. on the Evansdale Rec Fields adjacent to the Student Rec Center. FallFest is free and open to WVU Students with valid WVU Student IDs. Chicago native and Columbia Records artist Polo G is one of music’s top rising talents. His 2021 album “Hall of Fame” debuted at No. 1 on the “Billboard” Top 200. His four-time platinum No. 1 single “RAPSTAR” earned him his first nomination at the 2021 MTV ...

89th Annual Lebanese Festival returns to Oglebay Park

August 13, 2022

Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church of Wheeling will host its 89th annual Lebanese Festival from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday at Site 1 — Levenson Shelter in Oglebay Park. The Lebanese Festival is open to the public and offers authentic Lebanese food, live music, inflatable amusements for children and games and activities for the entire family. The festival includes a Maronite Catholic liturgy at 10 a.m. on the festival grounds. Mass is celebrated in English and hymns are chanted in Arabic and Aramaic. Monsignor Bakhos Chidiac, pastor of Our Lady of Lebanon Church, will ...

Kick off to the Fair: Parade Marshal Bob Pirner heads up High St. celebration

August 9, 2022

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Monongalia County Fair marched back into the proceedings Monday evening with a grand parade down High Street. Local disabilities advocate Bob Pirner was parade marshal. The 2022 edition of the fair now moves to Mylan Park for a full ...

Haddox making music — one song, one gig at a time

August 8, 2022

Chris Haddox, the WVU professor, community activist and singer-songwriter, found out a few weeks back that he was the cause of an international incident. Oh, it was OK. This particular incident, for the record (no pun intended), was of the sonically good kind. Somebody in England heard ...

Morgantown native pitmaster Luke Darnell is smoking up the competition on Food Network’s BBQ USA

August 7, 2022

By Jade Ruggieri Morgantown native Luke Darnell shows off his BBQ talents in an hour-long episode to renowned, award-winning chef Michael Symon on the Food Network show BBQ USA at the New Jersey KnoQ-Out competition in Blairstown, premiering at 9 p.m. Aug. 8. BBQ USA is based on ...

Dolly Parton to visit W.Va. next Tuesday

August 4, 2022

A musical legend will drop by the Clay Center in Charleston on Tuesday. At 5:30 p.m., Dolly Parton will visit the cultural center for “An Evening with Dolly: Celebrating Imagination Library in West Virginia.” The event will feature a fireside chat with the singer, as well as a performance of two songs. It is not open to the public, but will be broadcast and streamed on West Virginia Public Broadcasting television stations and social media channels starting at 5:30 p.m. The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences is located at 1 Clay Square, Charleston. Parton is a ...