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May Music Marathon kicks off Sunday

Morgantown live music fans have a chance to see six shows in nine days when the May Music Marathon kicks off this weekend at The Encore. Opening the series on Sunday is bluegrass favorite The Plate Scrapers. The band got its start in 2014 and has been wowing audiences ever since with its progressive but traditional Appalachian sound. It’s shared the bill with bluegrass legends such as The Seldom Scene and Larry Keel, and the band’s live show provides a full helping of hard-driving bluegrass favorites and heart-wrenching country ballads. On Wednesday, Americana stalwart Seth ...

Tommy Thompson III to headline show at Encore

Morgantown is changing, like the seasons. The fragrant flowers of spring are blooming, along with fresh talent and a new music venue to feature them. Tommy Thompson III is one of those fresh new talents. The son of local restaurateurs Tasia and Tommy Thompson Jr., the younger Tommy has asserted himself as an engaging and creative singer-songwriter. A Morgantown High School student during the pandemic, Tommy used his time in isolation to write more than 150 songs and to craft a live show that has since seen him opening for national touring acts here and abroad. For Thompson, 19, ...

‘Tetris’ tells complex story of simple game

A few years ago, my family was trying to decide on something to watch together. One of my kids suggested a documentary on the YouTube channel Gaming Historian called “The Story of Tetris.” We all agreed and I proceeded to watch one of the most fascinating hours about falling bricks you can imagine. I remember thinking the events could make a really great movie. Apparently director Jon S. Baird agreed, because the movie “Tetris” is now available to stream on Apple TV+. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) is working at the small software company, Bulletproof Software. While at a ...

Family friendly Jurassic Quest opens today at Mylan Park

Step into the past and mingle with some of the largest creatures to ever walk the earth during this weekend’s Jurassic Quest at Mylan Park. The event — billed as “North America’s most popular interactive dinosaur experience” — opens today. Complete hours are 1-8 p.m. today, ...

Ghana representatives visit ahead of WAMSB 2023

With less than four months until Buckhannon becomes a world stage, representatives with the National Cadet Corps, Ghana, visited the area ahead of the World Association of Marching Show Bands (WAMSB) 2023 Competition. Randy Sanders, president of the WAMSB 2023 Buckhannon Host Committee, said National Cadet Corps, Ghana, representatives Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio and Evelyn Naa-Dei Thompson will tour the area during their week-long visit, which began Tuesday. “These site visits continue to be great opportunities to build relationships with our international visitors and give ...

‘The Visitor’ wears out its welcome with weak execution

Horror movies are filled with tropes. Those tropes contribute to the lack of critical acclaim for the genre as a whole, but they are also largely what make it popular. There is a twisted kind of comfort that comes from watching a movie and having some idea how it’s going to go. The “Scream” series has been successful largely based on exposing those tropes and then performing them well. The trope that I am the biggest sucker for is any kind of demon possession or antichrist type theme. When I saw the plot summary for Justin P. Lange’s “The Visitor,” currently streaming on ...