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Last Comic Standing finalist coming to downtown Clarksburg

CLARKSBURG — The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center is bringing the national touring stand-up comedian Michael Palascak to downtown Clarksburg, Feb. 18 at the historic Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, 444 W. Pike St. Tickets start at $13 and went on sale to friends of the ...

Bobby and Trevor Nicholas perform holiday concert today at Met

Local singer Bobby Nicholas will join his son, Trevor Dion Nicholas, for a father-son Christmas Celebration today at the Metropolitan Theatre. The concert’s mission is to raise money toward a scholarship created in the name of the late Doris Marilyn Nicholas and the West Virginia University School of Social Work. Doors open at 7 p.m. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/generations-christmas-2022-tickets421311974457 Prices range from $20-$125. Doris Marilyn Nicholas, Bobby’s wife of 43 years and Trevor’s mother, earned a ...

Music at the Met: Steve Vai shows off triple-deck guitar on tour

BY ALISE CHAFFINS How do you continue to find joy and inspiration in a job you have been doing for more than four decades? If you’re the legendary Steve Vai, you create an entirely new instrument. In preparation for the Inviolate tour coming at 8 p.m. Friday to the Metropolitan Theatre ...

Michael Carbonaro brings new show, ‘Lies on Stage,’ to Morgantown

BY ALISE CHAFFINS Frank Ocean once said, “There’s just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.” In his new show, “Lies On Stage,” playing Friday at the Metropolitan Theatre, magician and comedian Michael Carbonaro hopes to display the kind of magic that comes from ...

‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ comes off a little bland

One of the most cliche ways to show appreciation for someone can be to offer to buy them a beer. It represents a small token of gratitude and a moment of respite from whatever work they are doing. In 1967, Chickie Donahue decided he wanted to treat soldiers from his neighborhood to a brew. While they were still fighting in Vietnam. Director Peter Farrelly adapted this true story into a movie, “The Greatest Beer Run Ever,” currently streaming on Apple TV+. Slacker Donahue (Zac Efron) doesn’t really have anything going for him. He sees the news footage coming in from the front ...