My dogs are seriously messing up my mornings. For the past several months, I’ve been trying to wake up earlier so as to get to the gym first thing before heading into the office. Every day, my alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m. And for the most part, I’m already awake when it does. Juiced ...
White boards are a useful re-usable tool for keeping track of lists, project information and notes in both home and office. Although they are handy, they can also be expensive. You may get lucky at a thrift store, but you’ll be limited to the size and style someone donated. Making a DIY white board can save you money and let you customize it to suit your space. You can make a white board in several ways. Which way you chose may depend on the aesthetic you want, size and what materials you have or want to source. A very simple way to make a ...
In her latest film, “Happy Campers,” documentarian Amy Nicholson focuses on a camping community in Virginia that was torn down by developers. This “shabby Shangri-La” was a place where working-class people could find respite and friendship. Her film highlights this because she was a part of that community. “I wandered in there one day, taking photographs, and I thought, ‘Wow, this looks like a lot of fun,’ but it was wintertime,” Nicholson explained. “I went back many years later in the summer, and when I saw it, full of people and full of life, I just fell in ...
Main Street Morgantown’s Arts Walk program has expanded and September’s 50+ artists and performers shouldn’t be missed. Expanded Arts Walk entertainment offerings will run through November. The September Arts Walk is 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 14 in Downtown Morgantown. Featured entertainment includes music by Ryan Cain & The Ables, The Hillbilly Biscuits and The Mud Larks. Additionally, the public can meet many artisans and makers, see handmade goods and creative arts demonstrations and enjoy a variety of offerings ...
For the past two years, composer and trumpeter Ryan Kerwin has been working on his EP “Colors” that released on Aug. 27. In the songs, he hopes to capture various colors of music and bring that to his audience. “In jazz music, we talked a lot about how soloists and composers have a color for their compositional palette, and a really experienced jazz player or a musician would be able to listen to something for 30 seconds and be able to identify who it was and even what year it was, and all the musicians playing on it,” Kerwin said. “So I got really into the ...
When I was a kid, my grandparents purchased an RV. My family used it often, regularly traveling around the East Coast and up into New England. I have many fond memories of our time camping — spending time close to my parents and sisters and meeting people at the campgrounds. We never spent any extended time in any of the campgrounds we visited but met the folks who were there for the season. My background love of camping led me to check out Amy Nicholson’s documentary “Happy Campers,” available on VOD on Sept. 10. The documentary is focused on a small trailer park in ...
