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Jam-packed Mountaineer Week filled with music

MORGANTOWN — Mountaineer Week, which kicks off Friday at WVU, will get a little more musical this year. In addition to staples of the festivities, such as Saturday’s Mountain Music Concert (at 6 p.m. in the Gluck Theater) and fiddle contest (at 7:30 p.m. in the Gluck), organizer Sonja ...

‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ dramatizes true-life tale of persecution

MORGANTOWN — More than 75 years ago, phrases with anti-Semitic fervor were being chanted on the streets of Amsterdam. On the morning of July 6, 1942, 13-year-old, Anne Frank and her family moved into the “Secret Annex” behind 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. That’s where the story of ...

Craft bash: Annual Mountaineer Week artisan fair opens Friday at Mountainlair

MORGANTOWN — WVU will open its 71st annual Mountaineer Week celebration of Appalachian heritage Friday with the always-popular three-day craft fair, among other festivities. “Mountaineer Week is one of the most beloved programs and traditions on the campus of West Virginia University,” ...

Making deadline under an evil eye

Forgive me if this column seems a bit disjointed. I am a bit out of sorts today. Because even as I sit here, I am being hunted. Stealthy, quick as the wind, my enemy could be anywhere. Perhaps here, beneath this very desk. But yet I’m stuck, unable to move from the spot my stalker was ...

Area entertainment listings 10/11/18-10/17/18

Live music 123 PLEASANT STREET: hosts Elektric Voodoo, Culture Thief, Marjorie Gardens and Before I Sleep Friday; Cavern, Horseburner and Rat Ship Saturday; Monstalung’s We Got Beats Do You Have Pt. 6, unifying the Morgantown hip hop community with beat battles from local producers, ...

Deadfall Zombie Walk and Concert benefits WVU Child Life Program

MORGANTOWN — Though it’s not quite Halloween, expect to see plenty of ghouls Saturday at the Morgantown Mall. For the first time, Spirit Halloween will host Deadfall Zombie Walk and Concert to benefit the Child Life Program at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital. “One hundred percent of ...