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‘Happy Campers’ documentarian fell in love with people, place

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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 ...

Are you prepared? These days, it’s necessary.

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How are you liking these (mostly) cooler temperatures in the 70s and low 80s that we’ve had for the past week? It’s nice after on-and-off 90-plus-degree temps and stifling humidity for the past two and a half months.  Extreme heat is a public health issue. It’s something  we take seriously here at Monongalia County Health Department, posting social media messages for people to drink plenty of water and avoid the heat when they can.  And, along with heavy rain, flooding and yes, even tornadoes, extreme weather is just one event that we should prepare for. ...

September Arts Walk is sure to entertain

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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 ...

Rev's Brisket & BBQ food truck to set up in Evansdale

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The Rev’s Brisket & BBQ food truck was back in Evansdale Friday, parked between Daniel’s Men’s Store and Ogawa, along University Avenue.  It’s there that “3 Guys Before the Game” — Tony Caridi, Hoppy Kercheval and Brad Howe — hold the 3 Guys Food Court prior to WVU ...

W.Va. trumpeter examines the palette of jazz in EP ‘Colors’

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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 ...