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

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’

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 ...

‘Happy Campers’ shows home is far more than structure

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 ...

Keyur Pandya: Shaping the future of heteroatom chemistry and sustainable innovation

Few names in the  field of chemistry are as prominent as Keyur Pandya’s. A renowned researcher and chemist,  Pandya’s love for chemistry was formed in his early years in Bilimora, Gujarat, India.  Keyur’s academic interests were fostered by his mother, Induben Pandya,  and her unwavering support for STEM higher education for  young minds. His interest in chemistry was piqued at V.S. Patel Science and Arts College, which deepened his fascination with the subject. He then pursued a BTech in polymers and surface coatings/chemical engineering at the ...