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In the Know: Fun area events

As you read this, I’ll be enjoying my vacation and celebrating my oldest grandson’s third birthday. It won’t be the same as sitting on a beach or next to a pool, but there are things to check out in the area this week. Tonight, you can check out Marcus King — Mood Swing World ...

WVU World Music event honors late founder Phil Faini

The West Virginia University World Music Program invites the community to enjoy an evening of music, food and celebration. This semester’s ensembles will perform in a two-hour marquee event Friday at the Canady Creative Arts Center. Attendees can choose to start in the Davis Theatre at 6 ...

When my son stopped piano, I took over his lessons

by Emily Ziff Griffin In the early 1980s, my father got a Baldwin upright electric piano. My dad had played piano as a child and in college. He’d performed live, improvising soundtracks to silent movies at an art-house cinema in Connecticut. I wanted to learn how to play because I ...

Gospel on PBS lifts spirits

If you are tired of TV shows like “The Bachelor” where women demean themselves by competing for the “love” of a man; if you are sick of all the shootings and explosions on TV, the canned laughter on sitcoms that mostly aren’t funny (which is why they have to insert canned laughter ...