The 81st annual Mahrajan - Lebanese Heritage Festival - hosted by Our Lady of Lebanon Church, is set for Sunday at Oglebay's Site One.Gather your family and friends and spend the day at Wheeling's Oglebay Park enjoying authentic Lebanese cuisine, live Lebanese music, Middle Eastern dance shows, ...

Chad Felt, an English teacher at Linsly School, will be at Lunch With Books at noon Tuesday at the Ohio County Public Library to share his travel experiences in South Africa as well as some of the books and readings that connect to that experience. Felt is a current member of the English ...

A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict, in "Hateship Loveship," which will be shown today through Sunday at Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre and Cinema.In her first dramatic role, Kristen Wiig gives "a beautifully restrained ...

The 2014 Grecian Festival continues today and tomorrow at the Hellenic Center, 2215 Chapline St., Wheeling.The parishioners of St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church are hosting the event, which takes place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Since 2000, the community of St. John the Divine has hosted a ...

The date was 1814 - the year in which inventors Samuel Colt and Adolf Sax were born.America was at war with Britain. Napoleon I dominated Europe. Native Americans clashed with the likes of Gen. Andrew Jackson.By 1814, members of the Religious Society of Friends and other settlers had ...

"Chicago the Musical" is on stage at the Strand Theatre today through Sunday.Curtain is 7 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday."This show has been a favorite to work on," director Jana Jarrett said. "The cast has so much talent, anything we throw at them they want to try and with each ...

What's better than a moonlight walk? A moonlight walk with friends and family.Continuing with programming for the Trek the Trail campaign, the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corp is hosting a 2-mile Moonlight Walk at 10 p.m. today at Heritage Port.After participating in the downtown First ...

Oglebay Institute opens its 2014-15 Art & Ale series at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Stifel Fine Arts Center with a special beer tasting and food pairing event featuring a variety of ales crafted by local home brewers. "Home brewing is a popular hobby nationwide and is growing in popularity ...

Jeanne Finstein of Friends of Wheeling will be at Lunch With Books at noon Tuesday at the Ohio County Public Library to present "Receiving the Spiritual Bread: the Presbyterian Church in Wheeling."The growth, strength and decline of the Presbyterian church parallel the growth, economic ...

THORNVILLE, Ohio - The Werk Out Music & Arts Festival returns to eastern Ohio this Thursday, featuring three nights of music from host band The Werks and two nights of Papadosio, with special guests Emancipator, Crizzly and many more artists on three stages at Legend Valley.Creating ...

On Thursday, local youth will take the stage at Wheeling Park for Celebrate Youth 2014 Community Matters. This free event organized by Youth Services System will showcase young people from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Ohio Valley High Steppers Baton Twirling Team will be performing in their purple ...

A story of hope and celebration of all good things in life, "The Secret Garden" takes Mistress Mary Quite Contrary on a fascinating journey from India to England.An original Missoula Children's Theatre rendition, the show will be performed by area children at 4 and 7 p.m. on Saturday at the ...

Fender Musical Instruments Corp. will be coming to St. Clairsville's C.A. House Music store to throw a party worthy of the iconic musical instrument manufacturer's illustrious history.The event, set for noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, will feature presentations and demonstrations, live music, and free ...

The Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library will present another film in its summer cinema series Pic of the Lit, which features movies based on books."Winter's Tale" will be shown at 6 p.m. Monday. A combination of romance, supernatural fantasy and historical drama, it is based on the novel ...

The cast of the Brooke Hills Playhouse production of "Curiosity Cat," includes actors ranging in age from 5 to their early 40s, according to the director, Julia Barnhart of Wellsburg.The play will be presented at 8 p.m. today and Saturday, at 2 p.m. Sunday, and again at 8 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 ...

Area residents have an opportunity to see the beauty of our city though the eyes of talented artists during Paint Historic Wheeling today through Sunday.This three-day painting event brings together dozens of artists from Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania to paint en plein air - a French ...

John J. Mensore, a familiar face to valley residents, will take the stage Thursday at ArtsLink's Coffeehouse Series concert, to celebrate 70 years of singing in New Martinsville. This free concert will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in downtown New Martinsville. Mensore's ...

More than 50 hours of free musical and cultural entertainment await festival-goers today through Sunday at the 32nd Annual Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival.Two stages of continuous live entertainment at Wheeling's Heritage Port will feature local and regional talent, while strolling ...

With vocals compared to Janis Joplin and guitar slinging skills compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carolyn Wonderland will bring her Texas blues to River City as the finale to the Heritage Music Summertime Blues series.The concert starts at 8 p.m.It's because of Wonderland that the five-week ...

The Beatlemania Magic Band will perform from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the St.?Clairsville Central Park Complex Amphitheater.The national Beatles tribute band recreates the early Beatles concerts with identical costumes, equipment and harmonies. Songs such as "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I'm Down" ...