WELLSBURG — The Brooke Hills Playhouse has announced the cast for “The Red Velvet Cake War,” a comedy by the team of Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday for two weekends, Aug. 21-22 and Aug. 28-29, and Sunday matinees at ...
NEW YORK (AP) — AMC Theatres, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie. AMC Entertainment, which owns the chain, said Thursday that it expects to open the doors to more than 100 cinemas — or about a sixth ...
WHEELING — If it wasn’t for COVID-19, thousands of music fans from across the nation would be flocking to Wheeling’s Heritage Port this weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Heritage Music BluesFest. But as we’ve all come to learn in 2020, the pandemic has led to the ...
WHEELING — Artworks Around Town will be hosting two major shows this month. The Studio Gallery at the north end will feature the works of artists from The Associated Artists of Hancock & Brooke Counties also known as “The Rogues.” Across the hall will be photographs of the late ...
BELMONT — One of the Ohio Valley’s hottest new spots for original cuisine and signature drinks is a true Southwest import with deep hometown roots. A native of Bellaire, owner Tom Strussion began soft-opening operations of Salsa Joe’s Tex-Mex Smokehouse at 43920 National Road in ...
WHEELING — Wreaths Across America’s Mobile Education Exhibit will visit Wheeling Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, for a very special public opportunity to honor America’s veterans. The George Washington chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, which for the last ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Come on out Tuesday, July 28, for a fun-filled night of music and great food at the city of St. Clairsville’s Central Park Amphitheater. Bring your favorite lawn chair or blanket for seating on the lawn. This is a free event, and the band 7 South will be performing ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. In 1975, “Jaws” set the blueprint. Concentrate marketing. Open wide. Pack them in. Since then, Hollywood has turned opening weekends into an all-out ...
WHEELING — This month, Artworks Around Town is showcasing creations members made during the recent quarantine because of COVID-19. Betsy Cox, curator of the Studio Gallery, will hang a variety of works, some inspired by the virus and its effects on the artist and some done just because ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan’s members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their first feature-length project, “Antebellum.” They wanted a constructively ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word Dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. The band’s social media accounts and website were changed on Thursday to the refer to the new name for the band, which is made up of Martie Maguire, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s said that documentary filmmaking is all about being in the right place at the right time. If so, director Liz Garbus has been doubly lucky with her latest project. Two years ago, she and her team started filming their series on the hunt for the still-unknown Golden ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers who admitted helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago last year are again willing to help in the case after initially saying they were done cooperating with prosecutors, their attorney said Thursday. In yet another strange ...
WHEELING — Oglebay Park has a jam-packed weekend of events planned in celebration of Father’s Day. At 6 p.m. today, Oglebay’s golf pro will be offering free golf tips at the Par 3 Driving Range. Also at 6 p.m., there will be Friday Night Restore Yoga at the Wilson Lodge Movement ...
WHEELING — The 17th annual Wheeling Heritage Port Car Show will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 5, at the city’s Heritage Port, 12th and Water streets. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, all attendees and participants will be encouraged to wear masks, social distance and ...
WELLSBURG — The Brooke Hills Playhouse is adjusting the plans for its 49th season in light of the limitations imposed by the COVID-19 virus. According to Julia Barnhart of Wellsburg, president of the Playhouse’s parent organization, the Brooke County Arts Council, that group’s board of ...
WHEELING — Oglebay Institute’s annual Crosscurrents exhibition will take place again this year at its Stifel Fine Arts Center. While no opening night reception will be held because of the COVID-19 crisis, the gallery will be open and the public can view the artwork in person. Crosscurrents ...
WHEELING — For Summer Reading 2020, the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling will offer a new People’s University Livestream series to be broadcast simultaneously on YouTube, Facebook, and the library’s website. The series will occur live online on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. from ...
PITTSBURGH — Now in its 61st year in 2020, the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, announces the festival will be presented for the first time in its history as an all-digital festival. This year’s Festival grounds will take place on the ...
WHEELING — Fresh, vibrant work done by students of St. John Central Academy will be on display through July 2020 in the student gallery of Artworks Around Town in Wheeling’s historic Centre Market. The black and white photographs of artists Larry Travis, Giullio Cappelletti and Len ...
