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Free Movie: ‘Twisters’ to Blow Into Heritage Port Tonight

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WHEELING — The city of Wheeling will host a free movie night at Heritage Port tonight, Friday, Aug. 1, featuring the 2024 action thriller “Twisters.” The film will begin at dusk, and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. Free popcorn will be available while supplies last. Admission is free. Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, ...

What’s Bugging You?

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There are some things I can put up with and some things I can’t. For one, I do not cotton to bugs, especially the eight-legged kind. It’s a true phobia that I admit but deal with. Fortunately this summer, I have not spied many of the insects that bother me the most. I have been told they are waiting for cooler weather to attempt to enter my domain. In the coming months, I will be on the lookout for spiders and stink bugs. However, summertime brings its own pests. A housefly has managed to outlive its supposed lifespan and has been torturing us for days. I am determined to suck ...

Italian Festival Brings Full Slate Of Entertainment This Weekend

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WHEELING — This year the 42nd annual Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival kicks off today, Friday, July 25, and continues through Sunday, July 27, at Heritage Port in Wheeling. This year’s festival focus will be food, fun and family. Besides Italian foods of homemade sausage and ...

Live Music Roundup

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Friday, July 25 - Brannan & Waters, Denny’s Blue Angel, Bellaire, 6-8 p.m. - Jim Berze, Route 88 Burgers & Brew at Oglebay, Wheeling, 6-9 p.m. - Twice as Nice, Wheeling Park Amphitheater, 6-9 p.m. - The Muddle, River View Park, McMechen, 7 p.m. - Kanawha, Prima Marina, Moundsville, 7-10 p.m. - Radio Tokyo, The Mark at the Park – Sally Buffalo Park, Cadiz, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26 - Ashley Best, Centre Market, Wheeling, noon to 2 p.m. - Screamer (reunion) with special guest Rattle Bones, Generations Restaurant & Pub, Wheeling, 7 p.m. - Strait Shooter Band, Route 40 ...

Production of ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ Opens Tonight

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MOUNDSVILLE — The Strand Theatre Preservation Society is thrilled to welcome live theater to Moundsville with its production of “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show runs at 7 p.m. today, Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 27. Winner of five Tony awards, ...