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First Stage Theatre set to tackle dark and funny musical
HUNTINGTON -- Huntington City Hall is a land of make believe, twisted fairy tales and lessons in what happens when things go wrong.
Jean McClelland: Primitive woodenware becoming a popular collectible again
Woodenware, and particularly wooden bowls, have been continuously made in America since before the Pilgrims jumped onto Plymouth Rock in 1620.
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The Herald-Dispatch will observe early deadlines for submissions for the Nov. 29, Sunday Life to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday. All celebrations, calendar items, reunions and people talk items will need to be in by noon Monday, Nov. 23.
Here's a look at the shows that have been performed by First Stage Theatre.
Don Daniel McMillian: Vest home now houses Huntington business
Located at 522 7th Ave., the former Joseph M. Vest home was designed by the architect J. B. Stewart and built in 1901. The red brick and rusticated stone home's verandah was once supported by ionic columns. There is a turret tower with the front gable and stone banding on the first and second floor.
Casual, formal styles converge in family's spacious Huntington home
HUNTINGTON -- Gina and Richard Finley wanted a place closer to town yet wanted to be within driving distance of their family in Lavalette.
11 a.m.-noon, Installing laminate flooring
The Greenbrier Holiday Trip, Sunday, Dec. 13. Travel by Amtrak rail coach through 65 miles long New River Gorge to the Greenbrier Hotel at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Return by motorcoach with a stop at Tamarack. Limit of 80 tickets for this trip. To order tickets, call 304-523-0364. $189 per person.
Ross Hearing Aid Centers, 3333 U.S. Route 60 East, in the Wal-Mart Super Center, offers free hearing tests for senior citizens from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday-Saturday at the center. Free hearing aid cleaning and check are also offered. For appointments, call 304-523-3161.
Barboursville Library -- Nov. 2: Gayle Milne, Holbrook and Peggy Esslinger.
Do you have a house that you would like to showcase or a room that you would like to display? How about a summer cottage or a mother-in-law suite?
CANDLEWICKS: Traditions continue ... during this month's meeting of the James River CEOS Club. "What is Candlewicking" is instructed by Donna Rodvelt at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at her home. Those attending also plan to discuss the club's Christmas dinner. Call 304-562-2799.
Clay Center program expands access to more patrons
CHARLESTON -- The Clay Center has launched a program making access to the center's hands-on science galleries, art exhibits, family fun events and more available at a deeply discounted rate to low-income families in West Virginia.
Ashland's 21st annual Winter Wonderland of Lights in prep stages
ASHLAND -- It's not only spirits that will be bright in Ashland this holiday season, but the annual Winter Wonderland of Lights at Central Park will shine brighter than ever before.
About 1,370 folks were in the audience last Thursday as Americana-rockers The Avett Brothers were, as their song says, "a breathing time machine" transporting us all in that opulent 1920s-era theater into a perfect space in time.
Fall International Film Festival set to roll Friday through Sunday
HUNTINGTON -- In modern times of watching television shows and even movies on an iPhone with a postage-sized screen, sometimes it's nice to go grande.
RAIN DATE: The Jack Artrip/Jim Earls memorial apple butter day, which was rained out last Saturday, will be Saturday, Nov. 7, at the corner of Depot and Main streets in Barboursville. Regular and no-sugar-added apple butter will be available by late afternoon for $6 a pint and $8 a quart.
Here are the Top 10 CDs sold this past week at Now Hear This. For more information, call the store at 304-522-0021.
Here are the top 10 songs currently being played on WKEE 100.5-FM.
'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."
Movies & More reviewer John Gillispie is joined this week by The Herald-Dispatch "Stay Tuned" blogger Angela Henderson to give their opinion of "Michael Jackson's This Is It," rated PG and showing the intense rehearsals that Michael Jackson and his dancers went through shortly before Jackson's death.