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• Kanawha Forum 2.0: Chrysalis

  February 09, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha

  The inaugural performance of a new contemporary chamber music series, The Kanawha Forum 2.0.

  Sunday, Feburary 9 at Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia Street E, Charleston.

  • 6 p.m. Dinner (optional, by reservation. $30 donation includes concert and reception)
  • 7 p.m. Concert by Chrysalis, followed by dessert reception.

  Chrysalis is a transforative duo arising from the multiple musical talents of pianist and tenor Robert Frankenberry and flutist and mezzo-soprano Lindesy Goodman. Devoted to the music of our time, Chrysalis has performed New York City recital debuts, appeared as guest artists at Marshall University, Duquesne University, and the University of Mount Union (OH), and performed on the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble’s summer season.

  Tickets for the concert and reception are $15 ($10 for students) and are available in advance or at the door.

  For reservations, contact Kanawha United Presbyterian Church (304) 342-6558 or www.kanawhachurch.org Also for more information, “like” The Kanawha Forum 2.0 on Facebook.
• Archives and History Thursday Lecture: "Rocking the Kanawha"

  May 19, 2016 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Thursday, May 19, 2016, musician and historian Terry Lowry will present “Rocking the Kanawha: The Golden Age of Music in the Kanawha Valley” in the Archives and History Library of the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  Long before Mountain Stage, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the Clay Center, or many of the other musical outlets of present-day Charleston and the Kanawha Valley, there was an approximately ten-year period from 1964 to 1974 that has become known as the “Golden Age” of Charleston and the Kanawha Valley music. During that period the area flourished with outstanding local musicians, a wide array of clubs and venues, and a fan base that has never been equaled since. It was these musicians and the environment in which they performed that made them pioneers in opening many doors to future local musicians and paving the way for such stellar projects as Mountain Stage.

  Beginning in 1964 with soul bands, such as the original Esquires (with singer Bobby Lanham), the King Sound Interpreters (with Curtis Price), The Barons, The Seven Seas, The Rooks, recording artist Turley Richards, and others, and continuing through the hippie-era bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as Heavy Rain (and their legendary guitarist Randall Wray), Quiet (with Tom Benson), The Bristols, The Mojos, and national recording artists The Mind Garage, the area seethed with musical creativity and diversity. Clubs were continually packed, outdoor festivals (such as the classic ones at Kanawha State Forest and Ona) drew thousands of fans, musical creativity was at an all-time high, and numerous national recording acts played Charleston, including Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. Lowry will take attendees on a journey through Charleston rock and roll and describe how these musical pioneers set the stage for those who followed.

  Terry Lowry is a 50-year veteran guitarist of the Charleston music scene and has performed or jammed with nearly every musician of the “Golden Age” as well as many since. He founded and edited Charleston’s first rock music “fanzine” called “The Kanawha Rocker,” was music critic for the Charleston Gazette from the late 1960s to 1979, and met and interviewed name artists from Hendrix to Canned Heat to Lou Gramm of Foreigner. Lowry has attended over 1,000 concerts and currently performs with Charleston’s Diablo Blues Band. Today, many people know him better as the author of numerous books on the Civil War in West Virginia.

  Participants may park behind the Culture Center after 5:00 p.m. on May 19 and enter the building at the back loading dock area. There also is limited handicapped parking available in the new bus turnaround.

  For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
• Charleston Beautiful on the Kanawha

  August 16, 2018 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Thursday, August 16, 2018, Charlie Cooper and Billy Joe Peyton will present “Charleston Beautiful on the Kanawha” in the Archives and History Library at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 P.M. and is free and open to the public.

  The 1932 film Charleston Beautiful on the Kanawha was found when the Kearse Theater was torn down in 1982. Discovered in the projection booth of the palatial first-run house, this rare community movie was made at the dawn of the sound era in motion pictures. Charlie Cooper, who has recorded sound for many movies, will discuss the film’s director Blundon Wills, a native Charlestonian, and the technology used to make the film through the showing of selected scenes. Charleston native Billy Joe Peyton, a history professor who has used Charleston Beautiful on the Kanawha in teaching his classes, will add his reflections on Charleston locations shown in the historic film.

  Charlie Cooper, a local radio producer and disc jockey known as Super-Duper Charlie Cooper, was named to the West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2007. Billy Joe Peyton teaches history at West Virginia State University and is an author and authority on Charleston.

  Participants may park behind the Culture Center after 5:00 p.m. on August 16 and enter the building at the back loading dock area. There also is limited handicapped parking available in the new bus turnaround.

  For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
• West Virginia University Since WWII: Little Lecture

  May 18, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha WVHC Event

  “West Virginia University Since World War II,” Little Lecture by Ronald L. Lewis at the MacFarland-Hubbard House in Charleston. 2pm May 18.

  West Virginia University emeritus professor Ronald L. Lewis will discuss the growth and evolution of WVU since World War II for the West Virginia Humanities Council Little Lecture in May. The program will be 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at Humanities Council headquarters in the MacFarland-Hubbard House, located at 1310 Kanawha Boulevard, East, in Charleston.

  Lewis, who also holds the title of West Virginia Historian Laureate, is the author of Aspiring to Greatness: West Virginia University since World War II, published in September 2013 by WVU Press. The book is the only modern history of WVU and focuses on the post-war historical developments that elevated the school from a regional institution to one of national prominence. In his May 18 talk, Professor Lewis will examine the impact of returning WWII and Korean War veterans and baby boomers on student enrollment from 1945 to 1975. From the mid-70s to the early 1990s this growth gave way to a trend of unprecedented gender, racial, and ethnic diversity reflecting the increase of students from nontraditional backgrounds. In the 1990s WVU, like other public universities, was called upon to generate more of its own revenues with the increasing commercialization of higher education. The University’s strategic responses to these pressures transformed it into the large complex institution of today.

  Professor Lewis taught history at WVU from 1985 to his retirement in 2008. He chaired the History Department from 1989 to 1995. In addition to Aspiring to Greatness he has published numerous articles, essays, and book chapters. He also has co-edited 14 books including Transnational West Virginia: Ethnic Communities and Economic Change, 1840-1940 and is the author of Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920; and Welsh Americans: A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields.

  Robinson & McElwee PLLC is sponsoring the 2014 Little Lecture Series. Founded in Charleston in 1983, the law firm serves clients throughout West Virginia and Ohio.

  Admission to the lecture is $10 and includes a reception after the program. Taylor Books will furnish copies of Aspiring to Greatness for purchase and Professor Lewis will sign them following the program. People interested in attending should call the Humanities Council at 304-346-8500 before 12:00 noon on May 16.

  Little Lecture Series is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council.
• 7th West Virginia Cavalry

  May 15, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Thursday, May 15, 2014, Steve Cunningham will present “Loyalty They Always Had: The 7th WV Cavalry in the Civil War” in the Archives and History Library in the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  Raised and organized in the Kanawha Valley in 1861, the 7th West Virginia Cavalry (previously the 8th Virginia Infantry and 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry) served during the U.S. Civil War in numerous battles, campaigns, and raids including the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, Cross Keys, 2nd Bull Run, White Sulphur Springs, Droop Mountain, the Salem Raid, Cloyds Mountain, and the Lynchburg Campaign. At war’s end, they facilitated the paroling of more than 5,000 returning Confederate soldiers to the Kanawha Valley region. Cunningham will share from his research for his upcoming book on the unit, entitled Loyalty They Always Had: The 7th West Virginia Cavalry in the U.S. Civil War.

  Steve Cunningham has been conducting research on the 7th West Virginia Cavalry for about 20 years, maintains an active Web site about the 7th, and has hosted several events for descendants of the unit. He is a past president of Kanawha Valley Civil War Roundtable, where he was involved in the organization of the centennial rededication of the West Virginia monuments at Gettysburg, and co-authored the book, Their Deeds Are Their Monuments: West Virginia at Gettysburg. He also is the author or co-author of several articles on the Civil War, including “The 1st West Virginia Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign” for the scholarly journal Civil War Regiments. He was a contributor to the West Virginia Encyclopedia and has contributed research to several other authors’ books.

  Cunningham created and maintains the Web site West Virginia in the Civil War, which receives 75,000 visitors each year, and is president and owner of 35th Star Publishing, which specializes in non-fiction titles on West Virginia history and culture. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Virginia Tech, and a master’s of business administration from the Marshall University Graduate College. He resides in Charleston and is employed by Charleston Area Medical Center.

  For additional information, call (304) 558-0230.
• A History of Charleston as Lived by Four Families: Little Lecture

  June 22, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha WVHC Event

  The 2pm lecture is full, but a second lecture has been scheduled for 4pm. Space is still open to attend!

  A talk by Charleston business leader and state senator Brooks McCabe at 2:00 p.m. on June 22 concludes the West Virginia Humanities Council’s 2014 Little Lecture Series. In “A History of Charleston as Lived by Four Families” McCabe will explore the central roles of the Dickenson, Hale, James, and Smith families in the development of the capital city through the 1800s and 1900s.

  According to McCabe, much of what defines the city of Charleston as we now know it can be traced back to the multi-generational efforts of these four families. In 1785, Colonel John Dickenson received a land grant for 502 acres at the mouth of Campbell’s Creek and his family’s legacy began. One hundred years after Mary Ingles first saw the Kanawha Valley in 1755, her grandson, Dr. John P. Hale, would become a leading businessman of the era. In 1822, Benjamin Harrison Smith arrived in Charleston to practice law, married Isaac Noyes’ daughter and became a dominant player in the development of the region. In 1865, Reverend Frances James arrived as the first black ordained minister in West Virginia. His son C. H. James would become a businessman of substance, befriend educator Booker T. Washington, and advance the cause of African Americans in the region.

  Robinson & McElwee PLLC is sponsoring the 2014 Little Lecture Series. Founded in Charleston in 1983, the law firm serves clients throughout West Virginia and Ohio.

  Admission is $10 and includes refreshments after the program. Little Lectures are presented in the MacFarland-Hubbard House located at 1310 Kanawha Boulevard, East in Charleston. People interested in attending should call the Humanities Council at 304-346-8500 before 12:00 noon on June 20 to confirm seating.

  Little Lecture Series is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council.
• West Virginia Day Open House

  June 20, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha WVHC Event

  Three historic Charleston properties are working together to coordinate open houses in honor of West Virginia’s birthday on June 20. The participating properties are the Glenwood Estate (built in 1852) located at 800 Orchard Street on Charleston’s West Side, the West Virginia Humanities Council’s MacFarland-Hubbard House (1836) located at 1310 Kanawha Boulevard East, and the Craik-Patton House (1834) located at 2809 Kanawha Boulevard East. All of the houses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  Glenwood will offer house tours from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon including demonstrations by the Lucy Quarrier Weavers. The MacFarland-Hubbard House will welcome guests from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. The Craik-Patton House will be open from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. with a tea and a Humanities Council History Alive! presentation of Robert E. Lee by Al Stone at 3:00 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public with light refreshments provided at each location.

  For more information contact the Craik-Patton House at 304-925-5341 or the West Virginia Humanities Council at 304-346-8500.

  The West Virginia Humanities Council will celebrate West Virginia’s birthday by having an Open House between noon and 2:00PM on June 20. Visit the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters to the Humanities Council.
• Archives and History Thursday Lecture: The Riverine World

  July 17, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On July 17, 2014, Gerald W. Sutphin will present “The Riverine World” at the Thursday evening lecture in the Archives and History Library of the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  Sutphin will examine the impact that river life had on people living and working on the western rivers during the age of steamboats. His presentation will cover vessels from steam ferries to dish boats and showboats and the people who worked on them.

  Gerald Sutphin is recognized as one of the United States’ foremost inland rivers and river transportation historians. Since working for the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for twenty years, he has been the owner/operator of a visual communication arts company for two decades and specializes as a consultant in the research, development, and presentation of inland rivers projects such as museum exhibits, publications, and motion picture production. His credits include Sternwheelers on the Great Kanawha River (co-author, 1991), Two Hundred Years of Steamboating, 1811-2011 (researcher/writer/producer of DVD), and The Great Kanawha, An American Story (researcher/writer/featured historian on film, 2012).

  For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
• Archives and History Thursday Lecture: African American Life in Charleston: A Personal Perspective

  July 24, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Thursday, July 24, 2014, Charles H. James III will present “African American Life in Charleston: A Personal Perspective Part II” in the Archives and History Library in the Culture Center in Charleston. The program, which is the second of The Block Speakers Series, will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  A native of Charleston, James will discuss his family’s history in Charleston and the Kanawha Valley from 1865 to the present. His great-grandfather started a retail produce business, later the wholesaler C. H. James & Co., in Charleston in 1883.

  Charles H. James III graduated with honors from Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1981 and earned his masters’ degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. He has served as the Chairman and CEO of C. H. James & Co. since 1988. The company celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2013 and has been recognized as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the United States. James represents the fourth generation of his family to own and operate the business. Under his leadership, C. H. James & Co. grew from a local food distributor in southern West Virginia to a leading international supplier to the U.S. government and multinational foodservice clients. In 1992, C. H. James & Co. was named “Company of the Year” by Black Enterprise magazine and has been listed numerous times in the magazine’s annual BE 100 listing of the nation’s largest black businesses.

  For additional information, call (304) 558-0230.
• African American Life in Charleston: A Personal Perspective, Part III

  August 28, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Thursday, August 28, 2014, Barbara Hicks Lacy will present “African American Life in Charleston: A Personal Perspective, Part III” in the Archives and History Library in the Culture Center in Charleston. The program, which is the third of The Block Speakers Series, will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  A native of Charleston, Lacy spent the first six years of her life at her mother’s Shrewsbury Street boarding house, which was located in the middle of “The Block.” She continued to maintain strong ties to the area until 1957 as an employee at her father’s restaurant, the Block Cafe, located first at 908 East Washington Street across from the post office and later on the ground floor of the Ferguson Hotel.

  Barbara Lacy is the only child of the late Edward Luther Hicks and Mary Arlena Waller Hicks. She graduated from Garnet High School in 1951 and from West Virginia State College in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a secondary teacher certification. Lacy also holds a master’s degree in education administration from West Virginia University.

  Lacy has served as a social worker and social worker supervisor for the Division of Health and Human Resources, instructor for Job Corps, program director for Multicap Headstart, the interstate program director for the Department of Employment Services, a Civil Rights compliance officer for the Inspector General’s Office, a minority business counselor and information specialist in the Governor’s Office of Employment and Training, and the director of the West Virginia Foster Grandparent Program. She has served as a representative on both the Region III and the National Headstart Advisory councils and is a former commissioner on the Kanawha County Planning and Zoning Committee.

  Among her numerous community service activities, Lacy was a charter board member of the Community of Rand Association and has served on the boards of the Kanawha Valley Mental Health Association, Kanawha Valley Senior Services, Children’s Home Society, Kanawha Valley Extension Service, YWCA, and the WVDHHR Credit Union. Currently, she is on the board of the East End Family Resource Center. She also has served as a mentor for Kanawha County Board of Education’s “Keep a Child in School Program.”

  A widow, Barbara Lacy is the mother of two children, one deceased, and the grandmother of three

  For additional information, call (304) 558-0230.
• West Virginia Humanities Council Holiday Open House

  December 05, 2014 — Charleston, Kanawha WVHC Event

  On Friday, December 5, the West Virginia Humanities Council will host an open house at its headquarters in the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House. From 4-6PM, enjoy light refreshments and see one of Charleston’s few antebellum homes. Built in 1836, this old house has served as the Council’s headquarters since 2000.The MacFarland-Hubbard House is located at 1310 Kanawha Blvd. E. in Charleston.
• Archives and History Tuesday Lecture: Slavery and Free People of Color in Virginia

  January 06, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, Greg Carroll will present “Slavery and Free People of Color in Virginia” in the Archives and History Library of the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  Carroll will look at the political and legal lives of both slaves and free people of color. Slavery did not exist in western Virginia in anywhere near the numbers that it did in the east. In a few areas, such as the Eastern Panhandle and the Kanawha Valley, slaves were more numerous. The panhandle was primarily an agricultural area having more in common with its eastern neighbors than counties to the west. In the Kanawha Valley, slaves were mainly used in the salt industry and were the first to commercially mine coal in this area. Free people of color were often freed slaves or mixed race people who were slowly being driven from the eastern Virginia counties by oppressive racial laws. This was especially true after Nat Turner’s Rebellion in 1831. These issues will be discussed and questions are invited.

  Carroll has lectured on Native Americans, the Civil War, and slavery. A resident of Putnam County for 45 years, he worked as a historian at West Virginia Archives and History for 23 years before retiring in 2012. Carroll serves on the boards of West Virginia Citizen Action Group, the West Virginia Environmental Council, and the West Virginia International Film Festival.

  On January 6, the library will close at 5:00 p.m. and reopen at 5:45 p.m. for participants only. For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
• Little Lecture: Frontier Forts

  June 28, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha WVHC Event

  The 2015 Little Lecture Series kicks off on March 22 when Professor Michael Woods of Marshall University presents “West Virginians and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.” Poet Laureate Marc Harshman lectures on April 26, followed by a May 31 program with researcher Susan Shumaker who works with filmmaker Ken Burns. Archeologist Stephen McBride wraps up the 2015 series on June 28 with his lecture on frontier forts in West Virginia.

  Seating is limited for the programs and people interested in attending should confirm that seats are available by calling 304-346-8500.

  All Little Lectures are presented on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. in the MacFarland-Hubbard House, located at 1310 Kanawha Boulevard, East, in Charleston. Admission is $10 and includes a reception after the program.

  The 2015 Little Lecture Series is sponsored by Robinson & McElwee PLLC. Founded in Charleston in 1983, the law firm serves clients throughout West Virginia and Ohio.

  Little Lecture Series is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council.
• Creators Talk with Marc Harshman

  March 10, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  Creators Talk with Marc Harshman: An evening with WV State Poet Laureate

  Tuesday, March 10th 7:15pm-9:00pm

  Cost- FREE! Co-hosted by the WVSU English Dept.

  Join the Creators Program in welcoming Marc Harshman to Charleston for a relaxed evening of conversation and readings. We will prevail upon our poet laureate to read from his most recent work, as well invite him to reflect upon his appointment and the place of poetry in the life of West Virginia and the nation. We might even get him to recite “Little Orphant Annie” or else censored lines from Allen Ginsberg. It’s even possible he could read us a bedtime story from one his children’s books or else talk about the place of erotica in contemporary literature.

  Limited seating available so please register to save your spot!

  Sponsored by: WV Film Office, WVSU EDC, WVSU Cultural Activities

  WVSU EDC

  1506 Kanawha Blvd. West

  Charleston, WV 25387

  304.720.1401

  www.wvsuedc.org
• Siege of Fort Randolph

  May 14, 2015 to May 17, 2015 — Point Pleasant, Mason

  Siege of Fort Randolph

  May 15th, 16th and 17th 2015

  In May of 1778, a war party of over 200 Shawnee warriors appeared at Fort Randolph. Unable to entice the men from the fort, the Indians rose from their hiding places to form a line stretching from the Ohio to the Kanawha Rivers, thus placing Fort Randolph under siege.

  Welcome Native and Euro 18th century enthusiasts to the 15th annual Siege of Fort Randolph encampment and reenactment at Krodel Park in Point Pleasant, WV. The main event features the re-enactment of Chief Cornstalk’s fateful visit to Fort Randolph in the fall of 1777, and the subsequent siege placed upon the fort in May of 1778. The drama and battle will take place on Saturday, May 16th at 2pm ONLY.

  Friday evening there will be a seminar geared toward re-enactor development, or a rehearsal for those with speaking parts or interested participants. Saturday events include demonstrations and the drama/reenactment at 2 pm for the public. Saturday evening there will be a fort feast, fundraiser auction, and tavern entertainment. Sunday a trek among the hills will be offered. The Fort will be open to the public for life skills demos. Early set-up is available on Thursday. Demonstrators for Friday school day are highly appreciated. Please bring an item to donate for the fundraiser auction. Please bring any extra items that you would be willing to loan for use during the drama such as wooden buckets, ‘old-fashion’ garden tools, clothes, etc.

  Straw, firewood, water, restrooms, and showers are available on site.

  For more information contact:

  • Craig Hesson
  • 994 Sandhill Road
  • Point Pleasant, WV 25550
  • (304)-675-7933
  • e-mail: chesson1774@suddenlink.net

  http://www.fortrandolph.org/index_files/siege.htm
• Archives and History Thursday Lecture: The J. Q. Dickinson Saltworks

  May 14, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Thursday, May 14, 2015, Carter and Nancy Bruns will discuss “The J. Q. Dickinson Saltworks” in the Archives and History Library of the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  The Dickinsons were early saltmakers in the Kanawha Valley, and in 1832 the John Q. Dickinson salt furnace was established at Malden. Repaired after the Civil War, the facility remained in operation well into the twentieth century, for many years as the last salt operation in the area. Carter Bruns will speak about the industrialization of the Kanawha Valley by the salt industry. He also will touch on the industry in the country during this time. Nancy Bruns, a descendant of the Dickinsons, will talk about the family history from the Civil War to the present and why she and her brother revived the salt business.

  Carter Bruns grew up in Colorado and received a B.A. in economics from The Colorado College, then attended the New England Culinary Institute, where he met his wife Nancy, a native of Charleston and a graduate of Bucknell University. The couple owned and operated a small restaurant in the mountains of North Carolina for years, allowing her to discover the importance of food sourcing and the connection of family farming to a healthy food system.

  The Bruns sold the restaurant in 2008, and Carter decided to pursue a second passion, the study of early American history. While earning his master’s degree, he became intrigued by the frequency of colonists’ complaints surrounding a lack of abundant salt and the lackluster efforts to produce the essential mineral in the America’s English colonies. His master’s thesis, “The Whole River is Abustle,” examines the antebellum Kanawha Valley salt industry as an example of American frontier industrialization and resultant environmental degradation predating the more commonly known early industrial centers of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Carter is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at University of South Carolina, where he is working on an analysis of the reactions of Missouri farmers to the Kanawha salt combinations in the 1830s.

  Seeking to marry her love of food and deep family heritage with a meaningful business, Nancy Bruns revived her family’s salt enterprise in Malden with her brother Lewis Payne two years ago. The J. Q. Dickinson Salt-Works harvests an all-natural gourmet salt by hand.

  For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
• 2015 Bayer Symphony Sunday

  June 07, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  Free and open to the public, the 2015 Bayer Symphony Sunday celebrates the 33rd year of the event and will draw more than 7,000 residents from throughout the region to a weekend-long celebration of music and activities for the entire family! The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. with fireworks!

  Sunday, June 7, activities take place on the beautiful lawn at the University of Charleston, and end with a spectacular fireworks display.

  2015 Mainstage Entertainment Schedule

  • 1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Kanawha Valley Community Band
  • 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Mountain State Brass Band
  • 3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. The Samadhi Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Troupe
  • 3:40 p.m.— 4:25 p.m. Brass Band of the Tri-State
  • 4:40 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. Charleston Metro Bands
  • 5:40 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. West Virginia Youth Symphony
  • 6:50 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. Kanawha Valley Pipes And Drums
  • 8:00 p.m. WEST VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA featuring Grand Finale with fireworks!

  2015 Artisan Tent Entertainment Schedule

  • 1:15 p.m. -1:45 p.m. Almost Angels Quartet
  • 2:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Almost Heaven Chorus
  • 3:10 p.m..-5:00 p.m. Celtic Irish Music (FOOTMAD)
  • 5:10 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Mountain State Brass Quintet
  • 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. Susan Angela Hughart
  • 7:15 – 7:35 p.m. The Samadhi Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Troupe
• Archives and History Tuesday Lecture: Flintlock Rifles of West Virginia

  September 01, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, Clarence Craigo will discuss “Flintlock Rifles of West Virginia” in the Archives and History Library of the Culture Center in Charleston. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

  The history of the rifle in West Virginia is multifaceted; metallurgy, gunsmith styles, and techniques along with the use of these weapons have combined to create a truly beautiful weapon and tool unique to Appalachia. Clarence Craigo, an internationally known gunsmith, will discuss the materials used to create the rifles, along with the techniques, styles, and tools that the early gunsmiths used and that continue to influence modern-day gunsmithing.

  Craigo is a true “Son of the Hills.” Born at Ward, West Virginia, he attended school in Kanawha County and spent 15 years working in the coal mines. Early on, his father influenced his love of history by visiting many of the historical sites in the state. These visits along with his father’s stories about Daniel Boone in the Kanawha Valley sparked a love affair with colonial history that continues to this day. Since the early 1980s, Craigo has been an active gunsmith, blacksmith, and maker of accouterments for re-enactors of the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars and for fine rifle collectors worldwide. In 2000, he appeared on a show in the West Virginia Public Broadcasting series Outlook that highlighted West Virginia gunsmiths, and in 2012, he was a weapons expert for the History Channel’s Hatfield’s and McCoy’s. Presently Craigo works at the West Virginia Division of Culture and History where he enjoys the opportunity to examine original long rifles, documents and related objects.

  On September 1, the library will close at 5:00 p.m. and reopen at 5:45 p.m. for participants only. For additional information, contact the Archives and History Library at (304) 558-0230.
• 2015 Charleston Boulevard Rod Run and Doo Wop

  September 30, 2015 to October 04, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  Come out and enjoy free concerts each night and a world class fire works display on Saturday night. Enjoy nearly 1000 show vehicles and many related displays to the automotive industry. September 30 to October 4 on Kanawha Boulevard in downtown Charleston. http://charlestonwvcarshow.com/
• Kanawha Valley Civil War Roundtable Lecture

  October 13, 2015 — South Charleston, Kanawha WVHC Event

  Dr. Thomas Clemens will discuss the Battle of Antietam, and its effect on the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation. 7:00PM October 13 at the LaBelle Theater in South Charleston.

  http://wvhumanities.org/event/event-2412/

  This project is funded in part by a West Virginia Humanities Council grant.
• Creators Dialogue and Screening with Filmmaker Jacob Young

  October 20, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  A screening of a short compilation documentary of Young’s work followed by an intimate conversation between audience and Jacob about his career in film. Jacob Young is an American screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor and filmmaker best known for creating documentary films such as Dancing Outlaw which explore the eccentric people living in his native Appalachia.

  Tuesday, October 20 at West Virginia State University Economic Development Center, 1506 Kanawha Blvd West in Charleston. The event is free. Register here.

  WVSU professor, filmmaker and WVSU EDC Artist in Residence, Daniel Boyd says, “Jacob Young is hands down the most influential West Virginia filmmaker of our generation. It would be criminal for us to not honor him through our Creators Program.”

  Jacob Young is an American screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor and filmmaker best known for creating documentary films which explore the eccentric people living in his native Appalachia.

  Young was a producer at WNPB-TV in Morgantown, West Virginia, when he conceived Appalachian Junkumentary (1986), a film eventually purchased by over 90 PBS stations and winning a 1988 PBS Special Achievement Award. It became one of 15 U.S. television shows later selected for an international screening conference. Young was also producer for two seasons of the documentary series Different Drummer, broadcast by the BBC and Public TV. His film Dancing Outlaw (1992) received both a 1992 Emmy Award and a 1993 American Film Institute Award for ’Best Documentary.] In 1998 Young revealed that he was considering creating a feature film using Dancing Outlaw star Jesco White.
• Creators Workshop- Independent Publishing

  November 10, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  “Independent Publishing” – Eric Douglas will talk about the pitfalls and pluses of self-publishing, along with what to do when your book is “out there”. Any writer who has dreamed of publishing will find something interesting in this workshop.

  Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 7:00 PM to 9:15 PM at West Virginia State University Economic Development Center, 1506 Kanawha Blvd West in Charleston. The event is free. Register here.

  The publishing world has changed dramatically over the last few years and self-publishing is now a viable and attractive option for writers who want to get their work in front of a larger audience. Talk about the pitfalls and pluses of self-publishing, along with what to do when your book is “out there”.

  Audience: Writers – you don’t need to have a finished manuscript, you don’t even have to have started it, to be thinking about self-publishing. Any writer who has dreamed of publishing will find something interesting in this presentation.

  Eric Douglas is a writer, author and photographer. He received a degree in Journalism from Marshall University. After working in West Virginia newspapers and following a stint as a freelance journalist in the former Soviet Union, he became a dive instructor. The ocean and diving have factored into all of his published works since then.

  Eric has published four novels, two children’s books and a series of short stories. He is also a columnist for Scuba Diving Magazine. In 2012, he self-published a short story, a children’s book and his latest novel through Amazon Kindle and CreateSpace. Visit his website at: www.booksbyeric.com

  Workshop co-hosted by the WVSU Communications/Media Studies Program and the WVSU English Dept.
• Woody Hawley Concert Series: Kate Black

  November 07, 2015 — Charleston, Kanawha

  The series, presented by Unity of Kanawha Valley and hosted by Ron Sowell, features some of the best singer/songwriters in the world once a month from September through May. Small tables and chairs are brought in to the intimate Walker Theater at the Clay Center to create a cabaret-style venue with a big-city feel. With its exquisite sound system, lighting, and intimate atmosphere, the theater has become the perfect location to enjoy an evening of music with friends. http://www.woodyhawleyconcerts.com/

  • 7:30pm November 7, 2015
  • Kate Campbell
  • Opening Act: Colleen Anderson
  • Concert to be held in the Walker Theater
• Woody Hawley Concert Series: Hank Williams Tribute

  January 09, 2016 — Charleston, Kanawha

  The series, presented by Unity of Kanawha Valley and hosted by Ron Sowell, features some of the best singer/songwriters in the world once a month from September through May. Small tables and chairs are brought in to the intimate Walker Theater at the Clay Center to create a cabaret-style venue with a big-city feel. With its exquisite sound system, lighting, and intimate atmosphere, the theater has become the perfect location to enjoy an evening of music with friends. http://www.woodyhawleyconcerts.com/

  • 7:30pm January 9, 2016
  • Hank Williams Tribute
  • Concert to be held in the Maier Performance Hall
  • This concert sponsored in part by FOOTMAD
• Woody Hawley Concert Series: Bob Malone

  February 06, 2016 — Charleston, Kanawha

  The series, presented by Unity of Kanawha Valley and hosted by Ron Sowell, features some of the best singer/songwriters in the world once a month from September through May. Small tables and chairs are brought in to the intimate Walker Theater at the Clay Center to create a cabaret-style venue with a big-city feel. With its exquisite sound system, lighting, and intimate atmosphere, the theater has become the perfect location to enjoy an evening of music with friends. http://www.woodyhawleyconcerts.com/

  • 7:30pm February 6, 2016
  • Bob Malone
  • Opening Act: Blues Crossing
  • Concert to be held in the Walker Theater