Ghana representatives visit ahead of WAMSB 2023

April 4, 2023

With less than four months until Buckhannon becomes a world stage, representatives with the National Cadet Corps, Ghana, visited the area ahead of the World Association of Marching Show Bands (WAMSB) 2023 Competition. Randy Sanders, president of the WAMSB 2023 Buckhannon Host Committee, said National Cadet Corps, Ghana, representatives Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio and Evelyn Naa-Dei Thompson will tour the area during their week-long visit, which began Tuesday. “These site visits continue to be great opportunities to build relationships with our international visitors and give ...

‘The Visitor’ wears out its welcome with weak execution

April 1, 2023

Horror movies are filled with tropes. Those tropes contribute to the lack of critical acclaim for the genre as a whole, but they are also largely what make it popular. There is a twisted kind of comfort that comes from watching a movie and having some idea how it’s going to go. The “Scream” series has been successful largely based on exposing those tropes and then performing them well. The trope that I am the biggest sucker for is any kind of demon possession or antichrist type theme. When I saw the plot summary for Justin P. Lange’s “The Visitor,” currently streaming on ...

Ruby Summer Concert Series kicks off June 2

March 31, 2023

Preparations have been underway by The City of Morgantown for the 2023 Ruby Summer Concert Series at Ruby Amphitheater in Hazel Ruby McQuain Park. The lineup has been finalized and the first concert is set for June 2. This year’s lineup features local, regional and nationally touring artists and runs through Aug. 25. The lineup The Stranger Billy Joel Tribute with opener Philadelphia Freedom, June 2 Color Me Badd with opener The Heavy Hitter, June 9 Love and Theft with opener Christian Lopez, June 16 Debbie Gibson with opener Holly Forbes, June 23 Oak Ridge ...

Jurassic Quest returning to Mylan Park

March 27, 2023

North America’s most popular interactive dinosaur experience is back, bigger and better than ever. Morgantown-area families can walk among the nation’s biggest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs when Jurassic Quest® opens at Mylan Park for one weekend only April 7-9. Walk through 165 million years of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods to learn about the creatures that ruled the Earth. In addition to life-like dinosaurs, Jurassic Quest’s classic experiences for the whole family include some of the largest rideable dinosaurs in North America, live dinosaur shows, ...

‘Magician’s Elephant’ offers message of hope

March 25, 2023

One of my favorite movie monologues is given by Morgan Freeman at the end of “Shawshank Redemption.” It is a manifesto about hope and it never fails to stir a bit of the same in my cynical heart. I love stories about the promise of hope precisely because it can be difficult for me to muster it up on my own. One of the best sources for hopeful movies can be found in media for kids, so this week I turned to Wendy Rogers’ “The Magician’s Elephant,” currently streaming on Netflix. Peter (Noah Jupe) is an orphan who lives with Vilna Lutz (Mandy Patinkin), a disabled veteran ...

Morgantown Dance brings fairy tale classic to the Met

March 16, 2023

Don’t be late for this very important date. Morgantown Dance will present its 2023 spring production of “Alice in Wonderland” March 31 and April 1 at the Metropolitan Theatre on High Street. Tickets are available for Alice in Wonderland at morgantowndance.org on the events ...