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River City Festival of the Arts returns

The Annual River City Festival of the Arts will return after COVID shut it down a couple of years ago. Scheduled for Memorial Day weekend — May 27-30 — the festival features a number of artists and is dedicated to all those who lost their lives during the pandemic. The festival will be held in the Janet and Imre Szilagyi Center in Rowlesburg. Soprano Christina Nassif (Submitted photo) Cristina Nassif will be featured in an inspiring concert titled, “Songs My Mother Taught Me” at 2 p.m. May 28 in the Szilagyi Center/Historic Rowlesburg Auditorium. Passes and tickets ...

West Virginia Watercolor Society is pleased to announce “Aqueous Plus 2022,” exhibiting Friday through June 7 at the Parkersburg Art Center in Parkersburg. Several Morgantown artists are represented in the exhibition: Jamie Lester, with “Cheat River Haze" and “Pools of the Big Sandy”; Janet Michael, with “Undersea View” and “Spring Thaw”; Greg Kullman, with “River of Coal”; and Kathleen Snoderly, with “Reflections.” The exhibition features three displays in three galleries. Gallery One: “Aqueous 2022” — $2,300-$2,800 in awards will be granted in ...

‘Metal Lords’ taken down by uneven tone

The high school rock band is something that I would swear was an invention of movies if I wasn’t married to someone who played in one. He assures me that battles of the bands actually exist and that they really can change the trajectory of the band’s success. So I approached Peter Sollett’s new Netflix film “Metal Lords” with an open mind. Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) and Kevin (Jaeden Martell) have formed a “post-death metal” band with a name too profane to share here. Hunter is the true visionary as the songwriter and lead guitarist, and Kevin is a guy who plays snare ...

‘Rothaniel’ is a piece about secrets

BY ALISE CHAFFINS There’s a saying that comedy is just tragedy plus time. Story-telling comedians like Mike Birbiglia, John Mulaney and Hasan Minhaj have proven this over and over in their comedy shows. And while Jerrod Charmichael has given us something closer to that brand of humor in the past, in his newest special, “Rothaniel,” currently streaming on HBO Max, the time element is missing. I hesitate to call this a comedy special. It definitely has comedic elements to it, but at its heart, this is a piece about secrets and how they impact us at every level. He starts by ...

Big themes get muddled by ghost story in ‘Master’

Subtlety is a lovely tool that, when used effectively, can transform a good film into a great film. In Mariama Diallo’s film “Master,” streaming on Amazon Prime, I felt like she was afraid to fully lean into the subtlety that she was setting up in her film, instead boosting it with a less satisfying ghost story. The movie bounces between two Black women, Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) and Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee). Gail has recently been promoted to house master at the elite Ancaster University, while Jasmine is beginning her freshman year at the school. It is clear that the ...