Comedy Shows Abound This Weekend

Comedians invade the Ohio Valley this weekend with three separate shows on tap. Tonight, Friday, March 27, Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack will host Comedy Night at The Showroom with comedian Bil Benden headlining. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Those taking part in Dinner & a Show, dinner is ...

Wishing Everyone A Happy Holy-days

Perhaps you have one of those bracelets with the letters, “WWJD.” The intended message, of course, is for the wearer to ask herself, “What Would Jesus Do,” so that we might bring morality and ethics into our daily decision-making process. As a Rabbi, I love those bracelets, because WWJD could be interpreted as, “What Would any Jew Do?” It is no accident that our Christian friends borrow extensively from Jewish teachings, since the star figure and moral exemplar of the New Testament seems to practice Judaism throughout his life. He visits the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, he ...

Celebration of the Music of Bob Dylan Coming to Wheeling

WHEELING – An electrifying tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of all time, bridging multiple genres and generations, is headed to Waterfront Hall in Wheeling on Friday, April 3, with Shelter From the Storm – Celebrating the Music of Bob Dylan. Music fans and Dylan devotees alike ...

Pennyroyal Hosts Foot-Stompin' Bluegrass Tonight

FAIRVIEW – The Pennyroyal Opera House will host a bluegrass show today, Friday, March 27, featuring the Muddy Krick Mountain Band. Traditional, modern and gospel bluegrass band from Northeast Ohio, Muddy Krick Mountain Band is sometimes even known to mix in a little old-school country or ...

Musical Passion Play 'He's Alive!' Rises Again

WHEELING — “He's Alive!” the acclaimed musical passion play produced and directed by Heaven Bound Ministries, is returning to the historic Capitol Theatre in Wheeling this Palm Sunday weekend, March 27-29. The Friday and Saturday performances of March 27 and 28 begin at 7:30 p.m., and ...

Wheeling Island Association to Talk WaterSports

WHEELING – The Crime Watch/Island Community Association will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at New Life United Methodist Church, 724 N. Front St., Wheeling Island. A representative from WaterSports will be there to answer questions about the business that is planned to be put next to boat launch at Island Marina.