Shouts & Hollers

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Archive for August 19th, 2008

[MEET-UP] A little bird told me (tweet!)

By Mona S • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Around Town, Picture This

It’s hard to tell which is cooler–that the internet helps you to meet and talk to people who live really really far away or that it can also help you meet people who live really close to you.
Today was the day for appreciating the latter, by meeting up with people in Charleston who blog and/or [...]



[BOOKS] Second Story at Taylor Books

By susan • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Events

[ August 25, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Monday, August 25
6 PM
Taylor Books

Headlong by Michael Frayn

A young-ish Dutch art collector discovers a lost Bruegel in an abandoned country home, and his ensuing obsession with its meaning and value is a hilarious ride.

Join legendary book club leader Carol Campbell for the Monday Book Club at Taylor Books. The theme is Second Story, where [...]



[CRAFTS] Take a Glass Class at the Blenko Festival of Glass

By susan • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Events, Get Outside

[ August 22, 2008 to August 23, 2008. ] Get first dibs on a bit of West Virginia Heritage at the Blenko Festival of Glass in Milton on August 23. The limited edition “Blenko Celebration Series” will be unveiled featuring new shapes and colors.

Think you can do better? The two-day festival will also give attendees the opportunity to take classes in various [...]



[FAIRS] Calling All Bakers - Jubilee Pie Contest

By susan • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Day Trip, Events

[ August 31, 2008; ] Do you fancy yourself the Appalachian Martha Stewart? Then enter the annual pie contest at the Stonewall Jackson Heritage Arts & Crafts Jubilee.

The pie filling must have a West Virginia product as the main ingredient, and must be fresh or home preserved or frozen - so no cream or custard pies, and nothing else [...]