Shouts & Hollers

[ November 28, 2008; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Leave the dirty dishes and the leftovers behind, and check out an evening of art, wine, and fun on the Friday after Thanksgiving in the Downtown Charleston ArtWalk.  

It’s a great event to brinig your holiday out-of-town guests and family to show off Charleston.  It’s also a chance to recover from the madness of Black Friday [...]

[ November 27, 2008; 7:30 am to 8:45 am. ] Pre-emptively work off that pumpkin pie at the Stonewall Jackson Middle School Turkey Trot 5K & 2-mile walk. Race on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 27 at Kanawha State Forest, Shelter #8 (pool). First 150 participants will receive a T-Shirt, plus prizes galore.

Register here, won’t you? It’s $15 in advance, $20 on the day [...]

[ December 11, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Read selected literary classics and then compare them to a version written from another point of view. Characters previously silenced in the classic versions set the record straight in these re-visioned sequels. Discussion leader is Carolyn Sturgeon, an English teacher at West Virginia State University. Registration is not required but copies of the book are [...]

[ November 24, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] Led by Charleston Book Group legend Carol Campbell, the Monday Book Club meets on November 24 at 6 PM at Taylor Books.

This month’s book is Mr. Muo’s Traveling Couch by Dai Sijie. Mr. Muo returns to his native China after studying in France, only to find his true love imprisoned by a Communist something [...]

[ December 11, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] If you work for a nonprofit and you need money, sign up for this free workshop at the Kanawha County Public Library. Librarian Olivia Bravo will show you how to use the Foundation Center’s online database to identify funding sources for your organization. And it won’t cost you anything but time.

The workshop is [...]

[ November 20, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Put a face with a screen-name.  There’s a gathering at the Capitol Roasters downtown Charleston where you can meet bloggers, facebook users, tweeters, and other members of the Charleston-area’s online community.  Show up any time between 5:30pm and 7pm to say hi.

[ November 28, 2008 8:00 pm to November 29, 2008 10:00 pm. November 29, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. November 30, 2008; 2:00 pm; December 4, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. December 5, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. December 6, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Contemporary Youth Arts Company presents MARY at the WVSU Capitol Center Theater. Read more about it here.

[ November 28, 2008; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Celebrate the season as you create your own ornaments, enjoy science shows, hear holiday stories and meet a special guest–Santa Claus! Holly Day place at the Clay Center from 11am-4pm on Friday November 28th.  The Ornament-making workshop starts at noon ($2 per ornament).  

Holly Day admission is included in the price of gallery admission: $7 [...]

[ December 6, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. December 7, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. December 8, 2008; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] The Charleston Stage Company presents David Sedaris’s play The Santaland Diaries. They’ve done this play twice before, but this is the last year that they’ll be staging it.

Shows are December 6, 7, & 8 at 8 PM at the Capitol Theater on Summers Street in Charleston.  Tickets are $15/adults, $10/students and seniors (free for WVSU students).

[ November 30, 2008; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Dr. Stuart McGehee, West Virginia State University professor of History, will give a presentation and lead a discussion about Abraham Lincoln and the birth of WV, linking West Virginia’s economic development to the process of statehood.

The talk takes place Kanawha County Public Library in Charleston on Sunday November 30th at 2pm.  Free, with registration required.