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Free Writing Workshop!

[ March 28, 2009; 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. ] Folks, the WV Division of Culture and History is getting all cultural witha  free day-long creative writing workshop on Saturday, March 28.  If you write poetry, stories, essays, blog posts, stone tablet carvings, kids’ books, fake phone numbers on bar napkins, on the wall, comics, sandwich orders, or novels, this is a free event you [...]

[MUSIC] Charleston Civic Chorus Winter Concert

[ December 7, 2008; 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The Charleston Civic Chorus will perform their FREE Winter Concert. Free, wonderful music!

Sunday, December 7
2:30 PM
Charleston Baptist Temple
209 Morris Street

Here’s what they’ll be singing. See you there!

[FREE FILM] West Virginia Sierra Club’s Coal Film Festival

[ November 22, 2008; 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Saturday, November 22 4 – 8:30 PM
Cultural Center Theater in Charleston

WV Sierra Club presents some FREE films about coal.  It ain’t Twilight, but it should be *enlightening.*  Get it?  Because coal burns to make light.  OK, good.

Films include:

Burning the Future: Coal in America
Kilowatt Ours
The Appalachians

etc.  For a complete list of films and speakers, visit here.

[ART] Downtown Charleston ArtWalk

[ 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 [...]

[WORKSHOP] Fundraising for Nonprofits

[ December 11, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. December 13, 2008; 9:00 am to 10:30 am. ] 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 [...]

[MUSIC] Free Piano Recital

[ November 25, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Free piano recital by John Mark Walkup at the WV State Capitol Cultural Center Theater, 7pm on Tuesday November 25th.  The program includes music by Carl Maria von Weber, Maurice Ravel, George Rochberg, and Frederic Chopin.  

This concert is part of the WV Division of Culture and History’s Collegiate Series, hosted by First Lady Gayle Manchin.

[MUSIC] Kanawha Forum

[ October 15, 2008; 12:05 pm to 1:00 pm. October 22, 2008; 12:05 pm to 1:00 pm. ] If you can sneak out of work midday on a Wednesday, you can check out free lunchtime concerts with the Kanawha Forum at the Kanawha United Presbyterian Church in Charleston.  The brief concerts are free, but you can pay for a reserved lunch.  Brooke Brown of “There’s a Blog in My Soup” has more about the [...]

[CONFERENCE] Women & Money Conference in Huntington

[ September 19, 2008; 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Ladies, the economy’s in turmoil. But that’s no reason to panic! The WV State Treasury is hosting a Women & Money Conference in Huntington on Friday, September 19.

Attend workshops all day on planning for retirement, saving for college, and getting discounts on handbags. OK, maybe not all of those.

The event is free, [...]

[ART] ROCK: Modern Concert Poster Art

[ September 18, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. September 19, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Free Rock Art Show! Sweet!

September 18 & 19
Doors open at 5:30

Good News Mountaineer Garage Gallery
221 Hale St.

Curated art by Marshhouse.

[DANCE] Spice up your life with a little Salsa

[ September 19, 2008; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Do you like Salsa? Perhaps you enjoy it on a Burrito or with a bag of chips. Or maybe you’re the type that prefers to dance Salsa instead. If you’re the latter then you should check out Comparsa. Charleston-based Comparsa is a salsa and merengue band that takes influences from from Latin America, Africa, Spain, and the [...]