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March 21 — Virtual Walk In The Woods Fundraiser with PVAS

February 26, 2021

2021 American Conservation Film Festival

February 26, 2021

Exhibit at Berkeley Art Works Celebrates Historic African-American Cemetery

February 26, 2021

Book Review: Pop

February 26, 2021

March 5 — Virtual Concert: A Celtic Celebration

February 26, 2021

Feeling The Heartbeat Of Spring Emerging

February 26, 2021

March 9 — Speak Stories Presents Chetter Galloway

February 26, 2021

Take An Online Art Class This March At Berkeley Art Works

February 26, 2021

Connecting Solar In Jefferson County

February 24, 2021

A Look At Rural Zoning In Jefferson County

February 24, 2021

Inkwells Tavern Reopens in Charles Town

February 24, 2021

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Park Celebrates 50 Years

February 1, 2021

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Feb 5 — Shepherd University Music Virtual Concert

February 1, 2021 Tagged With: COVID-19, Shepherd University, Shepherd University Music Salon Series, virtual

The Shepherd University Music Salon Series presents a free virtual concert showcasing School of Music faculty. Read the Full Story >>

Feb 6-13 — Animal Welfare Society Valentine Virtual Action

February 1, 2021 Tagged With: Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County, virtual

The Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County is hosting a Valentine Virtual online auction fundraiser from February 6th - 13th Read the Full Story >>

Feb 9 — Speak Stories Series Presents Jasmin Cardenas

February 1, 2021 Tagged With: Speak Stories, storytelling, virtual

Cardenas is a Colombian-American award winning bilingual storyteller, actress, educator and social activist. She enjoys exploring the uncomfortable truths found when you grow up between cultures. Jasmin has always lived between worlds being told she’s not fully American in the US and a gringa in South America. Cardenas was awarded a 2020-2022 LAB Fellowship from Read the Full Story >>

CATF Shares Highlights of New Theater Online

January 16, 2021 Tagged With: Contemporary American Theater Festival, COVID-19, theater, virtual

The discussion and development of new theater goes on, even if the stages are dark. With the continued presence of COVID-19, the theater community continues to create and explore new avenues for sharing and collaborating online — offering the public glimpses into the process that would normally not be so visible. The Contemporary American Theater Read the Full Story >>

Talking Across Time & Space

January 4, 2021 Tagged With: Adam Booth, Appalachian traditions, COVID-19, Shepherd University, storytelling, virtual

Adam Booth

Adam Booth credits a course he took with Rachael Meads in the Appalachian Studies department at Shepherd University for starting him on the path to becoming a professional storyteller, a passion he has pursued as a career for the past fifteen years.  Read the Full Story >>

Reading Programs for All Ages at the Shepherdstown Library

January 4, 2021 Tagged With: reading, Shepherdstown Public Library, virtual

The Shepherdstown Public Library continues its regular weekly reading programs for all ages and adds a new program for teens this month. Visit the “events” tab on the Library’s Facebook page at 11 am on Tuesdays and 6 pm on Saturdays for live storytime presentations. You can view past storytime presentations under the “video” tab Read the Full Story >>

Speak Story Series hosts storyteller Elizabeth Rose with Online Event

November 20, 2020 Tagged With: Appalachian traditions, Elizabeth Rose, ghost stories, Speak Stories, storytelling, virtual

Speak Story Series hosts storyteller Elizabeth Rose in an on-line performance. Elizabeth’s stories include a blend of traditional southern folklore, Appalachian tales, mountain ballads, ghost stories, songs and her own personal stories of growing up in small town East Tennessee. She is an educator, workshop leader, presenter, and professional storyteller.December 8, 2020, 7:30 pm Pre-registration Read the Full Story >>

Living with Racism as a Black Woman

October 29, 2020 Tagged With: Donna Washington, racism, Shepherdstown Speak Story Series, storytelling, virtual

Donna Washington.

Tune in from the comfort of home to be informed, entertained, and perhaps discomfited by, Donna Washington’s performance of “The Chairs in the Trees” presented by Speak Storytelling.  Read the Full Story >>

Music Performance Transposed for COVID-19

October 29, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, music, performance, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown School of Music, virtual

The Music School at Shepherd University makes a point to be a highly personalized experience for its students. In contrast to many programs at larger institutions, Shepherd is focused on undergraduates and emphasizes the opportunities for its students to study directly with faculty. Unfortunately, the very adjectives that one would use to describe music programs in general and Shepherd’s program specifically — intimate, group, performance, together — also describe the activities the health department advises against during the pandemic health crisis. Read the Full Story >>

Navigating A Difficult Road

October 27, 2020 Tagged With: Bondy Shay Gibson, COVID-19, Jefferson County Schools, online learning, virtual

looking down the school bus line at Shepherdstown Middle School

The Observer asked Stephen Willingham to explore how the local public school system is managing through the current public health crisis. The author interviewed the Superintendent and also spoke with teachers about their experiences in the classroom and online. Read the Full Story >>

Tuning In Virtually

September 1, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, Friends of Music, Jed Gaylin, Musical Postcards, virtual

two musicians play Tchaikovsky None but the Lonely Heart on piano and violin over a video stream.

With its regular concert activities on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the eastern panhandle's Friends of Music organization is experimenting with technology to produce virtual concerts they're calling "Musical Postcards," Read the Full Story >>

Online, Distant, Together, Ready

August 1, 2020 Tagged With: COVID-19, Shepherd University, virtual

A banner for the "Ram Ready" back to school effort posted outside McMurran Hall at Shepherd University

Shepherd University is moving forward with virtual and in-person instruction starting August 24, with an accelerated semester that reclaims Labor Day and Fall Break as instructional days and ends just before Thanksgiving. Read the Full Story >>

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