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    THE INTERVIEW: Ann Magnuson on the art of “suRURALism” and coming to ground in West Virginia

    October 29, 2022 /

    You need several categories — performer, musician, actress, artist, etc. — to sum up the swath Ann Magnuson has cut through the cultural scene since leaving her hometown of Charleston WV. And there’s a reason she comes back so often.

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    POETRY/PERFORMED: Two Versions of “BOOM BOOM” by Crystal Good

    September 1, 2022 /

    Here are two versions of Crystal Good reading/performing her iconic poem "BOOM BOOM," which reflects on strip-mining mountains and women who strip off their clothes for money.

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  • Music/Video,  Nature,  Photos/Video

    VIDEO: “WATER/CLOUD/WIND/LEAF: A Hoeft Marsh Melody”

    July 19, 2022 /

    Hoeft Marsh in Greenbottom WV is where I go when I want to get off the timeline of the world's news. Here's a short, lyrical visit there. It's a little fishy, at the end.

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  • Climate,  Music/Video,  Photos/Video

    ‘HEY JOE’: Harmonically urging Joe to take climate action

    June 8, 2022 /

    In late 2021, a harmonic convergence of West Virginians came together on the statewide music video "Hey Joe," urging Joe Manchin to take decisive action on the climate crisis.

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  • Art,  Music/Video,  Photos/Video,  Stories

    A first-hand story about an elephant’s birth in West Virginia

    May 27, 2022 /

    They had dreamed of an elephant for the parade that capped off All Together Arts Week in Mercer County. But where do you get an elephant? A group of artists and elephant enablers decided they must do what they had to do: manifest one.

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    5 QUESTIONS: Spencer Elliott on the Art of the Guitar

    May 3, 2022 /

    Spencer Elliott's instrumental guitar persona is two-fold: as a genre-defying solo performer and in the burning-down-the-house trio SE3. Like many stellar players, he has kept his day job in West Virginia's capital, even as his international fanbase grows.

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  • 5 Questions,  Music,  Music/Video,  Q-and-A,  Stories

    Chris Haddox tells stories from the hills, plus unexpected ones, too

    February 18, 2022 /

    On the occasion of the March 2022 release of his CD of high songcraft from the Appalachian hills, here's the world-premiere music video of the Chris Haddox tune "A Soul Can't Rest in Peace Beside the Four Lane — and a chat with the artist about songwriting and life.

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    Losing yourself in Lost River

    December 10, 2021 /

    Wandering the byways and backroads of the Lost River environs in eastern West Virginia, while trying to write a sorta memoir. An imagistic journey.

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    CHARACTERS, PART 1: A music video about how I never slept with Allen Ginsberg

    November 4, 2021 /

    What do you get when you mix famous poet Allen Ginsberg, a bonfire deep in the West Virginia hills, an interview, and a recording studio. Well, 30 years later you get a music video.

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    SPOKEN/WORD: “The Cold Visitor” by Bobby Lee Messer

    November 4, 2021 /

    The autumn leaves brighten the rolling hills with a kaleidoscope of colors. Yet in the wings of all such beauty awaits The Cold Visitor. Watching. Waiting. Always present. | A Spoken Word multimedia performance of an original work by Bobby Lee Messer.

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    CLIMATE/CRISIS: Taking the measure of climate change in three short videos

    November 4, 2021 /

    In three short videos, take the measure of climate change. The climate crisis deepens every day, yet more and more people planet-wide awaken daily to the reality of what must be done to turn down the fever threatening the planet.

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    MUSIC/VIDEO: “Sonata for Piano & West Virginia, No. 1”

    June 7, 2021 /

    We invite you to take five minutes from feeling harassed by the news or our own hectic heads for "Sonata for Piano & West Virginia No. 1." It offers another way of looking at West Virginia and those parts that remain uncorrupted, fresh, and true.

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    NATUREGRAM: Two minutes of nothing but pines, plus some calming music

    March 13, 2021 /

    We can't share with you the sweet aroma of a stand of pine trees in Putnam County, West Virginia. But we can share with you the experience of standing among them. A new WestVirginiiaVille shelter-in-nature short video.

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    VIDEO: Other ways of looking at a Mail Pouch barn

    February 16, 2021 /

    Mail Pouch barn signs became such an iconic, familiar image, showcased in tens of thousands of similarly framed snapshots, postcards, and saturated photographs that they are almost impossible to see afresh. We give it a go in "Chew This Way."

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    VIDEO: “Chasing Birds in Snow”

    February 10, 2021 /

    Take a 2-minute excursion into the heart of the heart of Nature, as a bunch of birds play leapfrog in the midst of a West Virginia snow squall.

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    VIDEO: “The Edge of Day”

    February 9, 2021 /

    Thoughts on high while at the edge of day. An original short video production featuring imagery and music by Bobby Lee Messer and words by Kim Wilkinson.

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    VIDEO: A Sky-high View of the New River Gorge Bridge

    January 30, 2021 /

    The New River Gorge Bridge is one of West Virginia's most iconic landmarks. But have you ever seen it from an eagle's eye view—or maybe an Olympian god's?

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  • Art,  Artifacts,  Music/Video,  Photos/Video

    VIDEO: 9 Ways of Looking at ‘Hallelujah”

    December 30, 2020 /

    We dip into the archives of West Virginia cultural multimedia with a 2010 video appreciation of Albert Paley's striking 198,000 monumental sculpture, "Hallelujah," in Charleston WV. Get up close-and personal with a great work of art.

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    VIDEO: The debut of “Animals in Appalachia” with “Deer Me”

    December 22, 2020 /

    In the start of a new short video series, "Animals in Appalachia" by WestVirginiaVille.com, a mother deer puts her foot down as she momentarily loses track of her two fawns.

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    VIDEO: The Artist’s Work Considered As a Moving Picture Show

    December 19, 2020 /

    Sharon Lyn Stackpole's art considered as a video: "I always had a female character in my drawings either in illustration form or comic and I'd have her acting out whatever I was also living in my drawings. For some reason, this was reassuring and helped me to feel less alone."

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