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    PASSAGES: In Praise of Paul Flaherty

    March 8, 2025 /

    I don't usually post obituaries in this occasional publication devoted to the life and times and the notable people in the villages of WestVirginiaville. But the lovely remembrance and acknowledgment below of Paul Flaherty's rich life, written by Rebecca Kimmons, pays homage to a notable person who for decades played key roles in the cultural, creative, and musical life in West Virginia's capital city.

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    GLORY DAYS and POETRY

    January 7, 2025 /

    Remembering a longtime colleague on the long and crazy march through a newsroom career — one who brought the poetry to the frontlines while on deadline, as we sought to reinvent the American newspaper feature section at the outset of the 21st century.

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    Saying Goodbye to Bill | In 3 Parts

    February 13, 2024 /

    Bill Hart, a dear traveling companion through this vale and holler of light and darkness, passed from this mysterious world on Friday evening, on Feb. 9, 2024. Here are some thoughts and images about a notable human being, artist, and world-class craftsman. And, to be sure, a genuinely offbeat, unconventional, and bohemian soul.

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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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    CHARACTERS | A visit with a ‘cozmic’ polymath prof and his harmonium

    October 26, 2022 /

    Marshall U. prof Bill Price has a Ph.D. in Biomolecular Physics, reads Sanskrit (but says he's not fluent), and has pages of peer-reviewed publications on his Curriculum Vitae. He also plays the harmonium, had a Naval Academy appointment and began yoga at age 11.

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    ‘HERO OF THE OPEN HEART’: A WV native’s global humanitarian life showcased in documentary

    May 27, 2022 /

    When "The Wake Up Call" make its West Virginia debut June 23, 2022 in the state's capital city, the documentary will train a lingering spotlight on a remarkable global humanitarian life which ranged far beyond the Appalachian hills where Dave Evans was born.

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    HERO OF THE OPEN HEART: The Long, Strange Trip of Dave Evans’ Notable Life

    August 4, 2021 /

    He was a West Virginia coal miner’s son who lost his legs below the knees in a deadly ambush in Vietnam at age 18. What happened next sounds like a movie script. Dave Evans went on to work across the planet, building and fitting prosthetic legs, hands, and arm for thousands of adults and children in conflict zones worldwide. A look back at a remarkable life.

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    IN MEMORIUM: Giancarlo DiTrappano

    April 17, 2021 /

    Recalling "Tyrant" book editor, "bad boy" of publishing, and Charleston, West Virginia native Giancarlo DiTrappano.

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    PASSAGES: Sister Mary Pellicane Moves On at 99

    March 17, 2021 /

    A look back at the long life of Sister Mary Pellicane, who died today at age 99, at the Catholic retreat house in West Virginia's capital city that she helped found.

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    BLACK HISTORY 1: ‘I was first-class in my own mind’

    February 7, 2021 /

    As part of our Black History Month coverage, here is the tale of Mountain State native Joe Turner, part of a pioneering officer class of Black West Virginians who served with distinction in Vietnam and beyond.

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