“Better the Devil,” by Erik J. Brown. Publication date: Jan. 20. 398 pages. Erik J. Brown offers up a YA novel full of murder and deceit. A gay teen from West Virginia runs away from home when his religious parents try to force him into a conversion camp. He spends eight months ...
PARKERSBURG — The Actors Guild of Parkersburg will open its production of “Radium Girls” tonight, bringing a powerful, fact-based drama about labor rights and workplace safety to the Mid-Ohio Valley. Performances are scheduled for tonight, Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m., with ...
PARKERSBURG — The Arc of the Mid Ohio Valley will hold its annual Cabin Fever Fundraiser from 6-10 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Parkersburg Art Center, 725 Market St. Tickets are $40 each or $75 per couple. The buffet will be by Valley Catering and cookies for dessert will be provided by the Patriot ...
MARIETTA — The Esbenshade Series and Marietta College will welcome Grammy Award-winning artist Dom Flemons to The Gathering Place on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m., for an evening celebrating American roots music. Known as “The American Songster,” Flemons is widely regarded as one of the ...
You know what zombie movies never seem to have enough of? Dancing. They've got gore and screaming and lots of guttural snarling, but no boogie. That all changes with "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" and the dancing here is to — naturally off-kilter — 1980s heroes Duran Duran. The fourth ...
Lines between cop and criminal get murky in Joe Carnahan's "The Rip," a crime thriller set across one foggy Miami night, starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Damon and Affleck, of course, are so closely associated with Boston — most recently they produced the 2024 heist movie "The ...
