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As part of the Introduction to Folk Music class taught by Lynette Swiger, a square dance and cakewalk will be held in the Great Room of Cultures at the Frank and Jane Gabor WV Folklife Center on the campus of Fairmont State University. The dance is free and open to the public and has become... View Article
Dr. Raymond Alvarez will present “An African American Experience in Marion County 1850s - 1940s: Harriet Wilson Whitely and Alfred Meade". Alvarez will look at the lives of Alfred Meade, a freed slave, and his sister-in-law, Harriet Wilson Whitely (Aunt Hat) who was the last person born into slavery in Marion County. The program will... View Article
In The Arkansaw Bear, ten-year-old Tish wants to tell her grandfather that she has seen a poster for a circus that is coming to town, but Grandfather is gravely ill. Young Tish is aware that her dear grandfather is dying. Her mother and aunt are unable to comfort her due to their own grief, so Tish... View Article
In The Arkansaw Bear, ten-year-old Tish wants to tell her grandfather that she has seen a poster for a circus that is coming to town, but Grandfather is gravely ill. Young Tish is aware that her dear grandfather is dying. Her mother and aunt are unable to comfort her due to their own grief, so Tish... View Article
In The Arkansaw Bear, ten-year-old Tish wants to tell her grandfather that she has seen a poster for a circus that is coming to town, but Grandfather is gravely ill. Young Tish is aware that her dear grandfather is dying. Her mother and aunt are unable to comfort her due to their own grief, so Tish... View Article
In The Arkansaw Bear, ten-year-old Tish wants to tell her grandfather that she has seen a poster for a circus that is coming to town, but Grandfather is gravely ill. Young Tish is aware that her dear grandfather is dying. Her mother and aunt are unable to comfort her due to their own grief, so Tish... View Article
Local author and educator, Amy Williams Wilson, will read from her book, The Bite, The Breast, and the Blood: Why Modern Vampire Stories Suck Us In. Central to every vampire story is the undead's need for human blood, but equally compelling is the human ingestion of vampire blood, which often creates a bond. Wilson’s analysis of... View Article
Fairmont State University adjunct professor, Ilene Evans will portray educator and suffragist, Coralie Franklin Cook. Coralie Franklin Cook was born enslaved. She went on to graduate from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, WV, the first descendant of a Monticello enslaved person to graduate from college. She was a gifted public speaker, and she taught elocution... View Article
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center will host The Civil War: Selections from the Porter Stiles Collection. The exhibit focuses on the Civil War and West Virginia’s involvement and features artifacts on loan from the collection of local Civil War expert Porter Stiles. Stiles will speak about the collection with a reception... View Article
Cicero Fain will read from his book Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. Using interviews and archival materials, Fain details the rise of the Black working class as it pursued, then fulfilled, its aspirations in early 20th Century Huntington. Fain, who grew up in Huntington, is a professor of history at the College of Southern Maryland.... View Article
New York Times Bestselling Author Sharyn McCrumb will read from her book, The Unquiet Grave. Known for her “ballad books” including The Ballad of Frankie Silver and The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, McCrumb’s work celebrates the history and folklore of Appalachia. The Unquiet Grave contains plot points from the popular West Virginia folktale, The Greenbrier Ghost.... View Article
Storyteller Ilene Evans will play Coralie Franklin Cook. Born into slavery, Mrs. Cook was educated at Storer College in Harpers Ferry and went on to become an educator, suffragist, and civil rights activist. Cook taught elocution at Howard University and was on the Board of Education in Washington, D.C. Ms. Evans is an adjunct professor... View Article
Fairmont State University alumnae, Bonnie Proudfoot will read from Goshen Road: A Novel. This work of fiction is about a working-class family in West Virginia. It illustrates the experiences of sisters Dessie and Billie Price and how they cope with family, personal adversities, and cultural changes in Appalachia for over 20 years. The stories begin... View Article
Burnis R. Morris will read from his book, Carter G. Woodson: History, The Black Press, and Public Relations. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History, was the second African-American to receive a doctorate from Harvard. He was a dean at Howard University and West Virginia Collegiate Institute (now West Virginia State University). Woodson lobbied... View Article
Lynette Swiger, Brian Conaway, and Brad Swiger will be talking about dulcimer player Patty Looman and playing some of her music. This presentation is part of the Trunk of Traditional Tunes supported by the West Virginia Humanities Council.
The Fairmont State University Department of Humanities and the Masquers student theatre organization will present Us and Them on Tuesday, March 22 at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Wallman Hall Theatre on campus, with free admission for both showings. Us and Them is a short play appropriate for adults and children as young... View Article
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