HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Mavens Nine, an exhibition by The Feminist Art Project, will open with a public reception at 6 p.m. Friday, March 12 at Gallery 842 in Huntington. The exhibition will continue until Friday, April 23.
The Feminist Art Project is an established group of local artists who share the common goal of highlighting the talent and significance of female artists. The collection of artists is a continuation of the group previously launched by Katherine Cox in 2008.
Featured artists in Mavens Nine include Earline Allen, Natalie Burdette, Katherine Cox, Mary Grassell, …

Georgia Poet Laureate David Bottoms will read from his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in the auditorium of the Huntington Museum of Art.
Bottoms is the author of seven collections of poems, including the Walt Whitman Award-winning Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump, praised by Robert Penn Warren as having “a vision [in which] the actual world is not transformed, but illuminated.” Recent books include his selected poems, Armored Hearts, and Waltzing Through the Endtime.
He has earned fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for …

When I was young, the church I attended had regular pot-luck dinners. People would bring their “signature dish”; an old favorite such as fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, brownies or waldorf salad. Some of the adventurous would spring a new recipe on the group (I seem to recall a Thai noodle salad being particularly controversial at the time). When the tables were set we would make our way down the buffet, piling our plates high with a smorgasbord of mismatched food; which always seemed to pair perfectly in the end. At …

The Marshall Artists Series is proud to present the Spring International Film Festival March 5 – 7 at the historic Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center in downtown Huntington. Six films from six different countries will play during the weekend festival, each one with a unique story to tell.
Academy Award nominee Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (Belgium) shows how Burma became headline news across the globe when peaceful Buddhist monks led a massive rebellion. More than 100,000 people took to the streets protesting a cruel dictatorship that has held the country hostage for more …

The Marshall Artists Series presents the National Symphony Orchestra of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, April 10th 8 p.m. at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center in Huntington, W.Va.
“We are honored that West Virginia was selected as the 20th state in the country to host our nation’s treasure,” said Penny Watkins, executive director of the Marshall Artists Series. “Also, we are excited that our Marshall University students and other …

Andrés Saborío, a guitarist from Costa Rica, will give a recital on Marshall University’s Huntington campus Sunday, March 7. The recital will take place at 8 p.m. in the Smith Recital Hall.
Regarded as one of the outstanding Costa Rican guitarists of his generation, Saborío began to study guitar in 1996 and immediately decided to dedicate his studies and life’s work entirely to music. That decision took him to the University of Costa Rica and later to Indiana University, where he earned his master’s degree in 2005.
He has performed as a …

First Annual Zombie Walk to benefit Huntington/Cabell/Wayne Animal Control Shelter. Admission is one of the following: a cash donation, sheets, cleaning supplies, dry dog food, dry cat food, toys, etc. We will have music, dancing, The Undead Walk, and a raffle. Raffle tickets will be purchased for 1$ a piece, and the prizes include tickets for Marquee Cinemas, The Funny Bone, books such as Pride Prejudice and Zombies, and a guitar donated by Route 60 Music. The event will begin at 6 pm, and if you would like makeup applied, …

Join the Marshall Artists Series, HIMG and St. Mary’s Medical Center for an informal opera chat on Tuesday March 2, at 7:00pm, in St. Mary’s Center for Education Rahall Conference Room, located at the corner of 5th Ave. and 29th St. (use 5th Avenue Entrance). Our guest speaker will be MU’s Professor of music, Dr. Larry Stickler. Dr. Stickler is an opera aficionado and has hosted opera chats in the past to great acclaim. His knowledge and passion for opera is infectious.
The Marshall Artists Series opera chat …

Dr. Tina Cartwright, an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Services at Marshall University, will present “Launching Tomorrow’s Scientists” and share the outcomes of her work to help low-income minority children develop interest in science and find their way into science careers. The presentation will take place Thursday, March 4 on MU’s Huntington campus.
Cartwright is the featured speaker in the 2nd annual Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Symposium. It is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre at the Joan C. Edwards …

Pedal for PATH, a Spin-a-thon planned to raise money for the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health, will take place Tuesday, March 16 in the spin room at the Marshall Recreation Center on Marshall University’s Huntington campus.
The event is open to the public, which means participants do not have to be members of the Marshall Recreation Center. It is being organized by the Marshall University School of Medicine AMA (American Medical Association) and the Marshall Recreation Center.
The Paul Ambrose Trail for Health is a proposed 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail system …