Bill Lynch

One Month at a Time: Getting into a pickle on purpose

Healing Appalachia, an outdoor concert produced by Hope in the Hills, a West Virginia-based nonprofit that works to combat the opioid crisis and support recovery in Appalachia, is moving to Boyd County, Kentucky for its 2025 event after being hosted in West Virginia since 2018.

That first cup of coffee after three weeks of none was amazing. It wasn’t that the coffee had a particularly amazing flavor or that the aroma they used to talk

The first time I tried non-alcoholic beer didn’t go so great.

New Year’s Day I looked out at the gray sky from my living room window and then checked the weather forecast on my phone.

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This week, we have: Final night of the St. Albans Festival of Lights, St. Albans City Park; Buffalo Wabs and The Price Hill Hustle, The Purple Fiddle; The Jesters Comedy Hour, Wandering Wind Meadery; Fletcher's Grove, The Purple Fidddle; The Plate Scrapers, The Purple Fiddle. Also, several New Year's Eve events are scheduled in the Kanawha Valley.

This week, we have: Charleston Christmas Parade in Downtown Charleston; Charleston Metro Band and South Charleston High School Chorus and Show Choir at The Labelle Theatre; Jim Brickman Comfort and Joy Live Holiday Concert and the Charleston Coliseum Theater; Children's Theatre of Charleston's "Frozen Jr." at the Clay Center; Charleston's Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl in Downtown Charleston; West Virginia Symphony Orchestra at Christ Church United Methodist Church; "A Touch of Holiday Magic" at The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center; and the final day of the Kanawha Valley Railroad Association Holiday Open House..

This week, we have: Evan Honer with Jack Wharff at The Loud; the Alban Arts Academy Family Magic Fundraiser featuring Joey Stepp at The Alban Arts Center; Beer and Christmas Carols at Fife Street Brewing; Charleston Metro Band with the Martin Luther King Jr. Male Chorus at The Labelle Theatre; Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at Joan C. Edwards Playhouse; "Mountain Stage" event BobThompson presents "Joy to the World" at the Culture Center Theater; Cheap Trick at Paramount Arts Center; Appalachian Children’s Chorus at Charleston Baptist Temple; "The Nutcracker" at the Clay Center; “Scrooge: The Musical” at St. Mark United Methodist Church; “Joseph, The Ultimate Stepfather" at the Alban Arts Center; Nativities from Around the World at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Hurricane Christmas Parade; Charleston WV Lighted Boat Parade; womanSong Chorale at Christ United Methodist Church; Friends of Old Time Music and Dance at Kanawha United Methodist Church; David Phelps 25th Anniversary Tour a