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Picture This: Free Comic Book Day draws fans, families to shops

Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, an annual event to promote reading and collecting comics that sees stores like Asylum Comics in Marietta and Lost Legion Games & Comics – The Vault in Vienna offer free promotional issues to customers. The event is accompanied by sales and other ...

‘Wedding Singer’ opens today at Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre

The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre returns to the 1980s today when “The Wedding Singer” opens for a five-show run. The musical is based on the movie of the same name and is about Robbie Hart, the lead singer of a wedding band whose life begins to crumble when he is left standing alone at ...

Free Comic Book Day at local shops on Saturday

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, marking the 25th year of the event where comic stores give away free comics to everyone who walks inside. This year's selection features a diverse lineup of titles for all ages, from superheroes like Spider-Man, the X-Men, Superman and Batman to pop culture ...

Horton hears a cue! ‘Seussical’ takes the stage at Actors Guild

PARKERSBURG – The Actors Guild of Parkersburg will bring the colorful world of "Seussical the Musical" to the stage this weekend, opening a production that blends childhood nostalgia with themes aimed at audiences of all ages. Directed by Josh Woodard, the musical draws primarily from ...

Innocence, adolescence explored in Peanuts-inspired dual productions

A pair of student theater productions are offering audiences two sharply contrasting interpretations of familiar characters, as performers and crew present "You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" in repertory. The shows run April 10, 11, 16, ...

Entertainment and more in the Mid-Ohio Valley

Artsbridge Calendar of Events for the week. TODAY * Diane Wigal wildlife photography exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., WesBanco, Market Street, Parkersburg * Art is Life/Life is Art, ages 55-plus, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Parkersburg Art Center * Celebrate Marietta's 238th Birthday, 5 p.m., ...