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Every Christmas Story Ever told is set to premiere on Dec. 4, 2024.

Holiday spirit to light up the stage in Christmas comedy

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter November 25, 2024

“Every Christmas Story Ever Told” will bring fun and jokes to the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. “It’s not a super serious thing. There’s...

Monta's book discussing the power of liberal education

Columbia scholar talked the transformative power of classic philosphy at the MSC

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter November 19, 2024

Classic texts by philosophers like Socrates and Plato were discussed in Roosevelt Montas’ new book. Montas, senior lecturer of American studies and...

Mean Girls national Broadway tour

‘On Wednesdays We Wear Pink’: Broadway show Mean Girls to come to campus

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter November 10, 2024

Promoting the “Mean Girls” musical coming to Marshall University on Nov. 13 has been a labor of fun, said a representative of the Marshall Artists...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a native of Piedmont, WV.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. to host talk at Joan C. Edwards Playhouse

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter November 9, 2024

Topics concerning African American history and genealogy will be discussed by cultural critic and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Marshall President...

University President Brad D. Smith poses in front of a pumpkin designed in his likeness.

Kenova Pumpkin House gears up for 46th anniversary

Maggie Gibbs, Staff Reporter October 30, 2024

A local Halloween tradition has a new twist that is calculated to amuse and amaze. The key word is “calculated” because for the first time, the...

International Film Festival free to students

International Film Festival free to students

Nolan Duncan, Staff Reporter October 24, 2024

The Marshall Artist Series’ International Film Festival returns on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse with four films to show. Angela...

Becky Borlan

Art conference highlights public artists

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter October 21, 2024

“It’s a process; it’s a journey to get from here to there,” a public artist from Maryland said in an artist talk on Thursday. Becky Borlan was...

The concert will take place in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in Huntington.

Marshall Artists Series kicks off with Mountain Stage Concert

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter October 18, 2024

Live music comes to the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center for the return of a historic event. The Mountain Stage Concert returns for its 88th season,...

Huntington Pride Festival returns for 2024

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter October 17, 2024

Following its mission of supporting Huntington’s LGBTQ community, Huntington Pride will host the Huntington Pride Festival on Oct. 19 from 3 p.m. to...

Carter Sickels is the author of "The Evening Hour" and "The Prettiest Star."

Award-winning author to bring LGBTQ narratives to Appalachia

Jordan Ooten, Student Reporter October 15, 2024

Stories of LGBTQ representation and Appalachia are touched on in the novels “The Evening Hour” and “The Prettiest Star” by award-winning author...

Chef Izzy, program director and head chef of Huntington's Kitchen assembling her pumpkin at a previous competition

Pumpkin carving contest to keep children’s spaces accessible in Huntington

Kaitlyn Fleming, Opinions & Culture Editor October 14, 2024

Halloween transcends trick-or-treating and candy; it provides an opportunity for communities to come together and rally around local children, one member...

The Tsubasacon logo

Tsubasacon returns to Charleston for 21st year

Nate Harrah, Student Reporter October 10, 2024

West Virginia’s longest-running anime, manga and gaming convention returns to the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center tomorrow, Oct. 11, until...

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