Entertainment

SHELLY’S WORLD: Fiction The Happy Store – The Mystery of the Missing Wallet

Clementine puts on her Sherlock hat in her 32nd adventure at The Happy Store.

 

With very few exceptions, The Happy Store’s customers are conventional. They dress nicely in go-to-the-office clothes, and they have perfect hair, makeup and nails. Even male shoppers (often husbands) look as if they are on their way to play golf or buy yachts after negotiating million dollar deals. For the most part, they are also kindly people with benevolent dispositions. But their worlds do not include house parties to which pretty girls are invited that have tattoos on their arms, backs, necks, or wrists. Read more

SHELLY’S WORLD: Fiction The Happy Store – Where’s Walter?

Business comes to an abrupt halt during Clementine’s 31st adventure at The Happy Store.

 

Clementine Fraile, after working for over a year at The Happy Store, had come to think of Walter Graybill, the store manager, as their paterfamilias. When Walter asked her what that meant, she replied, “The male head of a household. The father figure. Our protector. The man in charge.” Read more

Marshall Student APO Semi-Finalist

Huntington –  Zac Doss, a voice student in the Marshall University School of Music, will perform in an online voice competition sponsored by the American Pops Orchestra, directed by Luke Frazier. Read more

Updated List of Huntington Businesses Closed, Offering Curbside Pick-up/Limited Delivery

 

Below, is an updated list of Huntington retail establishments, including bars and restaurants, either closed or offering curbside pick-up/limited delivery.  The list is courtesy of the Huntington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau in conjunction with the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce, and will be updated as information becomes available. 

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SHELLY’S WORLD: Fiction The Happy Store – Enter Stage Right. Exit Stage Left

A visitor from the past menaces The Happy Store in Clementine’s 30th Adventure.

 

After innumerable pilgrimages to The Happy Store, it was obvious to Clementine Fraile’s co-workers that her father, Rufus Fraile, was unapologetically enamored with their beautiful, blond, effervescent lead sales associate, Betty Davis. Read more

Comet, Charge Add Programming

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI), today announced that it would be making significant changes to content across three, company-owned networks, including Comet, Charge!, and TBD. The channels, which are available to the vast majority of households across the U.S., will now carry some of the most popular classic television series, as well as TBD's first-ever original series, The Link. The new programming will go live to the channels' wide over-the-air-distribution as well as across streaming, cable and satellite services beginning April 6, 2020. Streaming options include STIRR, Sinclair's free, ad-supported streaming service. Read more

Looking for Inspiration While Sheltering in Place

Love in the time of cholera. Art in the time of coronavirus…

Seemingly overnight, the entire fabric of daily life has been turned upside down. And yet—between trying to order groceries online and refreshing the homepage of our chosen news source—it’s important we keep ourselves optimistic, energized, and engaged (and, perhaps, a little distracted). It’s also important to make space for sharing and processing the darker side of this new reality. Read more

SHELLY'S WORLD FICTION ... The Happy Store # 29 - The Magnificent Bouquet

Clementine tests Walter’s patience in her 29th adventure at The Happy Store.

 

Trust. Distrust. And validation. All three permeated the atmosphere of The Happy Store that Friday like threads woven into one of the ribbons in Clementine’s father’s ribbon factory. Read more

"Pandemic" Documentary Demonstrates Humankind Didn't Follow the Cues

Three years ago, CNN aired its documentary, "An  Unseen Enemy : Pandemic," which likened the Ebola epidemic to a "war." It documented how "better systems"  had not been in place for the 2014 "just drop and die" epidemic. 

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King's Island, Cedar Point Delay Season

Richard Zimmerman,  CEO Cedar Fair which operates King's Island, Cedar Point and other parks announced: Read more

Banff Mountain Film Festival has canceled due to threat of Coronavirus

HUNTINGTON, WV- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Banff Mountain Film Festival – scheduled for Tuesday, March 31st at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center - has been canceled. Read more

Cinemas Closed due to Virus; A few Virus Flicks on DVD

A subset of end of civilization films inject a biological disease. Some ("Andromedia Strain") follow a "rare" outbreak; others jump into an overwhelmed zombie sick populace, and a few imagine a strain spreading from contacts with other worlds.  Read more

America concert tonight has been canceled

Due to the current epidemic which is now called a pandemic, America has regrettably had to cancel their performance scheduled for tonight, Thursday, March 12th at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. America cannot morally or ethically put their fans in a compromising position. Read more

Marshall’s HerdCon Cancelled

Huntington - Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus panic, Marshall University announced Monday cancellation of an upcoming pop culture convention Read more

Marshall to present concert featuring Brass Band of the Tri-State

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University School of Music will present a concert by the Brass Band of the Tri-State at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in Smith Recital Hall on the Huntington campus. The band was established 25 years ago and consists of community members and students. They perform a variety of music, ranging from classical and contemporary to popular, with the instrumentation of the traditional British brass band. Read more

Starting Friday on the Big Screen

This Week's New Movies

BLOODSHOT

Based on the bestselling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. Read more

Marshall’s MUsic Alive Series to present ‘Between Wien and Berlin’

Huntington –  The Marshall University School of Music will present “Between Wien and Berlin,” featuring faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith on violin and Dr. Henning Vauth on piano. Read more

SHELLY’S WORLD: Fiction ... The Happy Store – A Cow Jumped Over the Moon

A Hurricane and hot chocolate dominate Clementine’s 28th adventure at The Happy Store.

 

Even before a three-legged cow flew over the sign at the entrance to the mall, the mood at The Happy Store was tense. But it was Monday morning, and Mondays were always peculiar. Read more

Marshall Artists Series Wins WV Governor’s Arts Award for Third Time

Huntington -  Yesterday the Marshall Artists Series was thrilled to be awarded the 2020 West Virginia Governor’s Arts Award for Leadership in the Arts- Organization.  The award was presented by West Virginia Commission on the Arts member, David Tyson, who is also the Co-President of the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.  Read more

Second Annual HerdCon Saturday

Huntington - Marshall University’s Libraries and Online Learning is sponsoring the second annual HerdCon, Marshall’s pop culture convention, planned for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 14, in the Memorial Student Center..

HerdCon will include cosplay competitions, live action role-playing demonstrations, gaming, discussion panels, vendors, artists, a Scholastic book fair and more. Read more

Marshall Professor Judges International Piano Festival in Taiwan

Huntington – Dr. Henning Vauth, a professor of piano in Marshall University’s School of Music, traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, last month to be a member of the faculty and jury for the International Maestro Piano Festival and Competition. Read more

Spring International Film Festival at Keith-Albee March 5 - 8

Huntington - The first ever foreign film to take the Oscar for Best Picture is among those featured at this year’s Spring International Film Festival.

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Starts Friday "Wayback," "Onward, "Anna"

STARTS FRIDAY

ONWARD

Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney-Pixar's "Onward" introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

 WAY BACK

Jack Cunningham once had a life filled with promise. Now years later, Jack is spiraling down, triggered by an unspeakable loss, and drowning in the alcoholism that cost him his marriage and any hope for a better life. Read more

Croce Cancels As Opening Act for America’s 50th Anniversary Tour

Under doctor’s orders, performer A.J. Croce will have to cancel his planned appearance as the opening act for America’s 50th Anniversary Tour. However, the show must go on. The Grammy Award-Winning band America will still perform all their hits at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center on Thursday, March 12th at 7:30 PM as originally planned. Read more

"Impractical Jokers," "The Invisible Man"Now Showing

OPENS  FRIDAY

 INVISIBLE MAN

Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer, NBC's The InBetween), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge, Straight Outta Compton) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid, HBO's Euphoria). But when Cecilia's abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. Read more

Dance Gala to Honor Hay

Huntington –  Marshall University’s School of Theatre and Dance will host its annual dance gala Saturday, March 14, honoring one woman’s lifetime commitment to the art. 

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11th Annual Festival of New Music at Marshall Feb. 27-28

 Huntington – The Marshall University School of Music will host the 11th annual Festival of New Music on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 27 and 28 with three concerts featuring guest composers, and University composition students. Read more

Marquee Southridge Celebrates Grand Re Opening with two Marquee Extreme Auditoriums

The South Charleston Southridge Marquee Cinema location hosts a "grand re-opening celebration" Saturday, Feb. 22 from 12 noon untill 5 p.m. All tickets are $5 and a free small popcorn will be offered with a ticket purchase. There is an "up charge" for the Marquee Extreme auditoriums of $1.50.  The Call of the Wild is available as an MXC; Early showings of Sonic the Hedgehog are offered in MXC and a late show of Brahms : Boy II. Read more

"Parasite" Comes to Big Screen

"Parasite," the South Korean film that made history as the first international movie to win Best Picture of the Year, will have a limited showing starting Friday at Marquee Pullman Square. The film which stunned Oscar watchers is a complex allegory about the lower and upper classes. For Charleston moviegoers, it's at Park Place Stadium Cinema. 

Other films opening will be Call of the Wild and Brahams: Boy II.

BRAHAMS BOY II

After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms. Read more

Valentine's Day Films

STARTS VALENTINE'S DAY

An animated adaptation of the Sonic Hedgehog video game is expected to top the box office as the only new family oriented film after weeks of no new entries in the genre. The Photograph and Bluehouse's Fantasy Island eill attract Valentine's Day couples, but both films are anticipated to gain only 33% each of "Sonic's" #1 weekend opening. 

 

THE PHOTOGRAPH

When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton (Rae) hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked In away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block (Stanfield). Read more

Norwegian Jazz Band Performs at Marshall Feb. 24

Huntington – The Marshall University School of Music and the Central City New Music Series will present Central City New Music #4, featuring the Norwegian jazz band Friends & Neighbors, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Smith Recital Hall on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Read more