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The spring broadcast season of Mountain Stage kicks off this week with the premiere of our 42nd anniversary show, recorded in December of 2025. On this episode, host Kathy Mattea welcomes The Bacon Brothers, Rose Cousins, Shawn Camp, Mark Erelli, and Tessa McCoy & The State Birds.
This is the time of year when the city of Charleston becomes a work of art. FestivALL runs through this week an includes concerts of all kinds of music, theater, shows, dances and, of course, art.
At the Clay Center this week is “Art for ALL: A Juried Children’s Exhibit” with works from children ages pre-K to 6th grade.
When you see it, you will notice the beautiful dioramas, drawings and paintings, but also take a look at how these works are displayed.
This exhibit employs it’s own curator. We spoke with Amanda Rogers, an art history major from West Virginia University, as she prepared to go to work.
Amanda Rogers holds one of the paintings featured in the children’s art exhibit she is curating at the Clay Center.
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