Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, About 4 hours ago

Appalachian Monster Game And Nelsonville Music Festival, Inside Appalachia

This week, a new roleplaying game gives folks in the workplace a chance to be a mythical Appalachian monster. Also, southeast Ohio’s Nelsonville Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in June. We talk with the founder about what keeps people coming back. And, members of a Ukrainian Catholic church in Wheeling, West Virginia, make pierogies for their community every week. What makes them so good?

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Arts & Culture Chris Schulz, About 7 hours ago

Morgantown Charity Poised To Celebrate 100 Years Of Service

Since 1926, the Quota Club of Morgantown has worked to help disadvantaged women and children, as well as people that are hard of hearing.

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Arts & Culture WVPB Staff, About 13 hours ago

Team Building With Appalachian Cryptids, This West Virginia Morning

Monsters in the workplace? Maybe. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is developing a team building game using Appalachian cryptids like Bigfoot and the Flatwoods Monster. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Jessica Hammer, associate professor and director of the university’s Center for Transformational Play, to learn more.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, May. 22, 2026

Recovery After Hurricane Helene, Inside Appalachia

This week, Hurricane Helene devastated central Appalachia and disrupted the lives of people in recovery. Also, in West Virginia, fur trapping continues, even in the 21st century. And, baseball is America’s past-time. One league is making the game more inclusive.

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