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Film Festival Will Screen Rural LGBTQ Works In Shepherdstown This Month

The Appalachian Queer Film Festival showcases creative works centered around the LGBTQ experience in rural America. For its tenth anniversary this year, the festival is headed to Shepherdstown. West Vir...

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Shepherd Agriculturists Say Drought-Resistant Methods Could Be Path Through Changing Climate

Caught between a drought and recurring heat waves, farmers in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle are struggling with this year's crops. Some are calling for sustainable solutions.

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Theater Production Brings Story Of AIDS Epidemic's Impact On Black Americans To Eastern Panhandle

Donja R. Love's “What Will Happen To All That Beauty” is showing in Shepherdstown throughout July as part of the annual Contemporary American Theater Festival.

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New Play Explores How AIDS Epidemic Affected Black Americans, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, the AIDS epidemic beginning in the 1980s took hundreds of thousands of lives across the country, and even more around the world. A new theater production at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown highlights how the disease impacted the lives of Black Americans in particular.

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