This week, a poet and musician draws inspiration from a distant family connection to the Grand Ole Opry’s Little Jimmy Dickens. Also, for 15 years, a Virginia library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game for teens.
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THIS SUNDAY: Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls on Mountain Stage
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Tickets are still available or watch online from anywhere thanks to VuHaus.
This Sunday Mountain Stage will record episode #909 at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, WV at 7pm. Broadway star and West Virginia native Michael Cerveris comes home to the mountain state to guest-host Mountain Stage and showcase performances by Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls, alt-pop duo Overcoats, indie-soul songwriter Seth Glier, former Varnaline/Space Needle member and multi-instrumentalist Anders Parker, and emerging roots-folks artist Becca Mancari. This show is presented as part of FestivALL Fall.
You can read the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s feature on Cerveris here, and scroll down to preview some of the latest material from our guest artists.
Tickets are still available for the show online, by phone at 877.987.6487, or locally at Taylor Books in downtown Charleston. There’s nothing quite like experiencing Mountain Stage live, but those of you who are unable to make it to the show can watch online from anywhere thanks to our partners at VuHaus.com. Just point your browser to VuHaus.com or MountainStage.org at 7pm EDT and enjoy the show.
Mountain Stage is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music. The program is heard on over 200 public radio stations nationwide. This episode is scheduled for distribution on Friday December 1. The show is available as a podcast and you can watch some of our favorite performances on our VuHaus Channel.
Overcoats make their second appearance on Mountain Stage this Sunday in Charleston. Tickets are available or you can watch online via VuHaus.
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