Working with striking colors and huge canvases, Traci Higginbotham has a unique abstract expressionist style.

Title: WV Division of Culture and History: Workshops for WritersLocation: 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, WV 25305Link out: Click hereDescription: Writers Toolkit: Workshops for Writers Description: A day of sessions to help writers in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children\’s literature.
Hours: 9am – 3pm
Event Website: http://www.wvculture.org/museum/2009writerscon.doc
Venue: West Virginia Cultural Center
Location: Free.
Registration on site at 9am, workshops begin at 10.
(304) 558-0220Date: 2009-03-28

Title: Family Concert Series – The Classical Clown with Dan KaminLocation: Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia, One Clay Square, Charleston, WV 25301Link out: Click hereDescription: The Classical Clown with Dan Kamin Watch the sparks fly as Classical Clown Dan Kamin battles Maestro Grant Cooper for control of the orchestra. By the time it’s all over, the clown conducts and the maestro turns into a clown! Dan Kamin created the physical comedy sequences for the movies Chaplin and Benny and Joon, and also trained Robert Downey, …

Title: Murder Mystery: \”A Country Music Murder\”Location: Pipestem Resort State Park, Rt. 20 Box 150, Pipestem, WV 25979Link out: Click hereDescription: The Bodacious Bodines are back on the road! These three singing sisters were once a country music sensation that almost had a hit record once. Please join us for some songs and shenanigans. Package Overnight package available, they include lodging for two at McKeever Lodge, dinner and theater for two: $133.82. Dinner and theater only available. Taxes and gratuities included.
(304) 466-1800Start Date: 2009-03-21End Date: 2009-03-22

Title: The Legacy of Mary Ingles Dinner TheaterLocation: Hawks Nest State Park. 177 West Main Street, P.O. Box 857, Ansted, WV 25812Link out: Click hereDescription: March 21 Hawks Nest State Park The Mary Ingles Trail Associates presents a historical drama based on research of the life of Mary Draper Ingles. Embroiled in the turmoil of the French & Indian War, Mary was captured by the Shawnee Indians in July of 1755 and after several months, she escaped and made her way back home by walking over 500 miles. That journey …

Title: Tamarack Dinner Theatre – \”Song for a New World\”Location: One Tamarack Park, Beckley, WV 25801Link out: Click hereDescription: A musical production which ran off-broadway in 1995, the show is simple: four performers and a band. While this musical revue has no central plot, each song tells a story of how we can deal with stress, terror, and anxiety. Whether we deal with it internally or through our relationships, we find ways to cope. Soaring melodies and irresistible rhythms mark a wide range of songs, which are sweeping in their …

Title: Grace O’Malley, Irish Pirate – Dinner TheaterLocation: 177 West Main Street, P.O. Box 857, Ansted, WV 25812Link out: Click hereDescription: Legend abounds with stories of Grace O’Malley, a pirate queen who sailed the high seas in the 16th century. Even more compelling, the colorful stories of her life can be documented in fact. Not only did she fight against the conquest of Ireland by its powerful neighbor, England, she also commanded an army of men and remained a leading political figure in a time when women had no personal …

Title: FOOTMAD – Sweetback SistersLocation: PO Box 1684, Charleston, WV 25326-1684Link out: Click hereDescription: FOOTMAD concert featuring \”Sweetback Sisters\” March 14, 2009 at 8pm General Admission is $20.00, Seniors $15.00, Students $10.00 Location will be WV Cultural Center Theater State Capitol Complex in Charleston WV at the corner of Greenbrier Street East and Washington Street East Tickets will be available at the box office prior to the concert. Box office opens at 7 pm. Theater doors open at 7:30 pm. Festival seating only – first-come-first served.
(304) 415-3668Date: 2009-03-14

Title: Sisters Fest: \”Peace, Love and Sisters\”Location: P.O. Box 132, Sistersville, WV 26175Link out: Click hereDescription: The 10th Annual SistersFest March 13-14, 2009 Sistersville WV Appetizer Contest instead of Desserts (bring your recipes or e-mail to us, so we may add to the website after the event) Mixer Games Game Show Change to a Family Feud format No Hat Contest – feel free to wear your hats, but no judging Luncheon instead of a Tea Home Tours (more information on that forthcoming on the website) and much more If you …

Title: Stonewall Resort – 6th Annual Culinary ClassicLocation: Stonewall Resort, 940 Resort Drive Roanoke, Roanoke, WV 26447Link out: Click hereDescription: Annual Culinary Classic Weekend Stonewall Resort State Park West Virginia’s premier culinary extravaganza! More than 20 of West Virginia’s finest and most innovative chefs, along with regional wine and food stewards, offer a weekend of dine-arounds, multi-course meals, seminars and demonstrations.
(304) 269-7400Start Date: 2009-03-13End Date: 2009-03-14