WV Music Hall of Fame's Becky Bolte displays one of many prized exhibits, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd's fiddle. Senator Byrd  donated the fiddle to the WVMHOF for its permanent collection of WV music memorabilia. (Photo courtesy of Delores S. Propst)

 Traveling exhibits "The Art of West Virginia Music" and "The Music of the Coalfields" appeared at the Landes Arts Center from January 7 through January 30.  Community sponsor of the exhibit is Geary & Geary L.C. This event was presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. 

 History Alive! Enactor Doug Wood as Ostenaco, Native American Scout

 WV Humanities Council's History Alive! program features enactors who have thoroughly researched their characters and who are skilled in dramatic monologues. The format allows the audience to question the performer both while in character and then as the present day authority.

GCAC hosted Ostenaco on Tuesday evening, 7:30 p.m., October 28, 2008, at the Moomau Public Library on Mt. View Street in Petersburg.  Community Sponsors were Charles, George,  Ben and Tyler Halterman. Additional performances took place at all four elementary schools in Grant County and in the eighth grade at Petersburg Junior High as part of their West Virginia history studies. 

GCAC Hosts Flower Arranging Workshop

 by WVU Greenhouse Director

Sue Myers of the West Virginia University Greenhouse conducted a flower arranging workshop Saturday afternoon, September 6. The Flower Basker, local community sponsor, provided fresh flowers and greenery for the workshop. Enthusiastic participants took home one or more small bouquets and printed information on flower arranging and preservation.