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The Marshall Artists Series presents The Ultimate Queen Celebration, starring Marc Martel, Tuesday at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center in Huntington. Martel fronted Queen’s official tribute in 2012 and was one of the three vocalists used to provide Freddie Mercury’s vocals in the music…

ArtWalk’s October installment is Thursday. The self-guided art tour of downtown Charleston includes a variety of downtown businesses showing local and regional art. Highlights include a book signing with Valerie Banfield at Charleston Ballet, a “Beetlejuice”-themed event at Aronfield Agency,…

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“Mountain Stage” associate producer Vasilia Scouras said they’re “unplugging the On-Air Sign” for “A Night with Mountain Stage at Adventures on the Gorge” near Fayetteville.

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This weekend, FestivALL Fall isn’t the only game in town for Charleston. Tsubasacon, an anime/cosplay and gaming convention opens Friday at the Charleston Coliseum.

Malevolent aliens disguised as televangelists bent on taking over the world sounds like the makings of a particularly strange sci-fi movie — and it was.

Three-piece Americana folk-pop band Bombadil opens the 2019-2020 season of the Clay Center’s Sound Checks Friday night. The 8 p.m. show also features local opener Tofujitsu. Tickets are $15. For more information, call 304-561-3570 or visit theclaycenter.org.

Hit singles, gold records and pop careers are all fine and good, but Tobias Forge of Swedish metal band Ghost aspires for something bigger: rock ‘n’ roll.

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Pierce Pettis performs Saturday night at the Clay Center’s Walker Theater with Texas piano player David Webb for the October edition of the Woody Hawley Series. The show also features local singer/songwriter Mark Spangler. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. T…

FestivALL Fall rolls into town this week, bringing arts, music and theater to the capital city with an autumnal flavor.

A couple months ago, former Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Lori Kersey thought it would be a cool idea to invite some people to a friend’s house to drink beer and sing hymns.

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‘Avon by the Sea’

It’s a busy weekend at the Charleston Coliseum with the return of the West Virginia Book Festival. Sponsored by Kanawha County Public Library, the annual festival celebrates books and reading. The festival begins Friday morning with writing workshops. In the afternoon, there will be a readin…

Children’s Theatre of Charleston (CTOC) director Ariana Kincaid said she needed to find some wood to knock, but that things for the company’s upcoming production of “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” had gone remarkably smoothly.

Kanawha Boulevard will see another crop of classic and collectors’ cars this weekend with the annual Rod Run and Doo Wop. Along with acres of vintage vehicles, there will be activities for the kids, food vendors and nightly concerts with Bill Pinkney’s original Drifters Thursday, Ricochet Fr…

FestivALL Fall arrives in Charleston next week, bringing with it a wide range of music, art, dance and theater. The busy weekend begins with the return of the American Shakespeare Center in a performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Clay Center; “Love of Power vs. Power of Love” pre…