Adriana Law’s artistic journey from basketball to portraiture By Kabrea James ● Culture ● June 12, 2023 Woodrow Wilson High School star player maintains her love for the game while practicing her passion for art
Healing through Nature By Kabrea James ● Culture ● May 27, 2023 From the hiking trails in the New River Gorge to historical sites in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia is the perfect place to get in touch with nature.
Lessons Learned Traveling with ‘The Green Book’ By Carolyn Foster Bailey Lewis PhD ● Community & Culture ● March 18, 2023 Bluefield’s Hotel Thelma belonged to my aunt
DOCUMERICA: Jack Corn Captured Appalachian Realities By Adam Payne ● Community & Culture ● March 18, 2023 Throughout the 1970s he visited the Appalachian Mountains and photographed coal miner culture of West Virginia
2022 Black Appalachian Storytelling Fellowship Awardees By Ilene Evans ● Community & Culture ● March 16, 2023 The National Association of Black Storytellers Celebrates the Importance of Stories and Storytelling
OPINION: Women Who Helped Shape My Life By DONNA WILLIS ● Community & Culture ● March 13, 2023 Honoring These Influential Inspriations
Four Black Historical Sites and Cemeteries in West Virginia By Brianna Rhodes ● Community & Culture ● February 3, 2023 You can learn about the state’s Black history at these landmarks
Want to Work in the Film Industry? By West Virginia Filmmakers Guild ● Community & Culture ● February 2, 2023 The West Virginia Filmmakers Guild and West Virginia Film Office Teaming Up to Host A Film Industry Workshop for Grip and Electric
Lost History of West Virginia’s First Colored Newspapers By John Muller for BBG ● Community & Culture ● January 26, 2023 The genesis of West Virginia’s earliest Black-owned newspapers have been forgotten and ignored.
BBG Book Review By Terri Schlichenmeyer aka The Bookworm Sez ● Community & Culture ● October 11, 2022 “Do the Work! An Antiracist Activity Book” by W. Kamau Bell & Kate Schatz