Featuring artists from across the country, Tin is the New Black at Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center is a unique & colorful exhibition of artwork using repurposed printed lithographed metal from product containers, advertising, signage and more.

Exhibiting artists include:

Alea Bone – Portland, OR
Rand Carlson – Tucson, AZ
Jenny Fillius – Seattle, WA
Kim Fox – Pittsburgh, PA
Charlotte Mansur – Bradenton, FL
Leslie Mathews – Villanova, PA
Nia Michaels – Seattle, WA
Emily Pratt – Portland, OR
Loran Scruggs – Port Townsend, WA
Robert Villamagna – Wheeling, WV
Dave Yoas – El Sobrante, CA
Kim Young – Richmond, VA

The Stifel Fine Arts Center is open 9am-5pm Monday through Friday and 10am-4pm Saturday. The exhibit is on display through June 22. Admission is free.

Sponsored by United Bank.

Live Music in Wheeling: Bridges at Towngate
8 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2018
Towngate Theatre

$10/$8.50 OI members

Purchase tickets online or call 304-242-7700.

Longtime local favorites Kim Butler, Doug Pettit and Dave Pettit along with a host of musical guests entertain audiences with classic rock sounds from artists such as the Beatles, the Eagles, Van Morrison, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, the Zac Brown Band and more. Music fans from throughout the Upper Ohio Valley look forward to this annual performance.

Towngate proudly supports live music in Wheeling. Some of the region’s  most versatile and entertaining musicians perform on the Towngate stage on select weekends throughout the year.

Towngate is more than just theater…

A church-turned-theater, Towngate is located in Wheeling’s historic Centre Market District. Towngate is a cornerstone of creative life in Wheeling and serves as an entertainment destination for residents of Wheeling, the Upper Ohio Valley and beyond. People of all ages and backgrounds gather here to create and experience art onstage.

At Towngate, you can watch live theater.  Listen to poetry and spoken word performances. Bring the kiddos to a children’s theater production. Attend a ballet. You can take a class or audition for a play. We also showcase improvisational comedy. Local and regional musicians also perform on the Towngate stage. You can see movies, too! Enjoy hundreds of live performances, concerts, events and classes year-round. See you at Towngate!

Ballet in Wheeling: Texture Contemporary Ballet
7 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2018
Towngate Theatre, Wheeling

CANCELLED

Professional Ballet in Wheeling!

Enjoy a captivating performance by the Pittsburgh-based Texture Ballet Company. You don’t have to drive to the big city for quality, cultural experiences. See professional ballet in Wheeling!  Oglebay Institute is proud to host this amazing performance.

Texture presents authentic and dynamic movement based in classical ballet. Performances are both unique and inviting. These passionate dancers break through preconceived notions of ballet. Watch their graceful and powerful movements.  You’ll admire their gravity-defying leaps and spins, too. As you watch the performance, the music and the stories come to life onstage right before your eyes. Most importantly, the dancers express emotion with their bodies in ways that words cannot.  You’ll be amazed.

Teaching the Art of Dance…

Oglebay Institute recognizes the importance of creative expression through movement and music. Dance, in all forms, has been a vibrant part of Institute’s programming for more than eight decades. Oglebay Institute’s School of Dance not only presents dance as an art form and a means of self-expression but also as social interaction for all ages. From novice dancers to returning professionals, our students immerse themselves in the art of dance at Oglebay Institute.

Parcel Players, Oglebay Institute’s summer theater program for students ages 13 through college, will present two plays again this summer.

Students interested in participating in the second play of the 2018 season “Sir Not-So-Brave” can attend open call/auditions at 7 p.m. May 29 & 30 at Towngate Theatre. Those seeking roles can attend either of these dates.

Cast calls for 12 males, 3 females and 4-7 males or females. Readings from the script will be used to audition.

Parents are welcome to attend.

“Sir Not-So-Brave” will be in production August 1-4, 2018. Zachary Michael and Makayla Carney are directors. “In Sir Not-So-Brave,” a squire, Joseph, goes on a quest to slay a dragon after the realm’s strongest knight, Sir Gerald, is injured. In return, he will become the new king and marry his one true love, Princess Evelyn. Hilarity ensues, however, as the cast begins to question the logic of the script.”

Auditions for “The Fantasticks”

Students interested in participating in the first play “The Fantasticks” can attend open call/auditions at 7 p.m. May 13 & 14 at Towngate Theatre.

“The Fantasticks” will be in production July 11-14, 2018. Dave Henderson directs; Mikayla Schultz is music director.  It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play “The Romancers” (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud.

Click here for more information on auditions for “The Fantasticks.”

Begun more than 35 years ago, the Parcel Players program offers young people interested in theater a chance to act, direct, design sets, work with costumes, lighting and more.

All those interested in exploring theater and participating in the Parcel Players’ productions are invited to participate. For more information, please call 304-233-0820.

Keeping the Community in Community Theater in Wheeling. . .

Towngate is a cornerstone of creative life in Wheeling and serves as an entertainment destination for residents of the Ohio Valley and beyond. People of all ages and backgrounds gather here to create and experience art onstage. Most of all, Towngate celebrates the essential power of theater to illuminate our common humanity. The community enjoys and participates in hundreds of live performances, classes and workshops year-round.