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Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre continues its 50th season of community theater with Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “Our Town,” considered … Continue reading Towngate Theatre Closes 50th Season with “Our Town”
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The Rustic Mechanicals, West Virginia’s only professional Shakespeare troupe, bring their Truth is Truth tour of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for … Continue reading The Rustic Mechanicals Stage Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” at Towngate
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The “Roots ‘N Shoots” preschool nature programs at Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center build early science skills and promote … Continue reading Preschool Nature Programs Continue this Spring at Schrader Center
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One of most amazing things about community theater is the people who give their talent and time so that we … Continue reading Towngate Tech Spotlight: Chelsea McAvoy
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Oglebay Institute was formed in 1930 when a group of like-minded citizens with a vision and the philanthropy of the Oglebay family, came together to contribute to the joy of living by creating cultural, educational and recreational programming in Oglebay Park and expanding to serve the city of Wheeling & Upper Ohio Valley.
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Programs are made possible by the generous support of our members & sponsors and with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
