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OI Holiday Art Camps: Great for Kids and Parents

Are you a busy parent looking for fun and educational activities for your children during the holiday break from school? Oglebay Institute can help.

Take advantage of daytime holiday camps being offered at OI’s Stifel Fine Arts Center and Schrader Environmental Education Center.

Kids Create Holiday Inspired Art at Stifel

Holiday Art Camp takes place from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday, December 21 at the Stifel Center. Kids will create a variety art projects to keep for themselves or give away as gifts. Projects are creative, holiday-inspired as well as age appropriate. They’ll have fun exploring the historic Stifel Mansion, too.

Cost is $35 per day, and members of Oglebay Institute receive a discount. OI provides all the materials, but children must bring a bag lunch.

Holiday Art Camps at Stifel Fine Arts Center
OI director of art education Brad Johnson is one of the instructors who will lead the Holiday Art Camps at the Stifel Fine Art Center.

Kids Explore Nature at the Schrader Center

Give your kids the outdoor time that they crave at the Schrader Center. School’s Out Child Care takes place at OI’s Schrader Center from 9am – 4pm. Friday, December 28. Parents can enroll children for a  full day or half day.

They’ll play nature games, explore the forest, meet with the Schrader Center’s animal ambassadors, build forts, and roast marshmallows and enjoy hot cocoa around the fire. Kids should dress for the weather and bring a bagged lunch if staying for the full day.

Cost is $30 for full day and $20 for half day. Multi-child discounts and pre and post care are available. Members of Oglebay Institute receive a discount.

Reserve Your Spot

Register online for Oglebay Institute’s Holiday Art Camp or you can call  304-242-7700.

To reserve a spot at the Schrader Center programs, you must call 304-242-6855.

Oglebay Institute offers hundreds of programs, workshops and classes in nature, history, art, dance and theater for children, teens and adults.  Winter classes begin January 6. For a complete class schedule, visit www.oionline.com.

A Very Bridge + Tunnel Christmas: A Rocking Holiday Concert at Towngate

Members of the Bridge and Tunnel Collective and some very special guests will perform a holiday revue for all ages at 8pm Saturday, December 15 at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre.

Stellar Line-Up

The concert will put audience members in a festive mood as multiple local musicians take the stage, performing their original takes on traditional holiday favorites in a variety of musical styles. Performers include Adrian Niles, Michael J. Iafrate and the Priesthood, Mr. Fancy Pants, Weird Lightning, Molly Ananga Manjari Martin, Matt Smith, Chad Burrall, The Pussyfooters, Zoe Buccella, Love & Data and Chelsy Keding.

Support YSS Winter Freeze Shelter

The annual concert, organized by the Bridge and Tunnel Collective, serves as a fundraiser for a local community organization. This year the Collective is donating its proceeds to the Youth Services System Winter Freeze Shelter. This is the 10th year for the Winter Freeze Shelter, which provides warm, safe shelter to homeless individuals during the coldest months of the year.

Concertgoers have to option to donate additional funds through a donation basket and are encouraged to bring supplies to help the shelter. Needs include warm socks and gloves, ground coffee, sugar, creamer, powdered drink mixes, bottles of water, lip balm, razors, soap, hand sanitizer, deodorant, shampoo, lotion, zip-top plastic bags, canned food and peanut butter.

“I’m impressed with the giving spirit of these local musicians,” Youth Services System CEO John Moses said. “Not only are they raising awareness and collecting donations for the YSS Winter Freeze Shelter guests, but they’re going above and beyond by donating ticket proceeds to the shelter. The money will go directly to meeting the concrete needs of our guests. We couldn’t do what we do without the help of our generous community.”

Get Tickets

“A Very Bridge + Tunnel Christmas” takes place Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 8pm. Tickets are $10. Purchase online or call 304-242-7700. Seating is limited. Adult beverages will be available for purchase. An after party will follow the show.

Towngate’s Second Season

The show is part of Towngate’s Second Season and is sponsored by Main Street Bank. Towngate’s Second Season programming enhances Wheeling’s arts landscape with literary programming, live music, spoken word performances, improvisation and more. Programs often feature works by emerging and/or local authors, musicians, songwriters, playwrights and poets.

About Towngate

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. Dozens of theatrical performances, ballets, concerts, films, exhibits, classes and more take place year-round.

For more information, visit www.oionline.com or call 304-242-7700.