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By Lauren hunt | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on Folklore Music Exchange
Coming from a music family, Justin discovered his love of music at a young age and it quickly became a passion. In 2010 he moved to Beckley, WV, and began working at a guitar shop. From there he knew that one day he wanted to open a shop of his own where he could help musicians of all levels and create a welcoming space for the community.
Although Jodie always had an innate love of the arts, it wasn’t until she met Justin that music moved to the forefront. With his encouragement they formed a band in 2013 (The Parachute Brigade) with a few of their best friends and from there the love only grew. Using her degrees in Graphic Design and Studio Art, along with the skills she had developed working for small businesses, she worked to help make Justin’s vision a reality.
Together, Justin and Jodie opened Folklore Music Exchange in May 2019.
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on Elk City Skate Shop
Elk City Skate Shop has served the greater tri-state area since 2020. We are located on the West Side of Charleston, W.Va., at 613 Tennessee Avenue— attached to Elk City Cycles.
With over 100 skateboard decks in stock, we carry clothing, hard goods and accessories. This includes local West Virginia skateboard brand “Apartment Skateboards.”
By Leslie Smithson | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on Wild and Wonderful Water Adventures
We rent boats on the Kanawha River! The only business currently serving the Kanawha that goes through Charleston! The best view of our state capital is from the water!
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on City Center at Slack Plaza
Charleston’s newest outdoor venue includes green space, with relaxing swings, a splash pad for kids or kids at heart, and public art. The plaza hosts concerts, food trucks, wrestling, and more in the summer. And is home to Holly Jolly Brawley during the Christmas Season.
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on Mountain Skate Company
Building a positive skating community to spread love and inclusiveness 💜
Charleston, WV’s only roller skate shop
Veteran owned, skater run
Open every Saturday 11-4 or any other evening by appointment
Parking is across the street under the interstate
Call or text (304) 974-0317 to schedule appointment
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on Elk City Playhouse
Acting on a small stage is an artistic environment devoutly to be wished. There’s no faking when the audience is 6 feet away; no bluffing your lines or phoning it in and, if the writing is good enough, even the smallest role can transport a viewer to moments greater than themselves. For a writer, the small stage is heaven, where lines need not be translated over the resonance of the hall, but directly into the resonance of the soul. Actors don’t dare pontificate on a small stage, just as writers don’t dare bullshit. But, if both of them can endure or, hopefully, flourish in the reality of the production, then viewing it will often be life changing.
And that’s what we hope for in every production at the Elk City Playhouse. Come join us.
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Food | Comments Off on Phat Daddy’s on Da Tracks
Phat Daddy’s open air barbecue on the tracks is a new inclusive restaurant offering a variety of deli
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Food | Comments Off on Dancing Dog Ice Cream Cafe
Serving super premium ice creams made by hand right on site!
Also serving lunch
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Food, Things To Do | Comments Off on The Vandalia Company
The Vandalia Co. is a family-owned cafe serving variety of fresh, scratch-made food and beverages.
By Lauren hunt | Categories: Things To Do | Comments Off on Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema
The Floralee is an art house micro-cinema showing independent, foreign, documentary, and local films every weekend and some weekday evenings.
