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‘When I’m Gone’ playing now
LOUISA — “When I’m Gone,” written by Michael Ross Albert and featuring the music of The Stanley Brothers, opened May 28 at the Garden Theater in Louisa. The play tells the story of the night Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys came to Fort Gay, West Virginia, and changed two teenage musicians’ lives. After…
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The Inez Dance Academy delights audience with Spring Recital
BY KYLE CREAMER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Inez Dance Academy welcomed a crowd to its 2024 Spring Recital this past Saturday at the Collier Center. The event highlighted the year in dance for students, showcasing their skills and progress in front of their families and the community. The Inez Dance Academy founder and dance…
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Food, music and Jesus
INEZ — Several gospel groups performed Saturday during a benefit singing in downtown Inez. The event featured a ton of good food and fun and helped raise funds to pay summer camp fees for the Martin County Cardinals Youth Wrestling Club. Performers included Savannah Jo/Wesley Young, Bradley Goble, Caroline Russell, Shae Jewell, Cody Lowe, Steven…
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Mountain Music Festival returns to New River Gorge from May 30 to June 1
OAK HILL, W.Va. — Mountain Music Festival returns to ACE Adventure Resort in the New River Gorge from May 30 to June 1. The festival combines outdoor adventures and live music with mind-blowing visual arts, fun workshops and glorious camping. The weekend will kick off Thursday night, May 30 at ACE’s The Lost Paddle Bar…
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Star Theater to host Laser Taylor Swift
MOREHEAD — Morehead State’s Star Theater is hosting several exciting programs for spring and summer, including popular shows, hands-on science activities and more. The theater will host a planetarium laser show set to Taylor Swift’s music Saturday, May 25 at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 13 at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. The show…
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Gospel Singing on tap Saturday in Inez
Bring your family and have a good time Saturday afternoon at the Gospel Singing on the stage behind the Martin County Courthouse in Inez. Singing begins at 1 p.m. and the last act takes the stage at 5:45 p.m. The Martin County Cardinals Wrestling Club is hosting the event to raise money toward their goal…
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Martin County Historical Society to host book signing at Holocaust Memorial Museum
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society invites the public to a special book signing event at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Bookstore in Washington, May 31 to June 1, from noon to 5 p.m. each day. The event will celebrate the life of Hungarian-American Martin Himler…
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Skyles invites students to display ‘I Voted’ sticker contest entries in clerk’s office
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Clerk Susie Skyles is encouraging students to participate in the Secretary of State’s “I Voted” sticker contest. She wants to display copies of entries from Martin County students in her office. The contest, announced by Secretary of State Michael Adams, is open to Kentucky students K-12.…
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Glenn Mollette releases third studio album ‘Keep Living’
BY JOSEPH MENSLAGE Glenn Mollette has released his third studio album titled “Keep Living.” The album, recorded in Nashville and Owensboro, Kentucky, consists of 15 original tracks written by Mollette. The theme “Keep Living” is taken from many of the songs on the album, which have themes of hope, life and love. “Don’t Quit Living”…
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BSCTC hosts ‘Chautauqua’ performance
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community and Technical College invites you to attend a “Chautauqua” performance April 17 from 11:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Gearheart Auditorium located on the Prestonsburg Campus. Nancy Green became one of the first prosperous African American women in the U.S. Green was born enslaved in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in…
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