GOOD EATS: SCHOOLED IN CHOCOLATE. BY COY A. FLOWERS
At heart, I’m a perpetual student. If I could grab a backpack and head to class every day while providing for my family, I would be deeply happy to spend my days soaking up new and exciting information. So, when Gina Lang at the Greenbrier Valley Baking Company, or GVBC, agreed to open her kitchen […]
Matt Evans, Jarmovers, & more @ Sweet Shoppe
Get out to the Sweet Shoppe this April for LOTS of great music!
April 11 & 12: Tyler Childers & John Craigie
On the weekend of Lewisburg Chocolate Festival, the Sweet Shoppe in downtown Lewisburg will welcome 2 touring musicians by the names of Tyler Childers and John Craigie. Childers’ show is scheduled for Friday, April 11th at 9pm. Craigie’s performance is the following night, Saturday, April 12th at 9pm. A native of the Kentucky Appalachian Mountains, […]
April 11: Southern Soul Assembly at Carnegie
Music in the round, so to speak; at least, it’s an “artist-in-the-round” collaborative performance of four impressive musicians/songwriters/performers, who are coming toCarnegie Hall on April 11. A touring entourage calling itself the “Southern Soul Assembly Tour” will breeze into town and onto our favorite stage, featuring some impressive names with some impressively notable bios: Marc […]
Apri Showers Jazz & Rock on Opera House
This April, The Pocahontas County Opera House will be showered with jazz and bluegrass/rock with performances by the West Virginia Orchestra on Saturday, the 12th and Cherry Hill on the Friday, the 25th. Housed at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg, WV, the WV Jazz Orchestra performs across the region with their group of 18 […]
April 10: Indie Music Night @ The Spring
Freshly renovated and popular vegetarian restaurant, The Spring, will be serving up their signature farm-to-table meals with a side order of independent, acoustic music on April 10 from 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. This special evening will feature a not-to-be-missed line up of three separate singer-songwriter acts including: Lewisburg’s one-and-only Morgan Cornwell, the Ronceverte-based Rivertown […]
IT’S THE SWEETEST TIME OF THE YEAR IN LBSPY #52, OUT NOW!
For the month of April, LBSPY has you covered with the BEST things to do in the area! In this newest issue we feature: Lewisburg Chocolate Festival; Lewisburg’s newest children’s store, Love Child; Appalachian Outlaws’ Mike Ross; The Sheep Take-over at Watt’s Roost Vineyard; Southern Soul Assembly at Carnegie Hall; Touring musicians, Tyler Childers and […]
Live Music at American Heritage Music Hall
Every Tuesday Night, check out the Jam Session. 2 Saturdays a Month: Live Entertainment
SARCASTICALLY SINCERE: RED LIGHT MUSINGS. BY MATTHAN JACKSON
I’ve always enjoyed driving, but having lived in Pittsburgh, Lewisburg, and everywhere in between, being stuck in traffic is a dismal part of life. Here are a few observations I’ve made about my gridlocked fellow travelers. The Nose Picker: To the gentleman in the SUV probing the inner recesses of your nostrils: I want to […]
Live Music, Poetry, & more @ Irish Pub
Don’t miss all the fun with live performances and events at the Irish Pub this Spring! The Irish Pub is located in downtown Lewisburg, West Virginia.
FULL TIME SERVER POSITION: FOOD & FRIENDS
Full-time server and part-time hostess, must be available for nights and weekends, for full details, inquire within. Must be 18 years or older to apply. Food & Friends is located at 213 W Washington St, Lewisburg, WV 24901 (304) 645-4548
HALFBAKED N’ BOTHERED: BIG BANG THEORY. BY MARGARET BAKER
I knew we had turned a corner when I heard a chh chh instead of a pow pow. I had been teaching drama for years and was accustomed to children picking up a stick, a pencil or even their finger and pointing it like a gun and saying bang. When sometime in the mid 90s […]
DEAR FUTURE DOC: I HAVE A SORE SHOULDER BLADE. PLEASE HELP!
Dear Future Doc, In the past few weeks, I’ve been experiencing soreness in my shoulder blade area around my scapula. In an at home attempt to fix the ache I’ve exercised the shoulder blade area more regularly through strength training (pushups, planks) and stretching. I’m not sure why it’s not getting any better and maybe […]
ARTS BEAT: ONE PERSON’S TRASH. BY RYAN FERREBEE
We’ve all been there, most of us in our youth—pulling pots and pans out of mom’s cabinets to make drum sets, using mud and fresh berry juice to make paintings, woefully wailing as we pull something discarded out of the trashcan because it can still be refashioned into something beautiful. “Why would you throw this […]
MY DOG & I: FRONT DOOR GREETING. BY JANINE LAZARUS
My dog & I have just completed another series of obedience classes at the State Fairgrounds. Congratulations to all our wonderful students, moving on to more harmonious and integrated lives with their dogs. It is, of course, so much easier working with your dog in a classroom setting than taking those lessons home with us. […]
REVIEW: BEN TOWNSEND & DENNIS OTT AT THE FIDDLEHEAD. BY VAUGHN JUDSON
Saturday evening under a bright and nearly full moon I wound my way through the mountains to enjoy great food and live music at the Fiddlehead. En route, the moon could not stop capturing my attention. Dubbed by the Algonquins “the worm moon,” because it softens the earth and allows the worms to rise, and […]
GOOD EATS: WELCOME TO THE SPRING. BY COY A. FLOWERS
Who could have possibly imagined it? In the midst of these cold winter months of late, the Greenbrier Valley has pleasantly witnessed the beginning of The Spring. The restaurant that is. Located in the former Fort Savannah in downtown Lewisburg, The Spring is a farm-to-table culinary venture that is run as a nonprofit organization, owned […]
A PALETTE OF POSSIBILITES: WV ARTIST ON DISPAY – SUSANNA ROBINSON-KENGA
Meet Susanna, a creative force in Lewisburg, WV. This Q&A may make you ponder the “impossible” and possibly help you take ownership of your natural gifts. Welcome to LBSPY’s newest column, A Palette of Possibilities: WV Artist on Display. How do you describe your palette? I have so many interests, and I move from one […]
WISDOM FROM THE WOODS – LIFE LESSONS: LIVING IN A STATE OF WELLBEING CALLED WV. BY JIM SHOCK
Living in a State of Wellbeing called WV According to a Gallup poll, West Virginia residence had the lowest well-being score in the U.S. for the 5th year in a row. The Gallup-Heathway’s Well-Being Index rates states in six categories; life evaluation, emotional health, work environment, physical health, healthy behaviors, and access to basic necessities. […]
RAMBLIN: THE SAVORING SEASON BY JENNIFER SPROUSE
It’s time to emerge from the house you’ve been hiding in and wipe the sleep from your eyes. Stretch, shake out your winter blues, and kiss your cabin fever goodbye. Yes, it’s the long awaited arrival of the spring season, making its 2014 debut on the vernal equinox- March 20th. As life begins to bustle […]