The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center

The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center We're dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of our region's rich cultural heritage.

Hello Cryptid enthusiasts! A reminder that the Folklife Center is accepting submissions for the Vegetable Man Zine durin...
08/31/2026

Hello Cryptid enthusiasts! A reminder that the Folklife Center is accepting submissions for the Vegetable Man Zine during the month of August. Applicants must be Fairmont State University students, staff, faculty, and/or alumni.

Attached are infographics with a link to the submission applications! Applications are open until August 31st. There will be an art discussion and contributor reading at Vegetable Man Day, October 3rd from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. We hope to see your face come October 3rd!

See event link here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DCAnZpNpR/

Today, from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Folklife Center is the Wartz n’ All Dulcimer Festival! Come on down and learn to...
08/29/2026

Today, from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Folklife Center is the Wartz n’ All Dulcimer Festival! Come on down and learn to play the dulcimer, swap tunes, and play in tandem with other acoustic instruments!

See event link here: https://www.facebook.com/share/19QDJh2r39/

Today, Friday, August 28th, the Folklife Center is hosting an Old Time Music Jam from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All string ...
08/28/2026

Today, Friday, August 28th, the Folklife Center is hosting an Old Time Music Jam from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

All string instruments welcome, we have cardboard dulcimer for those wanting to learn or just come to listen and have a good time!

See link to the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eb8qveYCi/

Hello and welcome to another Archive Finds post! Keeping it simple with an old saying from box 28 of the Ruth Ann Musick...
08/26/2026

Hello and welcome to another Archive Finds post! Keeping it simple with an old saying from box 28 of the Ruth Ann Musick Collection gathered in August of 1964 from Mrs. L Puskas. It reads,

“White dots on fingernails:

Thumb: gift
Forefinger: friend
Center: foe
Next: significant other
Little: trip”

Have you noticed a dot on your fingernail?

Here is the final segment of Get to Know the Staff for this month! We were asked "What is the best compliment you’ve eve...
08/24/2026

Here is the final segment of Get to Know the Staff for this month! We were asked "What is the best compliment you’ve ever received?"

Those that particiated anwered:

Hayley Harvey: I played Magenta in a stage production of Rocky Horror a few years ago, a cooky character to say the least. The phenomenon Elizabeth Wortie-Nelson was conducting our songs, and she told me after our first performance that I, as Magenta, was the weirdest thing she’d ever seen on stage!

Treasure Barberich-Wyckoff: The compliments that always stick with me and mean the most are the ones where people feel I've helped or impacted them or a situation in some positive way. Whether that has been simply being an ear to listen or a shoulder to lean on, or someone feeling that me using or contributing my voice to a cause or discussion was beneficial in some way.

Ashley Shorter: My hidden talent is knowing how to pick the best watermelon by looking at it!

What is the best complement you ever received? Let us know in the comments below!

Hello! Today, the Folklife Center is hosting an awards ceremony, open to the public, as we acknowledge and congratulate ...
08/23/2026

Hello! Today, the Folklife Center is hosting an awards ceremony, open to the public, as we acknowledge and congratulate the following for their contribution to our Appalachian community.

Award winners are Patricia Harper, Lynette Swiger, the late Steve Smigocki, and the late Robert Lackey.

There will be an open house and reception from 2 to 3 p.m., followed by a square dance and alternate activities from 3 to 4 p.m.

Happy Saturday, folks! Tomorrow, August 23rd, the Folklife Center is hosting an awards ceremony, open to the public, as ...
08/22/2026

Happy Saturday, folks! Tomorrow, August 23rd, the Folklife Center is hosting an awards ceremony, open to the public, as we acknowledge and congratulate the following for their contribution to our Appalachian community.

Award winners are Patricia Harper, Lynette Swiger, the late Steve Smigocki, and the late Robert Lackey.

There will be an open house and reception from 2 to 3 p.m., followed by a square dance and alternate activities from 3 to 4 p.m.

On Friday, August 28th, come down to the Center from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and enjoy an Old Time Music Jam with the Ken...
08/21/2026

On Friday, August 28th, come down to the Center from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and enjoy an Old Time Music Jam with the Kennedy Barn String Band.

Bring an instrument if you have one, use some cardboard dulcimer courtesy of the Center, or just come to listen and have a good time!

See link to the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eb8qveYCi/

Nextweek, on Saturday, August 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., come down to the Folklife Center for the Wartz n’ All D...
08/20/2026

Nextweek, on Saturday, August 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., come down to the Folklife Center for the Wartz n’ All Dulcimer Festival!

Learn to play the dulcimer, swap songs, and play in tandem with other acoustic instruments as well! Interested?

See event link here: https://www.facebook.com/share/19QDJh2r39/

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