The Frank & Jane Gabor WV Folklife Center, FSU, is dedicated to the identification, preservation, and perpetuation of our region's rich cultural heritage, through academic studies; educational programs, festivals, and performances, and publications.
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- Location:
- Fairmont, WV, 26554-2451
- Phone:
- 304-367-4403
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Saturday, October 31 at 5:30pm
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Appalachian Teaching Project - part 2 The students spent several months researching the community of Monongah and the disaster of 1907. They prepared a proposal for the development of a driving tour and a heritage interpretive site. For more information on this project contact the Center.
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Appalachian Teaching Project 2009 Students, Jane Gilchrist, Arnold Triplett, & Colby White recently attended a conference in Washington DC and presented their compiled research on "Monongah, Marion Co., WV: Development of a Coal & Community Heritage Interpretive Center." ...See Part 2
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Traditions Vol. 11 - One will also find information on the students and projects of the Appalachian Teaching Project. Sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission, each year students research a topic and present a concept that could provide economic development within Appalachia. Contact the Center to order your copy today!
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Traditions Vol. 11 - This issue highlights our Roads To Appalachia Travel/Study Abroad Program to Scotland & Ireland, Italy, and England & Wales. Also it contains extensive folklore of these cultures, archived in the Ruth Ann Musick Estate at FSU. Contact the Center to order your copy today!
Patricia Trish Engelhard Are there any special activities around Christmas? I might be in Fairmont for a few days!
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Traditions Vol 11 is now available! Enjoy reading how the Appalachian mountain "folk" were and still are connected through the roots of history, folklore, culture, no matter whether they began their journey in the coal valleys and hills of Wales, up the highlands of Scotland, across the Irish Sea to Ulster, down the c...rooked paths to Limerick, or over La Sila mountains of southern Italy. Order your copy today!
Sarah We enjoyed the chance to attend part of the Gala. What great storytelling! And Judy B. makes a great Professor McGonagall!
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Please join us for the 2009 Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala on Saturday, October 31. It will be a great evening, we hope to see you there!
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Please join us for the 2009 Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala on Saturday, October 31. The ninth annual gala will honor nationally prominent storyteller Connie Regan-Blake and the state's storytelling guild. This year's theme is "The Festival of the Story." Tickets are $25 for adults and $3 for ch...ildren 12 and under. Click here to register online today!
Mary Storyteller Connie Regan-Blake will also be performing on Friday, October 30, at 7:30pm at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church in Fairmont with the Kandinsky Trio. She will tell the story of the Cantankerous Blacksmith set to music by composer Mike Reid. Tickets are $10 for the general public available at the doo...r. Student tickets available in the Fine Arts Office for no charge.
Amy I just received the itinerary for the Eastern Europe trip. I'm really wishing I could go along! It sounds amazing!
The Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center
Roads to Appalachia thru Eastern Europe 2010: From the Carpathians to the Alleghenies - Life, Culture, and Root Heritage of the Eastern Europeans in West Virginia. Travel Itinerary & Trip Application now available. Visit http://www.fairmontstate.edu/files/u227/
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The ninth annual Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center Gala will honor a nationally prominent storyteller and the state’s storytelling guild. This year’s theme is “The Festival of the Story.” The Gala, planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in...
