In 2007, Empty Bowls consisted almost solely of the annual fundraising luncheon that Morgantown has come to know and love. People from all over the county come to enjoy some 50 varieties of soup and bread, after which they leave with empty, hand-painted bowls. Creator of the concept John Hartom hoped that the bowl would serve as a visual reminder of hunger and food insecurity…
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The Art Museum of WVU had some great exhibitions in 2017, from big names like Shepard Fairey to self-taught Appalachian artists. To give you an extra incentive to see Impulse, its current exhibition of works from the WVU collection, we made you this five-item scavenger hunt. You’ll know them when you find them. In clockwise motion, early stop Birds on bird, master of crop…
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Every man should have at least one tailored suit in his steez. And every Morgantown man can get that snazzy suit from seven-time BOM winner Daniel’s of Morgantown. What color suit? According to style guru and 11-year Daniel’s salesman Phil Mauser—aka Fine Lookin’ Phil—the go-to used to be black, but now it’s blue and charcoal. This winter, Fine Lookin’ Phil says a lighter shade…
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When Tony Caridi calls a basketball game at the WVU Coliseum, he’s close enough to identify players by their faces. “I don’t even know what number Nathan Adrian wore,” he says, referring to the six-foot-nine forward and Morgantown native who, for the record, wore No. 11. But calling a game on the gridiron is a different story altogether. “Football is 22 players running into each other with…
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When WVU alumni Jason Coffman and Matt Showalter took over the old Falstaff’s space on Pleasant Street in 2002, Coffman—whose family’s WVU cred goes back to a many-greats-grandfather who was an early president—asked his father, a contractor, to drop by and advise them. His father walked through the door with a grin on his face. “I lived upstairs from here…
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