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What's in the Basic Advertising Package? In addition to all of the features included in the Free Advertising Package (business name, telephone number, email, website link, map to your business, 1... More about: Who wants some free advertising?

Physical Principles, Who Needs Them?

Gravity
Gravity is always working against us. Gravity makes boxes heavy to lift, causes our joints to ache, and our back to be sore.

Wind
Wind blows dust in our eyes, knocks down our garbage cans and worse, wind becomes tornados and hurricanes.

Newton’s Third Law of Motion
When we accidentally walk into a door, the... More about: Physical Principles, Who Needs Them?

MARTINSBURG, WV— The Goose Route Arts Collaborative presents New Live Arts, a performance series featuring dancers, musicians, poets, and more. New Live Arts makes its Martinsburg debut at The Arts Centre on Friday, February 29. This FREE performance starts at 6 p.m. All ages are welcome to attend.

New Live Arts is a series of informal showings of new works and works-in-progress. Each event is different - performers sign up "open-mic"... More about: The Goose Route Arts Collaborative presents New Live Arts

Auditions for Enchanted April will be held on Saturday, January 26 at 12 noon and Monday, January 28 at 7:00pm at the Old Opera House in Charles Town. Under the direction of Michael Saunders, this delightful comedy-drama will be presented at the Old Opera House on March 28, 28, 30, April 4, 5 & 6. The cast for Enchanted April includes five women (approximate ages: 25,... More about: Auditions for Enchanted April

MARTINSBURG, WV — The Arts Centre will feature the work of Art Berkeley members in its February exhibit, “All You Need is Love”. A reception will be held on Friday, February 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. Hours for The Arts Centre are Tuesday – Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The exhibit will include work in a variety of media. Featured artists include: Mary Jo Bennet (photography), Paul Berryhill... More about: Exhibit at The Arts Centre features work of Art Berkeley members

Local photographer, M. J. Bennett, is "Artist of the Month" at the new Rooster's Cafe, 123 W. Burke Street, Martinsburg, WV. The show, titled "Ocean Crossings," includes images of the West Virginia Panhandle and the islands of Greece.

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The efforts of Main Street Martinsburg over the past year has earned it recognition for the commercial district revitalization by meeting standards for performance set by the National Trust Main Street Center. Main Street Martinsburg joins 800 other Main Street revitalization programs nationally recognized as 2007 Accredited National Main Street Programs.

“The national accreditation means the local Main Street program is meeting our national standards of performance for what a Main... More about: Main Street Martinsburg Receives National Main Street Program Accreditation

Cast
Tom Hanks
Julia Roberts
Phillip Seymour-Hoffman

What’s It About
The party never stops with Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), the fly by night Texas senator who saves the Afghans from the Soviets in the early 1980s. Charlie Wilson teams up with a CIA Operative (Phillip Seymour-Hoffman) only to begin buying arms from Pakistan, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to give to the Afghans which eventually lead to the defeat of the Soviets. It was easy to say that Charlie Wilson did an amazing... More about: Movie Review: Charlie Wilson's War

Cast
Ellen Page
Michael Cera
Jennifer Garner
Jason Bateman

What’s It About
Teenage and pregnant Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) quickly learns the reality of life’s bumps and bruises when growing up becomes suddenly much more difficult. Her initial decision of abortion becomes overtaken by her realization of the consequences for her unborn child. Finding the right family to give her baby to leads her to a classified ad of a couple looking for just that (Jennifer Garner, Jason... More about: Movie Review: Juno

Shepherdstown, WV -- Goose Route Arts Collaborative’s New Live Arts series, informal showings of new work and works-in-progress, continues in 2008 with the next two showings on Friday, January 18 and Friday, February 29, at 6 pm and lasting approximately 1 hour. The January showing will take place at the Shepherdstown Train Station, Audrey Egle Drive, Shepherdstown. The February showing will take place at The Arts Centre, King Street, Martinsburg, WV. Admission is free. Performing artists of... More about: Goose Route’s New Live Arts Series a Success in 2007, Continues in 2008