WV Day Travelin Appalachians Revue

Join us June 20th at 123 Pleasant Street to celebrate West Virginia Day literally the only way we know how-- Rockin' but also Rollin'

We have a loaded line-up again this year featuring some of the most incredible folks in the region.

If you're not familiar with The Travelin' Appalachians Revue, we are an annual mobile arts and culture festival, featuring a showcase of Appalachian writers, musicians, and artists. This is our FOURTH ANNUAL year, and we feel great about that. We celebrate West Virginia Day for 10 days, and this is but one of those days. Hope you can join us at 123 Pleasant Street, we'd love to see you.
Wednesday June 20th
123 Pleasant Street
Morgantown, WV
7pm DOORS
$10

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This year we've got on deck:
~SPECIAL GUESTS~
Rose Anne
Half Batch
William Matheny
Rayna Momen
Renee Nicholson
Avery Williamson
Kayla Young

~Da Crew~
Kelsie Cannon
Jen Iskow
Keegan Lester
Sophia Rehak

Hello my name is Howard and I will be emceeing this event.

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KELSIE CANNON is musician and writer living in Morgantown, WV with her dog, her cat, her bird, and some guy called Tyler Grady. She was born in Hawaii and spent her adolescence in California before moving to West Virginia where she has resided for over a decade, actively participating in the Appalachian music and arts scene. 2018 marks her third consecutive year as a participant in the Travelin’ Appalachian’s Revue summer tour.

KEVIN CHESSER is a writer, musician, and zine maker living in Randolph County, WV. His poems and essays have appeared in Still: The Journal, A VOID, Instant Prose, Perfect Sound Forever, and elsewhere. He is a regular contributor to the Travelin' Appalachians Revue, and plays banjo in the WV old-time stringband, T-Mart Rounders. He is the author / creator of 3 chapbook zines - Chance to Win, Sad Loud Cello Music, and Homecoming. You can find him @sweat_michaels on Instagram and @sweatmichaels on Twitter.
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JEN ISKOW is an artist, graphic designer, writer, and musician living in Thomas, WV. Originally from Frederick, Maryland, Jen has called West Virginia home for nearly a decade. Upon graduating from West Virginia University in 2014 with a BA in Design, she traveled throughout the region and beyond, working as a Marketing Coordinator for Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia, an Americorps VISTA at Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky, a Regional Chapter Coordinator for Generation West Virginia, a waitress at Hellbender Burritos, and a freelance designer and illustrator for her own one-woman business Beartown Design Studio (Jen made all the artwork for this project!). Jen is currently a WV Folklife Apprenticeship Fellow, studying traditional Appalachian old-time fiddle and folklore of Central West Virginia under master artist, John D. Morris. For project inquiries or more information, visit www.beartowndesign.com or contact Jen at jiskow@beartowndesign.com.

KEEGAN LESTER’s “poems resemble other contemporary poems in their blend of autobiographical detail set against a semi-surreal backdrop. Yet instead of the noncommittal emotional trajectory that often accompanies this kind of writing, Lester’s poems are driven by gratitude—love for his friends, and the landscape of West Virginia—and this hopefulness makes the book feel enviably more generous than its more nihilistic counterparts,” wrote Mikko Harvey in the The Kenyon Review. Keegan Lester is an American writer. His collection of poetry was selected by Mary Ruefle for the Slope Editions Book Prize. He is finishing his first collection of essays, which is tentatively titled It is Believed that Dinosaurs Once Cooed like Doves. His work has been published at Boston Review, Volume 1 Brooklyn, The Academy of American Poets, Hobart and The Journal among others and has been featured on NPR and at The Rumpus.
Insta: kml2157
twitter: @keeganmlester
www.keeganlester.com
For All My Strangers: http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/for-all-my-strangers
You Appalachian Reappropriating Asshole Poets: http://bostonreview.net/poetry/keegan-lester-you-appalachian-reappropriating
A PSALM AGAINST J.D. VANCE https://anastamos.chapman.edu/index.php/portfolio-item/21/
A review of the book at the Rumpus: http://therumpus.net/2018/02/this-shouldnt-be-beautiful-but-it-was-it-was-all-i-had-so-i-drew-it-by-keegan-lester/

SOPHIA REHAK is an ex-barista and full time farmer currently located somewhere in the depths of Greenbrier and Summers counties, West Virginia. She also writes songs when she is able, which is to say, when the stars and planets and things are correctly aligned, or however that works. With the help of dear friends and past, present and future participants in the Travelin’ Appalachians Revue, her first recordings were created in Spring of 2018 and can be found on the internet! Sophia is a Pisces and also a swimming hole enthusiast. If you know where the good spots are and want to make a day of it, reach on out.
For music: sophiarehak.bandcamp.com
For farm things: @phreshairfarms
For pictures of clouds: @coffeebitch666

HOWARD PARSONS is a writer from West Virginia. He is a co-founder of the Travelin Appalachians Revue, managing host of Black Bear Club Reading Series and a contributing editor for Dr Doctor. His words can be found on Hobart, Instant Prose & drDOCTOR. TWITTER: @brucepancake IG: @bruce_pancake

BRYAN RICHARDS is the driving force behind everything visual relating to this project. He is a self taught Appalachian cartoonist and designer under the moniker Best Virginia. The themes of his work combine grimey punk rock with the weird history of West Virginia. He has strong opinions on pepperoni rolls.
bestvirginia.bigcartel.com
Instagram: best.virginia
email: bryanrichards66@gmail.com

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