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fter nearly a week of frigid temperatures, it’s time to heat things up. The weekend provides plenty of events to keep you heated. At the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center alone, you can catch two country music concerts, the Reds Caravan and the Hunting and Fishing Show. Here are some things happening between Friday, Jan. 24, and Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, around Kanawha County.

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Friday, Jan. 24

Music

• TIMMY COURTS & FRIENDS: 5-8 p.m. No cover. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• FRIDAY NIGHT JAM: 7 p.m. $5 per person, 12 and under free. Featuring Ruff Cut Country. Concessions available. Elk River Community Center, 1078 Main St. in Elkview. For more info call 304-965-3722.
• PARKER MCCOLLUM: 7:30 p.m. Tickets $24.50 and up. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.
• SEVEN TELLER & UNCLE KUNKEL’S ONE GRAM BAND: 8 p.m. Tickets $15 and up. Live at “The Shop,” 1233 Ohio Avenue, Dunbar. More info and link to tickets on Facebook.
• THREE’S COMPANY BLUES: 10 p.m. $7 cover. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Stage/Theater

• QUEER: 7:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. A 2024 film from director Luca Guadagnino. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St., Charleston. More info online.

Etc.

• WV HUNTING & FISHING SHOW: Noon-9 p.m. $12 adults, children 12 and under free. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.
• REDS CARAVAN: 5:30 p.m. Free entrance. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info online.
• DEAF COFFEE CHAT: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. ASL activities, Deaf culture, games, snacks, and more. All ages and skill levels welcome. Habitat ReStore, 912 Young St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Saturday, Jan. 25

Music

• MINOR SWING & JORDAN DYER TRIO: 7 p.m. $5 cover. Pumzi’s, 813 Hunt Ave., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• RODNEY CARRINGTON: 7 p.m. Tickets $49.50 and up. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.
• EAST END GHOULS OPEN STAGE: 10 p.m. $7 cover. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St., Charleston. More info online.

Dance

• TARTAN BALL: 6-11 p.m. $60 per person. Beni Kedem Temple, 100 Quarrier St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• BALLROOM DANCE: 7-10 p.m. $15 per person. Featuring a Waltz dance lesson provided by Terry and Melanie Whittington. Hansford Community Center, 500 Washington St., St. Albans. More info on Facebook.

Stage/Theater

• FLOW: 2:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St., Charleston. More info online.
• QUEER: 4:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. A 2024 film from director Luca Guadagnino. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St., Charleston. More info online.
• OH, CANADA: 7:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. Documentary about famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.

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• WV HUNTING & FISHING SHOW: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. $12 adults, children 12 and under free. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.
• CHARLESTON PARKRUN: 9 a.m. Free timed 5K run or walk. Magic Island, 181 Kanawha Blvd. West, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• CLENDENIN RUNNING GROUP: 9:45 a.m. Free. Run begins promptly at 10 a.m. Fox Coffee, 14 Main St., Clendenin. More info on Facebook.
• FROSTY FRONTIER FUN: 1 p.m. Free. Learn about what pioneer life was like through cabin dioramas, try your hand at building your own log cabin, play with historic games and toys, and more. West Virginia State Museum, Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• AUTHOR PRESENTATION: 2 p.m. Free. Dr. Christina Fisanick will detail her new book; “Pulling the Thread: Untangling Wheeling History,” a collection of essays that dig into some interesting facts about West Virginia’s first capitol city, Wheeling. Mea Cuppa in the Main Library. 123 Capitol St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• FAMILY PICASSO PARTY: 4 p.m. Sip on hot cocoa and tea, have some snacks and paint your own adorable winter foxes. Kula Yoga, 50 Old Main, St. Albans. More info on Facebook.
• BIG BAND BINGO: 5-10 p.m. $25 per person. Fundraiser for the Pride of Capital High marching band. Capital High School Cafeteria, 1500 Greenbrier St., Charleston. More info and link to tickets on Facebook.
• ORTHODOXY ON TAP: 6 p.m. Food, fun, and fellowship as well as a discussion of Orthodox Christian theology. St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, 190 Court St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT: 7:30 p.m. Free. Bring your favorite chair and/or blanket and enjoy an evening watching Disney's "Frozen". Community Center, 4 First St., Clendenin. More info on Facebook.

Sunday, Jan. 26

Music

• MOUNTAIN STAGE: 7 p.m. Tickets $30. Featuring Oliver Wood, Dar Williams, Tophouse, Cloud Cult, and Stephen Wilson Jr. West Virginia Culture Center Theater, Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• THE CARPENTER ANTS: 10 p.m. $7 cover. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St., Charleston. More info on Facebook.

Stage/Theater

• OH, CANADA: 2:30 p.m. $12 adults, $7 students. Documentary about famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife. Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, 230 Capitol St, Charleston. More info online.

Etc.

• WV HUNTING & FISHING SHOW: 10 a.m.-5p.m. $12 adults, children 12 and under free. Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston. More info and tickets online.
• DACHSHUND THROUGH THE SNOW 5K: 2 p.m. $50 entrance fee. Kanawha State Forest, 7500 Kanawha State Forest Drive, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• EXHIBIT OPENING: 2 p.m. Free. Featuring the new “Inspired: West Virginia Wildlife” exhibit. West Virginia State Museum, Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston. More info on Facebook.
• MICRO WRESTLING FEDERATION: 6 p.m. Tickets $25 and up. Must be 21+ to attend. EZ Street, 2796 Winfield Road, St. Albans. More info and a link to tickets on Facebook.

Events are subject to change. If you have questions, please reach out to event organizers. Know of a public event happening in Kanawha County that you’d like to share with readers? Email me to be featured in a future calendar.