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Weirton senior center to hold dance
WEIRTON -- The Weirton Senior Citizens Center, located at 3425 Main St., will hold its Halloween dance from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The cost for admission is $5. Guests are asked to bring a covered dish. Music for the evening will be provided by Jack Thomas.
Rummage, puzzle and book sale
WEIRTON -- Organizers at the Weirton Senior Citizens Center, located at 3425 Main St., announced it will be holding an ongoing daily rummage sale for interested residents. In addition, puzzles and books will be available for purchase. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. For information, call (304) 748-3490.
Kiwanis Club selling roses
TORONTO -- The Toronto Kiwanis Club is holding its annual Sweetest Day rose sale. Orders are being accepted until Oct. 13. The cost is $18 per dozen, with proceeds going to causes supported by the club, including Coats for Kids and Toys for Toronto. Delivery is free for Toronto residents and will take place Oct. 20. To order or for information, call (740) 317-3947.
Retired school employees to meet
WELLSBURG -- The Brooke County Association of Retired School Employees will meet at noon on Oct. 10 at the Brooke County Library's River Room. Call Ruth Lewis for a reservation by Tuesday at (304) 737-2314. The cost for lunch will be $12.
Church prepares for gyro sale
STEUBENVILLE -- The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church will hold a gyro sale between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday. The sale will take place at the church, located at 300 S. Fourth St. Those ordering should allow a minimum of 20 minutes for all orders. Phone-in orders can be placed by calling (740) 282-9835. Orders may be faxed by dialing (740) 282-2091. Free delivery will be available to businesses or parishioners who order four or more gyros, organizers stated. The cost for a gyro will be $9. Grape leaves will be sold three for $3.50. Baklava will cost $3 each. Tyropitas are $3.50; melamakaronas, $2.50 apiece; almond crescent cookies, $2; and koulourakia, $8 per dozen, officials noted.
Cloak and Dagger returns to the air
WEIRTON -- "Cloak & Dagger On the Air" returns from its summer hiatus at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau, located at 3539 Main St. Parking is available behind the building. Those with mobility impairments can use the front entrance. Troupe members will assist individuals.
Titled "Brave New World," the troupe will present a thought-provoking episode in which they re-imagine the 1956 CBS radio workshop adaptation of Aldous Huxley's groundbreaking and chilling novel.
The lineup includes an adaptation of "There Will Come Soft Rains," by Ray Bradbury, taken from a 1950 episode of "Dimension X," and an installment of Emily Penelope's Fabulous Flights of Fancy entitled "Operation: B-Mod Squad," written by Pete Fernbaugh.
"In our fifth season, we re-imagined the very first radio adaptation of 1984 by George Orwell," Fernbaugh stated. "A Brave New World further explores some of the same concepts in Orwell's book, namely our willingness to succumb to oppression as long as our personal comfort is preserved. When Huxley revisited 'A Brave New World' 25 years after its first publication, he expressed his fear that we were devolving into tyranny even faster than he had originally anticipated. Now, it feels like we're on the cusp of realizing his brave new world sooner, rather than later."
"Currently, we have two political parties who actively talk about restricting the free speech of their enemies or at the very least, imprisoning them," he continued. "Forums of world leaders routinely discuss a world in which you will own nothing and like it. TikTok and other social media platforms are rife with influencers who want to suppress people and ideas that make them uncomfortable. The rise of AI, which is funded and controlled by the richest and most megalo-maniacal people on this planet, is threatening to erode our independence as humans. Pharmaceutical companies flood the market with drugs that create legions of addicts. And most disturbing to me is our willingness to surrender critical thought and free will for the comfort and security of what is largely an illusion of freedom propagated by the state."
"Huxley, Orwell and practically every other science-fiction author of the 20th century predicted where we are in 2023, and I think it would benefit all of us to be red-pilled by their fears and prophecies before we allow ourselves to be forever baited-and-hooked by power-hungry authoritarians," he said. "However, the clock is ticking, and society is becoming less aware of history and the big picture."
The program stars Rob DeSantis, Bethany Fernbaugh, Pete Fernbaugh, David Gaudio, Robert J. Gaudio, Karissa Martin, Ralph Parissi, Abby Perry, Terri Perry and Maura Danielle Reiff. Lakin Weaver provided an original score and the Holy Foley Molies created sound effects.
Admission is free, although donations are accepted. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. with live music by troubadour R.J. Gaudio, who will perform pop, rock and folk music favorites. The program will livestream from its Cloak & Dagger Facebook page.
The monthly series celebrates audio drama from all eras, particularly the fabled Golden Age of Radio. By re-imagining classic radio dramas and literary works, along with original stories written and produced by independent writer and actor Fernbaugh, the show strives to give audiences an immersive experience that engages the theater of their imagination in creating a fully-realized, storytelling adventure. The Cloak & Dagger On the Air podcast completes the experience by presenting these stories in the way they were meant to be seen: By the mind's eye.