Here's your guide to this weekend in the Kanawha Valley

Plus: Remembering neighbors who have recently passed

Michael Ramsburg

Jun 27, 2025

Happy Friday, neighbor!

We’ve (almost) made it to the weekend.

Your three-day forecast:

Friday: 🌦️ Chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the low 90s, lows in the low 70s.
Saturday: 🌦️ Chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s, lows near 70.
Sunday: 🌤️ Mostly sunny. Highs near 90, lows near 70.

🛑 REMINDER: KRT will hold a public hearing at noon today (Friday, June 27) at the Kanawha County Public Library, Room 311C, 123 Capitol St., Charleston. The hearing will discuss eliminating fixed service on some routes, among other items. More information is available here.

📆 PROGRAMMING NOTE: I’ll be off next week, so there’ll be no daily newsletter until I return. Instead, you’ll receive one email on Thursday, July 3, featuring the weekend calendar and obits. We’ll be back to our regular daily publishing schedule on Monday, July 7. Thank you, as always, for spending part of your day with the Update.

Now, let’s get this weekend started.

It’s a great weekend to enjoy an event and support a local cause! On Friday, try your winning hand at the St. Albans Red Dragons football’s Bingo Night fundraiser, or opt to help rescue animals at the Dream Away Cat Rescue’s BYOB Paint and Sip. Afterward, head down to Pumzi’s for the Friends-raiser Benefit Concert to help a local music venue repair its storm-damaged roof. On Saturday, admire the handiwork of 40+ craft vendors at the Bible Center School’s Summer Craft Market. In the evening, dress in your tropical best for the CAMC Foundation Summer Luau, a benefit gala for CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital. Looking for a show? Catch a screening of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” or one of the other films running at Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema, or indulge yourself in the final weekend of the Alban Arts Center’s production of “Tuck Everlasting”. And don’t forget the Hip-Hop Bash at The Empty Glass, the Natsu no Tsubasacon gathering at Coonskin Park, Pride Comedy Night at Wandering Wind Meadery, or one of several other events happening this weekend around the Kanawha Valley.