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Contact Info
The Frank and Jane Gabor
West Virginia Folklife Center
on the campus of Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community and Technical College
1201 Locust Avenue
Fairmont, WV 26554
(304) 367-4403
wvfolklife@fairmontstate.edu
wvfolklife@pierpont.edu
Dr. Judy P. Byers, Director Frank & Jane Gabor WV Folklife Center,
Abelina Suarez Professor, Senior Level,
English & Folklore Studies Fairmont State University
(304) 367-4286
jbyers@fairmontstate.edu
jbyers@pierpont.edu
Mr. Noel W. Tenney, Folk Cultural Specialist
Frank & Jane Gabor WV Folklife Center
and Museum Studies Program Coordinator
Pierpont Community & Technical College
(304) 367-3606
ntenney@fairmontstate.edu
ntenney@pierpont.edu
FSUNow Stories
Monday, March 24, 2014
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center will host a special event in April honoring the work of acclaimed poet Maggie Anderson and the legacy of former West Virginia Poet Laureate Louise McNeill.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Three West Virginia writers will read from their new books at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center on the Fairmont State University main campus. The writers include Michael W. Cox, Jessie Van Eerden and John Van Kirk.
A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow the reading. Admission is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs at Fairmont State University and the Department of Language and Literature.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Playwright, author and screenwriter Tom DeTitta has been named the 2014 Artist-in-Residence for Fairmont State University. With a specialty in historical drama, he has written two plays with content closely connected to this area, “Monongah,” which is about an immigrant family affected by the 1907 mine disaster, and “Street of Gold,” which is about a coal mining family in Western Pennsylvania.