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Parkersburg — Artsbridge has announced this week’s events around the Mid-Ohio Valley:

Thursday

* WesBanco Art Show, 9am-3pm, WesBanco, 415 Market St., Parkersburg

*Two Years of Birth Story Time, 10am-11am, Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries, Emerson Avenue Branch

* Attic oil painting, 10 a.m. Parkersburg Arts Center

* Pumpkin Drawing, Grades 4-8, 3:30 p.m., Williamstown Public Library

* Introduction to American Sign Language, 6-8 p.m., West Virginia University Parkersburg

*6:30 p.m., an evening with Diane Tarantini, Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries

*William and Betsey Mills Family Legacy 7-8 pm, The Castle

Friday

* WesBanco Art Show, 9am-4pm, WesBanco, 415 Market St., Parkersburg

* Preschool Story Time, 10am-11am, Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries, Emerson Avenue Branch

* Noon Yoga, free, noon, Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries Emerson Avenue Branch

* Picasso Preschool, 12:30-2 pm, Parkersburg Art Center

* Adopt hole at Woodridge Golf Club, The Links, Woodridge, 5-7pm

*Monster Mash!, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Point Park Marketplace

* Haunted Tour at the Blennerhassett Hotel, 6-7:30pm

* Music by Johnny Staats, 6:30-9:30pm, Blennerhassett Hotel

* Butcher’s Bend Fall Festival, 7-10pm

* Ghost tour at the castle from 7pm to 8:45pm

* The Glorious Sons, 9pm, Adelphia Concert Hall

Saturday

* Wood carving demonstration, Museum of the New Matamoras Historical Society

*Teen/Teen Performance Class, 9:45-10:45am, Family Life Building, Marietta Nazarene First Church

* Introductory Aerial Yoga Workshop, 10am-11:30am, Amputee Center

* Kids Shop and Create, ages 3 and up, 10am-5pm, Parkersburg Arts Center

*MOV Breastfeeding, Birth and Parenting Social, 10 a.m. Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries

* “horror film” Practice, 11 a.m., Parkersburg YMCA (Oct. 29) “Stimulate the world” event)

* Fab Fall Floral Fest, 11am-1pm, The Galley

* Barlow Fairgrounds Fall Festival, 11am-4pm, Barlow Fairgrounds

* Fall Wreath Maker, 11am-12:30pm, BB2C Makerspace

* UFO presentation by Chris Parsons, 12:30-2:30pm, South Parkersburg Public Library

* The Met: Live in HD: Cherubini’s MEDEA, 12:55 pm, Athena Cinema

* True Crime Book Club, 1-2 p.m., Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries, Emerson Avenue Branch

* Scary little stories! Ages 13 and up, 2 p.m. Parkersburg and Wood County Public Libraries

* Carving/Decorating Pumpkin Contest, 3 p.m., Grand Central Mall

*Dark Arts Kids, ages 5-11, 5:45-8:15pm, BB2C Makerspace

* Black Art Copper Foil Stained Glass, 6-8pm, BB2C Makerspace

* Dark Arts Moon Phase Hanger, 6-8 pm, BB2C Makerspace

* Dark Arts Poppets, 6-8pm, BB2C Makerspace

* Dark Arts Wand Turning, 6-8pm, BB2C Makerspace

* Spooktacular Blennerhassett Tours, 6:30-8:30pm, Blennerhassett Hotel

* Butcher’s Bend Fall Festival, 7-10pm

* Castle Ghost Tour, 7-8:45pm, Castle

* Sk​​ate Country Annual Halloween Party, 7:30pm-10:30pm

*John Michael Montgomery, 8 p.m., People’s Bank Theatre

* Kate Boytek, 8-11pm, Lost Anchor

Sunday

* Muskingum River Day Cruise, 9am-7pm, Valley Gem Sternwheeler

* Trunk or Treat, 6-9 p.m., McDonald’s on Division Street, Parkersburg