Badass Women Gather Up
Plus, a User's Guide to Historic Climate Legislation | Nov. 3, 2022
GREETINGS. Below are a couple of heads-up on worthy events this weekend in West Virginia. These events — the opening of “One Hundred Badass Women” at Huntington Museum of Art on FRI, NOV. 4 and an exceptional explainer in Charleston WV on SAT, NOV. 5, on the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic climate features — are worth knowing about even if you can’t make these happenings. You can still experience some of their juice by phone or laptop. Read on! (And free subscribe to WestVirginiaVille, if you’ve not already.) | Be well, Douglas John Imbrogno, editor, WestVirginiaVille.com
BAD(ASS) TO THE BONE
THIS FRIDAY, NOV. 4, the Huntington Museum of Art hosts a 5:30-7:30 pm opening reception for "One Hundred Badass Women," an epic collection of paintings by Sassa Wilkes of 100 current & historic badass women that will be up through January 2023. Below is an award-winning mini-documentary Bobby Lee Messer and I did on Sassa and this remarkable collection of work, with an interview by Connie Kinsey. This 19-minute video has been juried into film festivals worldwide.
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GET TO KNOW HISTORIC CLIMATE LEGISLATION
If your media nourishment comes from superficial, fiber-free sources — or worse, from poisonous, faux-news chaos agents like FOX News — you might not get how truly substantial are the climate and clean energy elements of the Inflation Reducation Act. The bill will benefit individuals, communities and businesses across West Virginia and the country, at a personal household, community and business operation level.
Perry Bryant, founder of the West Virginia Climate Alliance, will speak in detail about the bill on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, from 11 am to noon in room 311A in the Kanawha County Public Library, 123 Capitol St., Charleston WV 25301. The video below features a slideshow version of the presentation he will make:
CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO OVERVIEW OF IRA Climate Bill
As Bryant notes:
“The energy and environmental portions of the Inflation Reduction Act are extensive and frankly can be confusing. I hope with this presentation to make the historic investments in clean energy as understandable as possible.”
And for a differently succint overview of this historic legislation, download the .pdf Bryant created about the IRA by clicking the link below:
“The tax credits for rooftop solar have the ability to make substantial changes in our state.” ~ Perry Bryant
“Many West Virginians will benefit from the tax incentives in the IRA, if they are aware of how substantial they are,” says Bryant. “In particular, the tax incentives for homeowner’s energy efficiency (the state has some of the least energy efficient housing stock in the country) and the tax credits for rooftop solar have the ability to make substantial changes in our state.”
Advocates for the many remarkable features in the IRA have their work cut out for them, says Bryant.
“It is clear to me that if the Republicans regain power, they will attempt to repeal the investments in clear energy in the IRA. The best means of overcoming their efforts to repeal the IRA is to arm folks with information on the benefits and impacts of the IRA. Please circulate these educational materials so people will have a clearer understanding of what’s in the IRA and how it will impact West Virginia and the country.”
OVERVIEW OF NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE
If you haven’t taken a dive into the November 2022 edition of WestVirginiaVille, you can take a deep one, as there’s a lot of great stuff. The lead story is a colorful Q-and-A with Ann Magnuson, on the multifacted career of this Charleston WV native actress/performance artist/offbeat band leader/and multi-hyphenated person of many disciplines.
There’s also first-person evidence — and video — of a sighting of one of the world’s finest and most beloved musicians, Yo-Yo Ma, leaned up against a tree in the New River Gorge, playing his legendary cello. And the tale of a Buddhist outhouse in the West Virginia outback. Meanwhile Connie Kinsey serves up a portrait of a Sanskrit-reading, harmonium-playing polymath on sabbatical from Marshall U’s chemistry department. And Joseph “Billy” Corduroy muses on ‘prostitute pasta’ (and how you can tell if a family restaurant in the West Virginia is any good by name alone). There’s also an ode to Autumn and a roundup of “BEST/SHOTS,” including the best single collection of spires in West Virginia’s capital city ever captured.
Finally, see this killer Q-and-A with James Van Nostrand, author of the newly released book “THE COAL TRAP: How West Virginia Was Left Behind in the Clean Energy Revolution.” Along with Perry Bryant (see above) and myself, we discuss how West Virginia’s perfect storm of politics, powerful coal interests, and culture locked the state out of the onset of the clean energy revolution for a “Lost Decade” (2009-2019). The second half of the interview underscores the good things beginning to happen — even in West Virginia! — on the clean energy front.
See this clickable INDEX to the whole November 2022 issue.
