Read. Create. Grow. Join us for BookBuds Storytime, a weekly story-and-craft adventure ideal for ages 1–6, but all are welcome! Each session features a new tale and a fun, take-home craft to spark imagination and learning.

Get up close and personal with the band at the Roger L. Nicholson Emerging Artist Series at the Clay Center. (Formerly known as Sound Checks)

Read. Create. Grow. Join us for BookBuds Storytime, a weekly story-and-craft adventure ideal for ages 1–6, but all are welcome! Each session features a new tale and a fun, take-home craft to spark imagination and learning.

Read. Create. Grow. Join us for BookBuds Storytime, a weekly story-and-craft adventure ideal for ages 1–6, but all are welcome! Each session features a new tale and a fun, take-home craft to spark imagination and learning.

Stories leap off the page and onto the stage at Storytime Theater! Join us every Thursday and Saturday at 1:00 PM in the My Town Theater for an interactive storytelling adventure where imagination takes center stage!

Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains, this incredibly heartwarming, unforgettable production and amazing cast imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

The West Virginia Creative Network presents the Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship Exhibition.

The exhibition celebrates the 2025 Creative Entrepreneur Fellows, a group of eight artists and creative entrepreneurs recognized for their talents and innovative spirit. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the fellows, hear the stories behind their work, and experience the wide range of creativity of the Mountain State.

Enjoy Discovery Day Camps at the Clay Center!

Experience an unforgettable holiday season with your loved ones by immersing yourself in the timeless classic of THE NUTCRACKER.

Families are invited to our annual gingerbread workshop to decorate a premade gingerbread house however they please! Guests can enjoy light refreshments and holiday music while choosing from candy and icing decorations, all provided by The Clay Center. 

You bring the creativity, and we’ll take care of the rest! 

Get ready for a holiday experience like no other! Join us for a magical day filled with festive fun as Santa himself makes a special stop to meet the kids! Not only will Santa be on-site to hear your Christmas wishes, but kids can unleash their creativity making a Candy Cane Christmas Tree and put together a Holiday Headband and Dancing Reindeer!

Experience an unforgettable holiday season with your loved ones by immersing yourself in the timeless classic of THE NUTCRACKER.

Experience an unforgettable holiday season with your loved ones by immersing yourself in the timeless classic of THE NUTCRACKER.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

Have you ever watched the Great British Bake Off and thought you would be REALLY good at decorating cookies? Well, now is your chance to prove it! At this age 21+ event, guests will work together to design Gingerbread houses using provided supplies while enjoying signature cocktails.

With a heart “two sizes too small,” the Grinch despises the annual Christmas festivities of Who-ville from a solitary distance. Fed up, he carries out a plan to stop them once and for all, only to learn a lesson about opening his heart to the real meaning of Christmas.

Celebrate the shortest day of the year in a big way at the Clay Center! Dive into a family-friendly blend of snowy STEM activities, glowing solstice discoveries, and engaging shows that highlight the science, beauty, and wonder of the winter solstice.

With a heart “two sizes too small,” the Grinch despises the annual Christmas festivities of Who-ville from a solitary distance. Fed up, he carries out a plan to stop them once and for all, only to learn a lesson about opening his heart to the real meaning of Christmas.

With a heart “two sizes too small,” the Grinch despises the annual Christmas festivities of Who-ville from a solitary distance. Fed up, he carries out a plan to stop them once and for all, only to learn a lesson about opening his heart to the real meaning of Christmas.

Can’t stay up until midnight? No problem! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to celebrate 2026 at NOON!

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

Water’s Extreme Journey takes visitors on an exciting and important quest for clean water through West Virginia waterways.

Enjoy Discovery Day Camps at the Clay Center!

The Kratt Brothers bring the hit PBS Kids series to life with Wild Kratts LIVE! 2.0 at the Clay Center on January 21, 2026. Families will experience Creature Power Suits, exciting rescues, and laugh-out-loud fun in this one-night-only adventure.

Join us for Homeschool Days, an experience where students and parents partake in a series of educational programming designed to spark creativity and imagination.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

As we celebrate 15 unforgettable years of Carnaval, we invite you to toast to tomorrow while honoring the victories of yesterday. This milestone year is all about reflections: of the memories that shaped us, the moments that moved us, and the brilliance that still lies ahead.

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

Enjoy Discovery Day Camps at the Clay Center!

Join us for Homeschool Days, an experience where students and parents partake in a series of educational programming designed to spark creativity and imagination.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

Join us for Homeschool Days, an experience where students and parents partake in a series of educational programming designed to spark creativity and imagination.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

Good Business: Andy Warhol’s Screenprints examines why screenprints are an essential part of Warhol’s body of work. Facilitating experimentation and mass distribution, prints can be simultaneously challenging and accessible.

Meredith Willson's six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef

Enjoy Discovery Day Camps at the Clay Center!

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

The current cast members of the Emmy-nominated TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? are proud to present their new improv tour: WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY?

Join us for Homeschool Days, an experience where students and parents partake in a series of educational programming designed to spark creativity and imagination.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has grown tremendously from when it started in 1939 as a partnership with local chemical plants in Charleston, WV.

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.

The boots are back! KINKY BOOTS will lift your spirits to high-heeled heights! Celebrated with six Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, a Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theatre Album, and London’s Olivier Award for Best Musical, this big-hearted musical hit will have you strutting out of the theater saying “Yeah!”

Enjoy Discovery Day Camps at the Clay Center!

Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget!

Enjoy admission to the Clay Center for just $2 per person on the first Sunday of each month with a valid SNAP or WIC card and photo ID.