Nestled on the corner of 6th Ave in Dayton, Kentucky, is a big building with lots of character inside. The Lodge KY is a recording and art studio space with a smorgasbord of opportunities for artists, from audio recording and photography to studio rental and event space. Scott Beseler has owned the building for the […]
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Covington initiative helps small businesses with expansions, improvements
By Whitney Miller, WCPO 9 reporter Three companies were awarded nearly $12,000 Tuesday for building improvements and rental assistance as part of an initiative that has helped more than 100 Covington small businesses expand since 2017. Branding firm BrandFuel received $6,000 to subsidize rent on its two-year lease on W. Pike Street, while Mark Kohlhas […]
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Newport High students’ artwork chosen for traveling exhibit
Two Newport High School students’ artwork was selected to appear in a traveling art exhibit on display at Newport High School. “Student Traveling Art Exhibit, A Matter of Perspective” features original artwork from students with disabilities across Kentucky. Ivan Tafolla and Lacyann Howard’s work will be on display as part of the exhibit until Feb. […]
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Local and national artists return to The Carnegie galleries
The Carnegie is welcoming patrons and artists back into the galleries on March 11, 2022, with two new exhibitions. “The first is ‘A Thought is a River,’ a group exhibition of artists from the Greater Cincinnati and Louisville areas,” a news release said. “These two locations are connected by the Ohio River. Much as that […]
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Florence author honored with prestigious writing award
N.V. Haskell began writing when she was about 8 years old. She wrote stories throughout high school, but in college she put away her metaphorical pen and paper to focus more on the sciences. As she took up a career in healthcare, her pen and paper collected dust for almost 30 years. In 2019, “during […]
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The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra to put on The Greatest Showmen
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will continue its 30th anniversary season under the “big top” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Drees Homes Auditorium (St. Henry District H.S.) in Erlanger. This circus-themed program features music from two films spanning nearly 90 years from Charlie Chaplin’s silent film — The Circus (1928) — and Hugh […]
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Comedy classic ‘You Can’t Take it With You’ comes to village players of Fort Thomas
Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take It With You is coming to Village Players of Fort Thomas with six live-and-in person performances from February 25 – March 5. About the show: “At first, the Sycamores seem mad, but it’s not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world […]
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Book Review: A measure of Kentucky justice for a freed slave in the Jim Crow era
Written by James P. Dady, LINK nky contributor A Shot in the Moonlight is Ben Montgomery’s history of a deadly confrontation in 1897 between two dozen heavily-armed white nightriders and a former slave named George Dinning in Simpson County, Kentucky. On the pretext that Mr. Dinning had engaged in some stealing in the neighborhood, the intruders […]
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Artist Gallery One of Six New Businesses at the Hiland Building in Fort Thomas
Timothy Lancaster has opened Lancaster Artworks in the heart of Fort Thomas’ Central Business District. His business is one of six new businesses in the historic Hiland Building. (photo provided) by Robin Gee Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the good news is new businesses continue to open up throughout the region. Earlier this […]
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Grant aims to fund projects for artists of color in Covington
Written by Kenton Hornbeck, LINK nky reporter The Eastern Neighborhood Vibrant Communities program is providing a great opportunity for up-and-coming artists of color to create pieces in Covington’s Eastern Neighborhoods that have been historically underrepresented with arts programming. The program will grant up to $5,000 in requests; the money will be used to pay for […]
