The Kenton County Public Library’s Covington branch is hosting sewing workshops to help residents increase their safety and engage in creative activities thanks to a Creative Community Grant from Center for Great Neighborhoods. The “B Visible” project started at Holmes Middle School where students are creating bike messenger bags in a six-week program. The library is also […]
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Sweet Alice to Perform in Devou Park on Thursday
Sweet Alice Hoskins, dubbed Cincinnati’s “Queen of the Blues,” will lend her gutsy, high-energy singing to the second concert in the 2015 Music@BCM series in Covington’s Devou Park on Thursday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. Sweet Alice’s music draws on the gospel songs she grew up with and the blues artists she listened to on the […]
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Have a Bold Idea to Transform the Region? Here’s Your Chance to Pitch It
Transform Cincinnati, a new initiative to connect bold ideas to improve Greater Cincinnati with people who have the potential to make significant investments, was announced today by co-founder Richard Rosenthal. “We want to hear from people and organizations who are thinking big and thinking differently about how to enhance our city,” said Rosenthal. “By showcasing […]
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Jackie Demaline: May is Full of Art, Film, Dance, & Theatre in NKY and Cincinnati!
Hello, Spring! Starting in May, we’re widening our search for the best arts of the month to include music and visual art in easy reach of Northern Kentucky. That includes the annual May Festival – with a program at Covington’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption; what looks like a fun day with King Records nostalgia in Washington […]
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Student Art Exhibition Coming to Covington Library
A student art exhibition is coming to the Kenton County Public Library in Covington where events will be held from April 24 – May 15 to highlight the exhibition. Curated by Northern Kentucky University English Professor Robert K. Wallace and BFA major Emma Rose Thompson, the exhibition is displayed on all three floors of the […]
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Showcase of Graduating Artists Opens at The Carnegie on Friday
Convocation: A regional showcase of graduating artists closes The Carnegie’s exhibit season April 24-June 13. There will be an opening night preview conversation at 5:30 p.m. and a free reception from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m on Friday. Work by outstanding graduating seniors and MFA candidates from Art Academy of Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University, University of Cincinnati, […]
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Local Museum Teams Up With NKU Students to Create Bicentennial Exhibit
From the time when herds of roaming buffalo carved out the route of Dixie Highway to the bourbon-fueled heyday of the 1920s, Covington has had a dynamic and colorful history. A collaboration between Behringer-Crawford Museum (BCM) and the Masters of Art in Public History program at Northern Kentucky University (NKU), “Buffalo and Bourbon: 200 Years […]
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ARTS: Bird Brain Tour Starts Tomorrow Night in NKY
Bird Brain, a funny fable for family audiences from Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill, brings the lesson that strange behavior isn’t always foolish. The community tour has several dates in Northern Kentucky from April 18 to May 23. Based on the story Vogelkopp, Bird Brain tells the tale of a kindhearted woodcutter who finds a nest […]
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3 NKY Artists Featured in Upcoming Covington Arts Exhibit
Flight in time, flight in space, flight in life. Flight features the works of Northern Kentucky artists Sharmon Davidson and Marsha Karagheusian, showcased in a three-woman show with Cincinnati’s Jan Nickum at Covington Arts gallery. Nickum meets the most obvious definition of the exhibit. Her work is about birds as “messengers in the universe,” says curator Saad […]
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Duveneck Memorial Art Show Coming Mother’s Day Weekend
The 46th Annual Duveneck Memorial Art Show will be held during Mother’s Day weekend on Saturday, May 9 from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m at George Rogers Clark Park on Riverside Drive in Covington, Kentucky, overlooking the Ohio River and Cincinnati skyline. This year’s show will consist of over 60 artists’ tents The show will […]
