Producer, filmmaker and CEO of Black Monarch Entertainment Olivia Charmaine Morris will serve as the keynote speaker and guest lecturer at Northern Kentucky University’s Black Cinema Celebration next week. “The two-day event is part of NKU’s Black History Month celebration and aims to provide students with a deeper level of education in relation to film, […]
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Artist-in-residence program coming to OneNKY Center
ArtsWave, the Northern Kentucky Port Authority, and meetNKY have teamed up to launch an artist-in-residence program at the OneNKY Center in Covington. The program calls for 2D visual artists to apply for a residency at the OneNKY Center Gallery. Applications are due by March 6 at 5 p.m. The initiative seeks to build upon creative placemaking […]
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Beechwood junior wins state poetry contest, moves on to nationals
Bella Slone, a junior at Beechwood High School, has won the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud Recitation contest. Her victory, which she achieved in Lexington on Feb. 12, means she will advance to the national recitation competition in Washington, D.C., in April. “Bella is one of the most hard-working and talented students with whom I’ve worked,” […]
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The Carnegie to kickoff statewide art symposium in March
The Carnegie is launching an arts symposium featuring free-to-the-public arts events throughout the state, and the first event is coming up next month. The series, called Altered States, will explore how “contemporary art is made, seen and contested in current fluctuating states of power,” according to a press release from the organizations. The first event […]
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Boone County library receives $25k grant for America250 project
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Boone County Public Library a $25,000 grant to support a proposed outdoor mural project depicting several national heroes and trailblazers. Through the grant, the Boone County Public Library proposed a project called In Words We Rise: Celebrating American Trailblazers, which would feature an outdoor exhibit at […]
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Villa Hills native accepted into prestigious opera program
Villa Hills native and performer Logan Wagner has performed in operas throughout the country. Now, he has been accepted into the prestigious Merola Opera Program, a 10-week live-in training program in San Francisco that, as Wagner put it, is “like a stamp of approval for your career.” The program had a record number of applicants […]
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Covington recommits to financial help for The Carnegie
The Covington Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday night to continue providing financial support for The Carnegie, a well-known theater and arts education organization located on Scott Street. The City had provided similar funding last year. City documents indicate that up to $60,000 from the city’s general fund will be set aside for the organization, […]
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Dayton comedy show blends stand-up sets with licensed therapists
Stand-up comedy meets group therapy sessions at a new alt-comedy show at Dayton, Kentucky’s Commonwealth Comedy Club. Hosted by comedian Shawn Braley, Stand Up Therapy is what happens when you blend laughter, psychology and some gentle emotional chaos. On Feb. 5, a group of comedians will take the stage at Commonwealth and perform short stand-up […]
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February concert to honor local composer
A February Kentucky Symphony Orchestra concert at NKU will highlight the work of a local composer and works of famous visual artists throughout history. Dubbed the Galerie Fantastique, the concert will invite attendees “to view the (projected) art of Van Gogh, Warhol and Hartmann accompanied by the respective live musical works of Strawn, Daugherty and […]
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New partnership puts free books in NKY families’ hands from birth
Northern Kentucky families are now getting free books from the moment their children are born. St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Educate-NKY and public libraries across Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties have partnered to offer new parents the chance to sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library directly from the hospital. “It’s a QR code. You sign up, they get […]