Arts & Culture Archives

Live opera performance of ‘One Vote Won’ slated Oct. 27 at Alhambra Theatre

by Jennifer P. Brown
October 12, 2022

The Nashville Opera is bringing the "One Vote Won" — a work that was commissioned in observance of the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution — to Hopkinsville.

Hoptoberbest is back with its popular beards competition

by Jennifer P. Brown
October 11, 2022

The event on Saturday, Oct. 15, will also have pork chop sandwiches served by Hopkinsville Junior Auxiliary.

‘What Moves the Dead’ is a hauntingly beautiful, eerie retelling of Poe short story

by Sydney Hill
October 10, 2022

The retelling of one of Edgar Allen Poe's most popular works is the perfect fall read to get you in the mood for the spooky season.

Hopkinsville Big Read activities continue

by Jennifer P. Brown
October 9, 2022

The Pennyroyal Arts Council and several community partners are hosting events centering on the novel "There There."

Loretta Lynn was more than a great songwriter

by Stephanie Vander Wel
October 6, 2022

The Kentucky native was a spokeswoman for working class women, especially those living in rural and suburban communities.

Looking for the Bell Witch? She’s headed for Hopkinsville twice before Halloween

by Jennifer P. Brown
October 5, 2022

Events with Bell Witch storytellers are planned at Jeffers Bend and St. Elmo.

Downtown trick-or-treating slated

by Hoptown Chronicle
October 4, 2022

Children are invited to collect treats between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Imagination Library plans pumpkin-carving fundraiser

by Jennifer P. Brown
October 4, 2022

Prizes will be awarded at the library's fall festival on Oct. 28 for scariest, funniest, most creative and cutest pumpkins.

Documentary about Western Kentucky tornado outbreak to premiere at Louisville film festival

by Derek Operle
October 4, 2022

An independent crew known as Climate Productions has been working on the documentary — called "165 Miles: Catastrophe in Kentucky" — since the day of the storm.

Loretta Lynn, a coal miner’s daughter who spoke strongly for women, has died

by The Rural Blog
October 4, 2022

The country music icon, described as a "symbol of rural resilience," was 90 years old.

John Prine fans flock to Muhlenberg County for park dedication

by Jennifer P. Brown
October 4, 2022

County Judge-Executive Curtis McGehee announced at the dedication that every October will be celebrated as John Prine Month in Muhlenberg County.

Kentucky by Heart: Rediscovering the works of iconic writer and Kentucky native Robert Penn Warren

by Steve Flairty
October 4, 2022

Robert Penn Warren, a Kentucky native from Guthrie, became America’s first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 1986.