Arts & Culture Archives

Instrument donation drive to benefit Christian County schools

by WKMS
January 27, 2022

This project is inspired by Black Violin's work to overcome stereotypes and encourage people of all ages, races, and economic backgrounds to join together to break down cultural barriers.

Online memorial reading will honor bell hooks

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 20, 2022

The online program is on Jan. 25. There is no charge to view the reading, which will feature Kentucky writer Silas House.

‘Rumpelstiltskin’ auditions will be Jan. 24

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 10, 2022

Children in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to try out for the play.

Concert raises money for tornado victims

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 9, 2022

The Fabulous Equinox and Hopkinsville musician Kenneth Bates played mainly gospel music for the concert to help people affected by the Western Kentucky tornadoes.

Kenneth Bates, longtime gospel music aficionado, will join tornado benefit concert

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 5, 2022

Tickets for the Saturday show at the Alhambra are $25.

Commentary: Remembering my rural neighbor, bell hooks

by Kim Kobersmith
December 20, 2021

The acclaimed author, poet, and professor leaves a lasting legacy, particularly in the small Kentucky town she called home.

Fabulous Equinox returning to Hopkinsville for tornado benefit concert

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 20, 2021

The group out of Savannah, Georgia will play gospel and big band music Jan. 8 at the Alhambra Theatre.

The magnificent history of the maligned and misunderstood fruitcake

by Jeffrey Miller
December 19, 2021

The trifecta of sugar, low moisture ingredients and some high-proof spirits make fruitcakes some of the longest-lasting foods in the world — the oldest of which was 141 years old.

bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her words

by Karsonya Wise Whitehead
December 17, 2021

As a leading Black intellectual, hooks pushed the feminist movement beyond the preserve of the white and middle-class, encouraging Black and working class perspectives on gender inequality.

Murals helping reinvigorate rural communities

by Kristi Eaton
December 15, 2021

From coast to coast, small towns — including Hopkinsville — are eyeing mural art to enliven their communities.

bell hooks, Hopkinsville native and renowned feminist author, dies at 69

by Julia Hunter
December 15, 2021

bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native, was an internationally renowned poet, author, feminist, professor, cultural critic and social activist. She died on Dec. 15, 2021, at the age of 69.

Hopkinsville Art Guild exhibit at museum depicts scenes of Christian County

by Jennifer P. Brown
December 5, 2021

The exhibit features work representing locations in Hopkinsville and Christian County.