Arts & Culture Archives

Gwenda Motley remembers her sister bell hooks

by Tracy Ross
March 8, 2022

Gwenda Motley told WKMS that the community in which her sister, best known by her pen name bell hooks, was raised played a significant role in her academic and personal development.

Hoptown, let’s write: Share your poem or story for Kentucky Writers’ Day

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 6, 2022

Residents and those with a connection to the state are invited to record a video of themselves reading their poem or story for Kentucky Writers' Day.

Campanile is presenting ‘Newsies’ at the Alhambra

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 3, 2022

The Disney musical will be performed March 10-13 at the Alhambra.

Doris Anne Russell has her day

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 27, 2022

Russell, who has worked for the Pennyroyal Arts Council for 25 years, was recognized as a champion of the arts in Hopkinsville.

HCC slates March series to screen bell hooks interviews

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 23, 2022

The public is invited to the screenings at noon on March 1, 15, 22 and 29.

Magazine’s ‘short, selective biography’ of Berry has lines from forthcoming book, which will ‘offend most everyone’

by The Rural Blog
February 22, 2022

A recent article in The New Yorker describes Kentucky author Wendell Berry as one of America's most loved and yet also scoffed-at writers.

Sculpture honoring bell hooks is planned at HCC’s Round Table Literary Park

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 18, 2022

The HCC Foundation is raising donations to help pay for the addition to the Round Table Literary Park.

Knights of Columbus serving meals to raise money for feeding programs

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 18, 2022

The first meal, honoring Saint Joseph, will be on Feb. 25.

Billy Bob Thornton’s band will play at the Alhambra on June 4

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 16, 2022

The Boxmasters have been booked for the eighth annual Hoptown Hopfest, a benefit for improvements to the Alhambra Theatre.

‘Change’ is the theme of bell hooks Memorial Writing Contest

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 10, 2022

The Christian County Literacy Council is accepting submissions in poetry, essays and short stories until March 1. Categories range from age 5 to adult.

Hopkinsville museum offers take-home Valentine craft

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 7, 2022

Participants can make a stained-glass heart.