Arts & Culture Archives

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.

Hopkinsville Art Guild’s coronavirus project memorializes 7 lives with portraits

by Jennifer P. Brown
November 30, 2021

The portraits are an expression of the community's care for families who lost loved ones to the virus, said one of the painters who helped organize the project for the Hopkinsville Art Guild.