Arts & Culture

News from the arts scene in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The online program is on Jan. 25. There is no charge to view the reading, which will feature Kentucky writer Silas House.
bell hooks signs book
Children in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to try out for the play.
The Fabulous Equinox and Hopkinsville musician Kenneth Bates played mainly gospel music for the concert to help people affected by the Western Kentucky tornadoes.
The acclaimed author, poet, and professor leaves a lasting legacy, particularly in the small Kentucky town she called home.
The group out of Savannah, Georgia will play gospel and big band music Jan. 8 at the Alhambra Theatre.
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.
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.
From coast to coast, small towns — including Hopkinsville — are eyeing mural art to enliven their communities.
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.
The exhibit features work representing locations in Hopkinsville and Christian County.
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.