Arts & Culture

Award-winning author and former Kentucky Poet Laureate Gurney Norman recounts a life rich with stories—from Hazard, Kentucky to Palo Alto, California and back—while "shooting the breeze" with an old friend.

With many studios opting to delay the release of films during the pandemic, venues like WK Cinemas in Hopkinsville compensated for the lack of new films by showing classic movies. During this “rough period” patronage at the local cinema dropped about 90%.

Families may submit photos and stories about loved ones, and a panel of artists will pick at least 10 to memorialize with a portrait.

The reveal will be Friday morning on Sixth Street.

A dozen Hopkinsville area artists will show their works at the pop-up event in late August.

Tickets are still available for the Girls Night Out with Sister Therapy show at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Alhambra Theatre.

The Firestarter Award recognizes a young feminist artists who help create change in Kentucky through social justice and community engagement.

The competition starts at 6 p.m. Friday in Founders Square.

The band co-founded by drummer Steve Gorman will play at the downtown theater on Sept. 18.

The Hopkinsville Art Guild is offering the class taught by artist Jeannie White.

Walter Tevis, who grew up in the Lexington area, also wrote "The Hustler" and "The Color of Money," two other books that were adapted into popular films.

More than 60 vendors will be selling goods at the sportsplex.