Arts & Culture

News from the arts scene in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Kids have their own way of judging what's real, and it's not necessarily based on the cost of the Santa suit.
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When her son's teacher revealed that Santa was sick, Jennifer Steiner Maddux had an idea. She knew someone who would fit quite well in a Santa suit.
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For Celia Blauser, random acts of kindness that she encountered at local post offices captured the spirit of the season.
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Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.
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For Merry Beth Tomaszewski, it wasn't one particular gift or big moment that made Christmas special — it was an amalgamation, a collection of traditions, memories, remembrances, and years of love and security that made up a blessed childhood.
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Your imagination is a strange thing, especially if you are a child. In the first installment of our Christmas Quartet series, Brenda Hite Lile recalls a time her daughters' imaginations ran wild during a trip to cut down a Christmas tree.
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Magically, Santa was able to run simultaneously on three fire trucks at one time Sunday afternoon.
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Some restaurants have a deadline to order the weekend before Christmas, so don't wait too long to contact them.
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The tour will start at 1 p.m. Sunday, with three Hopkinsville fire trucks bringing Santa to several neighborhoods.
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The craft activity can be completed at the museum or taken home to be completed later.
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These suggestions just scratch the surface of a rich catalog of rural stories in popular entertainment.
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A $15,000 donation from Sisk Honda to the Pennyroyal Arts Council made the technological upgrade possible at the downtown theater.
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