Big Read

Homegrown Poems, co-sponsored by Hoptown Chronicle and WKMS, was presented in support of Hopkinsville's Big Read.

The Sunday Social was organized for Hopkinsville's Big Read, which is focused on Thorton Wilder's play, "Our Town."

Founder and editor of the Hoptown Chronicle, Jennifer Brown, discusses Dean of Black Journalists Ted Poston on the WKMS program Sounds Good.

The collection features fictionalized accounts of Poston's childhood, growing up in the 1910s in segregated Hopkinsville. The author and his buddies play the heroes, often outwitting the white community, but also their black elders.

Poetry inspired by Kentucky author George Ella Lyon's "Where I'm From" will be read at the coffeehouse.

Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" is the featured work for Hopkinsville's sixth Big Read.

The diplomats will meet one evening a month October through March. They will select and perform a service project in December.

Beverly Whitfield was the executive director of the Christian County Literacy Council. Her celebration of life will be Sept. 21 at First United Methodist Church.

Proceeds from the book nook are being donated to youth programming at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library.

The collaboration with WKMS will give Hoptown Chronicle readers another resource to keep abreast of regional and state news.

Hopkinsville's sixth consecutive Big Read grant, for $15,000, was awarded recently to the Pennyroyal Arts Council. Partners in the local Big Read include the local museum and public library.

The Corner Coffeehouse has moved to a new location that offers more seating for customers.