The Center for the Performing Arts at Eastern Kentucky University formally introduced Katherine Eckstrand as its executive director Wednesday during a press conference on campus. Since 2005, Eckstrand has been the director of community development for the Ohio Arts Council in Columbus. She previously served as executive director of the Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center in Springfield, Ohio, from 1994 to 2005. In all, Eckstrand has 23 years experience in arts administration and promotion.....more>>
“Pioneer Christmas in Kentucky,” an 18th Century Christmas evening of dinner and musical drama portraying the early pioneers of Milford, the original county seat of Madison County, will be conducted Dec. 11-13 at White Oak Pond Church at the corner of Goggins Lane and Barnes Mill Road. Seating begins at 6:30 p.m., and the menu includes winter relishes, wassail, Mammy Lou's spoon bread, pumpkin or vegetable beef soup, roasted chicken, baked apple with walnuts, raisins and bourbon, stuffed potato and Kentucky jam cakes.
Amid protests Monday from several teachers, Berea Community School students will have two days taken from Christmas break after school board members voted on make-up days for those canceled for H1N1 virus prevention. Based on the board’s decision, students will be required to attend school Monday, Dec. 21, Tuesday, Dec. 22, Monday, Feb. 15 and Friday, March 19.
Decked out in team colors and face paint and pumped by a thunderous roar of screams and chants, Clark-Moores Middle School students filled the gym to capacity on Wednesday, showing off their school spirit during a pep rally. Only this pep rally had nothing to do with athletics. The roughly 600 rowdy and cheering students were assembled to celebrate academics.
The Berea College Theatre Laboratory continues its 2009-10 season with William Shakespeare's King Lear, 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturdady in McGaw Theatre of the Jelkyl Building.
The Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Stephen Bolster, conductor, will present two performances of the annual fall concert on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in Gray Auditorium on the Berea College Campus. The choirs will be accompanied by Ryan Shirar on the piano. The concert is open to the public, and there is no admission charge.
Vaccinations for H1N1 influenza for Madison County middle and high school students that were scheduled to begin today have been postponed until more vaccine doses arrive, according to a news release from the school district. Vaccinnations by the Madison County Health Department had been scheduled for Madison Middle today, with Foley, Clark-Moores and Caudill middle schools slated for Thursday. Madison Central and Madison Southern high schools were scheduled for Friday.
The first round of vaccinations were given Monday at four Madison County elementary schools. Kit Carson, Glenn Marshall, Shannon Johnson and Kingston elementaries received the vaccinations from the Madison County Health Department. Almost 40 percent of the student population at those four schools received the vaccinations, according to Becky Carr, Madison County Schools Nurse Coordinator.
Local girls and women are dancing for a good cause. On Thursday, the Foley Middle School Dance Team is hosting the Breast Cancer Awareness Showcase from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. The cost is $3, with all proceeds going to Hospice Care Plus Inc. in Berea. The event was organized by Sabrina Warren, dance/step coach at Foley Middle School.
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