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The all-female Flamenco group Las Migas performed their modern interpretation of Flamenco on Saturday, Nov. 16 2024 at the Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Chloe Bradley | Staff

Latin Grammy-winning group, Las Migas perform at Singletary Center

Sylvia Freire, Reporter November 20, 2024

All-female Latin Grammy award-winning band from Barcelona, Spain, Las Migas, performed at the Singletary Recital Hall on Nov. 16, at the University of Kentucky. The group performed flamenco music pushing...

The marquee is lit up with the current movie showings on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, outside of the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Staff

The resilient Kentucky Theatre: Still a Lexington classic

Adah Hufana, Reporter November 13, 2024

In downtown Lexington on East Main Street is the Kentucky Theatre. A non-profit-owned arthouse movie theater, and one of the only remaining movie palaces (smaller theaters built in the 1920s and ‘30s)...

Author Penelope Douglas signs a fan's book at Authors in the Bluegrass at Central Bank Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 12, 2024. Photo by Michael Henning | Staff

‘Authors in the Bluegrass’ unites readers at the Central Bank Center

Kelsey House, Reporter October 15, 2024

Over 1,300 people gathered at the Central Bank Center to attend Authors in the Bluegrass, a book signing event hosted by The Next Step PR. The event allowed readers to come together to meet their favorite...

Fans attend a Q&A after the 12 Lions film festival on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at The Kentucky Theater in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff

Screening of ‘The First Omen’ and Q&A with Lexington director kicks off film festival

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter September 30, 2024

The Kentucky Theatre began its second annual Twelve Lions Film Festival with a screening of “The First Omen” and a Q&A with its director, who grew up in Lexington. The festival began on the...

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform Appalachian music during Appalachia in the Bluegrass performance on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at John Jacobs Niles Center for American Music in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Josie Zoeller | Staff

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker: Storytelling Through Song

Hannah Piedad, Reporter September 21, 2024

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, “old friends” of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, made an appearance as a part of the “Appalachia in the Bluegrass” concert series.  The series of 12...

7 year old Marigold Ramsey admires the Family Dynamics exibit at the Singletary Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

‘All in the Family’ exhibition presented by UK College of Fine Arts

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter September 4, 2024

The University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts hosted the opening of the two-venue art exhibition, “All in the Family” at the UK Art Museum as a welcome-back event for free for all students and local...

People shop at the Kentucky Vintage Festival in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Photo by Isabella Sepahban | Staff

PHOTOS: Kentucky Vintage Festival at Greyline Station

Isabella Sepahban and Aidain Dillard March 6, 2024

The Kentucky Vintage Festival united individuals interested in vintage clothing, handmade goods and motorcycles at Greyline Station on March 2 and 3, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Track review: Dua Lipa offers more of the same sweat-soaked pop on ‘Houdini’

Gray Greenwell, Features/Copy Editor November 13, 2023

There may not be an active pop star as consistent as Dua Lipa, who's spent the past four years churning out some of the industry's slickest, most infectious hits. In 2019, the now 28-year-old British-Albanian...

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At heritage festival, UK students get a taste of Korean culture

Addison Lander September 20, 2019

Students near the student center last Wednesday evening were greeted with K-pop music playing from Barker Plaza.The source was the Korean Heritage Festival, an event run by the Student Activities Board...

A fan cheering on for her pick of the race to win on College Scholarship Day at Keeneland on Friday, October 20, 2017 in Lexington , Kentucky. Photo By Genna Melendez | Staff

Inaugural Railbird Festival coming to Lexington in August

Hailey Peters April 8, 2019

Music. Bourbon. Equine.These three trademarks are the foundations of the new Railbird Festival coming to Lexington this summer.“Railbird” is a horse racing term for people who go to the track often...

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