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David Yount helps customers choose out ornaments from Sherwood Acres' offerings at Shaker Village's Christmas Market on Nov. 16, 2024, in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Photo by Hannah Piedad | Staff

Shaker Village holds its first Christmas market as holiday season begins

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter November 26, 2024

The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, Kentucky held its first ever Christmas Market to kick off the holiday season. About 30 vendors and food trucks were available for visitors to the...

Panelists on stage raise their fists during the Civil Rights Leader Panel at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50th Anniversary Celebration at The Singletary Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on January 17, 2023. From left to right are Betty Baye, Aaron-Ann Funfsinn, Mattie Jones, John Johnson, and Charles Neblett. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Kentucky Kernel

‘Freedom is not free.’ UK hosts 50th anniversary celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Paul Schlowak, Reporter January 18, 2023

The University of Kentucky hosted the 50th Anniversary Celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Tuesday at the Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall. The event hosted a dynamic celebration...

How to have a meaningful and sustainable holiday season

How to have a meaningful and sustainable holiday season

Gracie Moore, Reporter December 14, 2022

The holiday season is chaotic to say the least. Trying to buy the perfect gift for someone who has everything, rushing to fill stockings and navigating around busy stores is overwhelming. It’s difficult...

A slice of sweet potato pie is served on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Sharing an international perspective on Thanksgiving

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter November 23, 2022

People talking loudly, children running around the table, music louder than aunts in the beauty salon. This is the most realistic and familiar scene, when I remember my country – Brazil. I believe...

Poonam Gupta poses for a polaroid photo at the ISA Diwali celebration on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at the University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Kentucky Kernel

Festival of lights: UK Indian Student Association celebrates Diwali

Nate Lucas, Reporter November 11, 2022

UK’s Indian Student Association (ISA) hosted a Diwali celebration on Friday, Nov. 4, in the Gatton Student Center Ballrooms. Diwali, known as “the festival of lights,” is a holiday Indian and...

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Spending the holidays with Hallmark

Morgan Luster December 2, 2021

Hallmark Christmas movies may have a reputation of lacking substance and being predictable, but this only makes them more entertaining. Through their cliché storylines, these lighthearted movies are intended...

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A holiday gift guide from a stressed student in finals week with a Vitamin D deficiency

Cameron Luker December 18, 2019

The temperatures are dropping, the days are getting shorter, and the desire to snuggle up in a warm blanket and explore the depths of Disney+ is at an all time high. It’s the time of year to roast some...

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Don’t be rude, save your food: Creatively reducing food waste this holiday season

Kelly Walker December 16, 2019

Now that Thanksgiving and the month of November are over, the holiday-crazed Cindy Lou Who’s of the world are finally allowed to openly blast Christmas music and decorate their Christmas trees free of...

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Student Activities Board hosts ‘Friendsgiving’

Hayley Burris November 24, 2019

The television show Friends became iconic throughout the years it was aired. However, students and young adults still enjoy the show’s reruns even today.The Student Activities Board hosts an event annually...

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A family reunion 1.5 billion years in the making

Cameron Luker November 20, 2019

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and so is, arguably, the most American holiday: Black Friday.What could be a better way to follow a day dedicated to being thankful for what we have, than a day...

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin of the Chabad of the Bluegrass addresses members of the UK and Lexington communities gathered in solidarity with UK's Jewish community on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at the Jacobs Science Building on UK's campus in Lexington, Ky. The Jewish Student center’s sign was forcibly removed in an act of vandalism early in the morning on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

UK Jewish Student Center to host campus Seders this weekend

Sarah Simon Patches April 19, 2019

This Friday begins the celebration of Passover for the Jewish community.Also known as Pesach, the holiday has celebrated the Jewish people being redeemed from slavery in Egypt for over 3,300 years. This...

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Valentine’s Day is about love, not relationships

Kayla Woodson February 14, 2019

 Since you are most likely single, I’ll be the first (and probably the only) person to tell you Happy Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day, a lot like Christmas, has become a completely capitalist social...

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