The Living Arts and Science Center has announced that Lori Halligan has been selected as its new executive director. Halligan replaces Heather Lyons, who served LASC for 14 years. Halligan brings over 10 years of nonprofit management experience to LASC, most recently as executive director for the Hinsdale Humane Society in the greater Chicago area. […]
Lexington Family Magazine is hosting KidChella, Lexington’s first kid-centric music festival, on Saturday, Sept. 28. This festival is a partnership with Lexington Parks & Recreation to help fund future family events for the community. KidChella will be a family fun day full of hands-on art projects and performances by regional and local musicians, including Grammy-nominated […]
Thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lexington Children’s Theatre will premiere a bilingual production of “la ofrenda” (the offering) in September on its Main Stage and then embark on a state-wide tour of the show in the fall. “We are delighted to have the NEA’s support […]
Explore, experiment and create at the Living Arts and Science Center’s “Family Fun Day” on Saturday, May 18. From 10 a.m.-3 p.m., enjoy big and small indoor and outdoor arts and science activities and demonstrations. This free event is for families with children of all ages. It is held at 362 N. Martin Luther King […]
Join the Living Arts & Science Center for its annual fund-raiser, H’Artful of Fun, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 7-11 p.m. at the Center at 362 N. Martin Luther King Blvd. in downtown Lexington. This year’s theme is a Garden Party, and, as always, the event celebrates art and science education. Along with […]
The UK Department of Theatre and Dance brings to the stage a tale of a spiteful ogre with a heart of gold with performances of “Shrek the Musical” Thursday-Sunday, April 11-14 at the Guignol Theatre in the UK Fine Arts Building. Shrek had always preferred a life of solitude, staying to himself in the swamp […]
Build Inclusion, a Central Kentucky nonprofit that works to improve access and opportunity for people with disabilities, is hosting the second annual Inclusion Palooza on Saturday, April 27, 2-7 p.m. at MoonDance Amphitheater at 1152 Monarch St. Inclusion Palooza celebrates community through the universal language of music and advocacy, and highlights the contributions that individuals […]
Lexington Children’s Theatre will present two shows in April: “Charlotte’s Web” and the 11th annual Celebrity Curtain Call Event, which this year features the play: “Treasure Island.” The Celebrity Curtain Call is a fund-raising event that features a cast of local celebrities plus food, drink, and live and silent auctions with items such as trips […]
Sayre School senior Will Peters-Seymour has been named a 2019 Honorable Mention winner in Jazz Guitar by the National YoungArts Foundation. Selected from thousands of applications, Will has been recognized for his outstanding artistic achievements along with 710 of the nation’s most promising young artists from 44 states across visual, literary, design, and performing arts. […]
Lexington Children’s Theatre is staging an old classic this month by performing “Rapunzel.” Rapunzel lives with her Nan, and she loves painting with every color, watching birds fly and singing her Nan’s old lullaby. But as she grows older and her hair grows longer, her curiosity grows too. She wonders what’s just beyond the horizon […]
