WFPL is proud to sponsor the University of Louisville’s Kentucky Author Forum presentation of Ahmed Rashid and Clarissa Ward on May 15th at the Kentucky Center. Rashid is a journalist and author of Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is considered the world’s leading authority on the Taliban, and […]
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Kentucky Center Cancels Thunder Over Louisville Event
Center spokesperson David Holland says festival officials told the center less than a week ago that they had acquired a sponsor for a new event on that portion of the belvedere.
Students' Art Bikes Hit Downtown Streets Monday
Dozens of bikes that high school art students have transformed into art pieces go on display this weekend before being installed around downtown Monday. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. Five years ago, the Louisville Downtown Management District provided old bikes to art students at downtown area high schools so they could make sculptures. The organization […]
Kentucky Center President Debunks Myths
The President of the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts spoke to the Louisville Downtown Rotary Club today about the center’s role in the community. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. (To listen to the entire presentation, click on Listen to the story.) Stephen Klein talked about how the Kentucky Center provides performance space to local […]
Kentucky Center Dealing With Repairs After Fire
Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts officials are working this week to repair its electrical system after it was damaged in a weekend fire. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. The fire occurred Saturday in an electrical room in the garage and resulted in the evacuation of 108 production and audience members during a performance of […]
Arts Groups Offer Discounted Tickets Again This Season
Some Louisville arts groups say they will continue a program that offers discounted tickets to many performances. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. The Kentucky Center, the Fund for the Arts and its member groups launched the Arts Rush program in January. From then through the end of the season, the program sold more than 2,500 […]
Artist Dodges Rain to Create 3-D Sidewalk Painting
Despite recent rains, a work of art has been in the making since Wednesday in front of the Kentucky Center on Louisville’s Main Street. And it’s scheduled for completion tomorrow. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer has more. British sidewalk artist Julian Beever has been working under and tent and using sandbags to hold off the water while […]
Uncertain Future for Iroquois Amphitheater
Since 1938, the Iroquois Amphitheater’s history has included periods of neglect and success. The latter includes a nearly $9 million renovation eight years ago. Now, the economy has driven its major user — Music Theater Louisville — to perform at the Kentucky Center. That and other factors make an uncertain future for the amphitheater. WFPL’s […]
Faculty of One Louisville School Learns About the Arts
This week, an arts education program will be training a whole school of teachers for the first time in its 26-year history. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer reports. For the next two weeks 43 teachers from throughout Kentucky will attend the Kentucky Center’s annual Institute for Arts in Education. It includes seminars where participants get hands-on experience […]
Whitney Hall Stage Floor Donated To Charity
From WFPL’s Cassidy Herrington Louisville’s Habitat for Humanity will uproot 6,000 square feet of hardwood flooring from the stage of the Kentucky Center’s Whitney Hall this weekend. The Kentucky Center is donating the flooring to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, which will sell it to raise money for the organization. Habitat for Humanity’s Director of […]