RICHMOND, Ky. — A new community event is joining Richmond’s Tuesday night routine this season, focusing on rhythm and local inclusion. Richmond Parks and Recreation has introduced the Richmond Drum Circle, a free drop-in gathering scheduled for the first Tuesday of each month from May through September. The circle runs from 5:15 p.m. to 5:50…

BEREA, Ky. — The Spotlight Playhouse is closing out a special production this weekend with The Secret Garden, a beautiful and atmospheric adaptation of the classic story by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The play was adapted for the stage by Dana Hendren, who also directs the production. Hendren is an actor, volunteer, proud parent of Spotlight…

BEREA, Ky. — Berea College will welcome graduates, families, and visitors to campus on Sunday, May 10, for a full day of commencement events celebrating the Class of 2026. The day begins with the Baccalaureate Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in Phelps Stokes, followed by the main Commencement Ceremony at 2:00 p.m. in the Main Arena…

BEREA, Ky. — It is a busy week at The Spotlight Playhouse, with two wildly different productions closing out their runs and another major musical just around the corner. For families looking for something positive to do together, this is one of those weekends where local theater is offering more than just a night out.…

BEREA, Ky. — The Berea Arts Council will host its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 9, giving residents a chance to refresh their gardens while supporting local arts programming. The sale is scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Berea Arts Council, located at 444 Chestnut Street. This year’s theme, “Grow Your…

BEREA, Ky. — Studio Space Berea will host its Spring Soiree on Friday, May 8, offering an evening pop-up market for shoppers looking to support local creativity and small businesses. The event is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Studio Space Berea, located at 105 Jackson Street. The Spring Soiree is free to…

BEREA, Ky. — When Annie: The Musical opens May 15 at The Spotlight Playhouse, the familiar story of hope and perseverance will come with a local boost from a community partner helping make the show more accessible to families. CG Bank is officially sponsoring the upcoming production, supporting The Bluegrass Players, Spotlight Acting School, and…

MADISON COUNTY, Ky. — Madison County is about to get very busy, and the traffic will arrive in two massive waves. From the early-May college ceremonies to the late-May high school send-offs, local roads, restaurants, and shops are gearing up for a full month of graduation crowds. For local residents, a little planning is going…

BEREA, Ky. — For Berea-area families trying to map out the final stretch of June, Spotlight Acting School is offering a summer camp that shifts the focus from stage lights to camera lenses. The school’s Film Acting Camp is scheduled for June 29 through July 3, 2026, at The Spotlight Playhouse. Open to rising sixth…

BEREA, Ky. — For families in Berea, summer activities often come with a familiar balancing act: finding something meaningful for the children, manageable for the parents, and flexible enough to fit a packed seasonal calendar. Spotlight Acting School’s new Summer Workshop Intensive, “Oh, Those Summer Nights,” appears built with exactly that challenge in mind. Offering…

BEREA, Ky. — Families in Berea looking for a summer option that blends creativity, structure, and performance have a new date to circle on the calendar. Registration is officially open for Spotlight Acting School’s Creative Arts Camp, a weeklong program for rising first through ninth graders hosted at The Spotlight Playhouse on Richmond Road. The…

Science has a way of humbling people just when they start feeling clever. A new study out of Japan followed an extraordinary experiment in which scientists repeatedly cloned mice from clones of clones for roughly 20 years, producing 58 generations and making 30,947 cloning attempts before the process finally collapsed. The result was not an…

The AI world absolutely loves a rivalry story. Every new feature gets framed as a cage match, every product update becomes a “winner” or “loser,” and every user is apparently supposed to pick a side. But the truth is a lot less dramatic. I use both ChatGPT and Gemini, and I do not see much…

When OpenAI first started talking about putting ads in ChatGPT, the reaction in some corners of the internet was immediate panic. For some users, the very idea sounded like a betrayal of the platform’s original ethos. For others, it felt like a grim inevitability. My own reaction was a lot less dramatic. If ads were…

RICHMOND, Ky. — This is not just another stop on the calendar. It is the kind of booking that gets people talking across the entire county. Pop star Jason Derulo is set to perform at the EKU Center for the Arts in Richmond on Friday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky University is calling…

RICHMOND, Ky. — If you enjoy trying new foods and supporting a good cause at the same time, the Richmond Rotary Club may have exactly the evening you are looking for. The Rotary Club of Richmond is set to host its annual “Sharing a Taste of the World” International Dinner on Saturday, April 11 at…

RICHMOND, Ky. — Richmond’s popular Tasty Tuesdays series is returning to Irvine-McDowell Park this spring, bringing together live music, food trucks, local vendors, and family-friendly activities on Tuesday evenings throughout April. Hosted by Richmond Parks and Recreation, the free event series runs from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Irvine-McDowell Park, 345 Lancaster Ave. The…

BEREA, Ky. — There is a lot of excitement building at Spotlight Acting School right now, and for good reason. Coming up first is Disney’s Finding Nemo KIDS, which arrives April 24 through April 26 and brings one of Pixar’s most beloved stories to the stage. It follows Marlin, the anxious and overprotective clownfish, as…

For the last several months, one of the dominant assumptions in the AI boom has felt almost unquestionable: as models get bigger, chats get longer, and demand keeps rising, the world is going to need more and more high-end memory to keep up. Then along comes a paper like TurboQuant, and all of a sudden…

RICHMOND, Ky. — If your kids are the kind who start talking about Easter eggs the minute spring shows up, Richmond’s 47th Annual Easter Eggstravaganza is absolutely worth the short drive from Berea. The event is set for Saturday, April 4, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Lake Reba Park softball fields, and…