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…

By Chad Hembree | Published March 25, 2026 BEREA, Ky. — For a long time, artificial intelligence sounded like a software story. Faster models. Smarter chatbots. Better image generators. But the deeper this boom gets, the clearer it becomes that AI is also a power story, an infrastructure story, and increasingly, a Kentucky story. The…

A California jury has handed down a verdict that is already being called a landmark in the growing wave of lawsuits against social media companies. In Los Angeles, jurors found Meta and YouTube liable for negligence and for failing to warn about harms tied to their platforms. The jury awarded $6 million to a now-20-year-old…

BEREA, Ky. — Berea’s spring calendar is blossoming beautifully, and one particularly delightful event is the Churchill’s Spring Market, set for Saturday, April 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 100 Churchill Court. The market is being promoted as a lovely indoor gathering featuring local vendors, boutique shopping, and sweet treats, all nestled within…

BEREA, Ky. — If you missed the Berea College Planetarium’s recent presentations of Solar Superstorms, do not worry. Another journey into space is right around the corner. The Planetarium’s next featured show is From Earth to the Universe, scheduled for Friday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 5 at 4:00 p.m. at the…

BEREA, Ky. — This is one of those AI fights where a lot of regular people are going to look at the lawsuit and say, “Come on now.” If you want the lyrics to almost any hit song in history, you can usually find them online in seconds. So when massive music publishers sue AI…

BEREA, Ky. — There is something especially meaningful about a show like “Finally” A Broadway Revue. It is not just another production on the calendar. It is a rare chance for performers to step into songs they have loved for years—songs they may have always wanted to sing but never had the opportunity to perform…

Europe’s Back in Silicon Valley — and It Still Feels Like the World’s Digital Referee By Chad Hembree | Published March 25, 2026 BEREA, Ky. — The European Union is back in Silicon Valley, and once again the message seems to be exactly the same: before America’s biggest tech companies build the future, Brussels would…

BEREA, Ky. — A viral headline making the rounds lately says a federal judge basically declared your AI chats “public record.” That is entirely too broad. But the warning underneath that headline is real enough that ordinary users, business owners, and anyone handling sensitive information needs to pay attention. In United States v. Heppner, a…

BEREA, Ky. — Berea families will have a familiar spring tradition to look forward to this weekend as the Community Easter Egg Hunt at Hurricane’s returns on Sunday, March 29 at 3:00 p.m. Located at 124 Mini Mall Drive, the event is promising to be a massive draw. Organizers are advertising more than 5,000 hidden…

BEREA, Ky. — The Bluegrass Players are wrapping up their run of Murder on the 518, and if you have not seen it yet, there are only two chances left to catch it. The final performances are Friday, March 27 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m. at The Spotlight Playhouse. And…

BEREA, Ky. — There’s a new round of headlines making the rounds about Alibaba launching so-called “AI employees”—entire teams of automated assistants that can run parts of a business without any coding. It’s being framed like something futuristic. Like the next phase of AI. But from where I’m sitting, that future has already been here…

BEREA, Ky. — If you have been waiting for the right time to get involved with Spotlight Acting School, this may be it. Our next production is Seussical the Musical, a bright, funny, imaginative show that brings together some of Dr. Seuss’s most beloved characters for a stage adventure full of music, movement, heart, and…

BEREA, Ky. — This is the final weekend to catch Disney’s Frozen JR. at The Spotlight Playhouse. For anyone who has been curious about what Spotlight Acting School is all about, it is also the perfect time to come out and see it for yourself. There is something genuinely special about watching young performers take…

BEREA, Ky. — There has been a lot of talk lately about big companies making massive moves with artificial intelligence. One recent example is HSBC—one of the largest banks in the world—naming David Rice as its new Chief AI Officer. That sounds like a big, top-level decision. And it is. When a major international bank…

BEREA, Ky. — I’ll be honest—this one stings a bit. Over the past few months, Sora wasn’t just another flashy AI demo to me. It felt like a genuine glimpse of where creative work was headed. It was the kind of tool that didn’t just assist—you could actually build with it. So hearing the news…

BEREA, Ky. — A longtime Berea theater program is expanding to welcome older students and adults to the stage. Spotlight Acting School, part of The Spotlight Playhouse, has announced a new Performance Workshop open to participants ages 14 through adult. The program will combine weekly acting instruction with rehearsals for a full production. For more…

BEREA, Ky. — Google is making a major change to how Android app purchases work. The headline is simple: the old “30 percent app store tax” is effectively dead. It is being replaced with lower fees, more payment choices, and a smoother path for third-party app stores to exist on Android without feeling like an…