Teen Actors Present Musical Comedy About Shakespeare Rivalry The Spotlight Playhouse presents Something Rotten Jr., a fast-paced musical comedy set in the Renaissance, featuring two casts of talented teen actors ages 14–18. Performances run November 7–16, with two different teen casts sharing the run. Set in the 1590s, the show follows brothers Nick and Nigel…

Historic Berea Venue Hosts Modern Dance Event This Saturday Club Arena Skating Rink, celebrating 65 years in business, welcomes a new generation of entertainment this Saturday with the K-Pop Hop Dance-a-thon. The event blends the venue’s decades-long tradition of family fun with the global phenomenon of Korean pop music and dance culture. The dance-a-thon takes…

Pictured – Paula Davis and Darrell Harrison in the original production of Dracula: The New World 2015 BEREA, KY – This November marks a milestone for The Spotlight Playhouse as Dracula: The New World celebrates its 10th anniversary. What began in October 2015 as a creative experiment has become a beloved Halloween tradition that helped…

First-Place Colonels Host Conference Match Just 20 Minutes from Berea Eastern Kentucky University’s volleyball team hosts Bellarmine University this Friday, November 7 at 6 PM in Richmond, offering local fans a chance to watch first-place ASUN Conference volleyball action just down the road from Berea. The Colonels (17-7 overall) enter the match riding a four-game…

Community Choir Brings Uplifting Music to Berea This Sunday First Christian Church in Berea welcomes The Men in Christ Community Choir for an afternoon of inspiring gospel music this Sunday, November 9. The free concert offers the community an opportunity to experience powerful vocal harmonies and uplifting spiritual music in a welcoming fellowship setting. The…

Fall Concert Celebrates Creation and Community This Thursday The Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers invite the community to an evening of uplifting choral music on Thursday, November 6 at 6:00 PM in Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall. The fall concert, titled “For the Beauty of the Earth,” celebrates the wonder of creation and the…

Appalachian Gothic Horror Celebrates a Decade with Returning Cast Chad Hembree’s “Dracula: The New World” returns this November for its 10th anniversary production—a milestone for an Appalachian reimagining of the classic vampire legend that has become a beloved tradition at The Spotlight Playhouse. Written originally to provide a no-fee production for the theater when it…

Berea’s Premier Haunted Attraction Closes Out Season with Halloween Night Finale As October draws to a close, thrill-seekers have one last chance to experience Edge of Darkness, Berea’s hometown haunted house that has been delivering screams and chills throughout the month. Located at 128 Mt. Vernon Road, this indoor and outdoor attraction combines classic haunted…

As autumn gives way to winter, the Berea Farmers Market prepares for its annual seasonal transition. Starting Saturday, November 1, the market will move indoors to 207 N. Broadway Street and shift to winter hours, operating from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. every Saturday through March. The change marks a familiar rhythm for Kentucky’s second-oldest…

Looking for a different way to celebrate Halloween this year? Get Outside Kentucky (GOKY) invites adventurous riders to electrify their Thursday evening with the Halloween Electric Joyride—a 20-mile e-bike ride through Berea’s scenic backroads. The ride departs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, from GOKY headquarters at 204 Estill Street, Suite C, offering a…

Berea’s beloved Halloween tradition returns for its 24th year this Friday, October 31, bringing families together for an evening of safe trick-or-treating, inflatables, and festive fun at Berea Community Park. The free event runs from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the park located at 1 Pirate Parkway, behind Berea Community School, offering a welcoming alternative…

Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour before bed this Saturday night! Daylight saving time ends at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2025, giving us all an extra hour of sleep but also ushering in earlier sunsets and darker evenings. The History Behind “Falling Back” The practice of changing our clocks twice…

BEREA, KY – The Spotlight Playhouse presents “We Are Monsters,” a children’s musical that follows human kids into a monster cabaret where they discover that monsters aren’t so different after all. The show continues through Sunday, October 26, featuring young performers ages 4-11. The hilarious musical tells the story of four human children—KC, Jade, Westerly,…

BEREA, KY – Fall foliage across central Kentucky is expected to peak in late October, offering residents and visitors a chance to experience autumn’s transformation in the Kentucky foothills—though this year’s display may be more subdued than usual. The August drought has affected this year’s autumn display, causing some trees to drop leaves early before…

BEREA, KY – Families looking for safe, fun Halloween activities will find plenty to celebrate in Berea this weekend, starting with Tumbleshine Athletics’ annual Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 25. The event runs from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Tumbleshine Athletics, located at 60 Old Wallaceton Road in Berea. Children are invited to trick-or-treat…

BEREA, KY – Two of the Midwest’s most beloved folk acts will share the stage at Rebel Rebel Studio & Lounge on Sunday, October 26, bringing stripped-down string band music and heartfelt harmonies to Berea’s intimate music venue. The Tillers, an Ohio River Valley string band from Cincinnati, have been thumping their distinctive sound of…

BEREA, KY – As fall settles over central Kentucky, the Berea Farmers Market continues to offer fresh, locally grown produce and handmade goods every Saturday morning at the Chestnut Street Pavilion. The market, Kentucky’s oldest “producer only” market, is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through the end of October at 635…

BEREA, KY – The Spotlight Playhouse’s Bluegrass Players are bringing one of America’s most notorious unsolved mysteries to the stage with “Lizzie Borden of Fall River,” running October 17-25 at The Spotlight Playhouse. The production tells the story of Lizzie Borden, accused of brutally murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River,…

BEREA, KY – Since opening in 2018, the Berea College Planetarium has provided families and students across the region with an immersive journey through space, right in the heart of Berea. Located on the fourth floor of the Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building at 271 North Main Street, the state-of-the-art digital planetarium…

BEREA, KY – Families looking for fall fun can help Sally Scarecrow find her missing pumpkins this week during a free scavenger hunt at Berea Community Park. The Sally Scarecrow Scavenger Hunt runs Monday, October 13, through Friday, October 17, at Berea Community Park and Trail, located at 1 Pirate Parkway. According to the event…