Tag: Berea KY
A New Twist on an Old Tale: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Dinner Show Comes to The Spotlight Playhouse 🎃
Fall in Madison County brings a familiar rhythm. The air turns crisp, high school football lights up Friday nights, and our dinner theater season gets underway at The Spotlight Playhouse. This October, we are preparing to open an all-new interactive mystery production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The performances are scheduled for Friday, October…
The Spoonbread Festival 5K Turns 30: Your Race-Morning Plan for Sunday, September 20 in Berea 🏃
Plenty of towns can put on a race once. Keeping one on the calendar for thirty straight years takes a community that keeps showing up. The Spoonbread Festival 5K Run/Walk hits its 30th annual running this September, and it is still one of the most straightforward ways in Berea to do some good before breakfast…
International Observe the Moon Night Brings a Free Night of Astronomy to Berea 🌙
I have always thought the Moon is the most underrated science lesson we have on tap. It is right there, over the backyard, every single night, and it does not require a ticket, a trip, or a degree to start asking questions about it. On Saturday, September 19, the Berea College Planetarium is hosting International…
Miss Spoonbread and Miss Berea Pageants Set for Saturday, September 5, at Berea Community Gym 👑
Every town has its own way of picking the young women who will wear its name for the next year. In Berea, we do it out in the open, on a gym floor, in front of everybody. This year that day is Saturday, September 5, 2026, when the Miss Spoonbread Festival and Miss Berea pageants…
Berea Arts Council marks 40 years with Stepping Out for Art on Sept. 5 🎨
Berea has been making room for artists for a long time, and on Saturday, September 5, the Berea Arts Council will mark four decades of that work with its annual Stepping Out for Art fundraiser. The event runs from 5 to 10 p.m. at Churchill’s, 100 Churchill Drive in Berea. The Berea Arts Council is…
Meet the Forest Reptiles of Madison County at the Forestry Outreach Center 🐢
If you have spent any time hiking the wooded hollows around Berea in late summer, you know the quiet rustle of dry leaves usually means someone small is on the move. Most often, it is a reptile going about its daily business. These cold-blooded neighbors are an essential part of our local ecosystem, yet they…
Free Concert: Lexington Legend Tee Dee Young Brings Blues to Berea College 🎸
Thursday, September 3, is a good night to clear your calendar. The Berea College convocation series is bringing Tee Dee Young to campus, and if you know anything about Kentucky blues, you already know his name means serious music. Young is a Lexington institution: 50-plus years of playing, singing, and leading bands in blues clubs…
The Makers Behind the Magic: Ken Koshman, Albert Lindsay, and Camp Creations
A few months back, two men walked into the Spotlight Playhouse with a pitch that sounded almost too good to be true. They wanted to build our props. Not sell them to us. Build them, and let us rent them, so a community theater could have real, character driven pieces without the kind of budget…
A Disney Classic Opens the Door to the Stage With The Aristocats KIDS Auditions in Berea
Some movies belong mostly to one generation. Disney’s The Aristocats belongs to several. Many grandparents first met Duchess, Thomas O’Malley, Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz when the animated movie arrived in theaters in 1970. Parents may remember watching it during a later theater release, on television, or over and over at home. Today’s children are still…
There Is Still Time for Free Weekday Lunches at the Berea Library 🥪
Summer has a way of moving faster than expected. June programs begin, the Fourth of July passes, and families start thinking about school supplies before they realize several weeks of summer remain. One useful Berea program is still available throughout that final stretch. The Madison County Public Library’s Berea branch is offering Lunch Bunch To-Go…
Business Brew: Where Berea’s Local Entrepreneurs Meet Over Coffee ☕️
Business Brew brings Berea-area entrepreneurs together over coffee at Just Love, offering a simple monthly place to trade leads, solve problems, and build local business connections.
Mid-Week Pickups: Tuesday Evenings at the Berea Farmers Market 🥕
The Berea Farmers Market runs a quieter Tuesday evening market from 4 to 7 p.m., giving local shoppers a mid-week way to buy fresh food, artisan goods, and Kentucky Double Dollars-eligible staples.
When the Studio Meets the Street: Berea’s Interdependence Art Parade Brings Art Into Motion 🎭
Berea’s Interdependence Art Parade brings giant puppets, costumes, brass music, and collaborative neighborhood creativity into the street on Sunday, July 5.
Film Acting Camp Gives Berea Students a Chance to Step in Front of the Camera 🎬
The Spotlight Playhouse’s Film Acting Camp gives Berea students a practical introduction to on-camera performance, self-tapes, and digital acting reels before the June 29 start date.
Community Wealth and Hand-Drums: Looking Back at the Junebug Festival 🥁
The Junebug Festival brought music, vendors, food, and community connection to Old Town Berea, showing how local events keep both civic trust and neighborhood spending alive.
The $228.7 Million Question: What Berea College Actually Means for Madison County 💰
Berea College generated an estimated $228.7 million in annual economic impact for Madison County, supporting jobs, local spending, and civic life well beyond campus.
Bug Safari Gives Berea Kids a Real-World Nature Hunt Close to Home 🐞
Children are usually better at finding bugs than adults are. Adults walk through the yard thinking about schedules, errands, dinner, and whether the laundry ever actually ends. Children crouch down. They notice the beetle on the sidewalk. The ant trail near the porch. The tiny thing moving on a leaf. The bug that looks strange…
Feeding Berea While School Is Out: Training the Next Generation of Growers 🌱
SUN Meals and the Sprouts Youth Market are feeding Berea families this summer while teaching local youth how to grow, sell, and support their community.
A Home for Survivors: First Lady Tours Berea’s Redeeming Hope 🏠
Redeeming Hope is nearing completion in Berea as Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear tours the state’s first dedicated home for teen survivors of trafficking and exploitation.
Berea Craft Festival Brings Artists, Food, and Mountain Craft Back to Big Hill 🎪
Some events feel like they could happen anywhere. The Berea Craft Festival does not. This is a Berea event all the way through. It has the artists. It has the food. It has the music. It has the wooded setting near the Pinnacles. It has the feeling of people coming together around things made by…