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Salem’s Daughter Opens the Spooky Season at The Spotlight Playhouse 🔭
There is a particular feeling that fills a theater the first night a new show opens. The house lights dim, the audience settles in, and you can feel the whole room leaning forward. This weekend, that feeling settled over The Spotlight Playhouse as The Bluegrass Players opened their production of Salem’s Daughter. We are proud…
Salem’s Daughter Returns to The Spotlight Playhouse for Fall Run 👻
Just in time for spooky season, the Spotlight Playhouse and the Bluegrass Players present Salem’s Daughter. I have been looking forward to seeing this one finally get its chance on our stage, because this is actually the second time we have scheduled the show at Spotlight. The first time was during the COVID year. The…
Free Music, No Tickets: The Levitt BLOC Season Finale Is September 26 🎵
The 2026 Levitt BLOC Berea Music Series is down to its last show. Saturday, September 26, Devon Gilfillian, Darrin Hacquard, and MojoFlo will take the stage at Alumni Field as part of the Berea College One Reunion Mountaineer Fest. It is the season finale, and admission is free. No tickets and no registration. Just show…
One Reunion Brings Berea Alumni Home, September 25-27, 2026 🎓
I got another email last week. Would I come sing in the alumni choir for One Reunion? Would I take part in this panel or that reception? I wanted to say yes to all of it. Then I looked at the calendar and remembered I am running shows that weekend. That is the deal when…
Honk! Jr. Runs Sept. 18-27 at The Spotlight Playhouse in Berea 🦢
A duckling gets born looking wrong for his family, gets picked on for it, and spends the whole show finding his way back to where he belongs. That is Honk! Jr., and it opens September 18 at The Spotlight Playhouse, 214 Richmond Road in Berea. I have always loved this musical. Honk! is one of…
Spoonbread Is a Test of How We Support Berea 🍄
I have been involved with the Spoonbread Festival since it first started. For fifteen years, I was the Emcee on the festival stage, so I have seen this weekend from a pretty good seat. I have also seen what happens when you are running a local business during Spoonbread weekend. When I took over the…
Berea Fourth of July Celebration Expected to Bring Families Together at City Park 🎆
Berea’s Fourth of July celebration is taking shape for 2026, with the city’s traditional City Park event offering a useful early planning guide.