WKU Grad Climbs To New Heights For 'Time' Magazine Cover
A recent assignment for WKU alumnus Jonathan Woods took him to the very top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Woods is a Senior Editor...» E-Mail This
View ArticleHines Book Documents Bowling Green-Native's Influence On The Way America Eats...
Louis Hatchett was a graduate student in search of a master’s thesis when he came upon a book called “Adventures in Good Eating”. The author was Duncan...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWKU Graduate Puts Kentucky's "Map Dots" In the Spotlight on Travel Website
If the state of Kentucky is looking for an at-large ambassador for its small towns, they’d be hard pressed to find someone better suited for the job...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNot Your Grandfather's Rocking Chair: WKU Features Over Twenty Chairs Made By...
A set of chairs currently on display at The Kentucky Museum on WKU’s campus offers a glimpse at some of the finest pieces of Appalachian art ever...» E-Mail This
View ArticleA Bit Road Weary But Still In Good Humor, Australian Bluegrass Band Winds...
For the last 10 weeks, Mustered Courage, a bluegrass quartet from Melbourne, Australia has been zigzagging across America in a white conversion van that...» E-Mail This
View ArticleGlasgow Native Recalls Photographing Presidents, Everyday Life In Kentucky
Looking back on his five decades as a newspaper photographer in Louisville, Bill Luster recalls an assignment that took him to a strip club called the...» E-Mail This
View ArticleSixth Novel By WKU Author David Bell Explores Issues Involving Family, Trust
The Forgotten Girl is the latest book by author and WKU English Professor David Bell. Like many of his previous novels, The Forgotten Girl centers...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMemorial to Slaves in Unmarked Graves in Somerset Will Be Dedicated Oct. 21
The dedication of the Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial at Somerset Community College will be held on Oct. 21. The memorial is a 20-foot tall, 2,000 pound work of stainless steel that soars into the sky...
View ArticleWKU Production of Medea Shines Spotlight on Powerful, and Complicated, Female...
Vengeance, murder, and betrayal are some of the themes taking center stage in the upcoming production of Medea by the Western Kentucky University Department of Theatre & Dance. A Greek tragedy...
View ArticleLRS Live Replay: Liz Brasher & Justin Kalk
Lost River Sessions Live returned to the Capitol Arts Center in Bowling Green for a special October show featuring Tennesee-based musicians Liz Brasher and Justin Kalk.
View ArticleTwo Bowling Green Restaurants Welcome Friends, Customers and Homeless for...
Two Bowling Green restaurants are opening their doors on Thursday to offer free Thanksgiving meals. The message from Teresa’s Restaurant and Lisa’s 5 th Street Diner is that “giving” is the heart of...
View ArticleBowling Green Arts Group Changes Name, But Maintains Mission
The group Very Special Arts Kentucky is changing its name. The statewide non-profit arts organization will now be known as Arts for All Kentucky . Delaire Rowe is executive director of the Bowling...
View ArticleLRS Live Replay: Whiskey Bent Valley Boys & Willie Huston
This season of Lost River Sessions Live wrapped up last month with a performance by Kentucky natives the Whiskey Bent Valley Boys and Willie Huston at the Capitol Arts Center in Bowling Green, KY.
View ArticleIn Hopkinsville, Organizers of Kwanzaa Celebration Seek to Inspire Local Youth
A celebration of the Afro-centric holiday, Kwanzaa, is coming back to Hopkinsville, Ky., for the second year. Activities begin on Dec. 26 with a Kwanzaa Festival at the Old Christian County Middle...
View ArticleStudy Ranks Kentucky Worst State in U.S. to Retire
A new study found that Kentucky is the worst state in the nation to retire. The study by the personal finance website WalletHub is based on factors including affordability, health care, and overall...
View ArticleK-Count Goes into Shelters, Woods and Stairwells to Collect Data on Kentucky...
Community groups and volunteers across Kentucky are taking part this week in the annual count of the homeless. In Kentucky it’s called K-Count , and most of the counting was done Jan. 29 at homeless...
View ArticleK-Count Reveals Causes of Homelessness in Bowling Green Include Sickness,...
The annual survey of the homeless in Kentucky called K-Count reveals that people often end up on the street or in a shelter because of relationship or medical issues. Some who have become homeless...
View ArticleLRS Live Replay: Will Kimbrough & Jamie Resch
The first Lost River Sessions Live show of the year kicked off in January at the Capitol Arts Center in Bowling Green, with performances from the multi-talented Bowling Green artist Jamie Resch, and...
View ArticleBowling Green Art Museum Showcasing Exhibit Reflecting on Life and War in Bosnia
Art can take many shapes and forms. Describing a spectrum of emotions, concepts and ideas, Western Kentucky University Art Professor Yvonne Petkus drew upon her experience visiting Bosnia to create...
View ArticleFormer Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman Shares Connection to Bowling Green...
Three decades in the music business have taught former Black Crowes Drummer Steve Gorman a lot about unhealthy environments. In his new book, Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes ,...
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