First Lady launches Kentucky-made gifts campaign in Berea
From The Richmond Register - http://www.richmondregister.com
By Bill Robinson
BEREA. KY – First Lady Jane Beshear, along other state officials, made a recent visit to the Kentucky Artisan Center to promote the state’s “Give a Gift Made in Kentucky” campaign. She read a proclamation by Gov. Steve Beshear that praised Kentucky products from “homemade blackberry jam to beautiful works of art.”
The state “is known around the world for its artisans and the quality crafts and arts they create — and buying Kentucky made products contributes significantly to quality of life in Kentucky,” the proclamation states. Issuing the proclamation in Berea — officially designated the Folk Arts & Crafts Capitol of Kentucky — was appropriate, the first lady said.
“Here you can find a wide variety of craftsmen’s studios, galleries, shops and the Kentucky Artisan Center, all offering wonderful Kentucky-made choices for holiday shopping,” she said.
The artisan center, located off Exit 77 of Interstate 75 in Berea, is one of at least eight locations across the state that sell only Kentucky products. The center sells the works of more than 650 Kentucky artisans, according to Gwen Heffner, the center’s spokesperson.To read all of this article, click here: http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_335081214.html
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Lafayette Orchestra lands a coveted gig
By Tom Eblen - Herald-Leader columnist
www.kentucky.com
LEXINGTON, KY – The Lafayette Chamber Orchestra has landed a coveted and prestigious gig. And, as the Lafayette High School Chamber Orchestra prepares for its Dec. 16 concert at the Midwest Clinic, the 16 teenage members know they couldn't have a more knowledgeable — or demanding — audience.
"We've put a lot of work into this," said Jonathan Karp, 16, a junior who has played violin since he was 2 and will be a featured soloist. "It has been the focus of our school year."
An invitation to perform at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago is one of the biggest honors a high school orchestra can receive.Lafayette High School's Chamber Orchestra will perform at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago in Jennifer Grice's third year as Lafayette's orchestra director.
If you want to hear a preview, the orchestra will perform the program at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center. The concert is free.
Lafayette is only the fourth Kentucky high school orchestra to be invited to perform at the clinic, now in its 62nd year. Only 20 other Kentucky ensembles of any kind have played there. The Lafayette Band and Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras both performed in 1993. To read all of this article, click here: http://www.kentucky.com/neighbors/story/1042384.html
EDITORS NOTE: Congratulations to the orchestra, the students, their director and the entire school. This is the kind of news that needs to be seen and heard. It is a great reason for deep pride.
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UK to change but save
historic preservation program
From The Lexington Herald-Leader
www.kentucky.com
By Ryan Alessi - ralessi@herald-leader.com
LEXINGTON, KY – The University of Kentucky's historic preservation program is undergoing the type of face lift its graduates might conduct on old buildings. Michael Speaks, dean of UK's College of Design, has met with faculty and students over the last two weeks to let them in on the process that will forge a new identity for the program, which started more than 10 years ago and is one of 23 nationally accredited graduate programs in the country.
The guts of the program — its core curriculum that covers conservation, renovation, rebuilding and rehabilitation of historic structures, including buildings, bridges and dams — will remain in place, Speaks said. "Not only is it not going away — on the contrary. The reason for having these discussions is to make the program more viable," he said.
That came as relief to most of the 20 students who met with Speaks a week ago, said Jennifer Ryall, who is finishing her master's degree while working as a survey consultant at UK. Many students and alumni of the program had posted their concerns about the program's future, based largely on rumors of pending changes, on a Facebook page, "Save University of Kentucky's Historic Preservation Master's Program," which has more than 150 members.
Speaks insisted such efforts aren't necessary. To read this entire article, click here: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/1043850.html
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