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Madelyn Nelson, left, and other students of the School of the Lexington Ballet troupe rehearsed for Ion Dance.

Lexington Ballet celebrates Black History Month in an original way

Inspired by the words and music of black composers and performers, Ion Dance could easily have been a predictable, conventional dance concert set to ragtime, jazz and R&B, but conventional is not what the Lexington Ballet is going for in this original piece commemorating Black History Month.

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Paremski plays it the same with every orchestra: no preconceptions

As a piano soloist, Natasha Paremski travels the world meeting orchestras and conductors, then performing major concerts with them in a matter of ...

Pianist Natasha Paremski will be the guest soloist with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra on Saturday. She'll play Grieg and Mahler.

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'The Vow': romance is easy to love

The new romance The Vow suggests love means never having to say you can't remember your spouse's name. The film, loosely based on a true story...

Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams play husband and wife in The Vow.

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Modern Mercantile bistro's twists can turn heads

Its name conceals Modern Mercantile's most enjoyable dimension: the bistro experience. The kitchen turns out its own versions of familiar standards...

New York strip steak comes with mashed potatoes and green beans.

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'The Rivalry' re-creates the historic Lincoln-Douglas debates

Friday night, Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts is presenting a dramatization of some of the most famous political debating in U.S. history. The presenters say the audience will see a stark contrast between the politics of today and those...

Robert Parsons plays Abraham Lincoln and Josh Clark is Stephen A. Douglas in L.A. Theatre Works' production of The Rivalry.

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4 good reads from National Book Critics Circle awards' finalists

Every year for the last six years, this has been my routine in January and February: I shut myself in a room with a jar of peanut butter and a box of crackers, say goodbye to my family, and read the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards...

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Merlene Davis: Journey from addiction to recovery displayed in art exhibit

Former and current clients at The Hope Center's George Privett Recovery Center are exhibiting their artwork, a hobby that has helped them with their...

Father Sky & Mother Earth is by Andrew Lampkin, who draws frequently in colored pen with the help of a magnifying glass because of a visual impairment.

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Here's why love should find a way into more video games

In this day and age, as video games become less childish distraction and more legitimate art form, it's disappointing to see so few video games attempt...