"American Animals," the movie about the Transylvania University book heist, finally opens in Lexington Friday. We look at a few questions and fun facts about the movie.
Lexington artist Darrell Ishmael, who shows his work in Artists' Attic at The Square, produces textured, contemporary art with Kentucky themes and materials such as coal, which he applies and sculpts with instruments such as pressure washers.
Zoso, a Led Zeppelin tribute band, plays at The Burl on Friday. Del Shores performs his new one-man show at the Downtown Arts Center on Sunday. A discussion of the "Altered Views" exhibit is Friday at 21c.
Written and directed by Bart Layton, “American Animals” — which tells the story of the 2004 Transylvania University book heist — is fascinating, funny and, in the end, deep.
The entertainment community honored George Clooney, who was the recipient of the 46th AFI Life Achievement Award, the organization's highest honor for a career in film. The ceremony will be shown on TNT Thursday.
Shake Shack is selling a special strawberry milkshake for Pride Month and $1 from every sale will benefit The Trevor Project, which helps LGBTQ youth in crisis.
Chas Allen, on of the four men who participated in the violent robbery of rare books from the Transylvania University special collection library, and Blake Jenner, who plays Allen in "American Animals" the movie about the heist, talk about the film.
"American Animals" director says he was attracted to the story of the robbery of rare books from the Transylvania University special collections library because the four college-age perpetrators were so unlike people who usually commit similar crimes.
Transylvania University librarian BJ Gooch speaks for the first time about her ordeal in the 2004 book heist and the new movie, "American Animals," that dramatizes the crime that occurred in Lexington, Kentucky.
Sturgill Simpson is part of the lineup for Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival at Cincinnati's Riverbend, Friday. Meanwhile, the infamous Supersucker has a show coming up at Willie's Locally Known.
A medical sales rep from Somerset who now lives in Bowling Green will compete on the 20th season of Big Brother in late July. Winston Hines will be one of 16 contestants competing on the CBS hit show.
The Yamaguchis, who developed a following for their Japanese-style tapas first at their restaurant and then at brewery pop-ups, have opened a weekend bar and restaurant on West Sixth.
Much of Dawes' “Passwords” is fascinated with a soothing sense of pop appeal masking a more personal sense of incompleteness. In terms of the pop design, the most immediate parallel to be made within most of these new songs is to the early music of Bruce Hornsby.
Melissa Etheridge talks about her current full-band tour vs. acoustic sets and the 30-year anniversary of her debut album ahead of her June 26 Lexington Opera House show.
