Lunch-and-Learn: The Kentucky Tragedy
Hutchins Library 100 Campus Drive, Berea, KY, United StatesJoin us for a special lunch-and-learn session in the Flex Space of Hutchins Library to learn about a piece of Kentucky's past. This tale has it all: scandal, love, revenge, murder, and tragedy. Come learn the story of Anna Cooke and Jereboam Beauchamp, and their plot to kill Attorney General Solomon Sharp. Lunch provided. Presenter: […]
DR. ARADHNA TRIPATI: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives on Water
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesAlthough the availability of freshwater is a major factor influencing humans and ecosystems, the ways in which water availability will change in many parts of our warming world in the future is unknown. Exploration of past and present-day environments and uses and understandings of water can provide critical information, transforming our ability to understand the processes impacting water and our relationship […]
Artist Talk with Margo Duvall
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesPhotographer and visual artist Margo Duvall will be giving an artist talk about her work in the duo exhibition, "Margo Duvall & Katherine Strause: Around and Around Again," which is […]
Cyanotype Workshop with Margo Duvall
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesJoin visiting artist Margo Duvall for a hands-on workshop making cyanotypes! The cyanotype is a type of camera-less photography that was invented by an astronomer trying to find a way […]
McCRARY SISTERS: Run On
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesThe McCrary Sisters sing gospel that melds traditional with contemporary music and incorporates influences of classic soul, Americana, blues, rock, and R&B music. Central to their work is their boundless […]
DR. TODD STINEBRICKNER: The Berea Panel Study after 25 Years
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesThe Berea Panel Study (BPS) is a novel survey project, which was initiated at Berea College in 2000 to provide a new understanding of how important decisions/outcomes are determined in […]
Artist Talk with Meredith Setser
Doris Ulmann Galleries Ellipse and Chestnut Streets, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesPrintmaker and fiber artist Meredith Setser will be giving an artist talk in conjunction with the closing reception for the exhibition, "Meredith Setser: Immaculate Crude," which is on view at […]
For Mountains and Miners
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center 205 N Main St, Berea, KY, United StatesJoin us for lunch and conversation with Willie Dodson, Appalachian Field Coordinator for Appalachian Voices who will lead a discussion about ongoing efforts to confront black lung disease and environmental destruction in Appalachian Coal County. This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary. Just come out and enjoy some good food […]
REV. DANA GONSAL: Setting the Captives Free
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesRev. Gonsal is Senior Protestant Chaplain at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston and President and CEO of the Classic Shoe Shine Corporation that serves New England. In his presentation, […]
FUBUKI DAIKO: Japanese Drumming
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesIn ancient Japan Taiko drums were used to frighten invaders, inspire troops in battle, and call the gods. The core members of this spirited group have more than 25 years […]
PROF. MARK GODSEY: Blind Injustice: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform in America
Phelps Stokes Chapel Chestnut Street, Berea, Kentucky, United StatesUniversity of Cincinnati law professor Mark Godsey is the co-founder and director the Ohio Innocence Project, which to date has freed from prison 42 wrongfully convicted Ohioans who served many years for crimes they didn't commit, including time on death row. Accompanied by one of his exonerated clients, Prof. Godsey, a leading legal scholar, activist, ex-NYC […]