Summertime means summer sounds like swimming pools, amusement parks, baseball games, and summer camps. And for some young musicians, a week at strings camp is the sweetest sound of all.

In Carlisle, Kentucky, the town holds a festival every year. The tradition honors veterans and celebrates blackberries.

A series of special workshops in Lexington offers people a chance to sing in solidarity and explore how music can be used for social change.

The Newport branch of the Campbell County Public Library is one of only 6 libraries in the U.S. selected to display a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit this year.

A tea ceremony can be a time to relax and practice mindfulness. There can also be an educational component to the ritual.

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site is known as the “Birthplace of American Vertebrate Paleontology.” On May 9th, a ceremony was held to celebrate the park’s designation as a National Historic Landmark.

Women like Holly Near, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Florence Reece have played a significant role in protest music. Two Kentucky women talk about their protest music and its impact.

Zugunruhe means an inner stirring to move, especially regarding what moves birds to migrate. A Kentucky organization encourages people to look to birds for inspiration.

The Sewing Circle is a new play that features a group of seamstresses who appear at important points in America's history. In each scene, the play focuses on one character in particular, a Black woman.

An indoor music festival full of traditional music, dancing, workshops, and poetry is coming to central Kentucky. Grammy-nominated Amythyst Kiah is scheduled to headline the 2025 Lexington Gathering.