Eastern Standard - Aug. 1st, 2024

With this edition, we begin looking into concerns about cuts in public school arts programs. Our guests: EKU Art Education professor Ilona Szekely; Erin Batkiewicz is co-founder of the non-profit “Creative Kids Music and Art Program''; Lexington guitar instructor David McLean who offered free summer lessons to public school music students; Alberta Labrillazo, the SCAPA theatre instructor whose students nominated her for an Tony Award. And Louisville entrepreneur, developer, and film producer Gill Holland on his plans to renovate and revive a vintage hotel in downtown Harlan.