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Eastern Standard: June 5th, 2025

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Helix garage in downtown Lexington
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Helix garage in downtown Lexington

The art — and challenges — of raising backyard chickens in an urban setting. Natalie Voss interviews Jackie Jacob, Ag Extension Project Manager at the University of Kentucky.

In a conversation with with Art Shechet from our partner arts pub, undermainarts.org, Lexington architects Clive and Graham Pohl discuss architecture as public art.

The Lexington Children’s Theatre has new leadership. Jeff Sachs arrives from Chicago where he served as founding managing director of Kerfuffle, a theatre for the very young.

Greg Lynd and Matt Page unveil a new album of original rock — with a touch of Irish.

Choreographer Lakshmi Sriraman and Greenroom Exchange co-founder Lee Carroll fill us in on a mid-June concert at the Lyric Theater that will blend the classical music of India with other forms of World Music styles.

Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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