Mixing the majesty of classic Beethoven and Ravel with the emotion of contemporary sentimental favorites, Washington D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra wrapped up its 2011 American Residency tour of Kentucky Feb. 24 before a sold-out house of 760 people at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. After performing 120 musical events in eight [...]
Direct from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the National Symphony Orchestra—in Kentucky on tour for its 2011 American Residencies—will bring its music to Somerset Thursday at a sold-out concert performance at The Center for Rural Development. Tickets to Thursday’s concert performance, set to begin at 7:30 p.m. in The Center’s theatre, have been sold [...]
Forward in the Fifth, in partnership with The Center for Rural Development, is accepting grant applications for projects to advance educational attainment in communities in Southern and Eastern Kentucky. During the first cycle of grant funding, Forward in the Fifth plans to award a total of $4,500 in funding support to select groups whose vision [...]
Online technology will allow students who cannot attend the National Symphony Orchestra’s full performance on Feb. 24 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset to still experience a portion of the day’s activities through an educational performance workshop broadcast on the Web. The Center will offer the workshop—featuring a trio of National Symphony Orchestra [...]
Located in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty just off the New Jersey coast, Ellis Island was the gateway for more than 12 million immigrants seeking a new life in America between the late 1800s to the mid-1950s. Lake Cumberland Performing Arts, in partnership with The Center for Rural Development, presents a remarkable story [...]
Eleven years ago in the small town of Littleton, Colo., high school seniors Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris carried out one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. Armed with an arsenal of weapons, the duo went on a killing spree at Columbine High School that left 12 students and a teacher dead and [...]
Eighth-grade students looking to develop skills in leadership, science, math, and community service can build all of those skills and more—all in a college environment—in The Center for Rural Development’s Rogers Explorers youth program this summer. The Center is accepting applications through March 4 from current eight-grade students in your community and throughout its [...]
Lonnie Lawson, President and CEO of The Center for Rural Development, announced Emily Phillips of Monticello has been named Community Liaison and Sales Associate for the organization. As part of her job responsibilities, Phillips will travel across Southern and Eastern Kentucky to meet with elected officials and community leaders making them aware of the innovative [...]
World-acclaimed conductor Hugh Wolff has appeared with nearly all of the major U.S. orchestras from New York to Los Angeles, and is in high demand on the international stage. Throughout February, Wolff will again lead the National Symphony Orchestra—where he began his professional career 32 years ago—as the 2011 American Residency conductor. On Thursday, Feb. [...]
Self-taught artist James Hood of McCreary County demonstrated the wet-on-wet oil painting technique made popular by legendary art instructor Bob Ross at a “Meet-the-Artist” reception on Feb. 3 to introduce his new art exhibit on display at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Hood, a certified-Bob Ross instructor, finished an oil painting of [...]
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