COVINGTON, Ky. – February is Black History Month, so before you go about pairing beer with Girl Scout cookies, dressing up for a Gala Maskenball, attending a musical or live music, be sure to brush up on some things you might not know about.
Here in The Cov, we have both a Covington Black History Tour full of fascinating stops and history and a month-long reading assignment that will help...
COVINGTON, Ky. – So here we are at the end of “Dead Week,” those days between Christmas and the New Year when – having worn every pair of gifted socks, polished off two entire tins of homemade cookies, and watched four Hallmark movies (well, actually, they really were the same movie) – one can feel as if we’re all limping through a big, yawning empty space in ti...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Here’s the deal.
Being as it’s Christmas weekend, not a creature seems to be stirring all through The Cov, or at least not the usual suspects who plan and host the events we typically tout in this weekend narrative events calendar.
After much searching, all we found was Keystone Bar & Grill’s ‘Twas the Brunch Before Christmas … Holly ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Here we are in your inbox on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving so that you can get started on the weekend festivities (which starts tonight and largely involves imbibing).
That’s not to say there isn’t more stuff going on this week after all the turkey business. Once the leftovers are stored, it’s time to commence with holiday shopping, which you can do ...
The 2019 BLINK festival included light shows and music.
4-night festival returns to The Cov, Cincinnati on Oct. 13-16
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s downtown will be the scene of creative madness and a sensory blitzkrieg when the wildly popular BLINK art and light festival returns to the region for four evenings next week.
The free outdoor festival spans the Ohio River, enc...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Tonight the fall equinox ushers in the arrival of Libra, the sign of balance and reflection, corresponding with a time of equal darkness and light (That whole balance thing, you know), and all over the world, the length of day and nighttime hours will be darn near equal.
Back in the day, (like 2,000 years ago), Pagans picked apples and had a harvest festival known as Mabo...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Hypothetically speaking, let’s say you just spent almost two weeks off the grid canoeing in the Canadian wilderness.
Your party saw almost no one, but you did witness the Northern Lights (3x) ... discover pictographs and petroglyphs … had semi-close encounters with howling wolves … heard the “whack!” of beavers’ tails and the tremolos...
Among the places illuminated during the BLINK festival in 2019 was the building at 501 Madison and the London Police mural at Fourth Street and Scott Boulevard.
1.3MM attended colorful regional light, art show in ‘19
COVINGTON, Ky. – When the massive and wildly popular BLINK® Art, Light & Culture Festival returns to Covington on Oct. 13-16, organizers say its footpri...
Allison Rotella was a winner in 2019 with this photo of the then-closed bridge. (Photo used with permission).
Public to help select top images in six categories
COVINGTON, Ky. – Get your cameras out and head to the river.
July will see the return of the “Focus on the Roebling” photo contest hosted by The Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge Committee (CCSBC), which sho...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Fortunately, we’re supposed to get relief (albeit temporary) from this hotter-than-the-hinges-of-Hades heat this weekend, so get out and enjoy yourself before the feeling of being in a furnace returns.
Sunday is Father’s Day. If you’re a Dad, Stepdad, or Dad-like figure, enjoy the adulation that, hopefully, you’ve earned and be sure to do something...