COVINGTON, Ky. - COVID-19 still has much havoc to wreak and lives to damage. But this weekend in The Cov gives us hope that - despite the need for caution and care - fun can still be had.
From theater to pop-up art, a gallery opening to a Mexican cuisine-book event, some neighborhood cleanups to a holiday celebrated 6 months late, here are an array of events that will make going back to wor...
'Covington Connect’ targets digital divide for students, their families
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Over 400 free, refurbished desktop computers were given to families of Covington schoolchildren earlier this week, the first distribution event held as part of the "Covington Connect" initiative to demolish the digital divide here.
Cars lined up in the parking lot in front of the old Valu...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The Carnegie’s innovative walking-tour version of “Godspell” was going to be the featured attraction this week, but it just sold out.
That leaves more room and time to talk about two fascinating additions to small business in The Cov: One’s a toy shop/art gallery, the other is an innovative German-style walk-up coffee shop and dessert place.
W...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The Kentucky Derby in September ... an event at The Carnegie with 8 out of every 9 seats deliberately left empty ... video screen cooking ...
Another narrative weekend events calendar, another reminder of what a weird year this is.
But since this is all about keeping on keeping on, let’s roll with it:
‘Piano Man,’ Carnegie-style
NPR has its &...
Your day need a jump-start with laughter? Here’s a screen shot from a “Laughter Yoga” session sponsored by Covington Parks & Recreation earlier this year.
Weekly ‘Laughter Yoga’ among new programming from CovParks
COVINGTON, Ky. - Is your daily schedule “infected” with virtual meetings and video conferencing that threaten to put you to sleep, ev...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Yeah, this was supposed to be published Thursday night. Logistical problems, y’all.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - This weekend is a paean to Covington’s small businesses and to being a good citizen:
First, a deli celebrates its one-year anniversary, an indie bookstore marks its national holiday, a fancy restaurant reopens, and a new fitness place takes a unique ...
Volunteers prepare to recycle electronics and paper documents at the 2019 Electronic Recycling and Paper Shredding Drop-Off Day. The event saved almost 10 tons of e-waste and paper from going into landfills.
Annual drop-off event Saturday enables safe disposal
COVINGTON, Ky. - Don’t throw away your electronics - they’ll just spend years in landfills leaking toxic chemicals. And t...
COVINGTON, Ky. - COVID-19 still has a firm grip on the world, the nation, and this city, but this weekend offers a handful of opportunities to get out of the house and safely have some fun, LoveTheCov style.
Channeling Big Bird and his friends, it’s all brought to you by the letter “B”: Bourbon, brunch, bracelets and beautification.
Ancient Ancient Age
Do you like t...
A scene from the 2018 Great American Cleanup. (Photo from Keep Covington Beautiful)
April’s massive Great American Cleanup now fall event(s)
COVINGTON, Ky. - With two neighborhood cleanup events this weekend and more to come, pandemic-related restrictions are proving no barrier for tenacious Keep Covington Beautiful volunteers who #LoveTheCov.
In typical years, the Great America...
TJ Ball and Joe Koehl pick up trash, a rusted rim, and an old carpet during River Sweep 2020.
Cleanup limited to 30 volunteers, but they cleared 3.19 tons
COVINGTON, Ky. - Compared to the festival-like atmosphere of pre-pandemic cleanups, River Sweep 2020 was a tightly controlled, well-orchestrated, and almost choreographed event.
But if the volunteer army was (intentionally) small, t...