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Bourbon, a canine bride, & cemetery fun

COVINGTON, Ky. - The study of bourbon (and many bourbon tastings). Music stages galore. A movie in a cemetery. A dog wedding. A symposium on modern photography. A litter cleanup with a few beverage stops. A roller derby match with a Halloween theme.   This weekend in #LoveTheCov is about fun with a capital “F.”   Ky.’s signature drink Did you know that there are almost ...

Kentucky’s Edge rides the ‘amber wave’

10K people a day expected for bourbon conference, festival   COVINGTON, Ky. - License plates from far-away states are already appearing in Covington's parking garages and hotel parking lots as visitors descend on the region for the inaugural two-day Kentucky's Edge Bourbon Conference & Festival this weekend.   Some 10,000 people a day are expected for the celebration, which pairs a ...

Would Covington support a dog park?

On the last day of the swim season each year, Covington Parks & Rec opens Goebel Pool to dogs and their owners. Now the City is asking whether residents would support a dog park. Meeting tonight seeks input for ongoing Parks & Rec master plan   COVINGTON, Ky. - Does Covington need a dog park?   If so, where? How big? What should it look like? How should it be funded? Would reside...

Akilah, pumpkins & 'Miscast'

COVINGTON, Ky. - A homemade salsa contest and a big pile of pumpkins for sale in a patch to rival Linus van Pelt's naïve trust of faith (though honestly we hear the voice not of Charlie Brown but of Jack Skellington as we type this) ... yeah, it’s getting to be autumn.   But ... there’s plenty of other things to do in #LoveTheCov this weekend, what with a one-night ...

The Smithsonian, smokes & ‘sustainability'

COVINGTON, Ky. - The theme of this weekend in #LoveTheCov is Serious, Solemn and Citizenship September.   OK, we just made that up.   But after the recent Unlock the Block and Oktoberfest weekends, we’re toning it down a bit this weekend to highlight a free day at the museum, the unveiling of the proposed new look at a community park, a “sustainability” tour and convers...

Population grows at Prisoners

Kentucky fisheries tech Willie Clifton prepares to release redear sunfish in Prisoners Lake with the help of David Hale (hidden). State delivers 3,250 redear sunfish through FINs program  COVINGTON, Ky. - Anglers will have a better chance of watching their bobbers bounce and their corks careen at Prisoners Lake in Covington.   A truck from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife R...

A bildungsroman, Riff Raff & the freshest art

COVINGTON, Ky. - We’ve featured eclectic weekends before in this narrative events calendar, but this might be the most eclectic of them all.   This weekend in #LoveTheCov: An art auction that’s been going on for over a quarter of a century. Two neighborhoods shut down for craft drafts and music.   Divine Right’s creator, Gurney Norman, reading and signing ... while Rock...

‘This has become an epidemic’

Assistant Fire Chief Chip Terry served in Covington for almost three decades. (Photo used with permission from Katie Woodring Photography.) Registration open for PTS seminar Friday honoring late chief  COVINGTON, Ky. - The family of late Assistant Covington Fire Chief Chip Terry didn’t know what to expect a year ago when they organized the City’s first-ever seminar on post-trauma...

Oktober traditions & Aretha's music

COVINGTON, Ky. - Our headline for this week’s narrative events calendar was going to be “Riverfront yoga & hilltop prayer” just because we liked the juxtaposition of geo features for those two events, but this is September and Oktoberfest, man, and we’d be guilty of burying the lead.   The lead - spelled “lede” in the journalism industry, btw ...

Big booms, books & biking

COVINGTON, Ky. - The Ohio River’s banks will explode with thundering booms and an aerial spectacle this weekend, with the annual Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks and Riverfest.   But that’s not - as they say - the only game in town. There’s plenty else to do in #LoveTheCov, whether you like literature, local art, Russian symphony music, jazz and R&B, or mountain bik...
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