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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...

Riverfest rules set for downtown, Devou

Familiar restrictions address safety, traffic COVINGTON, Ky. - Enormous crowds will again flock to the riverfront and viewing spots around Covington to watch the annual Labor Day weekend fireworks on Sept. 1, so Covington is putting in place familiar restrictions designed to ensure safety and orderly traffic flow.  The rules address issues like road closures, parking, alcohol, skateboards, mo...

Latonia cuisine, beetles & Botox

COVINGTON, Ky. - This weekend is all about combinations.   Four flavors of VIVE ... Cannoli and Botox ... 5-horned rhinoceros beetles and rats ... and 20 food vendors from Latonia.   Read on ...   Four flavors hard seltzer Blood Orange. Cherry. Peach. Black Raspberry.   It doesn’t quite have the rhythmic attraction of “raspberry red, lemon yellow and orange orange&r...

Indie films, ardent art & ‘Jenny Savage’

COVINGTON, Ky. - Mid-August. The dog days. The doldrums.   ... but not in Love The Cov, where everybody from blood-thirsty MMA fanatics to art aficionados (and yes, sometimes those are the same people) can find something to do.   BCM music TONIGHT It’s our weekly “better hurry” item: Music@BCM is tonight, and it features Ramona Blaine and The Company, touted b...

Businesses celebrate bridge’s reopening

The Roebling Suspension Bridge reopened to cars today for the first time since April. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.) Weekend events build excitement in Roebling Point District  COVINGTON, Ky. - Discounted beverages and food. Commemorative cups. A symbolic game that stretches across the Ohio River.   Businesses in Covington's Roebling Point District are celebrating t...

Common, ‘Idiot’ & SNZ

COVINGTON, Ky. - We usually don’t advertise a lot of live music here - since it seems EVERY bar and venue in Covington has musicians come in these days (and that’s a good thing) - but this weekend seems to have a musical theme.   That and the Suspension Bridge is reopening.   Farm to Table Ever gone to the Covington Farmers Market and wonder “what’s the ...

Properties sought for Beautification Awards

This property at 542 Greenup St. owned by Betsy Goldfarb and Bill Sachs won a Beautification Award from the Friends of Covington in 2018. Friends of Covington seeking nominations for annual competition COVINGTON, Ky. - Do the grounds and exterior of your house or business epitomize “beautiful?”   The Friends of Covington want to recognize it.   The organization, which was fou...

Dog swimming, Beerio Kart & pysanka

COVINGTON, Ky. - Summer has turned the corner and is headed toward the Back-to-School time of year, but that doesn’t mean the fun is done.   This weekend in #LoveTheCov features the annual Old Timers Reunion, dogs in the pool, Ukrainian Easter Egg painting, and a wide array of events at Covington’s 700-plus-acre Devou Park, including a ride and run, extended dates for Yoga Fit, an...

Covington needs your vote to win ‘Beautify’ contest

Volunteers at River Sweep ’19 in Covington not only picked up litter but also dug partially buried debris out of the river mud.  River cleanup event one of five finalists in statewide competition  COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington needs your help ... or rather your vote. The City and its partners who organize the annual cleanup of litter on the riverfront - locally known as River Sweep -...
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