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Mesa Arts Center offers 3 big events this month

Social distancing might be tough on live performances and exhibits, but three events in Mesa show the arts scene is far from being defeated by the pandemic. The Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at the Mesa Arts Center has opened its 42nd annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, featuring local and other artists whose works have “become a benchmark for innovation and quality,” organizers said.  The exhibition features ceramics, fibers, basketry, metals, wood, glass, jewelry, papermaking and book arts. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. Reservations: mesaartscenter.com/mcam.   While you’re on the Arts Center’s website, get your tickets for the next installment of its Classical Music Inside Out virtual series featuring Shelly Watson on Thursday, Feb. 18. 

UK to Host Virtual Events in Recognition of Black History Month

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021)  The University of Kentucky’s Martin Luther King Center, in collaboration with units across campus, will host a variety of events and programming, most of which will be virtual, to celebrate Black History Month this February. While this year’s observance looks different than past year’s due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the observation of Black History Month will, nonetheless, allow the history and culture of Black Americans to be centered in recognition of past and present challenges, struggles and achievements. “Since the late 60s and officially in 1976, Black History Month has been a long-awaited time for the corporate celebration of Black culture, Black stories and Black people,” said Chandler Frierson, UK senior and programming intern at the MLK Center. “With that narrative, this year’s Black History Month is a special month. People across the world have witnessed firsthand a year that has further proven the enduranc

Celebrating the Women of Early Country Music

  Article Contributed by Birthplace of … | Published on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Louise Massey. Cousin Emmy. Molly O Day. These names may not be familiar to you, but they helped pave the way for today s ladies of country music. The Birthplace of Country Music Museum celebrates these often overlooked pioneers of the country music genre, and many others, in its next Virtual Speaker Series entitled  Before Coal Miner s Daughters and Many-Colored Coats: Pioneering Women in Country Music. Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m. EST guest speaker Bailey George, who has been collecting and researching country music since he was 11 years old (he s now 23), will lead the fascinating discussion on the impact of these pioneering female artists, musicians, writers, and performers. Bailey is himself a local musician and host of WBCM Radio Bristol s Honky Tonk Hit Parade.

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