Think like a mountain. As a 24-year-old, conservationist Aldo Leopold was forever changed by a dying wolf he and his crew had shot. After seeing ... Read This Post
Community Development
Striking a Chord: How Veterans are Using Art & Music to Support Fellow Vets in Eastern Kentucky
What do line dancing and heavy metal have in common? The answer is the Train Station, a music venue established last year in Corbin, Kentucky. The ... Read This Post
Airbnb: Opportunities and Challenges for Eastern Kentucky Communities
Communities across the country are placing more limits on Airbnbs and other short-term rentals as they have continued to pop up with exponential ... Read This Post
Breathitt County-Based Radio Station Celebrates 75 years On Air
Nearly 100 years ago, Dr. Lela G. McConnell founded Mount Carmel in Breathitt County, Kentucky, an elementary and high school focused on the ... Read This Post
Mountain Grrl Experience: More than a Music Festival
Imagine you are roaming the streets of Pikeville, Kentucky one summer day and you’re handed a set of spoons to make music with. You knock out a number ... Read This Post
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Supports Flourishing Music Industry
Georgia, I love your big magnolia treesTexas, I love to feel the prairie breezeTennessee, you made me what I am todayBut it's got to be Kentucky for ... Read This Post
A Community Group Hosts “Courageous Conversations” and Celebrations of Diversity in Southeast KY
From social media posts promoting equal pay and autism acceptance to sharing free coloring books about Holi, a festival celebrated by people of Hindu ... Read This Post
TEDx Corbin
For the past decade or so, TED talks have been trending. That's because the goal of a TED Talk is to share about "ideas worth spreading." TED is a ... Read This Post
Three Days that will Shift Your World
In spring 2019, the AIR Institute of Berea College, in partnership with MACED and the Kentucky Arts Council, held a training for 10 Kentuckians ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Community in Eastern Kentucky
“Thursdays on the Triangle” in Hazard, Kentucky, kicked off its fifth year last week. This mini-festival hosted on Main Street in Hazard every other ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: Tourism in Eastern Kentucky
Blanton Forest on Pine Mountain in Harlan County was identified by a state ecologist in the early 1990s as one of the most important natural ... Read This Post
Appalachia’s New Day: The Arts in Eastern Kentucky
This week marks the start of MACED’s new storytelling campaign, Appalachia’s New Day. Every day this week, we are featuring a story specific to a ... Read This Post
