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  • From Vegas to Middle Earth: Local theater offers something for everyone in 2013-2014 season

    Fantasy, tradition, music and mystery make up the 2013-2014 theater season in Hardin County.

    Hardin County Playhouse and Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center at John Hardin High School have announced new seasons, bringing variety on this year’s playbill.

    The PAC’s season continues to explore the motto “Because all the world’s a stage,” director Bart Lovins said.

  • Third time's a charm for Iron Man

    To kick off the summer movie season, Robert Downey Jr. is back as billionaire superhero Avenger Tony Stark in “Iron Man 3.”

    But things are a bit different this time around. Stark has left his playboy ways to settle down with Pepper Potts. He also is dealing with the memories and emotions of what happened to him while fighting with the Avengers in his last adventure.

  • Hypnotist show postponed

    The Historic State Theater has rescheduled hypnotist Jon Saint-Germain’s show. The Saturday performance is postponed until Nov. 1.

    Refunds will be given for tickets purchased. For more information, call (270) 234-8258.

  • Wild Earth Gallery hosts Victor Sweatt exhibit

    Wild Earth Gallery will host an art exhibition by Kentucky artist Victor Sweatt. The exhibit runs through Aug. 4 and features a mixed media exhibit titled “Everyday Heroes.”

    A public reception with the artist is from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the gallery at 110 N. Main St. in Elizabethtown.

    Sweatt uses pastel, watercolor and charcoal in his realist art.

    According to his RoGallery profile, Sweatt strives to create “thought-provoking, emotional moments in time.”

  • One-woman band comes to Vine Grove

    Laura Thurston brings her unique one-woman band to The Depot Tavern in Vine Grove at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

    Thurston is a Charleston, S.C., musician who plays a suitcase for a kick drum, a tambourine with her foot as well as a guitar and harmonica all while singing in a folk-grass sound.

    Thurston has played music since she was young and began a solo career in 2011 performing along the East Coast, according to a news release.

  • Tie-dye gets new twists from Vine Grove artist

    About a year ago, Vine Grove resident Monica de Leon added a little color to her life.

  • ECA welcomes Buddy Greene

    Buddy Greene performs in concert at 7 p.m. today at Elizabethtown Christian Academy.

    Greene, a singer-songwriter and guitarist, has a country, bluegrass, folk, gospel and blues style. He also plays harmonica.

  • Little known facts about Mom

    Because Sunday is Mother’s Day, it’s a perfect time to share a few things you may not know about my mom.

    Everyone who knows her knows she’s a great cook with artistic style and perfect penmanship, a trait I did not inherit from her.

    But she’s much more than that.

    In her youth, Mom was a good athlete. She was a cheerleader at Elizabethtown High School and often could be found around her neighborhood playing baseball. In fact, at one point in her childhood, she wanted to be the first female Major League Baseball player.

  • Recharging creativity in the great outdoors

    Being in the line of work I’m in, I’ve had the opportunity to interview artists of all kinds: musicians, painters, novelists, poets, sculptors, crafters, photographers and others.

    Often when I talk to them about creativity, I find the process is virtually the same across the board. Artists are inspired by everything, and inspiration often cannot be predicted.

    I thought about this while on a fishing and camping trip to Land Between the Lakes last weekend with my other half, Rebecca Ricks.

  • Heartland Winds perform Sunday concert

    The Heartland Winds perform in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center at John Hardin High School.

    The theme is “Force of Destiny.”

    Conductor Brian Froedge said the group will play many pieces within that theme.

    One piece is “La Forza del Destino” by Verdi.

    “It is a very exciting, dramatic piece of music,” Froedge said.