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Happy New Year from Berea Tourism!
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Happy Holidays to all of our wonderful visitors and residents!
We have had another great year here in Berea thanks to all the visitors, business owners, and residents that make us such a wonderful place to experience.
We have welcomed tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world, in all walks of life, to our shops, galleries, restaurants, events, and hotels. Together, we have created thousands of smiles, hundreds of laughs, and an exuberant amount of memories.
This year at Berea Tourism we grew our ability to promote the people and places of Berea far and wide. We welcomed several new businesses into our community, expanded our staff, and initiated four new artists into our Artist Accelerator Program at Gallery 123.
Over the last year Berea has been named the Number One Town for Craft Lovers in America by American Craft Week, listed in Southern Living as one of the South's Best Budget Friendly Getaways, filmed for At Home with Didiayer on the Hallmark Channel, completed our 6th Annual Festival of Learnshops and Make It, Take It, Give It! workshop events, and much, much more.
As we move into 2017, we invite you to join us in celebrating old traditions and embarking on new adventures. This year we celebrate Kentucky's 225th birthday with the fellow citizens of our great Commonwealth, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Log House Craft Gallery of Berea College and historic L&N Depot (currently serving as the Welcome Center) in the Artisan Village.
Our new year of workshops, hiking, kayaking, biking, shopping,
eating, dancing, and experiencing would not be the same without you.
We here at Berea Tourism wish you the very best for the New Year, and all of the experiences it has to offer.
Hope to see you soon,
-Dylan Bogard
Berea Tourism Communications Manager
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Upcoming from Berea Tourism
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We are in full planning mode here at the Welcome Center! In addition to providing you with some of the best information about all to do and see here in Berea, we are getting to work on our exciting 2017 events!
L&N Day, the Berea Craft Festival, Festival of Learnshops, and much more!
You can sign up to be one of the first with the Festival of Learnshop catalogs by entering your information by clicking
here. #FOLBerea 2017 is shaping up to be one of our best yet!
For information about all of the great events #BereaKy has to offer, be sure to check pout our events page at
visitberea.com/events or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube at the links below.
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We have several great photos from visitors and residents alike from December! Be sure to follow us on social media and post your photos of Berea!
Each month we will select photos of Berea posted by our wonderful visitors and citizens to be featured in our newsletter! In order to be selected, share your favorite Berea experience and use #VisitBerea, #BereaProud and #BereaKy.
We can't wait to see your wonderful photos!
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Below are this month's #BereaKy photo selections! We had many great submissions over the past month, and you could be featured in next month's newsletter!
@bethanydwolfe
proved that #BereaKy is beautiful no matter the temperature.
@playthinkfest got us into the holiday spirit! We can't wait for their event this summer.
@teahorsestudioky got a great view of the sunrise in #BereaKy.
@westdomestic shows off some of the great items found in Herb and Willow.
@herbandwillow got in the holiday spirit by offering reclaimed wood ornaments!
@monstrous_illustrations shows off some of her work! We are #BereaProud to have her in town.
Berea Tourism staff and visitors got the chance to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus!
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Berea Uncorked:
Sponsored by the Berea Arts Council and GFWC Berea Women's Club
January 18th
6:45pm-9:30pm
Churchill's Berea
100 Churchill Ct.
Join the Berea Arts Council and GFWC Berea Women's Club for an evening of wine and painting!
Email [email protected] today to reserve your spot for the January 18th Berea Uncorked event! We're still deciding on a painting, but if you look through our event photos, you'll see that we can guarantee it'll be a fun evening! #bereauncorked
Cost is $40.
For more information, click here.
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Pins and Needles Retreat from Fiber Frenzy
January 27th-29th
Boone Tavern
100 Main St. N.
Fiber Frenzy's annual Pins & Needles retreat is January 27 - 29 at the Historic Boone Tavern Hotel. This three day event features workshops in knitting, crochet, needle felting, spinning and quilting! Registration includes all instruction and handouts, breakfast and snacks, and evening activities. Materials fees vary, depending on the workshops selected. Space is limited, register now!
Registration is $195.
Call 859-986-3832 or visit fiberfrenzy.net/pins-needles-retreat for more information.
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HOW: Hands On Workshops
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H.O.W. (Hands-on Workshops) is a part of Berea's continued attempt to make education in artisan skills & crafts accessible to everyone. We're just getting started so keep checking back to see who else is getting on-board.
For more details and workshop availability, please contact the artisans directly using the information provided in their descriptions at www.visitberea.com/how-berea.
Gilliam Gallery- Diane Gilliam- By appointment.
Contact Diane to learn beginning stained glass, or how to make a stained glass suncatcher with overlay. Come to Berea a visitor and leave an artist!
Gastineau Studio- Ken Gastineau- By appointment.
Bring your group of 2-4 and create beautiful jewelry. Ken specializes in copper and brass bracelets and necklaces. His courses range in difficulty.
Crochet or Knit Knockers- Fiber Frenzy-January 10th and 24th, 3pm
Fiber Frenzy has joined with
Knittedknockers.org
to sponsor handmade prostheses for women who have had a mastectomy. Special patterns have been developed for both knit and crochet, to create soft, comfortable "knockers". Join us the first and third Thursday every month, 3pm to 5pm to make knockers.
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Visual Arts Academy
Artists from all levels are invited to attend the Visual Arts Academy from the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.
From painting to bead work, everyone is sure to find something they will enjoy.
Come on out with family and friends for your next art adventure!
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Art Exhibits and Demonstrations
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Berea Arts Council Exhibits
"Stepping Out for Art Preview Exhibit"- January 20th-February 23rd
A preview of art to be auctioned at the Stepping Out for Art Dinner on February 25th.
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Berea College Art Exhibits
Rogers-Traylor Art Building, Berea College
9am-6pm M-R, 9-5 F, 1-5 Sun. (please note that these hours will change for the holiday season)
Plight of Ought: Earth Tones in Bloom - January 15th- February 17th
Horizon Line- January 15th- February 17th-
While I am influenced by the southern tradition of narrative figure painting, my work focuses mainly on drawing. My drawings have paint, of course, but they are not really paintings-the drawn line is what tells the tale. I use painting and mixed media elements enhance the mark making, and reassert the shallow space of the picture plane. The pops and veils of color and the stained surfaces provide a ragged sort of embellishment. But line is what makes the edges and directs the characters and each mark provides a kind of unstable punctuation.My drawings are informed by psychoanalytic theory, symbolist poetry, and absurdist humor. Each work has a cast of characters, images and elements, in flattened landscapes or ambiguous spaces. I set up these vignettes as a way of investigating what makes people be the way they are, but I am the worst sort of detective. I just like to pile up clues and rearrange them into melancholic jokes, farcical calamities and occasional moments of grace. Katherine Jill Johnson
Ritual- January 22nd- March 3rd-
My ceramic vessels portray spirituality and are influenced by symbols in religious architecture. Inspirations include Islamic temples and mosques and architecture of the Czech Republic that are topped with domes, spires and finials. Luxury or ceremonial wares that were originally made to reside in holy or other culturally significant edifices are also an influence. Such examples include Islamic metalwork and pottery and Chinese ritual bronze vessels. I seek to take advantage of clay's ability to retain carefully defined and metal-like details while using luxurious metallic finishes, only possible through the ceramic process, that highlight the symbolic elements of the work.
Seth Green
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Kentucky Artisan Center Exhibits and Demonstrations
"Have a Seat: Chairs by Kentucky Artisans"
Now through February 2017
Kentucky artists have submitted their entries and this new exhibit looks to be an exciting one!
Chairs by 29 artists will be displayed and for sale, with 10 participating artists new to
the Center.
Artists have created chairs using a variety of materials and have also re-purposed existing chairs into colorful new works. Chairs both large and small will show a wide range of artistic imagination and interpretation with some chairs functional and others purely whimsical and visual.
"Reveal: Don Ament and Joyce Garner"
January 7th- April 30th
The Center's new exhibit program, Reveal had so many strong entries that jurors selected two artists in a selection-tie for this new showcase of large format two-dimensional works in the Center's lobby. Both artists selected are new to the Kentucky Artisan Center. Large photographic panels of water and landscapes by Lexington artist Don Ament were chosen as well as large format oil paintings by Louisville artist Joyce Garner.
Reveal is an exciting new program at the Center that provides exhibition opportunities for Kentucky artists whose larger two-dimensional works cannot be accommodated within the center's regular retail spaces.
Saturday Tours and Demonstrations
January 7th
Wire-Wrapped Jewelry Created by Jeannette Rowlett at Kentucky Artisan Center.
On Saturday, Jan. 7th at 10:30am, Jeannette Rowlett, of Berea, will demonstrate her wire-wrapping techniques that she uses to make her jewelry. Rowlett often incorporates different semi-precious gemstones and Austrian crystal in her work.
January 14th
-Virginia Petty Creates Miniature Natural Material Baskets at Kentucky Artisan Center. On Saturday, Jan. 14th at 10:30am, Virginia Petty will demonstrate how she creates her miniature baskets from natural plant materials. Petty has been making baskets for many years and is primarily self-taught. For her demonstration she will use the natural dried leaves and vines that she finds and gathers in the region surrounding her gardens and yard in Madison County.
-The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea will offer visitors free guided tours through the Center's gallery exhibit, "Have a Seat: Chairs by Kentucky Artisans." Tours will be given at 11am and again at 2pm.
-From 11am-2pm Na Skylark - Lorinda Jones and Cathy Wilde perform on harp, Appalachian Dulcimer, Irish Uilleann bagpipes and flute.
January 21st
-Justin Burton will demonstrate his broom making techniques on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10:30am to 3:30pm at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea.
Burton graduated from Berea College where he worked in the college Broomcraft program under the guidance of master broom maker Christopher Robbins. Burton rose to the position of student manager and helped produce over 500 brooms for the college. After graduation, Burton was accepted into Berea Tourism's Art Accelerator Program.
January 28th
-Berea jeweler Gerald LeGrand Price will demonstrate his techniques of texturing copper to create his jewelry on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 10:30am to 3:30pm at the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea.
Price is a newly juried artist at the center and is a recent graduate of Berea Tourism's Art Accelerator Program. He creates a line of copper and bronze jewelry using hand-formed and casting techniques.
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Around the World in 80 Days
January 13th-15th & 20th-22nd
Friday/Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm
Spotlight Playhouse (Churchill's)
100 Churchill Ct.
A show that is bound to make you smile!
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C.A.R.E Concert
January 6th
7:30pm
Berea Arena Theater
1835 Big Hill Rd.
Benefit for the Coalition of Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.)
At the Berea Arena Theater!
This event is bound to be a fun time for all!
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Last Thursday at Herb and Willow
January 26th 7pm-10pm
Herb and Willow
136 N. Broadway
An evening of good drinks, good treats, good friends, and great music.
For more information,
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Jammin' on the Porch
Thursday 7pm-9pm
Russel Acton Folk Center (weather seasonal location)
212 W. Jefferson St.
A family friendly jam session at the Rusesel Acton Folk Center. It's an event you won't forget.
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3rd Friday Contra Dance
January 20th
8pm
128 N. Broadway
Above the Old Town Candy Kitchen
3rd Friday contra dances at Chez Moi, our "fine home and dancehall" above the Old Town Candy Kitchen. Come to the left side of the building and ascend. The dance runs from 8pm-11pm before devolving into fun and merriment of all sorts till the wee hours. Calling is by a cavalcade of volunteers, and music is by ... YOU! Bring your instruments and calling cards - you get in FREE! The rest are in for the low low price of $3.
No partner or experience is needed. All dances are taught first and then prompted. We change partners after every dance, and are especially welcoming to new dancers! If you get winded, there are seven miles of sofas and a table-full of food and drinks to revive you. Root around for the Ramekin of Recompense and drop in a few dinero if you can.
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4th Saturday Contra Dance
January 28th
8pm
212 Jefferson St.
Russel Acton Folk Center
An evening of Contra dance that is fun for all!
Saturday beginners: 7:30-8:00 pm Saturday contra dance: 8:00-11:00 pm
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Berea College Convocations
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Berea College hosts world renowned speakers and performers throughout the semester. These individuals or groups are selected by the College for the education and enjoyment of students, staff, and visitors. These events are free and open to the public. Evening programs are dress up.
Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead, From Black Power to Black Lives Matter
January 16th
3pm
Berea College Campus
Phelps Stokes Auditorium
From Black Power to Black Lives Matter. In the mid-1960s, Stokely Carmichael, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, demanded a change in the rhetoric and strategy of the Civil Rights Movement by introducing the term "Black Power." Less than fifty years later, as a direct response to police brutality, "Black Lives Matter" was introduced, both as a rallying cry and an organizing strategy. Dr. Whitehead, a Communication professor at Loyola University Maryland, traces the historical connections between the two movements and their roles in shaping civil rights conversations. Co-sponsored with the Black Cultural Center, Carter G. Woodson Center, African and African-American Studies, CCC, and the Office of the President. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation.
Jianying Zha, Transformation in Modern China.
January 26th
3pm
Berea College Campus
Phelps Stokes Auditorium
Transformation in Modern China. Born in Bejing and educated in the West, journalist Jianying Zha will address China's 20th century struggle for modernity, its recent economic transformation, and the country's reemergence as a great power. Using personal stories and photographs relevant to her topic, Zha will focus on new trends in China's pop culture (media, public debates, censorship); tensions and contradictions in current politics and society; and questions about China's future.
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Berea Farmers Market
Saturdays 10am-1pm
100 Fee St.
Berea Methodist Church Annex
Want some delicious local foods during your visit to Berea? Don't miss Berea's local farmer's market.
Fresh produce, delicious baked goods, and much more await you at the lovely indoor location.
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Kentucky Trail Town
Our trails are perfect for warm winter days!
Maps to hike or bike some of Berea's awesome trails are located at the Welcome Center at 3 Artist Circle off of North Broadway.
Enjoy scenic views at the Pinnacles and Anglin Falls, or take a nice stroll along one of our lovely shared use paths through town.
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Berea Parks and Recreation Newsletter
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As always, thank you for following us! We look forward to seeing you here in Berea!
You can find even more information on our website at visitberea.com.
If you have any comments or suggestions, be sure to send them to [email protected].
If you are a community member that would like to submit an event, be sure to submit it at visitberea.com/events so that we can get it out through social media, in our newsletter, and on our webpage calendar.
Dylan Bogard
800-598-5263
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