Date of Event:
Friday, October 2nd Time: 6-7:30pm Location:
AEC, 25 West Seventh Street, Covington
Description:
Experience Covington is a cultural heritage tourism program that has been “in the making” for the past two years. Funded by the National Parks Service’s Preserve America grant, the City of Covington was awarded $130,000 is September 2007 to create walking and driving tours of Covington Kentucky. Fast forward two years and here we are ready to launch a web-based program where you can download six different tours for your MP3 player. Or, go to the Kenton County Public Library and look at the program in the kiosk. There you can pick up the map, and check out the audio players loaded with the six tours. In the mood to take a neighborhood walking tour? Print out the walking tours and get out and start exploring Covington. Over 40 Covingtonians have been interviewed, telling their stories about the place that they love. Project partners include Northern Kentucky University’s Public History program, Center for Great Neighborhoods, Kenton County Public Library, Renaissance Covington, Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, Behringer Crawford Museum, Cathedral Basilica, Duveneck Arts and Cultural Center, Progress with Preservation, Kenton County Historical Society, Millimeter Creative, Kentucky Folklife Program, Kentucky Oral History Commission, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, and Covington Neighborhood Associations.
Tammy B Stephens Fine Arts, Encore! Design and Karen Rentz, Jean St. John, Mayor Denny Bowman, Commissioner Shawn Masters, Commissioner Mildred Rains, Commissioner Jerry Stricker, Commissioner Sherry Carran, City Attorney, Frank Warnock, Alex Mattingly, City Manager Larry Klein, Gary Keller, Dora Rice, KKG, Dan Brown, curator, Sandy Stonebraker and Danielle Eullit, The Doors of Mianstrasse, Steve Mullin, Donna Wilson, Therese Lusby and The Butler Foundation, Aymie Majerskie and Barking Fish Lounge, Matt Bledsoe, Troy Hitch and Big Fat Brain, Liz Wu and Play it Forward, Kurt Strecker, Heather and Billy Tackett, Black n Bluegrass Rollergirls, Jennifer Baldwin and Art Machine, Brian Harmon, Molly Malone's, Lizz Godfroy and Leapin Lizzard Gallery, Madison Theater, StepnOut Studio, Dave Laug and Baker Hunt, Katie Brass and Carnegie Visual and Performing Center for the Arts, Richard Kern and The Avenue, Sidebar, Downunder, Fritz Kuhlman, Kathrine Nero, Butch Callery, Bud Thurman, Kathie Hickey, Dave Grome and Millimetre Creative, Westside Action Coalition, Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association, Rhonda Whitaker at Duke Energy, Paul Gottbrath and BeConcerned
- Experience Covington
Library and look at the program in the kiosk. There you can pick up the map, and check out the audio players loaded with the six tours. In the mood to take a neighborhood walking tour? Print out the walking tours and get out and start exploring Covington. Over 40 Covingtonians have been interviewed, telling their stories about the place that they love. Project partners include Northern Kentucky University’s Public History program, Center for Great Neighborhoods, Kenton County Public Library, Renaissance Covington, Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, Behringer Crawford Museum, Cathedral Basilica, Duveneck Arts and Cultural Center, Progress with Preservation, Kenton County Historical Society, Millimeter Creative, Kentucky Folklife Program, Kentucky Oral History Commission, Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, and Covington Neighborhood Associations.
