Events

Join the Carnegie Center and the Kentucky Theatre as we celebrate the classic book and film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!

Material for poems is everywhere – including in personal and historical archives. In this workshop, we’ll discuss how other voices — drawn from testimonies, transcripts, letters and other “found” materials – can be used to craft poems-of-witness and historical persona poems. We’ll read and discuss literary models, exchange ideas for subjects and approaches, and then […]

Frank X Walker, one of Kentucky's finest poets, author of the award-winning collection Last Will, Last Testament will share with us his way of harnessing the energies of grief, trauma and pain to transform them into literary works of truth and immediacy. Participants will work with a series of prompts to generate their own material […]

Every fall the halls of the Carnegie Center transform into a celebration of a classic tale. This immersive experience with entertainment, heavy appetizers, an open bar, and plenty of surprises, will transport you into the pages of the book. Costumes are encouraged and party goers always rise to the occasion! This event has been a […]

A behind-the-scenes discussion led by Kevin Lane Dearinger and Michael Rintamaa and featuring cast members from The Lexington Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Get a glimpse into the history of this musicalized version of the Charles Dickens classic and how it's being translated from page to stage with Broadway veterans and rising stars, […]

Bring your blank pages or your current writing project to the Carnegie Center for a series of intensive and generative writing retreats. Leatha Kendrick will provide writing exercises and prompts designed to help you find the heart of the writing you want to do. Come to deepen your working draft or to find the spark […]