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Events Diary

A list of arts and culture events I've attended. -Dwight Newton

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7/23 & 25/2003 Technology Planning Consultant for Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY
7/12/2003 Board Meeting: Center for Old Music in the New World - Lexington, KY
7/12/2003 Grant Writing Workshop sponsored by Arts Kentucky and KY Foundation for Women - Crestview Hills, KY
7/4/2003 Downtown 4th of July Arts Show - Lexington, KY
7/3/2003 Capital Seats Public Art Project dedication - downtown Frankfort, KY
5/31/2003 All the Queen's Musick. All Purcell concert by Musick's Company (performer)
5/22/2003 Movie: Double Whammy - Unexpectedly good movie about a cop down on his luck.
5/20/2003 Movie: Italian for Beginners - A sweet Danish film about people in a small community looking for love. Funny and touching.
5/10/2003 Reception for Donna Boyd, Director of the Center for Old Music in the New World and recipient of the 2003 UK College of Fine Arts award for Distinguished Alumna of the Year
5/2/2003 Movie: Spirited Away - A Japanese animated film about a young girl thrust into a bizarre world where she is forced to perform quietly heroic acts to earn back her parents. Fabulous animation and a moving story.
4/18/2003 University Symphony/Chorale/Choristers - Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, et al.  - University of KY
4/18/2003 Lexington Gallery Hop
4/16/2003 Association for Fundraising Professionals - monthly chapter luncheon
4/13/2003 UK Percussion Ensemble and Steel Drum Band - University of KY
4/9/2003 Jeff Todd Titon (Brown University): "Imagined Musical Communities: Ole Bull Meets Old-Time Kentucky Fiddlers in 1868" - University of KY
4/6/2003 "Magic, Mystery & Materials" oriental art exhibit opening - University of KY
3/25/2003 UK Choristers/Chorale Spring Concert - University of KY
3/16/2003 Candlelight peace vigil - State Capital - Frankfort
3/14-16/2003 Kentucky Peer Advisors Network consultant training - Louisville
3/8/2003 Center for Old Music - "String of Pearls" Baroque concert - Lexington
3/7/2003 Lecture: Photographer Maggie Taylor - UK Art Museum's Robert C. May Photography Endowment Lecture Series. 
3/5/2003 Movie: Genghis Blues -
3/4/2003 2002 Governor's Awards in the Arts - Capitol Rotunda - Frankfort
3/1/2003 Stephen Foster - Premier of a new documentary by Patrick McNeese - Lexington Public Library
2/28/2003 The Nude - Annual exhibition by Lexington Art League - Meridian Gallery
2/27/2003 The Matchmaker - Univ. of KY Theatre production of Thornton Wilder play
2/25/2003 Two Appalshop Documentaries - One World Film Festival, Kentucky Theater
2/23/2003 Central Kentucky Concert Band - Transylvania University
2/22/2003 Movie: Talk to Her - (P. Almodovar)
2/21/2003 Movie: Happy Accidents - One of the best I've seen this year.
2/12/2003 Kentucky Plays Beethoven - Three sonatas performed by music faculty from different central Kentucky universities. University of Kentucky SCFA Recital Hall.
01/07/2003 Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort. Opening day of the legislative session.
12/16/2002 Center for Old Music in the New World - Early music Christmas concert (performer) - Lexington
11/02/2002 21st Annual Kentucky Book Fair - Frankfort
10/28/2002 KY Arts Council Strategic Planning open meeting - Lexington
10/22/2002 KY Arts Council Strategic Planning open meeting - Louisville
10/17/2002 Reception for Jim Clark, incoming Director of Lexington Arts & Cultural Council
10/12/2002 KY Guild of Artists & Craftsmen fall show - Berea
10/05/2002 St. James Art Fair - Louisville
09/29/2002 Madison Chautauqua - Madison, IN
09/13/2002 Cincinnati Art Museum
09/13/2002 Classical Music Hall of Fame (Cincinnati)
09/09/2002 Kentucky Historical Society - Directors and Presidents Forum, Frankfort, KY
08/26/2002 Kentucky Cemetery Preservation Workshop; Carrollton, KY
08/24/2002 Kentucky Arts Council Regional Meeting; Lawrenceburg, KY
08/18/2002 Woodland Arts Fair - Lexington
05/26/2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland)