Join researcher and collector Mack Cox as he shares the story of the marriages, mentorship, and geography that entwined the lives of two of Kentucky’s most important artists: Matthew Harris Jouett (1788-1827) and Oliver Frazer (1808), and their descendants.
The subject of what is often regarded as Robert Penn Warren's best novel as well as unfinished play by Edgar Alan Poe, the murder of Solomon P.
True Fictionalist is a bizarre bazaar of hilarious fairytales, reupholstered folk stories, and tales too tall to be believed! Join multi-award-winning storyteller Paul Strickland as he guides you through a new batch of funny, thoughtful fabrications in an entertaining evening of sto
Join West Virginian Adam Booth as he tells Mr. Patches, an original story of the 1990s from his Appalachian 20th Century series.
Gilbert du Motier, better known worldwide as the Marquis de Lafayette, was a military hero of the American Revolution and a visionary architect of democracy, freedom, and human rights.
Using historic research, plus the poetic genius of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), Mitch Capel unveils the true depth of the soul and life of this remarkable poet laureate in We Wear the Mask. Dr.
The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA), the Kentucky Career Center, and the Lexington Public Library are offering a statewide job fair for all Kentuckians, including people in Frankfort and Franklin County.
Join Russ Hatter as he introduces his new Franklin County Reference. As requested by Franklin County Fiscal Court, the original report was written to denote what the Capital City Museum contained in their collection concerning the county outside city limits.
In his 2024 book Benefactors of Posterity, Daniel Gifford explored the motivations and activities of early history advocates and institution-builders who established the Filson Historical Society in Louisville in 1884.
Sitting on a hillside overlooking the Kentucky River and downtown Frankfort, the Old State Arsenal has been a prominent Frankfort landmark since 1850.
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When the popular musical Hamilton showcased the celebrated duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, it reminded twenty-first-century Americans that some honor-bound citizens once used negotiated, formal fights as a way to settle differences.
Craw was a small neighborhood in north Frankfort, Kentucky, on fifty acres of swampy, low-lying land along the Kentucky River. To many neighborhood outsiders, Craw was considered the “bad” part of town, carrying a long list of deeply imbedded historical associations.
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Join Dr. Daniel Gifford as he discusses his latest book, Benefactors of Posterity: The Founding Era of the Filson Historical Society, 1884-1899.