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AFLOAT activities are continuing into 2020 and there are several occasions you will not want to miss that extend the celebration of the Ohio River and the inspiration of Harlan and Anna Hubbard
new blog posts
March 10, 2020
Emerson on the Ohio and the Green Rivers - click to read more
In June of 1850 Ralph Waldo Emerson made the first of his lecture trips to Cincinnati and the “West.” (He got as far as Galena, Illinois on the first trip). The transcendentalist philosopher and author was impressed by the Cincinnati Water Works: “the people do not let the Ohio River go by them with using it as it runs along. The water works supply the city abundantly & in every street on these dusty days, it is poured onto the pavement. The water offered you to drink is turbid as lemonade, & of a somewhat grayer hue. Yet it is freely drunk & the inhabitants much prefer it to the limestone water of their wells.”
February 9, 2020
A Comforting Story For You - click to read more
100 Days in Appalachia is an outstanding West Virginia-based independent, non-profit news outlet. In January, 100 Days in Appalachia published "High Waters, More Hazardous Cargo in Ohio Watershed Complicate Keeping Waterways Safe," as part of the series, Good River, Stories of the Ohio. This is a must-read for anyone living near the Ohio River, and a wake-up call for citizens, legislators and government officials.
January 7, 2020
Kentucky along the Ohio: From Paducah to Ashland : A Virtual Exhibition - click to read more
A Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project with the Kentucky Waterways Alliance
16 aerial photographs of the Ohio River by Ted Wathen
new exhibitions
Another KDPP exhibition, “Looking at Kentucky Anew…The Kentucky Documentary Photography Project” is on view at Louisville’s Metro Hall (Formerly the Jefferson County Courthouse) through February 29, 2020.
The Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project is an ongoing visual history of Kentucky. The project investigates the whole state over a period of 120 years and captures the changes in: How we looked - What we wore - How we worked - What we made - How we used the Land - What we did for fun - How we worshipped - How we lived. Taking inspiration from the work of the Farm Security Administration (1935–1943), this is the third time in an eighty-year period that photographers have roamed the state recording the landscape and how Kentuckians live, work, and play.
the recent past
events
An Evening With Harlan and Friends
Friday, November 8th
6:00 to 9:00 PM
A Fundraiser hosted by The Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy at Headquarters in Newport, KY. All proceeds will benefit the restoration of Hubbard’s studio now on the National Register of Historic Places.
View seldom seen and never before seen Hubbard paintings from private collections as well the Behringer-Crawford Museum will be displayed. A few original pieces will be for sale and guests will also be able to bid on a number of unique baskets of Kentucky gifts.
Headquarters Historic Event Center, 935 Mammoth St., Newport, KY 41071
Exhibitions
Home is not a House: A History of Housing Security and Homelessness in Louisville
October 14 - December 1, 2019
Main Library | Bernheim Gallery
Gallery Reception: Saturday, October 26, 3-4:30pm
Free and open to the public
Home is much more than mere shelter; it provides a sense of self and establishes community while also informing access and opportunity. From a history of poverty and assistance to shanty boats and alternative housing to public housing and segregation, this exhibit serves as a starting point to understanding the complex relationships and processes that have shaped how Louisvillians struggle to create home.
Presented by the University of Louisville Department of History, The Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, and the Louisville Free Public Library, with contributions from the Ball and Drag Scene Strength and Needs Assessment Project, University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work.