COVINGTON, Ky. – Halloween isn’t just taking a sharpened object to a harvested orange cultivar of a gourd or hoping your neighbor this year gives out more than Dum Dums and Tootsie Roll Minis (guilty!)   If you really want to expand your horizons, get on the Internet and start reading about Samhain, Allhallowtide, Totensonntag, Hop-tu-Naa, and Nos Galan Gaeaf.   But enough o...

COVINGTON, Ky. – So we typically publish this on Thursday evening, but … well … it didn’t happen. The good news is that there’s all sorts of things to do in The Cov this weekend, including a one-mile fun loop through a park this afternoon, an outdoor movie, a “Tiny” Concert, a 5K and live art.   Goebel Getdown today Get yourself to the Goebel Getdow...

COVINGTON, Ky. – Other than the safety protocols in place at each event – and we strongly urge you to follow them – this weekend makes it possible to feel like fun still exists.   Spooky COVID cabaret This weekend’s “Tiny Concert Series” at The Carnegie features fun pop songs with a scary theme from the likes of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” &ldq...

COVINGTON, Ky. - With this weekend’s events featuring pumpkins, voting, hiking, and BCM’s annual art festival and fund-raiser, it’s most definitely beginning to sound a lot like … autumn.   28 years of art “Bid high and bid often” is an oft-urged mantra of auctions around the world. Come Sunday, the stunning talent of regional artists might inspire you to...

COVINGTON, Ky. - Catch an Indie flick outside or a made-for-TV in a fancy setting. Or pull on your lederhosen and drink a themed beer.   And of course, there are multiple places to buy food and flora, pop-up style.   ‘Oktoberfest,’ 2020 “Oktoberfuel” on tap. German-themed cuisine (from Parlor on Seventh). Music by Zinzinnati Bierband.   Sound familiar? &...

COVINGTON, Ky. - COVID-19 still has much havoc to wreak and lives to damage. But this weekend in The Cov gives us hope that - despite the need for caution and care - fun can still be had.   From theater to pop-up art, a gallery opening to a Mexican cuisine-book event, some neighborhood cleanups to a holiday celebrated 6 months late, here are an array of events that will make going back to wor...

(Photo from the Friends of Covington) Friends of Covington announcing annual winners via livestream   COVINGTON, Ky. - Forget the gold statuettes.   If you own a home or business in Covington, what you want is a Friends of Covington Beautification Award banner to be hung on the outside of your building for years to come.   Tonight at 7 p.m. (brought to you via YouTube livestreaming&...

COVINGTON, Ky. - The Carnegie’s innovative walking-tour version of “Godspell” was going to be the featured attraction this week, but it just sold out.   That leaves more room and time to talk about two fascinating additions to small business in The Cov: One’s a toy shop/art gallery, the other is an innovative German-style walk-up coffee shop and dessert place.   W...

COVINGTON, Ky. - The Kentucky Derby in September ... an event at The Carnegie with 8 out of every 9 seats deliberately left empty ... video screen cooking ...   Another narrative weekend events calendar, another reminder of what a weird year this is.   But since this is all about keeping on keeping on, let’s roll with it:   ‘Piano Man,’ Carnegie-style NPR has its &...

Your day need a jump-start with laughter? Here’s a screen shot from a “Laughter Yoga” session sponsored by Covington Parks & Recreation earlier this year. Weekly ‘Laughter Yoga’ among new programming from CovParks  COVINGTON, Ky. - Is your daily schedule “infected” with virtual meetings and video conferencing that threaten to put you to sleep, ev...