250 Lex

If you like live music, 250 Lex is going to be your jam this month. The committee tasked with celebrations surrounding Lexington's two hundred fiftieth anniversary has announced an entire month's worth of concerts and music events across the city. WUKY's Alan Lytle has details.

Lexington’s Rupp Arena made an exciting announcement this morning about a concert they will host later this year. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman has the details.

250 Lex's theme for March is higher education and Lex Talk History is doing its part to highlight our rich history of colleges and universities. Alan and Mandy welcome historian Andrew Patrick for an overview. They also talk about the latest museum happenings, give an update on the StoryCorps project currently set up in Woodland Park through April 14th, and preview 250 Lex's College Town Showcase coming this weekend to the campuses of Blue Grass Community and Technical College, Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky.

Mayor Linda Gorton was on hand Wednesday at Lexington's Carnegie Center to unveil the April theme for the year-long 250 Lex celebrations. WUKY's Alan Lytle reports.

Lexington prides itself on being the Horse Capital of the World and the city is celebrating it's 250th birthday this year. WUKY's Samantha Lederman brings us the details of another big day for another Lexington.

If you’ve ever been to the downtown branch of the Lexington Public Library chances are you’ve interacted with Lexingtonian Wayne Johnson. For over 30 years his natural habitat has been the Kentucky Room where all things Lexington are cataloged, displayed and stored. With Lexington celebrating its 250th birthday this year and with February’s 250 Lex theme being history, we thought, who better to talk to than the man himself? Wayne Johnson shares his list of the top 10 events in Lexington history in this episode of WUKY's One on One.

Lexington is in the full throes of celebrating its 250th birthday. The theme for this month is history with history hops and Sunday suppers. WUKY's Alan Lytle recently caught up with 250 Lex Commission co-chair Eunice Beatty.

In the face of less than favorable weather conditions the Lex 250 Commission has made some changes to Tuesday night's festivities around Central Bank Center.