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This Sunday, March 17, the Commonwealth Brass band from Louisville will take the stage at Madison Consolidated High School Auditorium to perform a concert of British style brass band music. The show begins at 3 p.m., and is sponsored by the Madison Performing Arts Foundation, which means the…

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This Sunday, March 17, the Commonwealth Brass band from Louisville will take the stage at Madison Consolidated High School Auditorium to perform a concert of British style brass band music. The show begins at 3 p.m., and is sponsored by the Madison Performing Arts Foundation, which means the…

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Makala and Jeffrey Bates, owners of the new homegrown and handmade bakery “The Farmstand” are working on big plans for their family-owned baking business.

This week’s story has a dash of “told you so,” a hint of “you had to be there,” and a big old dose of “it’s not too late if you try.” I’m talking about the Songwriters in the Round show that happened at Red Bicycle Hall this past Friday, sponsored by the people who bring you RiverRoots Music…

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This week’s story has a dash of “told you so,” a hint of “you had to be there,” and a big old dose of “it’s not too late if you try.” I’m talking about the Songwriters in the Round show that happened at Red Bicycle Hall this past Friday, sponsored by the people who bring you RiverRoots Music…

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This week’s story has a dash of “told you so,” a hint of “you had to be there,” and a big old dose of “it’s not too late if you try.” I’m talking about the Songwriters in the Round show that happened at Red Bicycle Hall this past Friday, sponsored by the people who bring you RiverRoots Music…

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This week’s story has a dash of “told you so,” a hint of “you had to be there,” and a big old dose of “it’s not too late if you try.” I’m talking about the Songwriters in the Round show that happened at Red Bicycle Hall this past Friday, sponsored by the people who bring you RiverRoots Music…

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Makala and Jeffrey Bates, owners of the new homegrown and handmade bakery “The Farmstand” are working on big plans for their family-owned baking business.

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As March rolls around in Madison, you can count on three things happening. The yellow forsythia begins showing its riot of yellow blossoms along the roadways and side yards. We start gearing up for the best darn small town St. Patrick’s celebration in Indiana (more on that in a future articl…

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When March rolls around in Madison, you can count on three things happening. The yellow forsythia begins showing its riot of yellow blossoms along the roadways and side yards. We start gearing up for the best darn small town St. Patrick’s celebration in Indiana (more on that in a future arti…

When March rolls around in Madison, you can count on three things happening. The yellow forsythia begins showing its riot of yellow blossoms along the roadways and side yards. We start gearing up for the best darn small town St. Patrick’s celebration in Indiana (more on that in a future arti…

In case you missed the story in the Jan. 23 Ozaukee County (Wisconsin) News Graphic: Little Lucy, a missing 6-month-old puppy, was found safe and was reunited with her adoptive family.

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Dallas Moore goes by many sobriquets. He’s known to multiple generations as one of the true torchbearers of the Outlaw Country flame. Some call him “The Hardest Working Man in Honky Tonk” and others a “Modern Day Hardcore Troubadour”.

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A brand new vintage clothing store is opening on Madison’s Main Street, in the space above Crawdaddy’s Music. Owner Ashley Wells expects to open maybe as soon as Saturday, Feb. 12, or in the week following at the latest. It’s a labor of love, rooted in Ashley’s penchant for the unique and ti…

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First, a note about Charlie’s Beat: After five-plus years of covering the music scene in Madison, I feel it’s time to broaden the scope of this column to include all the cultural happenings in our wonderful town.

First, a note about Charlie’s Beat: After five-plus years of covering the music scene in Madison, I feel it’s time to broaden the scope of this column to include all the cultural happenings in our wonderful town.

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Legend holds that the band Lynyrd Skynyrd based their name on their high school phys-ed teacher, Leonard Skinner. In the case of Cory Duff, lead singer of the band Normyn Akree, the name is derived from their 8th grade science teacher, a Mr. Norman Acree (unrelated to the Acree Golf Cart fam…

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Children’s librarian, Lauren Tweedy-Scott (left), shows the group that Savannah Dunlap (right), one of the library’s workers, is actually inside the penguin costume at the Penguin Storytime at the Trimble County Public Library.

The winter months are a great time to catch up on much-needed family time. Yes, it’s cold. No, you cannot get outdoors as much, but around your home, you have plenty of indoor activities to do with your children that can create a meaningful family experience and many beautiful memories.

After almost four decades in the heart of Madison’s shopping district, Crawdaddy Music has been a mainstay of musical supplies, guitar sales, and an amazing collection of high-end vintage instruments. Owner Rob Houze has shepherded the business from a tiny upstairs space when it first starte…

Trimble County’s Youth League Cheerleaders will host their second annual Spring Craft Show on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Morgan Community Center to raise money to buy new uniforms and anything else needed for the season.

The PFLAG Hanover/Madison chapter will host a “Masquerade Gay-la,” the organization’s first ever Bridgerton/Regency-inspired masquerade event on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Richwood on the River in Milton.

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Nearly one out of four United Methodist Churches have chosen to leave the denomination in the past four years over the issue of sexuality and gender identity. The issue of homosexuality is one in which many Christian churches — both other denominations and non-denominational — continue to wrestle.

Members of the Teen Art Block: Cookie Decorating event at Trimble County Library — (from left) instructor Sarah Gross, Luke Noe, Reagan Gordon, instructor Savannah Dunlap and Jay Meadows — put the finishing touches on their Christmas sweater cookies.

If you read Charlie’s Beat about Scott Curlin a couple of weeks ago, you know that the term “axe” in the music world refers to a guitar. Madison resident Mariella Axline is developing a highly artistic and very niche skill, hand carving the bodies of electric guitars, turning them into elabo…

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Three Trimble County high school seniors — Ciara Gilley and Adeline Howerton with Paige Salisbury — were selected for the 2023 Governor’s Scholars Programs in the Governor’s School for the Arts.

A dozen senior architectural design students from the University of Kentucky on Wednesday, Dec. 13, presented their “Reimagine Milton” design projects to approximately 150 business and county government leaders, community leaders, state officials and representatives, and involved citizens wi…

If you read Charlie’s Beat about Scott Curlin a couple of weeks ago, you know that the term “axe” in the music world refers to a guitar. Madison resident Mariella Axline is developing a highly artistic and very niche skill, hand carving the bodies of electric guitars, turning them into elabo…