
Stephanie Wolf
Arts & Culture Reporter, WFPLStephanie Wolf comes to WFPL News from Colorado Public Radio, where she covered arts and culture. Her stories have aired nationally on NPR’s Weekend Edition and Here & Now. Before picking up a microphone and field recorder, Stephanie was a professional ballet dancer. She danced with Wonderbound (formerly Ballet Nouveau Colorado), the Metropolitan Opera, James Sewell Ballet and Minnesota Ballet. Stephanie graduated from St. Mary’s College of California through a program that allowed her to earn her college degree in conjunction with her performing career.
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Members of Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee met Tuesday to respond to an investigative report showing decades of sex abuse cover-ups.
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Gov. Andy Beshear presented Fort Mitchell high schooler Lupita Diaz with a medal. She’ll compete in the national Poetry Out Loud contest.
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Supporters of the legislation say anti-racist initiatives in schools make white students feel guilty, and promote a “victimhood” mindset among students of color. Some say it even amounts to leftist indoctrination. But some Black students, and their parents, are worried these bills threaten to roll back progress.
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Arts Day(s) features virtual events like a funding workshop and discussions with western Kentucky arts groups impacted by the tornadoes.
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Carter G. Woodson was a historian, author and journalist, known to many as the “Father of Black History Month.” And Kentucky is a part of his story. Woodson was the
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Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson has received a 2022 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry. She won the honor for her latest book “Perfect Black.”
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The Kentucky Derby Festival unveiled its 2022 posters, including its limited edition design, at Welch Printing Company in Louisville Monday.
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A virtual event for the late writer and activist was interrupted Tuesday when trolls crashed it with bigoted comments and lewd images.
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Families impacted by the deadly tornadoes in western Kentucky are picking up donated toys this week ahead of Christmas.
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The gallery, home to the Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild, took a direct hit from the tornado. The director is unsure what rebuilding will look like.