Lex Talk History

The Lexington Philharmonic is celebrating its 65th season and marketing & communications manager, Michaela Bowman tells us about a new exhibit debuting at the Lexington History Museum. Alan and Mandy also catch you up on history museum happenings including a spooky event coming up Wednesday October 28th.

Lex Talk History welcomes historian Yvonne Giles as she shares her research on notable Kentucky African-Americans including R.C.O. Benjamin. On Thursday October 1st the history museum is teaming up with Blue Grass Community Foundation and the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative for an event honoring the lawyer, journalist and advocate for voting rights. The program will include the dedication of soil collected at the Equal Justice Initiative marker installation and a staged reading of “Benjamin’s Victory,” an original audio drama by Michele Tyrene Johnson.

Lex Talk History is back with a fresh episode for September. Alan and Mandy recap the enormously successful Back to Lex Future signature event, then welcome in returned Peace Corps volunteer Rona Roberts. A traveling exhibit celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Peace Corps initiative opens at the museum later this month. Rona talks about the exhibit as well as her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1973 to 1975. We also have updates on a number of other museum happenings coming this fall.

Step inside a time-travel experience unlike anything in Lexington. Alan and Mandy have everything you need to know about the museum's 'Back to Lex Future' signature event Saturday August 29 at Limestone Hall in downtown Lexington.

Bryan Station, established in 1779 in Lexington, Kentucky, was a crucial frontier settlement founded by William Bryan, an early pioneer from Virginia. As one of the most fortified outposts in the region, it played a key role in the defense of settlers against Native American attacks during the tumultuous years of Kentucky's settlement. Learn about a new discovery of a possible William Bryan cabin that stood off of Clay's Mill. Alan and Mandy welcome amateur sleuth Eric McAnallen as he tells the story of the forgotten cabin connected to the Bryan family.