The Write Stuff
Louisville Life meets two writers, one native and one just visiting, as it profiles novelist Kirby Gann and goes behind the scenes at the Kentucky Author Forum with Tom Brokaw. The Center for Women and Families, a brief history of the Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, and Kentucky Crafted: The Market are also on the agenda. • 7:30/6:30 pm CT on KET2 and 12:30 am/11:30 pm CT on KET1
Real-Life Drama
During the Civil War, a slave named Angus Augustus Burleigh ran away from an Anderson County farm to fight for the North. He went on to become one of Berea College’s first black students and to serve as a chaplain in the Illinois Senate. Kentucky Chautauqua performer Hasan Davis tells Burleigh’s story on tonight’s Kentucky Life, which also visits the Louisville Science Center and the studio of Lexington wood sculptor Philip Hultgren. • 11:30/10:30 pm CT on KET1
Fiery Fiddling
This week’s Jubilee showcases the virtuoso fiddling of Michael Cleveland, the guitar artistry of Audie Blaylock, and the outstanding backing of Cleveland’s band Flamekeeper—so named because of its members’ dedication to traditional old-school bluegrass. • Saturday at 11:00/10:00 pm CT on KET2
Kentucky’s Other Fab Five
Our documentary Living by Words celebrates the lives and works of Kentucky writers Ed McClanahan, Bobbie Ann Mason, Wendell Berry, James Baker Hall, and Gurney Norman. The accompanying web site offers an interactive timeline, lists of links—and, of course, plenty of interesting reading.
