On this episode of Kentucky Life, Chip Polston visits The Bell Observatory at Western Kentucky University which houses the Commonwealth’s largest telescope and inspiring future astronomers; checks out a partnership between Prestonsburg’s Mountain Arts Center and online radio station CMH23 Radio that supports the next generation of country music artists from Eastern Kentucky; tours the Hopewell Museum in Paris, Ky., which celebrates the history of Bourbon County; and explores Butchertown, one of Louisville’s oldest neighborhoods housing some of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

Kentucky Life
KET Saturday, May 4 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Wednesday, May 8 • 2:30/1:30 pm
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