The next Kentucky Life features a Menifee County sorghum producer, a multi-talented Louisvillian and a poetry get-together in Western Kentucky. Dave Shuffett hosts from the beautiful and historic Shaker Museum in South Union. The program airs Saturday, Feb. 16 at 8/7 p.m. CT and Sunday, Feb. 17 at 4:30/3:30 p.m. CT on KET1, and Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7/6 p.m. CT on KET2.
First, Kentucky Life visits Ron Welch’s Menifee County farm, which has provided generations of the Welch family and their customers with sorghum. Sorghum was one of the staple crops of Kentucky’s pioneer farmers. The grain makes livestock fodder, and the cane can be boiled down into sweet syrup that can be used for everything from sweetening coffee to making candy.
Then, viewers meet a Louisville woman who is not only a bugler for the Kentucky Derby Museum, but also a Latin dance instructor and Chautauqua performer who portrays Rosie the Riveter and Mary Todd Lincoln. Also a model, flight instructor and independent music producer, it’s no wonder a day in the life of Angela Bartley is a hectic one.
Finally, Kentucky Life attends one of Greenhouse Poetry Inc.’s popular poetry slams. Greenhouse Poetry is a non-profit organization that uses slam poetry –– a hybrid of poetry, rhetoric and rap –– to promote individuality and multiculturalism and decrease conflict. The organization has a youth slam league for children ages 10 through 18, and a program for English as a Second Language students. Greenhouse Poetry’s motto is “Speak, listen, grow,” telling poets, “Speak your mind; listen to others; and in that process everyone will grow.”
Kentucky Life is a KET production, produced by Joy Flynn. Jeffrey Hill and Brandon Wickey are segment producers for this program. Some Kentucky Life programs are now available for on-demand videostream viewing at www.ket.org/kentuckylife.
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