National Endowment for the Arts Archives

Poetry Out Loud state championship competition on Thursday; will a local student win again?

February 8, 2026February 7, 20260

The Kentucky Arts Council will host the 2026 Kentucky Poetry Out Loud State Championship on Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m….

March 19, 2025March 18, 20250

Beechwood High School student Javontae Cranmo took home the championship title for the 2025 Poetry Out Loud state competition last…

May 15, 2024May 15, 20240

Behringer-Crawford Museum has announced it will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free…

March 9, 20220

After three rounds of competition, Beechwood High School freshman Lupita Diaz emerged as the champion in the Kentucky Poetry Out…

May 15, 2021May 14, 20210

Active-duty military personnel and their families can enjoy free admission to Behringer-Crawford Museum this summer as part of the 202l…

February 29, 2020February 28, 20200

Each spring the Kentucky Arts Council hosts the statewide Poetry Out Loud competition for high school students. This year’s competition…

October 4, 2019October 4, 20190

In 1986, the Graves County school district banned the reading of William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” based on the…

May 23, 2019May 22, 20190

Active-duty military personnel and their families can enjoy free admission to Behringer-Crawford Museum this summer as part of the 10th…

March 1, 2019February 28, 20190

Fifteen school champions will advance to the Poetry Out Loud state competition March 5 at the Grand Theatre in Frankfort….

March 14, 2017March 13, 20170

Grant County High School senior Haley Bryan earned her second state champion title March 7 at the Kentucky Poetry Out…