Feb 8 Arts and Culture Months After Castleman Was First Vandalized, How Has The City Responded? What moves has Louisville made since August to address its controversial public artwork? The short answer: two public meetings. By Ashlie Stevens Feb 8 Arts and Culture How Has The City Responded To Castleman Controversy? Ashlie Stevens
Jan 30 Arts and Culture Fischer Names Members Of Public Art And Monument Advisory Committee The group will develop a set of principles for evaluating Louisville’s existing public art, including Confederate monuments. By Ashlie Stevens Jan 30 Arts and Culture Fischer Names Members Of Public Art And Monument Advisory Committee Ashlie Stevens
Dec 29 Arts and Culture Best Of 2017: Arts And Culture Reporter Ashlie Stevens On Ice Cream, Oysters And Paparazzi From the controversies surrounding a Confederate monument to local ghost stories, WFPL's Ashlie Stevens has covered a lot of different topics this year. By Staff Dec 29 Arts and Culture Best Of 2017: Ice Cream, Oysters And Paparazzi Staff
Dec 21 Arts and Culture What Do Louisville’s Monuments Have To Say About Us? If we assess Louisville’s history through its public art, we lose wide swathes of our experiences and the people who made them. By Ashlie Stevens Dec 21 Arts and Culture What Do Louisville's Monuments Have To Say About Us? Ashlie Stevens
Dec 11 Arts and Culture Fischer Announces New Plan For Louisville Monuments And Public Art The move comes as a Louisville commission is reviewing the city's public art, prompted by a national conversation on Confederate monuments. By Ashlie Stevens Dec 11 Arts and Culture Fischer Announces New Plan For Louisville Monuments And Public Art Ashlie Stevens
Nov 29 Politics Removal Of Kentucky Capitol’s Jefferson Davis Plaque Delayed Officials are reviewing whether they have the authority to remove an honorific plaque from a statue of Jefferson Davis in the state Capitol. By Ryland Barton Nov 29 Politics Removal Of Kentucky Capitol's Jefferson Davis Plaque Delayed Ryland Barton
Nov 17 Community Lexington Is Moving 2 Confederate Statues To Its Cemetery The Lexington-Fayette government and the Lexington Cemetery have reached an agreement to move two Confederate statues into the historic graveyard. By Stu Johnson Kentucky Public Radio Nov 17 Community Lexington Is Moving 2 Confederate Statues To Its Cemetery Stu Johnson Kentucky Public Radio
Nov 14 Politics Military Commission ‘No Comment’ On Lexington Confederate Statues White supremacist groups had promised to hold an opposition rally if the statues were removed, but no organized protests took place. By Ryland Barton Nov 14 Politics Military Commission 'No Comment' On Lexington Confederate Statues Ryland Barton
Oct 24 Politics Plaque Declaring Jefferson Davis A ‘Hero’ To Be Removed The state's Historic Properties Advisory Commission voted to remove the plaque during a specially called meeting on Tuesday. By Associated Press Oct 24 Politics Plaque Declaring Jefferson Davis A 'Hero' To Be Removed Associated Press
Sep 21 Politics Panel Votes To Remove Plaque That Calls Jefferson Davis ‘Hero’ The plaque on the statue of Jefferson Davis at the State Capitol Rotunda labels the president of the Confederacy as “patriot, hero, statesman.” By Ryland Barton Sep 21 Politics Panel Votes To Remove Plaque That Calls Jefferson Davis 'Hero' Ryland Barton
Sep 12 Community Lexington Cemetery Board Tentatively OKs Taking Confederate Statues The cemetery's governing board gave its response Monday after Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and others stated their case. By Stu Johnson Kentucky Public Radio Sep 12 Community Lexington Cemetery Board Tentatively OKs Taking Confederate Statues Stu Johnson Kentucky Public Radio
Aug 28 Community Castleman Cleanup Begins As City Seeks Comment On Public Art Mayor Fischer has ordered a review of current artworks to determine whether any could be interpreted as “honoring bigotry, racism and/or slavery.” By Ashlie Stevens Aug 28 Community Castleman Cleanup Begins As City Seeks Comment On Public Art Ashlie Stevens
Aug 28 Politics How Kentucky’s Street Names Memorialize Its Civil War And Civil Rights History Kentucky has at least 43 streets named for Confederate figures and 80 named for civil rights leaders. By Eleanor Klibanoff Aug 28 Politics How Ky. Street Names Memorialize Civil War And Civil Rights History Eleanor Klibanoff
Aug 18 Community Lexington Endorses Moving 2 Confederate Statues The council's action isn't the final word on the issue. The city still has to ask a state military heritage commission for permission. By Associated Press Aug 18 Community Lexington Endorses Moving 2 Confederate Statues Associated Press
Aug 18 Community The Town That Wanted Louisville’s Confederate Monument Brandenburg took Louisville's Confederate monument. The town now finds itself in a strange situation: wanting the statue when many elsewhere want them gone. By Jacob Ryan Aug 18 Community The Town That Wanted Louisville's Confederate Monument Jacob Ryan