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Next Tuesday visit LexArts for a Book Launch Party hosted by The Nest - Center for Women, Children and Families

We’ll gather for a special evening celebrating a story created to remind children and families that they are safe, supported, and never alone. Join us for:
📚 A live reading
🎨 Original illustration unveiling
🎶 The debut of “Hey There Little Bird”
🍴 Light bites + community connection
🗓 June 16 | 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 LexArts – 161 N Mill St.

RSVP: [email protected]

A heartfelt thank you to Independence Bank for serving as the Publishing & Event Sponsor of The Nest We Built. 💛

We can’t wait to celebrate with you. RSVP today and bring the whole family!

Wondering what to eat at Swahili Day this Saturday? Check out your options or try them all 😍

Show your Cultural Pass to visit the Lexington Children's Museum in June!!!

Enjoy a FREE visit for 1 child and 1 adult through this fantastic program for K-12 students in Fayette County!

For more information, visit: https://lexarts.org/culturalpass/

LexArts

The Kentuckians Chorus summer show is coming up this Saturday! Come hear Lexington’s local barbershop chorus as they perform barbershop takes on some of America’s greatest country and western music! 🎶

Get tickets here: https://www.thekentuckians.org/Summer2026

MORE AUDITIONS!!!

SESTERIA! by Ed Clark

AUDITIONS FOR THE STAGE READING OF A NEW

WHAT: A new play with a cast of 9 written by local playwright and film producer Ed Clark (SHAME BOMB, The Reset, With Us and Blind Sp t)
And directed by Emeritus Centre College professor Anthony Haigh.

Sesteria! is a romantic
comedy with a political hot take.

WHEN:
Auditions - June 20th from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Open Audition, no need to prepare anything.
Rehearsals - June 28 through July 1 at 7:00pm
Public staged readings- July 2 & 3 at 7:30pm

WHERE: Antagonist Productions (2520 Regency Rd. suite 140, Lex, KY)

ACTOR COMPENSATION: $100.

OTHER: This work is in development for possible inclusion in the Midtown

International Theatre Festival in New York City in 2027

SYNOPSIS: In this romantic comedy, Kentucky history reenactors regroup at their home
theater following the funeral of their director. As they debate whether to cancel the
production of their play celebrating the Sestercentennial, a Hollywood superstar stops by
to see the theater where she performed in her youth. Among the crew members, she
encounters an old flame who she ditched after she became famous. Relationships are
rekindled as their play goes off the rails.

CHARACTERS
Eric - African American male adult
Nina - African American female adult
Tim - Male adult
Henry Wilde - White male in his forties
Lily Lambert - White female in her forties
Ben - White male adult
Don - White male adult in his sixties
Queda Menifee - A teenager
Jessica - White female in her thirties

More information and tickets can be found at -
https://antagonistproductionscompany.betterworld.org/events/sesteria

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