Mother’s Day weekend in Cincinnati just isn’t the same without the region’s most popular spring festival – the Appalachian Festival. And the three day event is back – May 11 to 13 at Coney Island – packed with down home fun for the whole family.

The 43rd annual Appalachian Festival -- presented by The Appalachian Community Development Association to help raise awareness of Appalachian culture – will re-create authentic mountain life with music from the hills performed by great bluegrass musicians, foot stompin’ dance performances, storytelling, more than 100 hand-craft artisans, a pioneer village and multi-media coal mining exhibit, and mouth watering mountain cooking.  

Edgewood, KY  (March 26, 2012) – For college-age individuals interested in changing their lives, this is a special alert: producers from MTV’s three-time Emmy-award-winning series, MADE, are coming to Gateway Community and Technical College on April 12 for an open casting call for their new season.

Interviews for the show will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Edgewood Campus of Gateway Community and Technical College. MTV producers will be on hand at the college’s Student Services Center to interview candidates for the show. The interview process begins in Room E101.

Those interested in interviewing for the show should appear to between the ages of 18-26.

According to MTV, the show tries to help students figure out that they have unlimited potential and what their next step in life should be. In every MADE episode, students will have to make hard decisions and determine if the risks are worth the reward.

FORT THOMAS, KY (FOX19) - Nearly 200 artists from Johnson, Moyer and Woodfill elementary schools will have their work exhibited for the 6th annual Fort Thomas Independent Schools District Art Show held at the Fort Thomas/Carrico Branch of the Campbell County Public Library.

An Opening Day reception will be held on March 24, from 4-6pm, and the show will continue to be on display through March 29, 2012.

Selected students from each of the three elementary schools will have their 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artwork on display. The artwork featured demonstrates the outstanding talent of our young artists.

The event is open to the public at the Campbell County Public Library, Ft. Thomas/Carrico Branch, 1000 Highland Ave, Fort Thomas, KY 41075

An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012, from 4-6 p.m.  Artwork remains on display through Thursday, March 29, 2012