The Kentucky Center is excited to present Hawktail on September 30. Hawktail is an acoustic, instrumentalist band featuring members of the Punch Brothers, Dave Rawlings, Crooked Still and A Prairie Home Companion. The Bluegrass quartet’s members include Brittany Haas on fiddle, guitarist Jordan Tice, bassist Paul Kowert and Dominick Leslie on mandolin. Although Hawktail is comprised of experienced musicians, audience members will have an exclusive opportunity to witness the band’s first tour together. Their bluegrass music is sure to please any Kentuckians who attend.

Overview: Reese Witherspoon’s new book “Whiskey in a Teacup” gives readers a chance to see what growing up in the South taught her about life, love and work. At this event, fans will learn how Reese Witherspoon entertains guests, decorates her home and makes holidays special for her family. She will be joined by a special guest for the conversation, and audiences will learn how easy it is to bring a little bit of Reese’s world into their home, no matter where they live.

Overview: Henry Rollins first found fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of Black Flag, an American punk rock band. Soon after, he formed the Rollins Band, which toured globally with a number of lineups from 1987 until 2003, and during 2006.
Rollins has also hosted numerous radio shows, such as “Harmony in My Head” on Indie 103, and television shows such as “The Henry Rollins Show,” The History Channel’s H2 network show “10 Things You Don’t Know About” and the National Geographic television series “Animal Underworld With Henry Rollins.”
Rollins will present a special performance drawing on experiences and his vast archive of photographs from his world travels. As a keen observer, Henry will be bringing stories from journeys all over the globe, including the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, South America and Antarctica.

The show must go on for the Kentucky Center, and it officially will very soon.
According to William Landrum, the secretary of the state’s finance and administration cabinet, an “aggressive schedule” has been executed. The state owns the Kentucky Center.

“I think we can all agree (Sept. 1) is good news,” Landrum said.

There’s no clear date on when everything will be completed at the center, and the roof is anticipated to be completed by November. The roof will be worked on during times that shows are not going on.

Plaster in the barrel roof ceiling is being detached this week, which gives officials and crews a better idea of the structural work that needs to be done.

For the last week, a significant amount of work on The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts (KCA) has progressed to the point that KCA staff will be allowed to return to their offices on Monday, while work continues to resume performances as soon as possible, according to a press release from Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet.

“I want to commend my staff and contractors who are working tirelessly on clean-up efforts and getting mechanical and electrical systems up and running,” said Finance Cabinet Secretary William M. Landrum III. “We are still trying to determine a realistic timeframe for the overall restoration project, as well as phasing in different areas of the building as they become available.”