Seen and Heard

Live music at SpeakCheezy and Sustainable Berea's annual live auction

Good Sunday morning to y’all. Here’s a peek at happenings around town this weekend. Here’s hoping your week ahead is sweet!

Friday night at Bert’s

Steve Allen at the keyboard, Stanley Kramer on fiddle, as Betty Sarafin gives guff to the photographer at Bert's SpeakCheezy on Friday night. Photos: Whitney McKnight

Saturday night at the Sustainable Berea’s annual auction

Churchill’s was the setting for this year’s Sustainable Berea annual auction. Raffles, silent auctions, and a live auction helped raise thousands for the local food sustainability nonprofit.

From left to right: Auction dinner at Churchill's; former city administer, and Sustainable Berea's treasurer, Randy Stone hosts the evening; Tenant Kirk mans the raffle table; The Garden Cat quilt by Sarah Vaughn; attendees browse silent auction items; Richard Olson, co-founder and board member of Sustainable Berea addresses crowd. Photo credits: Whitney McKnight

Auctioneer Logan Kirby ups the bidders. Photo credit: Whitney McKnight

Have a listen the bidding war led by a rapid-fire talking auctioneer, Logan Kirby:

Friday night at Bert’s

Saturday night at the Sustainable Berea’s annual auction

Reporting from The Edge of Appalachia in Berea, Kentucky