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June 18, 2017 PlayThink 2017 Draws Record Breaking Crowd This weekend, the population of Berea, Kentucky increased by 2,000 as flow artists and families congregated at Homegrown Hideaways for the 6th annual PlayThink Movement and Arts Festival. |
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Richmond Register June 14, 2016 Adults, children get chance to play & learn at PlayThink Festival “The whole idea is that you can come and learn how to be a child again and be comfortable with yourself through movement and connection with other people without having to use mind altering substances,” said PlayThink Festival creator Paige Hankla. |
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Cherie Dawn Loves Fire: A Dancers Blog about Fine Arts & More June 19, 2016 10 Ways You Know You’ve Just Left PlayThink Festival You’re adorned with new body art, including but not limited to: Gold temporary tattoos, beautiful white face markings, paint, henna, and possibly markers...... |
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Lexington Family Magazine May 25, 2016 4-Day Music, Art Celebration in Berea Offers Circus-Like Family Fun PlayThink is unique for its family-friendly policy. All ages are welcome to come and experience workshops and performances ranging from yoga to aerial silks to fire spinning. |
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Richmond Register June 14, 2015 PlayThink fest gets 'bamboozled' It began Wednesday as a pile of bamboo, fabrics, tape and several spools of string. After the PlayThink Movement and Flow Arts Festival’s third day at HomeGrown HideAway in Red Lick, the items had morphed into something much bigger... |
Richmond Register
June 15, 2014
Visitors from 20 states ‘Get in the flow’
For the second year, attendance has doubled for the PlayThink Movement & Flow Arts Festival, designed to bring out a participant’s inner child...
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Flashpoint Magazine April / May 2014 Like a Child Once upon a time she packed up her world and drove to a land of pure imagination... |
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The Mountain Spirit
Spring / Summer 2014 Play with Purpose Appalachia is home to a dizzying array of local festivals dedicated to the celebration of indigenous sources of pride and pleasure, from homemade crafts and culinary staples to mountain music and natural wonders... |
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Freedom Creative Homeschooling August 8, 2013 Lesson #2: PlayThink Movement and Flow Arts Fest 2013 PlayThink is a one of a kind festival. It was beautiful! WONDERFUL! Evie never wanted it to end. PlayThink happens on a one hundred acre farm in Berea Ky, with no cell service, unplugged completely from the world... |
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Invocation of the Androgynous Muse June 11, 2013 PlayThink 2013: Invocation of the Androgynous Muse This was a pivotal work. It’s idea was beautifully simple... |
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Richmond Register June 7, 2013 It's time to play The three-day PlayThink Movement & Flow Arts Festival kicked off its second year Friday at HomeGrown HideAways in Berea.... |
Chevy Chaser Magazine
May 30, 2013
Going with the flow
Many of us associate hula hooping with a backyard childhood pastime, or possibly a fitness class, or summertime beach activity. But for a growing underground culture focused on “creative movement” – at which hula hooper, fire dancer and arts organizer Paige Hankla is at the local helm...
Hooping.org
June 18, 2012
PlayThink Movement Festival 2012
I recently had the pleasure to attend the PlayThink Movement Festival at Homegrown Hideaways with about 115 others who converged on a holler in Kentucky to celebrate movement and flow arts. The main vision of this smaller festival was to help cultivate a creative and healthy community while sharing movement, mindfulness and fun...
June 18, 2012
PlayThink Movement Festival 2012
I recently had the pleasure to attend the PlayThink Movement Festival at Homegrown Hideaways with about 115 others who converged on a holler in Kentucky to celebrate movement and flow arts. The main vision of this smaller festival was to help cultivate a creative and healthy community while sharing movement, mindfulness and fun...