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BUSINESS Central Kentucky American Heart Association’s longtime executive director Joey Maggard has retired. Leadership Kentucky announced the new 2021 Board Chair, Daniel Bork, and the appointment of new members to the 2021 Executive Committee and Board of Directors, including: Regina Jackson as the Board Chair-Elect. Board Member Paula Hanson has joined the Executive Committee and will serve as Treasurer. Chrisandrea Turner, a member of the Board of Directors since 2015, now serves as a member of the Executive Committee. The Board of Directors added one new member, Daniel Carmack. Louisville-based Stock Yards Bank has announced the acquisition of Kentucky Bank, a transaction expected to close in Q2 of 2021. Kentucky Bank has 19 branches. Current Kentucky Bank President and CEO, Louis Prichard, will serve as Central Kentucky Market President for Stock Yards.
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Sayre Christian Village CEO, Karen Venis, has been named a Kentucky Colonel for her service to seniors in the Bluegrass throughout the pandemic. The Webb Companies has promoted Carter Miller, CPM, CCIM, to executive vice president of leasing and brokerage.
continues on the Trail on Vine Street between Rupp Arena and East Main Street. Cincinnati-based Vision & Beyond Capital Investments acquired two Lexington apartment properties, including Ashland Apartments on Devonport Drive and Cambridge Park Apartments on Cambridge Drive.
Forbes Magazine has named WesBanco Bank to their list of Best Banks in America. Central Bank’s Leslie Flynn has been named the new chair of the YMCA of Central Kentucky’s Board of Directors. Austin Johnson
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Town Branch Commons begins next phase Construction on Town Branch Commons Trail moved on to Midland Avenue at the end of March. This phase of the project continues for several months while construction also
JP Miller and son at the ground breaking for the new Paul Miller Mazda Showroom
begins in 2021 and continues for an initial period of five years, with an option to be renewed.
Megan McCardwell
School’s In
LexLive Ribbon cutting
OPEN FOR BIZ
Paul Martin
Need a genius? Apple relocated a few blocks south in March, from Fayette Mall, to its new location in The Summit.
downtown, in the heart of Lexington where innovation and diversity come to life.” She says, “We’re helping women build confidence one mani at a time.” The MET development is part of Community Venture’s growth plans for downtown Lexington. The development includes DV8 Kitchen and Manchester Coffee Co., which both also plan to open in the spring.
NEWS On the Rise
Southern Living named Lexington one of the South’s “best cities on the rise” in 2021.
Lexmark and UK collaborate
Local Lex Market, a new makers’ market opened on Southland. LexLive opened in March. The 10-screen Krikorian movie theater also features 13 stateof-the-art bowling lanes, a restaurant, three fullservice bars, nearly 50 arcade games, meeting/ events space and more. The 90,000 square foot entertainment complex is located at the corner of South Broadway and West High near Rupp.
The University of Kentucky and Lexmark International continue their longstanding partnership with a new agreement designed to accelerate innovation and spur economic growth. Known as the Lexmark-UK Collaboration Guidelines, the agreement details intentional ways the two will work together to develop innovation that results in viable business opportunities. In addition, Lexmark is sponsoring a new scholarship program through UK College of Engineering to offer two scholarships for women and minority engineering students. The annual commitment
UK’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration has approved a new online Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree.
BIZ CALENDAR Commerce Lexington’s next virtual Member Mixer is April 7. Participants will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and their businesses followed by an opportunity for questions. Register online at commercelexington.com Women Leading Kentucky hosts a Power Hour Leadership Series on Thursday, April 8 via Zoom. Teens and young adults interested in working at the Y this summer as camp counselors or lifeguards are encouraged to attend a Summer Job Fair at the YMCA’s program site at the University of Kentucky. The job fair will be Saturday, April 10 from 10 am to 1 pm at 1530 Nicholasville Road. The next Commerce Lexington Inc. @330 Series event is Tuesday, April 13 at 3:30 pm, via Zoom, Tracy Hardin, owner of Next Century Technologies, will share some of her favorite free time-saving apps. UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics hosts a Master of Science in Marketing Virtual Open House event on Wednesday, April 21 from 5 pm to 6 pm, online via Zoom. Registration is now open for Commerce Lexington’s 2021 Leadership Visit to Austin Texas, scheduled for November 15 - 17, 2021.
The Nail Shop opens at The MET in early spring. When Kim Hunyh opened the first Nail Shop location in Brannon Crossing in 2019 she wasn’t necessarily planning a second location, but says, “My goal has always been to open a location
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COMMUNITY
Polar Bear Plunge
Paul Martin
Paul Martin
GOOD CAUSES
The annual Lexington Polar Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics Kentucky was held at Texas Roadhouse on Richmond Road in March. The annual fundraiser challenges brave jumpers to plunge into frigid mid-winter water in support of Special Olympics Kentucky.
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Pie Day
Richmond Place Senior Living invited Lexington residents to make donations of non-perishable food items to help stock God’s Pantry with nutritious food. Richmond Place thanked the drop-off donors with cherry pies in a belated celebration of President’s Day (delayed by weather).
NEWS
Memorial Planned
Central Library reopens
The Lexington Public Library announced the reopening of the first floor of Central Library, located in downtown Lexington. Central Library now offers limited in-person services, including access to computers, fax/scan services, popular titles, and holds pickup, all on the first floor. Appointments are available for customers wishing to access the Kentucky Room and its local history collections. Beaumont, Eastside, Northside, and Tates Creek branches also offer limited in-person services. Curbside services remain available to all customers.
Text-to-911
Text-to-911 is now available in Lexington. This service is helpful to those who are non-verbal, hard of hearing, deaf or speech impaired. It’s also useful if the caller is facing a threatening situation and a voice call could increase the threat; or if the caller is unable to speak due to illness or injury.
Sandy Davis spent decades in Lexington working in the media and advertising community, as a volunteer for many non-profits, and as an artist and photographer. She was also a longtime dedicated staffer at the Woodford Humane Society. As an entrepreneur, she founded the Art Movement Gallery, transforming Lexington businesses into art studios as she rotated the work of local artists into their spaces.
Her sudden death last summer left Lexington shocked and grieving, even moreso, as there was no opportunity to gather in person to console and mourn collectively. Sandy touched so many lives with her light, her smile, her love, and her art, that the community wants to celebrate her life and legacy, and share memories of her in person. Although she had since relocated to her beloved hometown of Boston (and a family memorial was held there), she always held Kentucky in her heart, and Lexington claimed her as a native daughter. A Spring memorial is planned on Friday April 30 at 5 pm to share memories and stories and images of Sandy, and the process of gathering volunteers to create an Annual Memorial Fundraiser in Sandy’s honor (supporting local affordable spay-neuter programs) has begun. The Memorial is subject to community guidelines and restrictions regarding gatherings, and all scheduling updates and modifications will be announced at the Facebook Memorial Page, “I Knew Sandy Davis.” Please RSVP at the facebook page. All friends are welcome to join the facebook group and to share photos and memories. □
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Lord of the Strings
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na particularly tense scene At the Movies with Ben Sollee in Land, the new wilderness BY KEVIN NANCE survival movie starring and directed by Robin Wright, a huge grizzly bear appears at her remote cabin in a rugged mountain region of Wyoming. Her character, Edee — who has taken refuge in the wild after a personal tragedy back in the city — cowers inside her outhouse as the bear huffs and growls inches away, prowling for food. Lexington native Ben Sollee, a classicallytrained cellist, recording artist, and film composer wrote the movie’s score last year with string trio Time for Three. And the bear scene was an obvious opportunity to shine. “I wrote probably five different pieces of music for that scene,” Sollee recalls in a recent interview. “I wrote some intense action music: TINK-eh-dink-eh-dinkeh-dink-eh,” he says, his fingers drumming on a table, after filming a promotional segment for LexArts’ Fund for the Arts campaign. “Then I wrote some more mysterious stuff, boh KAY doo BAH, with some weird metallophone instruments. Scan for Video And then I wrote some low piano notes, which was a little bit scary. I tried action energy, fear-inducing suspense, mystery thriller. And none of them worked. They’d put the music in the movie and the answer would come back: Great music. Doesn’t work.” Wright’s best known work is as an actress (The Princess Bride, House of Cards, and Wonder Woman to name a few), and Land is her directorial debut. She and her team ended up dropping the music for the bear scene altogether, opting instead for dramatic sound design: the sound of the bear growling, its claws crunching the snow, the terrified Edee breathing heavily inside the outhouse. Earlier in Sollee’s still-young career film composer, this might have been upsetting. But with several movie and TV projects under his belt — including Beauty Mark (2017) and the documentary Maidentrip (2013) About Ben — he took it in stride, knowing now that making It’s been more than a decade movies is an intensely collaborative process with a since NPR labeled cellist Ben Sollee as a lot of trial-and-error along the way. “top ten new artist to watch,” followed quickly “As a younger composer, I struggled when by similar acclaim in the Wall Street Journal. It I’d written something I was really into but it was a few years later that Paste Magazine wrote, “It’s rare to find music that’s so simple and yet so didn’t get used in the film. I’d say, ‘Can’t suggestive, so sparse in its arrangements and you see how perfect that would be in yet so brimming with energy and inspiration.” the movie?,’” says Sollee, 37, who Sollee and his family contracted COVID last attended Lexington public fall, and he’s a recovering “long-hauler” with continuing lingering symptoms.
schools and played in Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras before studying the cello at the University of Louisville. He gave a miniconcert while filming the LexArts promotion, and answered questions about his years with CKYO, which he credits for helping to launch his career as a professional musician. “But that’s one of the beautiful things about cinema. At the end of the day, the film tells you what it needs, and it’s a big team effort with the director, the actors, the designers and editors. Composing music, while it’s important, is just this one piece of the larger thing, which is the story, and it all has to come together for the film to really land. So
mountain music with droning fiddles that evoked the folk tradition of Kazakhstan. “The DNA of that song got into the movie,” he says. “My catalog has a very handmade, intimate quality to it, and I think that’s what she was seeking.” Sollee says he now spends about a third of his creative energies on scoring films and TV, another third on creating and/or curating live arts events, and the final third on performing, recording and touring. His output has slowed a bit since last November, when he contracted Covid-19 and he has since suffered from lingering effects of the disease, including losing his sense of smell along with bouts of dizziness and “brain fog.” He’s
You write a bunch of music and most of it’s going to get cut out. But that’s just part of making music for movies. it’s a process of attrition. You write a bunch of music and most of it’s going to get cut out. But that’s just part of making music for movies.” And bear scene or no, the score is a significant achievement for Sollee, featuring his signature combination of classical technique with rootsy Americana, Appalachian folk, and hints of Eurasian melodies. It was exactly that melding of influences that had brought his work to Wr ig ht ’s at t e nt ion several years ago, when a friend of hers sent her a mixtape that contained Sollee’s song “Prettiest Tree on the Mountain,” and, later, she heard his song “Embrace,” which fused Kentucky
doing much better now after a month on a new nutritional regime which he credits with helping to reduce Covid-related inflammation. At the LexArts event he seemed in fine form, belting out several songs with gusto while playing his cello. “He’s so down-toearth for a guy who’s now working with people like Robin Wright,” says Maury Sparrow, communications director for LexArts. “We were really lucky to have someone from Central Kentucky back home after forging such a successful career, and to share his success with those who might support the arts here. It’s great that he’s so willing to give back.” □
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sun
mon
tue
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thu APRIL FOOLS DAY PETS
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Lexington Humane Society’s Sip, Stay, BID virtual silent auction begins (thru April 8)
fri HORSE
Keeneland Spring Meet Opening Day
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sat EASTER
Hamburg Easter Hop, 11 am, Hamburg Pavillion
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EASTER Mentelle Easter
Egg Hunt, 10 am, Mentelle Park medians near Cramer Avenue
RECYCLE Recycle Center Virtual Tour, 10 am, Zoom
EASTER Warehouse Block’s Spring Hop with the Easter Bunny, 2 pm, Warehouse Block
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HAPPY EASTER
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LIT George Ella Lyon
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in conversation celebrating the release of Back
to the Light: Poems, 7 pm, Zoom
MARKET
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Spring launch of the Southland Drive Farmers Market
H&G
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Garden Club of Kentucky 2021 Convention, 9 am, via Zoom (thru April 13)
SHOP Spring Bluegrass
BIZ
BALL Girls’
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Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament 2021 begins, Rupp Arena (thru April 11)
COMEDY
April Macie, 7 pm, Comedy Off Broadway
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MUSIC Matt Castle, 7 pm, The Elkhorn Tavern
Comedy at Pivot w/ Aaron Weber, 8 pm, Pivot Brewing
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PETS Tails & Ales, all day, virtual 6:30 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
DRINK Maker’s Mark
Keeneland Breeze tasting, 4 pm, Happy Hour Liquor in Nicholasville
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Commerce Lexington Inc. @330 Series, 3:30 pm, via Zoom
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H&G Central Kentucky Home & Garden Show, Central Bank Center (thru April 11)
BALL UK baseball vs LSU,
BALL UK baseball vs
H&G
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Garden Club of Kentucky Monthly Meeting, 6:30 pm, via Zoom
TAX DAY? The federal
Bellarmine, 6:30 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
Creative Market, 10 am to 3 pm, Oleika Shriners.
COMEDY
THEATRE
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12th annual Celebrity Curtain Call, 6:30 pm, Lexington Children’s Theatre
pm, Kentucky Proud Park
DRINK
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Sipp’n Sunday Pinot Noir: Wine Tasting Event, 4:30 pm, Kentucky Castle
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BALL UK
baseball vs Louisville, 5 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
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BIZ UK
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Gatton College of Business hosts a virtual open house for Master of Science in Marketing, 5 pm, via Zoom
HORSE
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Rolex ThreeDay Event, Kentucky Horse Park, without spectators (thru April 25)
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Lexington’s free trash disposal day, 6 am til 1 pm, Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station
CONCERT Creative
Lexington Youth present Better Together to benefit Moveable Feast Lexington, noon, online at creativelexington.com
FUNDRAISER Seedleaf hosts a Spring Soiree, 6 pm, via Facebook Live
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H&G Free Mulch Giveaway, 8 am, Old Landfill Pad (1631 Old Frankfort Pike)
EVENT woven: a woman’s leadership event w/ Alli Worthington, 9 am, Immanuel Baptist Church
tax filing deadline has been postponed from April 15 to May 17
BALL UK baseball vs LSU, 1
TOSS IT
HORSE
Last Day of Keeneland Spring Meet
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EVENT Central Kentucky Go Red for Women Digital Experience, noon
SHOP Lexington Mercantile
SHRED IT
Free Paper Shred, 9 am, 1631 Old Frankfort Pike
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CLEAN Lexington Main Street Clean Sweep.
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HAPPY EASTER
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LIT George Ella Lyon
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in conversation celebrating the release of Back
to the Light: Poems, 7 pm, Zoom
MARKET
11
Spring launch of the Southland Drive Farmers Market
H&G
12
Garden Club of Kentucky 2021 Convention, 9 am, via Zoom (thru April 13)
SHOP Spring Bluegrass
BIZ
BALL Girls’
7
Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament 2021 begins, Rupp Arena (thru April 11)
COMEDY
April Macie, 7 pm, Comedy Off Broadway
MUSIC Matt Castle, 7 pm, The Elkhorn Tavern
Comedy at Pivot w/ Aaron Weber, 8 pm, Pivot Brewing
13
PETS Tails & Ales, all day, virtual 6:30 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
DRINK Maker’s Mark
Keeneland Breeze tasting, 4 pm, Happy Hour Liquor in Nicholasville
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Commerce Lexington Inc. @330 Series, 3:30 pm, via Zoom
9
H&G Central Kentucky Home & Garden Show, Central Bank Center (thru April 11)
BALL UK baseball vs LSU,
BALL UK baseball vs
H&G
15
Garden Club of Kentucky Monthly Meeting, 6:30 pm, via Zoom
TAX DAY? The federal
Bellarmine, 6:30 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
Creative Market, 10 am to 3 pm, Oleika Shriners.
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COMEDY
THEATRE
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12th annual Celebrity Curtain Call, 6:30 pm, Lexington Children’s Theatre
pm, Kentucky Proud Park
DRINK
18
Sipp’n Sunday Pinot Noir: Wine Tasting Event, 4:30 pm, Kentucky Castle
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BALL UK
baseball vs Louisville, 5 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
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BIZ UK
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Gatton College of Business hosts a virtual open house for Master of Science in Marketing, 5 pm, via Zoom
HORSE
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Rolex ThreeDay Event, Kentucky Horse Park, without spectators (thru April 25)
HORSE
Last Day of Keeneland Spring Meet
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EVENT Central Kentucky
Go Red for Women Digital Experience, noon
SHOP Lexington Mercantile
Co Spring Market, 5 pm, Manchester Music Hall
BALL UK baseball vs
Alabama, 6:30 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
BALL UK
baseball vs Alabama, 1 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
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BALL UK
baseball vs EKU, 6:30 pm, Kentucky Proud Park
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MUSIC Southland Drive
THEATRE
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“Little Shop of Horrors,” 8 pm, Moondance Amphitheater
COMEDY James Gregory, 7
Concert Series, 6 pm, Critchfield
pm, Comedy Off Broadway
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Lexington’s free trash disposal day, 6 am til 1 pm, Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station
CONCERT Creative
Lexington Youth present Better Together to benefit Moveable Feast Lexington, noon, online at creativelexington.com
FUNDRAISER Seedleaf hosts a Spring Soiree, 6 pm, via Facebook Live
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H&G Free Mulch Giveaway, 8 am, Old Landfill Pad (1631 Old Frankfort Pike)
EVENT woven: a woman’s leadership event w/ Alli Worthington, 9 am, Immanuel Baptist Church
tax filing deadline has been postponed from April 15 to May 17
BALL UK baseball vs LSU, 1
TOSS IT
HORSE
Kentucky Oaks, Churchill Downs
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EVENT Sandy Davis Memorial. Join the Facebook Group, “I Knew Sandy Davis,” for updates. 5 pm
AROUND THE CORNER
MAYFEST?
May 1
Derby
May 9
Mother’s Day
May 14-16
Traffic notes: UK commencement
May 31
Memorial Day
Unable to produce a full-scale Mayfest Arts Fair in 2021, the festival hopes to return to Gratz Park for Mayfest in 2022.
SHRED IT
Free Paper Shred, 9 am, 1631 Old Frankfort Pike
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CLEAN Lexington Main Street Clean Sweep. Volunteers gather to pick up and dispose of litter, 10 am, 875 Newtown Pike SHOP The Spring Drunken Flea, noon, The Burl
HEALTH & WELLNESS EVENTS
RUNS
Go Red for Women Digital Experience
The 6th annual Horse Capital Marathon & Half Marathon is on Saturday, April 10 at The Club at UK’s Spindletop Hall at 7 am.
The 2021 Central Kentucky Go Red for Women Digital Experience is on Friday, April 23 at 12 pm.
Heart Walk
Save the date. Central Kentucky Heart Walk Digital Experience is on May 8.
Austin Johnson
NEWS New CEO
CHI Saint Joseph Health selected Anthony A. Houston, FACHE, as the CEO for the health system. Houston, who will also serve as president of Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East, begins in the new role on April 5.
Unprecedented Journey
“Unprecedented Journey” is a multifaceted health care exhibition on display at Loudon House. This show is put on in collaboration with UK Arts in Healthcare and CREATE; a Lexington based nonprofit that is working to expand, promote, and raise awareness of the ways in which the arts positively affect health and wellness.
The 2021 Bluegrass 10,000 is happening as a virtual race in July. Registration begins on April 5, with some fun surprises added along the way to make the virtual race resemble the same community energy seen every year for the race in downtown Lexington on the 4th of July.
UK hosts ‘Thank You Lunch’ to honor vaccine and testing volunteers
UK Dining provided a complimentary thank you lunch to the hundreds of volunteers who have made it possible for the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare to provide public COVID-19 testing and vaccinations over the last several months.
Where Your Career is a Force for Good Community Transportation Driver (Wheels) - Full Time – Lexington, KY As an employee at the American Red Cross, you could be on the front lines making a positive impact on our community. We are currently seeking a Community Transportation Driver for our Wheels Program, a shared ride, door-to-door, public transportation service for disabled citizens of the Lexington-Fayette County area. The Wheels service operates 365 days a year, provides more than 200,000 trips annually and travels nearly 1.8 million miles per year.
Requirements: • Schedule flexibility - this position has a variable schedule which could include days, evenings, early morning and weekend hours.
• Able to push, pull, bend and manage customers in wheel chairs, and be able to lift up to 50lbs.
• 1+ years of previous experience driving a truck or passenger van required.
• Able to pass DOT Physical and Drug Screen. • Basic computer skills.
Apply Now: www.redcross.org/about-us/careers.html The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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ACE EATS IN
Ramp it Up BY TOM YATES
R
amps are the fleeting darlings of the early spring farmers’ market. With a very short three to four week growing season, they’re usually the first thing to arrive at the market and the first to go. Blink and they’re gone. Members of the allium genus, ramps are also referred to as wild onions, wild leeks, or wild garlic. With feathery leafy tops and long purplish stems, they have a pronounced garlic aroma with a strong onion flavor, making them interchangeable with both garlic and onions in most recipes. If you run across ramps at the market, catch them while you can because they’re very versatile and utterly fabulous. Even with their beautiful leafy tops beckoning in the morning breeze, most of the people in line are buying eggs and bacon. I fill my bag with ramps. I toyed with the notion of tossing the ramps over burning coals to char before serving them on newspaper like Spanish colcotes (early spring green onions) with a ruddy Romesco sauce. I even thought of roasting them and twirling them into nests to cup gently poached eggs. In the end, I went with a very simple spring soup.
Chilled Ramp Soup with Blackened Sea Scallops.
Ramps. Typically, ramps — much like leeks — are a bear to clean. They’re usually covered in dirt and take time to prep. These were stored in buckets of water to keep them fresh, so they were practically pre-prepped and ready to go. I simply snipped the roots from the bulbs and gave them a quick rinse. After slicing the greens from the stems, I set them aside before roughly chopping the stems and bulbs. After heating a skillet over a medium high flame, I sauteed the ramp stems in a
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combination of olive oil and butter. When they started to caramelize, I deglazed the pan with white wine, let it reduce by half, and added two cups chicken stock. I brought the stock to a boil, reduced the heat, and added two peeled and chopped Elmwood Stock Farm new potatoes. While the potatoes simmered away in the ramp stock, I blanched the ramp greens along with a handful of fresh spinach (in heavily salted water) for exactly 45 seconds before plunging them into a salted ice-water bath. When the potatoes were tender, I scooped them into a blender along with the cooked ramps, stock, and drained greens. After adding 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano cheese, a splash of fresh lemon juice, salt, and white pepper, I blitzed the soup into a verdant puree before sliding it into the refrigerator to chill. Scallops. To counter and play off of the delicate spring ramps. I slid a small cast iron skillet over a blazing hot flame. When it started to smoke, I added a whisper of oil to the pan, dredged the dried scallops in cajun seasonings, blackened them on each side for 90 seconds, scooped them out of the smoky mess, and set them aside. I ladled the chilled ramp soup into shallow bowls and nestled the blackened scallops into the center of each bowl before topping them with slivers of mango, red bell pepper, and shallots. After scattering Garey Farms micro mizzuna and arugula over the scallops, I finished with a few drops extra virgin olive oil. Simple. Bright. Light. Spring!
ACE EATS OUT
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pril marks the return of farmers’ markets, which have spread so wide that you can find one nearly every day in every neighborhood of town come summertime. The Sunday Southland Drive Farmers’ Market opens for the season on Sunday, April 11, while the yearround Downtown Farmers’ Market returns to Cheapside Pavilion on Saturdays with expanded springtime hours. It’s officially spring, and sunny days with temps in the 70s can only mean one thing: it’s patio season. In perfect timing, we welcome back a longtime favorite patio spot on Jefferson Street—under a new name but familiar ownership. We prepare for a season full of ice cream as new concepts like an epic milkshake bar and boozed-infused creamy desserts find a niche in the South side of town. Some obits hit harder than others, like the closure of one of the last restaurants to open “In the Before” in February 2020, but we stay hopeful for the return of Bourbon Street concepts to the Bluegrass. As for Easter Brunches? A sampling of Easter eats is available at acemagazinelexington.com. (Our annual roundup of patio dining options is available at acemagazinelexington.com)
“wine cellar” that gives guests the opportunity to select their wine in a more interactive way.
Cattywampus Station is a new milkshake and dessert bar opening in Lexington Green.
The former Grey Goose is making something of a comeback under a new name and new management. Known as The Goose Lexington, the forthcoming restaurant takes over the vacant Grey Goose location on Jefferson Street. The new concept will be overseen by Portofino veterans, which closed at the end of 2020. The menu will be a hybrid of the former Grey Goose, Portofino, and The Goose and Gander in Midway.
El Cid, which took over the former Sav’s space on South Limestone, is opening a second location on National Avenue in the former Locals’ space.
Sorella Gelateria has announced they will be moving to the corner of Jefferson and Short. The new location will include more outside seating plus parking.
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken is making a return. All three Lexington locations unexpectedly closed in November 2019, but two of the three locations plan to reopen under new franchisees on Richmond Road and Boardwalk.
Thrive Kombucha expanded their original location on North Limestone with the addition of a new taproom.
Porterhouse BBQ is opening a brick and mortar restaurant at Greyline Station on North Limestone.
COMING SOON
Postmaster’s Pub opens in the former Village Idiot spot on Short Street, a new concept from the owners of Bear & The Butcher. Woodford Reserve is expanding its Versailles distillery to double its production capacity, including the addition of three new iconic copper pot stills. Construction begins this spring and is expected to be completed in summer 2022. The site remains fully operational throughout this period.
After months of anticipation, Butch’s Grill opened inside Critchfield Meats Family Market on Southland Drive. Keeneland Hospitality partners with Black Soil KY to incorporate local produce into Keeneland’s rotating dining menus for this year’s Spring Meet. LaRosa’s Pizzeria opened in Brannon Crossing.
RE-BIRTHS and REVAMPS Epping’s on Eastside reopened with a new menu concept of sharable small plates and a
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BurgerFi opened in Hamburg and is their only location in the county to feature a drivethrough. The new location replaced the vacant Back Yard Burgers at Alysheba Way.
Another Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is coming to Lexington. The new location will open on Nicholasville Rd., where the vacant Burger King is located.
Crumbl Cookies is a new gourmet cookie shop that’s coming soon to Hamburg.
Buzzed Bull Creamery debuts in Lexington at The Summit at Fritz Farm. The family friendly liquid nitrogen creamery specializes in alcohol infused flavors of small batch ice cream and milkshakes, with non-buzzed flavors available as well.
OBITS Middle Fork Kitchen Bar has closed in the Distillery District. Roulay Restaurant and Bar closed in March. It celebrated its one year anniversary before announcing its closure
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ARTS AND CULTURE
“Faces of Covidity” Discarded and beaten dinosaurs BY GORDON GILDERSLEEVE
Lexington sculptor Gordon Gildersleeve was voted by Ace Readers the Best Lexington artist due for national attention in the annual Ace Best of Lexington readers’ poll in 2000. His sculptures and functional art, described by critics as “wildly elegant” and “full of vitality,” are exhibited nationally, installed publicly, and displayed in numerous private collections, including a 2003 acquisition by Churchill Downs.
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ately, more than ever, I have been roaming and scavenging, finding lots of wild stuff. I have been cutting up appliances, other odd scrap metal I find right out on the road or thrown out behind decrepit buildings or vacant lots. Trash is everywhere. Trash is king. We are slaves to the Trash God. I feel I should use these materials to salvage not just the metal or wood paint, but to pay respect to a world before us when these things were so highly praised and very valuable. Now they are put out to pasture. Sad. Just like us as people. We revel in youth and do things as bright as we can through life. Yeah, the world is your oyster and we are the rulers of our destiny. Well, I like to believe that and I like the feeling, but.... At some point we all break down as well, and get old and worn out and throw belts and burn up motors and overheat and go to the junkyard of life —shoot steam and just die on the side of the road. Life is so precious, and I fear so many of us are so busy planning and waiting to enjoy it that it may sail right past at that last minute to board... I am often afraid it will be gone in the blink of an eye and we’ll think, wait, what? No, no, wait, hold on, that can’t be right... There is a certain nostalgic telling nature of these discarded and beaten dinosaurs. They tell a rough story and I have a soft spot in my heart or an affinity to want to fix things or repurpose them or rebuild them or just reuse them for goodness sake. Truth is we cannot escape them. It seems more appropriate than ever to be resourceful, and see some worth in that which is considered and dealt with as trash. I want to see all things in a new and better light. □
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ROB BREZSNY’S FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the novel House of Leaves, the hero Johnny Truant describes his friend Lude as wanting “more money, better parties, and prettier girls.” But Johnny wants something different. What is it? He says, “I’m not even sure what to call it except I know it feels roomy and its drenched in sunlight and its weightless and I know it’s not cheap.” In my opinion, that declaration is far too imprecise! He’ll never get what he wants until he gets clearer about it. But his fantasy is a good start. It shows that he knows what the fulfillment of his yearning feels like. I suggest you get inspired by Johnny Truant’s approximation to conjure up one of your own. Gaze ahead a few years, and see if you can imagine what your best possible future feels like. Then describe it to yourself as precisely as possible.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How distraught I was when I discovered that one of my favorite poets, Pablo Neruda, was an admirer of the murderous dictator Joseph Stalin. It broke my heart to know I could never again read his tender, lyrical poetry with unconditional appreciation. But that’s life: Some of our heroes and teachers disappoint us, and then it’s healthy to re-evaluate our relationships with them. Or maybe our own maturation leads us to realize that once-nurturing influences are no longer nurturing. I recommend that sometime soon, you take a personal inventory with these thoughts in mind. I suspect there may be new sources of inspiration headed your way. Get ready for them.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Self-help author Steve Maraboli has useful advice for you to consider in the coming weeks. I hope you’ll meditate on what he says and take decisive action. He writes, “Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” To get started, Gemini, make a list of three things you do have power over and three things you wish you did but don’t have power over. CANCER (June 21-July 22): While he was alive, Cancerian author Franz Kafka burned 90% of everything he wrote. In a note to a friend before he died, he gave instructions to burn all the writing he would leave behind. Luckily, his friend disobeyed, and that’s why today we can read Kafka’s last three novels and a lot more of his stuff. Was his attitude toward his creations caused by the self-doubt that so many of us Cancerians are shadowed by? Was he, like a lot of us Crabs, excessively shy about sharing personal details from his life? In accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to at least temporarily
transcend any Kafka-like tendencies you have. It’s time to shine brightly and boldly as you summon your full powers of self-expression.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To create your horoscope, I’ve borrowed ideas from Leo-born author Cassiano Ricardo. He speaks of a longing “for all that is tall like pine trees, and all that is long like rivers, and all that is purple like dusk.” I think yearnings like those will be healthy and wise for you to cultivate in the coming weeks. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need expansive influences that stretch your imagination and push you beyond your limitations. You will benefit from meditations and experiences that inspire you to outgrow overly small expectations. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo actor and director Jean-Louis Barrault (19101994) aspired to “wake up a virgin each morning.” He wanted “to feel hungry for life,” as if he had been reborn once again. In order to encourage that constant renewal, he regarded going to sleep every night as “a small death.” I recommend his approach to you during the coming weeks. In my astrological opinion, the cosmic rhythms will be conspiring to regularly renew your desires: to render them pure, clean, raw, and strong. Cooperate with those cosmic rhythms!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there anything more gratifying than being listened to, understood, and seen for who you really are? I urge you to seek out that pleasure in abundance during the coming weeks. My reading of the astrological omens tells me you need the nurturing jolt that will come from being received and appreciated with extra potency. I hope you have allies who can provide that for you. If you don’t, search for allies who can. And in the meantime, consider engaging the services of a skillful psychotherapist or life coach or some other professional listener. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Blobs, spots, specks, smudges, cracks, defects, mistakes, accidents, exceptions, and irregularities are the windows to other worlds,” writes author Bob Miller. I would add that all those things, along with related phenomena like fissures, blemishes, stains, scars, blotches, muck, smears, dents, and imperfections, are often windows to very interesting parts of this seemingly regular old ordinary worldparts that might remain closed off from us without the help of those blobs and defects. I suggest you take full advantage of the opportunities they bring your way in the coming weeks. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Innovative psychologist Carl Jung had a nuanced understanding of the
energies at work in our deep psyche. He said our unconscious minds are “not only dark but also light; not only bestial, semi-human, and demonic, but also superhuman, spiritual, and, in the classical sense of the word, ‘divine.’” I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because now is a favorable time to get better acquainted with and more appreciative of your unconscious mind. For best results, you must not judge it for being so paradoxical. Don’t be annoyed that it’s so unruly and non-rational. Have fun with its fertility and playfulness and weirdness. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The fantasy drama Game of Thrones appeared on TVs all over the world. But the audience that watched it in China got cheated out of a lot of essential action. Government censorship deleted many scenes that featured nudity and sex, fighting and violence, and appearances by dragons, which play a starring role in the story. As you can imagine, Chinese viewers had trouble following some of the plot points. Telling you about this, Capricorn, is my way of nudging you to make sure you don’t miss any of the developments going on in your own personal drama. Some may be hidden, as in China’s version of Game of Thrones. Others might be subtle or disguised or underestimated. Make it your crusade to know about everything.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind,” wrote author Rudyard Kipling. Yes, they are. I agree. They change minds, rouse passions, build identities, incite social change, inspire irrationality, and create worlds. This is always true, but it will be especially important for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. The ways you use language will be key to your health and success. The language that you hear and read will also be key to your health and success. For best results, summon extra creativity and craftsmanship as you express yourself. Cultivate extra discernment as you choose what you absorb. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean linguist Anna Wierzbicka says the Russian expression *Dusha naraspashku* means “unbuttoned soul.” She continues, “The implication is that it is good, indeed wonderful, if a person’s ‘soul,’ which is the seat of emotions, is flung open in a spontaneous, generous, expansive, impetuous gesture, expressing full trust in other people and an innocent readiness for communion with them.” I wouldn’t recommend that you keep your soul unbuttoned 24/7/365, but in the coming weeks, I hope you’ll allocate more time than usual to keeping it unbuttoned.
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HOME AND GARDEN
EVENTS The 2021 Reforest the Bluegrass is once again a Reforest at Home event in April. Fayette County residents have the opportunity to plant trees at home, and in parks and public greenways. Limited in-person planting events are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Groups must sign up prior to the event. Masks, social distancing and safety protocols will be in place. In-person planting events: Saturday, April 10; Saturday April 17; and Saturday, April 24. Free tree seedlings are available for Fayette County residents to pick up at partner locations around Lexington. Tree pick-up dates: April 9 11, April 16 - 18, April 23 - 25.
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APRIL 9
The Central Kentucky Home & Garden Show is scheduled for April 9-11 at Central Bank Center.
APRIL 10
Lexington’s first free trash disposal day of the year is Saturday, April 10 from 6 am until 1 pm at the Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station, located at 1505 Old Frankfort Pike.
APRIL 11
The 2021 Garden Club of Kentucky Convention “Let’s Grow’ takes place on Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13 at 9 am.
APRIL 15
The Garden Club of Kentucky hosts its monthly meeting via Zoom on Thursday, April 15 at 5:30 pm.
APRIL 17
Lexington hosts a Free Mulch Giveaway on Saturday, April 17 at 8 am, located at 631 Old Frankfort Pike. Residents of Fayette County may collect up to one truckload. Mulch is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
APRIL 24
The next Paper Shred event is held on Saturday, April 24 at 1631 Old Frankfort Pike between 9 am and 2 pm. Fayette County residents may bring up to five boxes or bags of material to be shredded at no cost.
Lexington’s Main Street Clean Sweep is on Saturday, April 24 at 10 am until 12:30 pm at 1875 Newtown Pike. Volunteers of the annual community-led litter cleanup gather to pick up and dispose of litter in their communities to help create a sustainable bluegrass.
“We had some significant flooding in Lexington, especially near the river,” Gorton said. “We want to do everything we can to help those whose homes or businesses were damaged.” For more information contact Lexcall at 859-425-2255.
NEWS Arbor Day Celebration Postponed
Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April, but this year The Arboretum will postpone its Arbor Day celebration until October 16. The event will be held virtually with the theme “Let’s Care for Our Tree Canopy.”
Flood Damage?
Fayette County citizens are encouraged to report damage from flooding in homes or businesses caused by last month’s heavy rains. Mayor Linda Gorton said the city needs citizens to report their flooding to document the local disaster application, and hopefully meet the requirements to receive federal aid.
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1073 LAKEWOOD DR ..........................................$1,337,000 621 LAKESHORE DR ............................................... $728,000 243 IDLE HOUR DR ................................................. $528,500 429 BRISTOL RD ...................................................... $455,000 3430 PEPPERHILL RD ............................................. $415,000 1176 TABORLAKE DR .............................................. $410,000 418 KENTUCKY CT ................................................... $394,900 744 MT VERNON DR ............................................... $320,000 210 PRESTON AVE ................................................... $269,000 101 S HANOVER AVE UNIT 4M ............................... $225,000 119 KENTUCKY AVE UNIT B .................................... $199,900 500 LAKETOWER DR UNIT 101 .............................. $170,000
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Property sales info source: Fayette County Property Valuation office (www.fayettepva.com)
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