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P9 ACE PALINDROME PROJECT Di Boyer took home the Ace Palindrome Yeti when her photo entry was drawn, capturing a cold January day with an image of Kentucky rye whiskey.

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21c’s Brian Pulley collaborates with Lexington preservationist Lucy Jones, Alex K. Mason, and Isabel Ladd.

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P19 CLASSIFIEDS P20 HOME AND GARDEN P22 REAL ESTATE

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FEATURES

P9 BUSINESS Cornett‘s Jason Falls is featured as a “Game Changer”

P9 COMMUNITY Construction has begun on The Fountains at Palomar site that will include restaurants, retail space, and a hotel.

Hilary Boone

P9 EATS OUT

Tim Jones

Boonedogs opened its doors on Old Richmond Road.

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BUSINESS BIZ BOOKS

NEWS

PEOPLE

Home to bourbon, horses, and...Dixie cups?

Beth Davisson has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Workforce Development for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

The company that makes Dixie Cups, Georgia-Pacific, announced plans to expand its manufacturing facility on Harbison Road in Lexington. The expansion will create approximately 50 jobs.

Hotspots added to the collection

Lexington Public Library now lends mobile Wi-Fi hotspots to library customers for a 14-day period.

Over budget at Rupp

Jason Falls of Cornett is featured as a “Game Changer” in Dr. Karen Freberg’s new public relations text Discovering Public Relations.

Former Kentucky Chamber President Dave Adkisson’s book Horseshoes vs. Chess: A Practical Guide for Chamber of Commerce Leaders launched on Amazon in January. Adkisson shares insights from his experience as a CEO of three different chambers, two-term mayor of his hometown, and as a former assistant to a U.S. Senator.

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Rupp Arena’s new expansions are $4.8 million over the original budget, according to documents presented at a recent Lexington Center Corporation board meeting. In 2018, UK and Lexington Center signed a lease that guaranteed UK men’s basketball would play in Rupp through 2033. UK agreed it would increase the amount paid to Lexington Center over the next 15 years while Lexington Center agreed to spend $12 million to build four clubhouses. Construction of the first three clubhouses has already exceeded the budget at $16,849,259. The fourth clubhouse has not been constructed yet. President and CEO of Lexington Center Corp, Bill Owen, told the board the cost overruns were a result of timing.

Slots on Pause

Representatives from Keeneland and Red Mile announced that “historical horse racing machines,” are temporarily suspended at Red Mile as of January 24. In September, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that some historical racing games are illegal under current statutes; Keeneland and Red Mile then filed a petition to rehear this case, which the court recently declined. “Historical horse racing” contributes over $21 million to the state budget, according to Gov. Beshear.

Ame Sweetall has been named President & CEO of LexArts. LexArts also announced the election of eight new members to its Board of Directors: Jessica Berry, YMCA of Central Kentucky; Lauren Case, Fayette County Public Schools; Michelle Deans, MCM CPA; Bill Farmer, Jr., Farmer’s Jewelry; Maeve Goodman, Mt. Brilliant Farm; Stefan Hendrickson, Dean Dorton; Kathy Plomin, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council; and Rachel Ray, Lexington Children’s Theatre. Lexington Philharmonic has announced the appointment of Kelly Corcoran as Interim Artistic Advisor.

BUSINESS CALENDAR Commerce Lexington Inc. sponsors UK’s annual Economic Outlook Conference on Wednesday, February 3, at 8:30 a.m. until noon via webinar. Women Leading Kentucky hosts a Power Hour Leadership Series on Thursday, February 11 at 3 am via Zoom with| Rob Samuels of Maker’s Mark. The next Commerce Lexington Inc. @330 Series is on Tuesday, February 23 at 3:30 pm via Zoom. Kaelyn Query, Founder and President of Lexington Event Company and LexEffect Venues, discusses navigating a business through crisis. The 8th annual EMERGE Conference goes virtual this year on Tuesday, March 9. Justin Patton is the Keynote Speaker for EMERGE 21.

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Fountains at Palomar

Palomar will soon have its own shopping center development at the corner of Harrodsburg Road and Man o’ War Boulevard. The Fountains at Palomar have begun construction on the site that will include restaurants, retail space, a hotel, and fountain display as the focal point.

Town Branch Commons

Following the discovery of multiple artifacts and fossils in Triangle Park towards the end of last year, construction crews working on Town Branch Commons recently hit an intact old-brick wall on the corner of Vine and South Limestone. Construction of Town Branch Commons continues to uncover archeology from the city’s early days as construction continues throughout 2021.

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Milestones reached for Town Branch Park

Town Branch Park has raised $25.4 million dollars, which is roughly 80 percent of the $31 million initial goal. This milestone means the final design and engineering phase of the proposed 10-acre park between Oliver Lewis Way bridge and Central Bank Center can move forward. The park includes play areas, an amphitheater, walking and biking trails, and a variety of programming. Construction on the park will begin once the expansion of Central Bank Center is completed.

PEOPLE One to Watch

Mayor Gorton hosted the State of the City/ County address virtually in January, which began with Lexington Forum’s annual awards presentation. Vitale Buford was the recipient

of the “One To Watch” award, presented to a business leader who embraces and exhibits genuine community spirit.

Di Boyer took home the Ace Palindrome Yeti in 2021 when her photo was drawn, capturing a cold January day with a selection of Kentucky rye whiskey

Letha Drury won the Yeti on her Palindrome Birthday in 2019

Ace Palindrome Ongoing Lexington photo project “thinks global, shoots local”

he Ace Palindrome series is part of a decades-long photo series where we invite Ace readers — on a palindrome day — to stop what they’re doing, for one moment, and take a picture, to share with the city. (For every photo shared, and tagged on Ace’s social channels, participants win an entry in a drawing for a Yeti.) The first Palindrome of 2021 occurred on 1.20.2021, which just so happened to coincide with a presidential inauguration (for the first time in the history of the project). At 1:20 am and 1:20 pm, we invited readers to snap a photo and share. In 2011 (11.11.11) and the sequels, 12.12.12, and 11.12.13, and Hey Nineteen, hundreds of photos were submitted via social media, from pros and amateurs alike, each presenting a unique portrait of Lexington, both individually and in the aggregate.

If the economy is judged (as many suggest) by the number of construction cranes you see in a given city, Lexington was booming in 2019 and it is still booming in 2021. The Ace Eleven project gave us an explosion of Fall colors in the bluegrass. The Twelve project offered a beautiful reflection of Lexington during the Holiday season. If the Nineteen project had a theme, it was “under construction.” This year’s collection of photos reflect a unique moment in history. While we received the usual photos of dogs, kids, babies, and food — from downtown to the suburbs and the surrounding bluegrass — and a huge glut of construction pics, Covid definitely made its mark on this year’s frosty photo landscape. □ A palindrome is a word, number, or phrase that can be read the same, forwards and backwards (e.g., mom, pop). Wednesday, 1.20.21 marked the first Palindrome of 2021. To celebrate, we repeated the recurring Ace photo project on Wednesday, 1.20.21 at 1:20 (am and pm).

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FEATURE

Who Loves Lucy?

21c collaborates with Lexington preservationist Lucy Jones BY KEVIN NANCE

or a couple of decades now, it’s been Lexington preservationist Lucy Jones’s dream to restore a midcentury motel in town to its original glory. To that end, Jones has been “hoarding” — her word — modern furniture and design from the 1950s and ’60s, picking it up piece by piece on eBay and in antique malls around the country. But while she’s serious about the project, she concedes that it’s still a long way from fruition. “It’s definitely going to happen,” she says in a recent Zoom interview, “but give me 10 or 20 years.” In the meantime, Jones recently got a shot at one fabulous test run. She was brought in as the midcentury design consultant for the Harmon Room at 21c Museum Hotel

About Walter Tevis

he Queen’s Gambit is based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis. Tevis received his English BA and MA at UK, working in a friend’s Lexington pool hall which inspired his novels, The Hustler, and The Color of Money. He died in 1984, and was inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2018. Author Michael Ondaatje writes, “The Queen’s Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years—for the pure pleasure and skill of it.” Jonathan Lethem writes, “Beth Harmon is an unforgettable creation– and The Queen’s Gambit is Walter Tevis’s most consummate and heartbreaking work.” Both The Hustler and The Color of Money went on to big screen success. Nearly four decades in the making, The Queen’s Gambit was ultimately adapted for the screen by writer-director Scott Frank, and landed on Netflix as a limited series in 2020. □

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Lexington, an homage to the hit Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel about a Kentucky chess prodigy named Elizabeth Harmon, who stays in a series of swanky hotels rooms on her way up the world chess rankings in the mid-to-late 1960s. “When they told me it was about creating this time-capsule experience of the 1960s at the 21c, it felt like my whole life had weirdly been leading toward that moment,” says Jones, who ended up loaning most of the midcentury furniture in the room from her collection. They included a TV cabinet, a coffee table, two futuristically highbacked Adrian Pearsall chairs, a wall clock, a peacock sculpture, a piece of period gravel art, an ice bucket and other items, all oozing classic midcentury style.

he project’s interior designer, Isabel Ladd, coordinated the overall look of the room, including the avocado-green color palette and a large chess set hanging upside down from the ceiling, a reference to Beth Harmon’s visions of chess games in her mind. (The other most eye-grabbing aspect of the design is the custom wallpaper designed by Alex K. Mason and featuring — in a sly tie-in to Lexington’s equine culture — the horse-head knight chess piece.) But it’s the furniture loaned by Jones, along with additional items on loan from Scout Antique & Modern and Black Swan Books, among others, that give the room much of its authentic period feel. “We couldn’t have done it

“We couldn’t have done it without Lucy,” says Isabel Ladd, who was tapped to lead the design team by VisitLEX and its ad agency, Cornett, which was looking to encourage staycations and travel to Lexington at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic had drastically distressed tourism.

Pictured left to right: Alex K. Mason, Isabel Ladd, Brian Pulley, and Lucy Jones

Lexington stars in The Queen’s Gambit without Lucy,” says Ladd, who was tapped to lead the design team by VisitLEX and its ad agency, Cornett, which was looking to capitalize on the popularity of the Netflix series and its Bluegrass connections to encourage staycations and travel to Lexington at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has had a drastically negative effect on tourism. “When you first walk in the room, you’re struck first by the wallpaper and the crazy colors,” Ladd says. “Then you see the chess pieces coming down from the ceiling. And then, finally, you’re looking at all of Lucy’s furniture, which just completes the whole effect.” The response to the Harmon Room, which rents for $234 a night, has been “phenomenal,” says Brian Pulley, 21c’s director of sales and marketing. More than 50 reservations had been booked as of late January, and the room is currently available at least through May 31. “As that date draws near, we’ll evaluate,” Pulley says. “Pop-culture things like this can ebb and flow, but we’ll keep it going as long as there’s a demand. It’s a hard time for our industry — because

of Covid, we’re running at about one-third capacity — so this is great for us.” Ironically, Jones had been wary of the Netflix series because she’d been a fan of the Tevis novel. “I was hesitant to

“It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it. I can dominate it. And it’s predictable, so if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.” —protagonist Beth Harmon, in The Queen’s Gambit, on Netflix watch the series because justice is very rarely done to novels in film and television. But I felt they did a really beautiful job in this case. They really captured the era.” Among her favorite pieces loaned to the Harmon Room are the Pearsall chairs, which she snagged a few years ago after following a hunch. “I occasionally have vintage psychic moments,” she says. “I’m driving down the road in

South Carolina and there’s a little voice whispering that I should pull over and stop at the nearest antique mall. I went into this very nondescript antique mart, and the chairs were sitting right out front and they were practically giving them away. I got them for a song, brought them home, and had them restored.” And she’s continuing to chase her dream of that midcentury motel makeover, the idea for which was sparked by a visit to the Shady Dell, a vintage Airstream-style trailer court in Bisbee, Ariz., in the early 2000s. “They have the trailers all decked out to make them period-appropriate,” she recalls. “It’s magical, one of my favorite places on earth.” In the next step in her master plan, Jones will soon move into a larger home in Lexington that will include a workshop for restoring vintage midcentury furniture. Her current home will become an Airbnb, destined for greatness. □

ave you seen The Queen’s Gambit? It’s the Netflix series Town and Country calls “glamorous, gritty, and absolutely captivating.”One of the very first mentions of Lexington in the Netflix series comes within the first few minutes of the first episode: New Circle Road. The downtown department store referenced, Ben Snyder, was a real Lexington store, founded in 1913 and located on Main Street. The location is now the site of the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza. The Phoenix Hotel was demolished in the 1980s. Head southeast out of downtown on Main Street and you’ll pass the original location of Henry Clay High School. Henry Clay is still around, but not in this spot—the school moved to its current location on Fontaine Road in 1970. Today, the original building is the home of the Fayette County School Board. Beth Harmon’s residence was inspired by the Chevy Chase area. □

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sun

mon

tue BIZ Commerce

Lexington Inc.’s February Member Mixer, online via their website, 10 am

SPEAK Movie-Themed

Trivia to celebrate 10th annual Harry Dean Stanton Fest, online thru Zoom, 8pm

BALL

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

ART First Sunday Nature

BALL UK men’s basketball

wed

CITY City of Lexington discusses plans for meeting basic human needs during a pandemic, online via Zoom, 9am LEARN UK hosts a

discussion on “The Human Cost of Fashion” with Lexington fashion designer and activist Soreyda Benedit-Begley, via Zoom,

vs Arkansas, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

Tour: Tree Art with Lucy Azubuike, 1 pm Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort. Masks required.

thu MOVIES

80s Movie Trivia, Pivot Brewing, 7 pm

fri HEALTH

National Wear Red Day®

READ Q&A with Lucy

sat BALL UK

men’s basketball vs Tennessee, Rupp Arena, 8 pm

Jones, Harry Dean Stanton Biographer Joe Atkins, and Special Guests, online thru Zoom, 8 pm

BALL

Kentucky women’s basketball vs Tennessee, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

TEA Valentine’s Day Tea at

Waveland, 2 pm and 6 pm

EAT Oh

My! Cookie Co Pop Up, Poppy & Pomelo at Greyline Station, 11 am

BALL UK men’s basketball

COMEDY Greg Morton,

vs Auburn, Rupp Arena, 1 pm

7:15 pm Comedy Oﬀ Broadway (through Sunday)

EAT Virtual Cooking Class:

Pre-Columbian Feast, online via ‘til it’s done website, 3 pm

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! ART The Mad Potter’s 19th Annual Valentine’s Day Event, online, 6 pm

READ Lexington Public

Library hosts Books and Brews Book Club with the book Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok, online via WebEx, 7 pm

MUSIC Eric Bolander

HAPPY PRESIDENT’S DAY!

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!

Go to acemagazinelex.com for a listing of what’s open, what’s closed for the holiday.

Competition, Facebook Live, 7:15 pm. DV8 Kitchen is opening a second restaurant at the MET this spring, and tasked local artists with decorating 14 of the dining room tables. Winners of the contest announced during the online event.

ART DV8 Table Art

TRASH Monday trash

pickup is Wednesday Feb 17 in observance of President’s Day

BALL UK women’s

basketball vs LSU, Memorial Coliseum, 7 pm

RIDE PBR:

Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, Rupp Arena, 8 pm

COMEDY Kountry Wayne 7:30 pm Comedy Oﬀ Broadway (through Sunday)

EAT

Murder Mystery Dinner at the Kentucky Castle

RIDE PBR: Pendleton

Whisky Velocity Tour, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

BALL

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

ART First Sunday Nature

BALL UK men’s basketball

vs Arkansas, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

Tour: Tree Art with Lucy Azubuike, 1 pm Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort. Masks required.

BALL

Kentucky women’s basketball vs Tennessee, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

TEA Valentine’s Day Tea at

Waveland, 2 pm and 6 pm

EAT Oh

My! Cookie Co Pop Up, Poppy & Pomelo at Greyline Station, 11 am

BALL UK men’s basketball

COMEDY Greg Morton,

vs Auburn, Rupp Arena, 1 pm

7:15 pm Comedy Oﬀ Broadway (through Sunday)

EAT Virtual Cooking Class:

Pre-Columbian Feast, online via ‘til it’s done website, 3 pm

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! ART The Mad Potter’s 19th Annual Valentine’s Day Event, online, 6 pm

HAPPY PRESIDENT’S DAY!

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!

Go to acemagazinelex.com for a listing of what’s open, what’s closed for the holiday.

READ Lexington Public

Library hosts Books and Brews Book Club with the book Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok, online via WebEx, 7 pm

MUSIC Eric Bolander Valentine’s Concert at the Kentucky Castle

BALL UK women’s

basketball vs Ole Miss, Memorial Coliseum, noon

AROUND THE CORNER MAR 7

Buddy Guy at Lexington Opera House

MAR 9

EMERGE Conference (VIRTUAL in 2021)

MAR 13 CANCELED Lexington St. Patrick’s Parade and Festival POSTPONED Lexington Comic & Toy Convention 2021

ART DV8 Table Art

BALL UK

men’s basketball vs Texas A&M, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

TRASH Monday trash

pickup is Wednesday Feb 17 in observance of President’s Day

BALL UK women’s

basketball vs LSU, Memorial Coliseum, 7 pm

RIDE PBR:

Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, Rupp Arena, 8 pm

EAT

RIDE PBR: Pendleton

Whisky Velocity Tour, Rupp Arena, 7 pm

COMEDY Kountry Wayne 7:30 pm Comedy Oﬀ Broadway (through Sunday)

COMEDY

Greg Hahn, Comedy Oﬀ Broadway (through Saturday)

Murder Mystery Dinner at the Kentucky Castle

BALL UK

men’s basketball vs Florida, Rupp Arena, 4 pm

HEALTH & WELLNESS February is Heart Month! Director for Central KY AHA retires Joey Maggard, executive director for the Central Kentucky Division of the American Heart Association, announced his retirement, effective January 31.

‘Go Red’ Day

The American Heart Association hosts a National Wear Red Day to celebrate women’s heart health on Friday, February 5.

Heart Health Awareness Events for 2021 Plan ahead for more heart health awareness events in 2021. The Central Kentucky Heart Walk is scheduled for Saturday, May 8, 2021 in Lexington, Ky. The 2021 Central Kentucky Heart Ball is scheduled for Friday, June 11, 2021. More details to come soon.

NEWS Baptist Health Hamburg

Construction on a new Baptist Health medical campus is underway near Hamburg, beginning

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with pipe installation. The $1 billion project will provide the city with three acres for a future additional fire station and bring 600 new highpaying jobs.

Shriners has Sold

Easter Seals Cardinal Hill purchased the former Shriners Hospital on Richmond Road. The site temporarily hosts community COVID testing.

Electronic health records

CHI Saint Joseph transitioned to an internal electronic health record (EHR) system at Lexington hospitals and clinics in January to help provide an improved experience accessing health care records.

Outpatient surgery center

CHI Saint Joseph opened an outpatient surgery center in the Saint Joseph Office Park on Harrodsburg Road in January. This new center features six operating rooms and six procedure rooms, with the ability to schedule up to 12,000 procedures each year.

RUNS Plan ahead for Lexington Habitat’s 15th annual Shamrock Shuffle 3K in March. The race is a hybrid event with two race options. Run a virtual race anywhere between March 13-31, or run in-person on Saturday, March 13 near Fasig-Tipton instead of downtown Lexington to allow for better social distancing.

Opening at the American Heart Association Are you ready to join an organization where you can be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives? Envision all Americans enjoying ideal cardiovascular health free of heart disease and stroke. At the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, we get to work toward that goal every single day. Is it easy? No. Is it worthwhile? you bet! This is satisfying work that makes a real difference in people’s lives. You can achieve professional growth with personal fulfillment. You will connect with people and make a lifesaving impact. You will partner with individuals, schools, lawmakers, healthcare providers and others to ensure everyone has access to healthier lifestyle choices and proper healthcare. We have an excellent opportunity for a Metro Executive Director in our Lexington office. We are seeking an inspiring leader to drive the strategy and execution of corporate revenue, communications, and health impact goals for the central and east KY areas. The Metro Executive Director will provide direct coaching and supervision to five staff who handle corporate fundraising campaigns, communications and marketing, community impact efforts, and administrative support. Will also manage the local advisory volunteer board. This position will have a revenue accountability of $900,000. To help you be successful you will have access to our award-winning learning platform the Heart U as well as various other training and support mechanisms locally and through

our National Center. Due to the current pandemic, daily travel is minimal and voluntary to ensure the health and safety of staff. There is no overnight travel currently. In the future, this position may resume to daily travel and minimal overnight travel. All American Heart Association offices are closed nationwide; all staff are working out of a home office. Responsibilities * Devise and implement the strategy and direction for the market’s unified health and revenue efforts. * Guide and direct team to achieve goals. * Develop and manage a volunteer Board of Directors, consisting of top-level corporate executives. * Build powerful partnerships with volunteer, community, and corporate leaders, sponsors, and other internal and external stakeholders. Qualifications * 4+ years of experience in fundraising or outside sales or in a non-profit organization in a similar capacity. This experience may also count towards satisfying this position’s educational requirement. * 2+ years of experience in a management capacity. This experience may occur within the 4-year related experience requirement. Experience gained through direct internal work on AHA projects/priorities may substitute for this requirement and will be considered on a case-bycase basis. * Bachelor’s degree preferred. * Experience in managing a volunteer board preferred. * Demonstrated verbal and written communication

skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation, and training. Skill in written communications to include clear and concise narrative reports, evaluations and similar narrative pieces. * Ability to read, comprehend and analyze number goals, as well as fundraising reports. Skill in use of spreadsheet/database analysis. * Ability to do daily travel up to 75% and overnight travel up to 35%. * Must have at least basic knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office used for word processing, email, presentations, and spreadsheets. Advanced knowledge and skill with these programs is preferred. These skills are subject to testing. * Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity applies to both our workforce and the communities we serve as it relates to heart health and stroke prevention. Be sure to follow on Twitter #TheAHALife EOE/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities By submitting your interest in this job, you agree to receive text notifications with additional steps to complete your job application. You will receive up to 6 messages from the number “63879”. Message & data rates may apply. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information.

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ACE EATS IN

Savory AND Sweet BY TOM YATES

ike most of the special occasions we’ve navigated over the past year, Valentine’s Day will be different. However, unlike those other special occasions, Valentine’s Day isn’t a crowd fest. Loosened restrictions now allow our local restaurants (with fabulous service and fare) to offer limited dine-in service. Better yet, with social distancing and the required table spacing, romantic privacy is built right into the mix. No crowded bars or long table wait times. Dinner for two peas in a pod. Different. Safe. Special. That said, if dining out is off the table, curbside, carryout, or delivery is the way to go for romancing at-home. In any case, there must always be chocolate. Splurge on beautiful pastries from a local bakery, snag heart-shaped boxes filled with assorted chocolates, or scratch make a heartfelt Valentine’s treat. Go big or go small. Chocolate is chocolate. And chocolate always wins. Chocolate Ravioli With Sweetened Mascarpone. Inside out. Not chocolate filled ravioli. Chocolate pasta ravioli. With hints of sweetness balancing the soft bittersweet undertones of dark chocolate, chocolate pasta is a perfect foil for sweet fillings and sauces. Chocolate Pasta. I sifted 2 cups all purpose flour, 1/3 cup unsweetened dark dark cocoa powder, and 1/4 cup powdered sugar until blended. After adding a pinch of salt, I made a well in the center of the flour and cracked 3 large eggs into the well. After gradually pulling the flour and eggs together until it form a shaggy dough, I pulled the dough together and kneaded it on a

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clean work surface for 10 minutes until it was smooth and pliable I shaped the dough into a disc, wrapped it in plastic wrap, and slid it into the refrigerator to rest and chill. Filling. While the dough took a break, I whipped together 8 ounces room temperature mascarpone cheese, 1/4 cup superfine sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream, and a splash of fresh lemon. I set the filling aside and pulled the dough from the refrigerator to take the chill off. Roll. I used a bench scraper to divide the dough into 1/4 sections. Working with one section at a time, while keeping the remaining dough covered, I used a hand cranked pasta machine to roll the dough. After flattening the dough to fit the width of the pasta roller, I rolled it

through the largest setting 3 times, folding it in half after each pass. When the dough became soft and easy to work with, I rolled the dough through each setting, lowering the setting after each pass and ending before the thinnest setting. While ravioli is simple enough to fill, fold, seal, and cut without a ravioli mold, I used a mold because...well...I had one. They’re easy to use, and roll out consistent shaped raviolis. I draped one pasta sheet over the mold, letting the excess dough hang over the edge, and gently formed pockets in each ravioli well. I pulled the filling from the refrigerator, filled a pastry bag with the filling (small spooned dollops would have worked as well), and piped the mascarpone filling into each well. After covering the filling and pasta with another pasta sheet, I carefully pressed the between filled well to seal the dough, and used a rolling pin to press the sheets together against the serrated edges to seal and cut the ravioli. After removing the excess dough from the edges, I popped the ravioli out of the mold. Cooked at a gentle boil for 8-10 minutes, they’re fabulous straight up or dolled up with chocolate ganache and fresh berries. A chocolate Ravioli Valentine makes this celebration special.

ACE EATS OUT

Bundle Up And bring an appetite

rab your favorite parka because Kentucky winters only worsen in February. The potential of snowy days and chilly low temperatures continues to be a threat for outdoor dining and limited capacity restrictions—even with space heaters and heavy duty outerwear. Food news continues to churn daily, especially in the Hamburg area, as we head east to the boonies and watch hot dogs find their niche. We brace ourselves for an avalanche of gourmet deliverable cookies, a new spot for seafood, and a second Olive Garden. As we stare up at our snowy skylight, it’s never too soon to anticipate springtime patio dining, following the news of a pending resurrection on Jefferson Street. Super Bowl, Mardi Gras and Valentine’s celebrations will certainly have to adapt to Covid restrictions this year. A full sampling of celebrations can be found acemagazinelex.com. (Easter brunch options will be included in our March issues.)

BIRTHS Off the beaten path, Boonedogs opened its doors on Old Richmond Road with a menu of artisanal hot dogs sausages, and craft cocktails. Part cat café and part coffee shop, Central Purrk Cat Café opened in Georgetown last month. The café also features items from The Midway Bakery, The Popcorn Station, and a selection of beer and wine. More dining options debuted at Greyline Station. The Breeze Wine Bar opened with a variety of wines, spirits and international chocolates. North Lime Coffee and Donuts left its original home on the corner of West Sixth and North Limestone to relocate a few blocks north to the corner of Loudon and Limestone. Old North Bar also opened inside the mixed-use development space.

REBIRTHS The Grey Goose on Jefferson returns under new management in February. Following the recent closure of Portofino on Main at the end of 2020, owner Wayne Masterman plans to take over the shuttered Grey Goose and reopen it with a focus on casual dining.

OBITS Luke’s Coffee on Southland Drive has closed.

COMING SOON Clark’s Pump-N-Shop is opening a location on East Main Street, in the former spot of Daily Offerings Coffee Roastery. Crumbl Cookies is coming to Hamburg. The new gourmet cookie shop chain features an ever changing menu of massive cookies. Hot Head Burritos makes its way to Lexington near Newtown Pike this spring. Papi’s at Palomar. Papi’s Mexican Restaurant plans to open another restaurant at The Fountains at Palomar on the corner of Harrodsburg Road and Man o’War. This is the third Papi’s location, following the original restaurant on Euclid Avenue and Papi’s Rapido on South Broadway. The Saucy Crab, a new seafood spot, will take over the vacant Texas Roadhouse space on Richmond Road, and is expected to open late Spring/early Summer.

After a 2020 fire at Cheddar’s in Hamburg, a remodeling permit has been filed to make a new Hamburg home for Olive Garden.

Ace Eats Out is curated by Kristina Rosen. Email her at kristina@firstmedialex.com. To advertise in Ace’s food section, email ace@firstmedialex.com

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ARTS AND CULTURE Lexington’s Annual Arts Awards

Arts Connects is accepting community nominations for its 2021 Arts Awards. Deadline to submit is Monday, March 1. Lexington’s Annual Arts Awards Luncheon for 2021 is planned for April 22, 2021 at The Lyric Theatre.

MUSIC New at the Philharmonic

ART IMAGINE NATION

A new mural that spells out the words “IMAGINE NATION” was installed near UK’s downtown campus and Bolivar Street. Students in the University of Kentucky School of Art and Visual Studies’ Guerilla Art class were tasked with creating individual components of the mural in the form of “personal character designs” which integrate with the chrome balloons.

New leadership for LexArts

Ame Sweetall has been named President & CEO of LexArts. Sweetall joined LexArts in February 2020 in an interim role and transitioned into President and CEO in October. LexArts also announced the election of eight new members to its Board of Directors: Jessica Berry, YMCA of Central Kentucky; Lauren Case, Fayette County Public Schools; Michelle Deans, MCM CPA; Bill Farmer, Jr., Farmer’s Jewelry; Maeve Goodman, Mt. Brilliant Farm; Stefan Hendrickson, Dean Dorton; Kathy Plomin, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council; and Rachel Ray, Lexington Children’s Theatre.

BOOKS 2021 Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame

The ninth class of the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame was inducted in January. The 2021 inductees John Egerton, Robert K. Massie, John Jacob Niles, Caroline Gordon, and Albert Stewart, who join living inductee Nikky Finney.

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New Bio

The University Press of Kentucky has published the biography Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood’s Zen Rebel by Joe Atkins.

“Love from Scratch”

Transylvania graduate Kaitlyn Hill releases her first novel in spring of 2022 with Delacorte Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Based loosely on YouTube’s “Bon Appétit Test Kitchen,” the book focuses on two interns of a popular online cooking channel who compete for the same job and end up falling for each other. Hill, who graduated in 2016, credits a fiction workshop she took with professor and author Richard Taylor for helping her develop as a writer.

EVENTS Harry Dean Stanton Festival Update

Since February 2011, the city of Lexington has hosted a festival in honor of Kentucky born actor Harry Dean Stanton. In lieu of an in-person event this year, Friends of the Kentucky is partnering with the University Press of Kentucky and the Harry Dean Stanton Fest to offer an online event, in honor of the annual festival and the first-ever biography of Harry Dean Stanton. Harry Dean Stanton Fest founder Lucy Jones chats with Joe Atkins, filmmaker Tom Thurman and musician Jamie James about the life and work of Harry Dean via Zoom on Thursday, February 4 at 8 pm. Friends of the Kentucky co-chairs Lisa Meek and Hayward Wilkirson will host.

Lexington Philharmonic has announced the appointment of Kelly Corcoran as Interim Artistic Advisor. The Interim Artistic Advisor is a new position, created to provide the organization with artistic guidance during the 20202021 season, until LexPhil is able to safely resume the search for a new Music Director and Conductor.

NOW STREAMING The Harmon Room at 21c

It took more than 30 years for producer Allan Scott to get The Queen’s Gambit to television, and ten days for the city of Lexington to turn the hit Netflix series into a boutique hotel room. With help from VisitLex, Cornett, and a group of Lexington collaborators, 21c Museum Hotel Lexington transformed one of their hotel rooms into a Queen’s Gambit inspired getaway. The room features mid-century modern design and vintage accessories along with period furniture.

ROB BREZSNY’S FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1950 film Harvey, James Stewart plays a middle-aged man named Elwood whose best friend is a tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. The relationship causes problems with the people in Elwood’s life. At one point a psychiatrist tries to convince him to “struggle with reality.” Elwood replies, “I wrestled with reality for 40 years and I am happy to state that I finally won.” I’m happy to tell you this story, Aries, because it’s a good lead in to my counsel for you: I suspect that one of your long wrestles with reality will yield at least a partial victory in the coming weeks. And it will be completely real, as opposed to Elwood’s Harvey. Congratulations! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The light of the North Star takes a long time to reach us, even though it’s traveling 186,000 miles per second. The beams it shows us tonight first embarked when Shakespeare was alive on Earth. And yet that glow seems so fresh and pure. Are there any other phenomena in your life that are metaphorically comparable? Perhaps an experience you had months ago that is only now revealing its you planted years ago that is finally ripening into its mature expression? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to take inventory of such things, Taurus. It will also be a favorable phase to initiate innovations that will take some time to become fully useful for you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard had the great privilege of landing on the moon in a spacecraft, then walking on the lunar surface. How did he celebrate this epic holy adventure? By reciting a stirring passage from Shakespeare or the Talmud? By placing a framed photo of Amelia Earhart or a statue of Icarus in the dirt? By saying a prayer to his God or thoughtfully thanking the people who helped put him there? No. Shepard used this sublime oneof-a-kind moment to hit a golf ball with a golf club. I’ll ask you not to regard him as a role model in the coming weeks. When your sacred or lofty moments arrive, offer proper homage and honor. Be righteously appreciative of your blessings. CANCER (June 21-July 22): William Shakespeare worked with another playwright in creating three plays: *Henry VIII*, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and Cardenio. The lucky collaborator was John Fletcher, who was popular and influential in his era. I propose that we name him one of your role models in 2021. Here’s why: You will have an enhanced potential to

engage in fertile partnerships with allies who are quite worthy of you. I encourage you to be on the lookout for opportunities to thrive on symbiosis and synergy.

for important matters like making practical improvements in your life! Please don’t waste it on trivial matters like arguments on Facebook or Twitter.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Canadian journalist Nick Ashdown is amazed that white people in North America are so inhibited about revealing their real feelings. He writes, “How bizarre that in English, the word ‘emotional’ is used pejoratively, as though passion implies some sort of weakness.” He marvels that the culture seems to “worship nonchalance” and regard intense expressiveness as uncool or unprofessional. I’m going to encourage you to embody a different approach in the coming days. I don’t mean to suggest that you should be an out-of-control maniac constantly exploding with intensity. But I do hope you will take extra measures to respect and explore and reveal the spirited truth about yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today the Capricorn artist Paul Czanne (1839-1906) is regarded as an important and influential painter. Early in his career, though, he was rejected and even ridiculed by critics. One reason was that he loved making still-life paintings, which were considered low art. Of his 584 works, about 200 of them were of inanimate, commonplace objects. Fruit was his specialty. Typically he might spend 100 separate sessions in perfecting a particular bowl of apples. “Don’t you want to take a vacation from painting fruit?” he was asked. In response, he said that simply shifting the location of his easel in relation to his subject matter was almost more excitement than he could bear. That’s the kind of focused, detailed attitude I hope you’ll cultivate toward your own labors of love during the coming weeks, Capricorn.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo actress Ingrid Bergman appeared in three movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In Notorious, set after the end of World War II, she played the daughter of a Nazi spy. During the filming, Bergman had trouble with a particular scene. She explained her doubts to Hitchcock, saying, “I don’t think I can do that naturally.” Hitchcock seemed receptive to her input, but in the end had an unexpected response: “All right,” he told her. “If you can’t do it naturally, then fake it.” I’m going to suggest that you follow Hitchcock’s advice during the next two weeks, Virgo. “Fake it till you make it” is an acceptable — probably preferable— approach. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it,” declares actress and comedian Mindy Kaling. Is that an unromantic sentiment? Maybe. But more importantly, it’s evidence that she treasures her sleep. And that’s admirable! She is devoted to giving her body the nurturing it needs to be healthy. Let’s make Kaling your patron saint for now. It’s a favorable time to upgrade your strategies for taking very good care of yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): All of us go through phases when our brains work at a higher level than usual. I’m guessing that you’re about to enjoy one of these times. In fact, I won’t be shocked if you string together a series of ingenious thoughts and actions. I hope you use your enhanced intelligence

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We all want everything to be okay,” writes author David Levithan. “We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.” To that mediocre manifesto, I reply, okay. I accept that it’s true for many people. But I don’t think it will apply to you Aquarians in the coming weeks. According to my assessment of your astrological potentials, you can, if you want, have a series of appointments with the fantastic, the marvelous, and the outstanding. Please keep those appointments! Don’t skip them out of timidity or excess humility. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): DON’Ts: Don’t keep scratching an old wound until it bleeds. Don’t try to snatch away the teddy bear that belongs to the 800-pound gorilla. Don’t try to relieve your tension by pounding your head against a wall. Don’t try to convince a stone idol to show you some tenderness. DOs: Do ask supposedly naive questions that may yield liberating revelations. Do keep in mind that sometimes things need to be a bit broken before you’ll be motivated to give them all the care they need and deserve. Do extinguish the fire on a burning bridge, and then repair the bridge.

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HOME AND GARDEN President’s Day Trash Collection

Trash will not be collected on Presidents’ Day Monday, February 15. Make-up day is on Wednesday, February 17. Be sure to have your bins on the curb by 4 pm on Tuesday, February 16 for trash collection the following day.

Rethinking yard waste in 2021

A new year might bring new options for recycling and reusing yard waste. Lexington-Fayette Urban City Council voted unanimously to seek information on how to better recycle its yard and leaf waste, but a final vote won’t happen on the request for information until sometime in February. In more hopeful news, curbside paper recycling could make a return by summer or fall of 2021. Curbside paper recycling was suspended in May 2019 and multiple paper drop sites were set up as an alternative

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in 2020, but the city realized much more paper recyclables are received through curbside paper recycling services.

New leadership for Lexington Habitat

Lexington Habitat Humanity announced the appointment of Parashar Joshi as the new chair of its board of directors. Joshi replaces Marlene Helm who will continue to serve as an executive committee member after completing her term as chair. Lexington Habitat also welcomes four new board members; Brooke Hanson, Kristy Maggard, Kyle Wicker, and Ryan Worthen.

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Sold In Lexington Sold in 40502 404 CULPEPPER RD ....................................... $880,000 643 TATESWOOD DR ...................................... $835,000 301 LAKESHORE DR ...................................... $825,000 488 SEELEY DR ............................................... $799,000 493 SEELEY DR ............................................... $775,000 3109 TATES CREEK RD ................................... $645,000 2137 ISLAND DR ............................................ $589,500 2152 LAKESIDE DR ........................................ $569,900 192 SHERMAN AVE ........................................ $485,000 2010 BIXBY WAY ............................................ $475,000 293 S ASHLAND AVE ...................................... $475,000 2938 MONTAVESTA RD .................................. $449,000 348 QUEENSWAY DR ..................................... $435,000 160 LINCOLN AVE .......................................... $417,500 Sold in 40503 3256 MARSTON PL ........................................ $493,500 409 PICADOME PARK .................................... $447,500 337 ARCADIA PARK ........................................ $407,750 224 MELBOURNE WAY .................................. $329,000 102 HILTONIA PARK ....................................... $317,000 2308 HARRODSBURG RD ............................. $309,900 924 PALOMINO LN ........................................ $305,000

Sold in 40504 215 LONDONDERRY DR ................................ $563,888 1250 ALEXANDRIA DR ................................... $360,000 1259 ALEXANDRIA DR ................................... $360,000 1263 ALEXANDRIA DR ................................... $360,000 2079 OLD NASSAU RD .................................. $319,900 1420 SADDLE CLUB WAY ............................... $300,000 Sold in 40505 1896 GOODPASTER WAY ............................... $540,000 2125 PATCHEN LAKE LN ................................ $345,000 1510 CLARKSDALE CT .................................... $312,500 Sold in 40508 408 W SIXTH ST .............................................. $435,000 547 W THIRD ST .............................................. $407,500 438 KENTON ST .............................................. $330,000 Sold in 40509 2050 BAHAMA RD ......................................... $750,000 3608 MONTEGO CT ....................................... $590,000 1085 CHETFORD DR ...................................... $589,900 2676 LUCCA PL ............................................... $480,000 2197 ICE HOUSE WAY ................................... $450,000

Sold in 40510 2587 EDGEHILL DR 40510 ............................ $590,000 3812 KAREN CT 40510 .................................. $442,500 Sold in 40511 521 KILDARE CT .............................................. $563,888 2385 CARRICK RD .......................................... $530,000 1643 DONELWAL DR ..................................... $410,000 Sold in 40513 1524 WINNERS CIR ....................................$1,440,000 1534 WINNERS CIR ....................................$1,440,000 1582 WINNERS CIR ....................................$1,440,000 2268 SAVANNAH LN ...................................... $980,000 2429 OLDE BRIDGE LN .................................. $560,000 2285 CHAMBLEE LN ...................................... $609,000 Sold in 40514 4304 STEAMBOAT RD .................................... $428,500 Sold in 40515 4873 WYNDHURST RD .................................. $585,000 2301 ELMSPRING WAY .................................. $580,000 3861 ORMESBY PL ......................................... $515,000

Property sales info source: Fayette County Property Valuation office (www.fayettepva.com)

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