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p5 “G” IS FOR GRAFTON Writer and Kentucky native, Sue Grafton, dies at 77

a&e p10 EAT JANUARY Lexington Restaurant News

p11 SURPRISES AWAIT Chef Tom visits the Winter Farmers’ Market

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WRITER AND KY NATIVE, SUE GRAFTON, DIES AT 77

By Josh Caudill

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fter a two-year battle with cancer, Louisville native and iconic mystery writer, Sue Grafton, died in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 77.

Most known for her ‘alphabet’ crime series books starring the private eye Kinsey Millhone character, Grafton spent time between her Kentucky and California homes and it was on the west coast where she spent her final moments surrounded by family.

“Although we knew this was coming, it was unexpected and fast. She had been fine up until just a few days ago, and then things moved quickly,” Grafton’s daughter Jamie Clark said in a Facebook post.

“Sue always said that she would continue writing as long as she had the juice. Many of you also know that she was adamant that her books would never be turned into movies or TV shows, and in that same vein, she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name.”

Grafton’s crime novel series each began with a different letter of the alphabet, which gained her notoriety. In 1982, the first of the series “A is for Alibi,” was published and her last book “Y is for Yesterday,” was released in August of 2017.

Unfortunately, Grafton’s death occurred before she could give a finale for Kinsey Millhone with “Z is for Zero,” which was scheduled to be released in 2019.

According to her husband, Steven Hum-

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phrey, Grafton was unable to come up with a concept she liked for the final book while undergoing cancer treatment.

The New York Times best-selling author garnered many accolades including three Shamus Awards (1986, 1991, 1995), the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America and the Ross Macdonald Literary Award, which boasts former winners such as James Elroy, Mark Salzman and Dean Koontz.

However, Grafton’s love for her Kentucky roots made her appreciate the “Hometown Hero” banner the city of Louisville awarded her, more than anything else in her career.

She attended Atherton High School and graduated from the University of Louisville in 1961 and it was here, where her father’s passion for detective stories inspired her path in the genre.

The writer would occasionally use her hometown or parts of it at least, for the adventures in her book. In “O is for Outlaw,” the character goes to Louisville for research.

In “L is for Lawless,” Grafton wanted to use Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery as the setting for the end of the book but the owner refused due to her fear of tourists bothering the property.

The owner had heard Bonaventure Cemetery kept getting lots of visitors because it was featured in the novel “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” and wanted no part of it. So Grafton changed the name of the cemetery to “Twelve Oaks” and placed

“She was a trailblazer among women mystery authors. For many of her fans, there will always be only 25 letters in the alphabet.”

it way out in Oldham County because “I didn’t want her thinking my dead people were poaching on hers.”

After a 30-year absence from the state, Grafton came back to Louisville to be honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Louisville.

While at a luncheon for the event, she was impressed that people at her table were discussing how to improve the city.

The moment had a significant impact on her because according to Grafton, in Hollywood, at luncheons you talk about your psychic nutritionist and high colonics. But Louisville isn’t Hollywood.

That same weekend, she and her husband went out and bought a house to become Kentucky residents again and in 2000, they bought and restored Lincliff, a 30-acre Georgian Revival house on the banks of the Ohio River.

For the author, fixing the derelict property served as a love letter to the city.

She loved her Kentucky roots. She adored the people and her fans in the state took pride in her being one of them. That is why her passing stings to literary fans in the Bluegrass.

“At the Carnegie Center, we’re feeling B is for bummed,” author and Executive Director of the Carnegie Center Neil Chethik said. “Sue Grafton was one of the topselling Kentucky writers of all time, and she represented the state well. She was a trailblazer among women mystery authors.

For many of her fans, there will always be only 25 letters in the alphabet.”

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ROLL OUT THE BARRELS

By Josh Caudill

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nside this family-owned distillery rackhouse located in Bardstown, Kentucky, the intoxicating aroma of aging bourbon combined with the visual of barrels stacked on top of each other provides an image and experience that has become synonymous with Kentucky culture.

Outside the rackhouse, bourbon barrels can be heard rolling down the track, sounding as if a roller coaster was picking up speed, the charred white oak barrel turning over and over until it reaches the end and is loaded into the truck.

For the group of bourbon and beer enthusiasts gathered around on Monday, it’s a spectacle. For the Lexington, Kentucky brewers in attendance at the historic Willett Distillery, it’s the beginning of a process.

As members of the Kentucky Guild of Brewers, Lexington’s biggest names in the brewing industry along with brewers from around the state, are here to collect selected used barrels for an experimental series of beers to release at the second annual Kentucky Craft Bash festival in June.

“It’s fun for us as brewers to get everyone together and partner with an awesome distillery with a crazy good name [Willett Distillery],” co-founder of Country Boy Brewing Daniel Harrison said. “To partner with them and to be able to release these beers for the Craft Bash next year, to be the only place where you can come and meet all of the brewers and taste all of the beers in one spot, it’s a pretty unique experience for the drinker and for us.”

Born and raised in Georgetown, Kentucky, Harrison was a longtime craft beer enthusiast but according to him, the idea of Country Boy Brewing started in…Japan.

After his friend and eventual Country Boy Brewing partner, Nathan Coppage, moved to Japan to teach English, Harrison joined him. Looking at Harrison with his big

beard, ball cap and bright orange company jacket, imagining the country boy in Japan is hard to grasp.

While in Japan, He and his partner had a blog about craft beer in English and it was one of the only ones at the time. They called it ‘Good Beer and Country Boys.’

It was also where they met Brian Baird who has a brewery in Japan, which is still very popular. He took them under his wing and infected them with his passion for craft beer and when they came back to Kentucky in 2010, they decided to start a brewery in Lexington. It finally in Country Boy building a facility in Georgetown that opened in February of this year.

Harrison is one of the founding members of the Kentucky Guild of Brewers where he now serves as Vice President.

When it started, there were only a handful of them sitting around a picnic table for meetings. Now, it’s a common occurrence to see 100 to 200 people in a meeting thanks to how the state has embraced craft beer.

Country Boy Brewing’s four Kentuckian co-founders have come a long way since they opened on a dual two-barrel system and fermented in dairy cream separators while making their first beer “Snake Bite,” which Harrison described as “terrible” before finding their groove. He now has a vision for their brand.

“I want to sell beer on the moon one day,” Harrison laughed. “Now we’re just country boys and girls trying to make the best damn beer in America and represent Kentucky well.” trolling through the distillery’s tasting room, fellow brewers and craft beer fans are seen congregating around Lexington’s Blue Stallion Brewing Company founder Kore Donnelly. He’s well respected in this market and he sees the KGB event as a chance to mingle with friends instead of being competitors.

“We already have a built-in camaraderie among the breweries,” Donnelly said.

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“There’s a pretty thorough understanding that it works a lot better for all of us if we can create more craft beer drinkers instead of trying to fight each other for the existing craft beer drinking market. “ According to Donnelly, the hope is to expand the market, get people who used to drink national brands to try craft beer, to try their brands and if Country Boy can create a craft beer drinker out of a national brand drinker, that person will eventually try everyone’s beer. If he creates one, they will try everyone’s beer as well.

They understand, on some level, that they’re all in this together so events like this to prepare for the Craft Bash festival lets them get together and laugh and share notes on what they’re doing professionally and build on that camaraderie. It was West Sixth Brewery who helped Blue Stallion with paperwork and any questions they had, which Donnelly wants to pay forward.

“We want to brew as much as we can and fill the Lexington market and we’re not far from that dream.”

Blue Stallion Brewing focuses mostly on German-style lagers and British Ales, Munich-style Dunkel, Amber lagers and offer a decent amount of American styles in house but their flagships are German style. It’s the result of discovering what they loved most during their days of homebrewing.

With the exception of one co-founder

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who’s from Germany, the other partners are all from Lexington and have been homebrewing for over a decade. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, seeing that there wasn’t much of a beer scene in Lexington, they discovered homebrewing and felt it was obvious that the city could be a great market to make and sell what they love.

“I have a hobby and love for science, chemistry and biology. The hobby of home brewing gave me an outlet to explorer chemistry and the intricacies of that and all of the variations you can get with yeast and ingredients,” Donnelly said. “after a year of doing it, it became obvious that craft beer isn’t happening in Lexington and then Alltech opened up and ultimately helped develop the pallet of Lexington for craft beer. It gave us the opportunity to have an audience so we weren’t doing all of the work to build an audience.”

The transition from homebrewing to brewing on a big system was interesting to Donnelly. Everything was a lot more automated. You have pumps and gadgets rather than you doing a lot of the work.

He found it to not be drastically different than home brewing. Just more water and a lot more grain and according to him, as long as you understand what’s happening chemical wise, you can have a pretty good system.

After four years of finding its niche in the Lexington market, Blue Stallion and Donnelly wants to build on its reputation and believes the bourbon barrel craft beer could build to a legacy and help further their climb.

“We want to be a household name in Lexington,” Donnelly said. “We want to brew as much as we can and fill the Lex-

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FEATURE ington market and we’re not far from that dream.” tanding in front of the rustic door that leads to the distillery and dons the emblem of Willett’s iconic Pot Still, Ethereal Brewery’s 31-year old co-founder, Andrew Bishop, comes off as a personable and passionate brewer whose ambition and potential is clearly evident.

“With an event like this encompassing multiple breweries, it’s neat because you get pigeonholed with certain things. When somebody hears you got a beer coming out of a bourbon barrel, the first thing they usually think is a Dark Stout,” Bishop said. “What’s neat about this opportunity with 12 or 13 different breweries filling these barrels, is that you can put an IPA in a barrel and have it come out great. When we do release these at the Kentucky Craft Bash, you’re going to see a wide range of beer styles and flavors but the one thing they have in common is they all came out of these Willet barrels where can pick up some of the undertones and the nuances.”

Typically for an ale, Bishop says you can go from grain to glass anywhere from 15-18 days. But they still have that same time frame except after those 18 days, it will go into a barrel and they’ll usually age between 8-10 months to give enough time for the beer to pick up some of the character. If you put it in and pull it right back out, it hasn’t had any time to really mature with the wood but if you put it in too long, it oxidizes and you could pick up too much wood.

“You want to find the sweet spot,” Bishop said. “After a certain amount of time, you start opening up the barrel and tasting it and deciding when you need to pull it out. “ Bishop, a Tates Creek High School alumnus and also a psychology major at the University of Kentucky, got the bug for homebrewing when he was 19 after visiting his uncle that worked for Summit Brewing in Minnesota and who was also working on his third bath for a nanobrewery he was opening.

“On the surface, it looked really easy to make beer so when I got home, I got online and discovered you can buy a homebrew kit without being 21 because there’s no alcohol in it,” Bishop said. “You just buy all of the ingredients so they don’t check your age and at 19, I was at 125 State Street in Lexington, making beer on the stove top and fermenting in the closet and really, it was just to say, ‘I’m 19 and don’t need someone to go buy a beer for me.’ It really started more about saying that and snowballed from there.”

While he was in college, Bishop ran into his old high school classmate and now Ethereal partner, Brandon Floan, at a house party. Floan learned to brew in Asheville, North Carolina with his brother and he had some of his beer and Bishop had some of his own beer and since they already

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knew each other, they decided to brew together.

They did that for four years for fun and then after that, despite pressure from their family, decided that they were going to school for the wrong reasons and left to see if they could make a career out of beer.

As homebrewers, they were brewing about 10 gallons at a time, which can give you around 90 or so twelve ounce bottles.

Bishop and Floan were selling their beer to friends and family just enough to pay for the batches. Two years before they opened their brewery in the Pepper Distilling building, the duo discussed a business plan and invested in equipment and worked on repetition.

“We’re looking to stay small, stay beautiful and staying close to our community and having fun with what we’re doing.”

“A lot of people think coming up with a good recipe is the hardest part of brewing but really, as tough as that is, the hardest part is making that beer taste exactly the same time after time,” Bishop said. “It’s the reason you name a beer and people order it by name because they want to taste that exact same thing so we spent a lot of time refining our practice so that if we named a beer and somebody ordered it, it didn’t matter if it was the first time we brewed it or the 100th time we brewed it.”

Despite the craft beer market becoming very competitive with new brewers having dollar signs in their eyes and an average of two breweries opening up every day in the United States, Bishop sees the brewery’s role as an organic result of passion for the art and a way to build a relationship with the community, which is a large reason why his brewery is participating in the Craft Bash festival next summer.

“We were brewing for four years before we even got the itch to do it professionally. We were brewing just to make beer for ourselves, friends and family and then found out we could turn this into a profession,” Bishop said. “We’re looking to stay small, stay beautiful and staying close to our community and having fun with what we’re doing.”

Taste the results of the bourbon barrelaged beers on Saturday, June 23rd, when Kentucky Guild of Brewers host its first annual Kentucky Craft Bash located at Louisville Waterfront Park. The Kentucky Craft Bash will be the state’s largest beer festival that will exclusively feature beers produced by Kentucky brewers and made in the state. The event will showcase over 30 Kentucky breweries and feature over 70 varieties of beer.

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RUN Frozen

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Rails 5K & Little Caboose 1K Kids Run 2-4 pm (downtown)

tue FILM Cult Film

Series - The Thing with Two Heads, 8 pm Al’s Bar

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2018 ANIMALS Christ Church Cathedral

Epiphany Spectacular with Camels, 9:30 am

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SHOW Bridal Bliss Winter Classic, 11 am The Hilton (downtown)

EVENT Keeneland

Horse Sales start

DANCE Bluegrass

Ceili Academy Irish dance classes, 4 pm

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BALL Texas A&M vs UK, 7 pm Rupp Arena

EVENT

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Harry Potter Trivia Night, 8 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

wed KIDS Fayette

County Schools resume

TOUR Blue Grass

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Trust deTour of Waveland State Historic Site, 6pm

FILM Dunkirk, 6:30 pm Farish

Theater, Library (downtown)

thu FILM Good Time, 6:30 pm Farish Theater, Library (downtown)

EVENT Kentucky

Windy Corner, 1:30 pm, Indian Motorcycle of Lexington

LAUGH Mike Epps, Jan 5-7, Comedy Off Broadway

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KIDS Discovery Night:

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PETS Yappy Hour, 4 pm at

Pivot Brewing. $2 from every flight sold will benefit the Lexington Humane Society

EAT Ditch the

Diet; Find Food Peace: class on

principles of intuitive eating,

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6:30 pm Good Foods Co-op

DRINK Pay It

Forward with Susan G. Komen Kentucky, 6 pm West Sixth Brewing

EVENT Summit Salon

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ART Opening

Reception of Edward

Melcarth: “Points of View”

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exhibition, 5:30 pm UK Art Museum

FILM A Ghost

Celebrating the Seasons - Winter Wonderland, 10 am The

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Arboretum.

DRINK Introduction to Wine

Tasting, 2 pm Holly Hill Inn

Haywood, Gary Bentley, and Donna Ison. 7 pm Wild Fig

DANCE Allegro Dance Project

Showcase with Bianca Spriggs, Willie Davis, Kelli Hansel

CONCERT

KIDS

READ Kentucky Author

the Wardrobe, 7 pm Lexington Children’s Theatre

FILM Personal

Rings & Pretty Things Wedding Show, 11 am Heritage Hall

Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic, 6 pm Living Arts & Science Center

KIDS The Lion, the Witch and

HOLIDAY

SHOW Diamond

9 am Lexington Convention Center

Coffee and Books

STAGE Studio

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SHOW Kentucky Gun Show,

Invitational Truck & Tractor Pull, 7 pm Kentucky Horse Park

Academy open house, 5 pm (New Circle)

RIDE New Year’s Ride to

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CONCERT

BALL Harlem Globetrotters, 7 pm Rupp Arena

“In Our Element” performance,

7 pm The Lyric Theatre

LAUGH Ron White, 7 pm Louisville Palace

EAT 10th

SHOW Bridal Bliss Winter

dance classes, 4 pm

Classic, 11 am The Hilton (downtown)

Potter Trivia Night, 8 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

RIDE New Year’s Ride to

Windy Corner, 1:30 pm, Indian Motorcycle of Lexington

intuitive eating, 6:30 pm Good Foods Co-op

Brewing

“Points of View” exhibition, 5:30 pm UK Art Museum

EVENT

Summit Salon Academy open house, 5 pm (New Circle)

READ Kentucky Author

Showcase with Bianca Spriggs, Willie Davis, Kelli Hansel Haywood, Gary Bentley, and Donna Ison. 7 pm Wild Fig Coffee and Books

KIDS The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 7 pm Lexington Children’s Theatre

STAGE Studio

Players Presents: The Big Meal, 8 pm Carriage House Theatre

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HOLIDAY MLK Day

KIDS No school for Fayette County Public Schools

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MARCH MLK March, 9 am

Lexington Center Heritage Hall

FILM One World Films

FILM

Personal Shopper, 6:30 pm, Farish Theater, Library (downtown)

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DRINK

Horsey Hundred Launch Party, 6 pm Ethereal Brewing

DRINK News & Brews:

Eastern Kentucky’s Gamepresents Hidden Figures, 2:30 pm Changer: Dueling Barrels Kentucky Theater Brewery & Distillery, 6 pm Town Branch Distillery

BALL South

Carolina vs UK (women), 12 pm Rupp Arena

FILM

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A Ghost Story, 6:30 pm, Farish Theater, Library (downtown) LYPA Connect and Learn: First Time Homebuyer’s Guide, 5:30 pm Pivot Brewing

CONNECT

CONCERT

Cody Johnson, 8 pm Manchester Music Hall

FILM Passion

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Fruits, 7 pm, Farish Theater, Library (downtown)

CONCERT

Saving Abel, 7 pm Manchester Music Hall

BALL Harlem Globetrotters, 7 pm Rupp Arena

DANCE Allegro Dance Project

“In Our Element” performance, 7 pm The Lyric Theatre

LAUGH Ron White, 7 pm Louisville Palace

ART

Gallery Hop with Creative Camera Club, 5 pm Living Arts and Science Center

ART

EAT 10th

Anniversary Party (all day) & Crack Fries Eating Contest, 3 pm HopCat

CONCERT

The Black Jacket Symphony presents Led Zeppelin IV, 4 pm Lexington Opera House

BALL

Florida vs UK, 8:15 pm Rupp Arena

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Creed Bratton (from The Office): An Evening of Music and Comedy, 7 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

BALL

Mississippi St. vs UK, 8:15 pm Rupp Arena

DRINK

LAUGH

Jerry Seinfeld, 7 pm Louisville Palace

Bourbon 101, 6 pm, Castle post

EVENT

WALTER CORNETT

WALTER CORNETT Lexington Music Awards, 6 pm The Lyric Theatre

DRINK

Introduction to Wine Tasting, 2 pm Holly Hill Inn

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After Hours at the Speed Art Museum.

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SPEAK Horse’s Mouth

Storytelling Night: “Identity Crisis” 7 pm West Sixth Brewing

EAT

Caribbean

Buffet & Beach Bash,

7 pm J. Render’s Southern Table & Bar

FILM The Trip to Spain, 6:30 pm, Farish Theater, Library (downtown)

BALL

FILM After

vs UK, 8:15 pm Rupp

pm, Farish Theater, Library

Vanderbilt

Arena

FILM Person to Person, 6:30

pm, Farish Theater, Library (downtown)

the Storm, 6:30

(downtown)

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ART

The Nude: Brutal Beauty, 7 pm Lexington Art League

EVENT

Locked Out: A Tenant’s Bundle Up With Perspective - public discussion, Bourbon and Blues for 6 pm The Lyric Theatre Bluegrass Hospice, 7 pm Keeneland Marjorie Prime, 6:30 Dirty Dancing Live pm, Farish Theater, Library On Tour. Jan 26-28 at Lexington (downtown) Opera House Moonlight, 7 pm, The Explorium of Lexington Lyric Theatre

FILM

MUSIC

CONCERT

Alan Jackson: Honky Tonk Highway Tour, 7 pm Rupp

10 am The Arboretum.

FILM

STAGE KIDS

5th Annual “It’s Your Night at the Museum” at 7 pm

AROUND THE CORNER Feb 8-11 Kentucky Sport, Boat and Recreation show, Rupp Arena

Feb 17 Portugal. The Man, Louisville Palace

Feb 18 Luke Bryan, KFC Yum! Center

Mar 2 Miranda Lambert, Rupp Arena

KIDS

Discovery Saturday + Family Workshops, 10 am Living Arts & Science Center

LAUGH George Lopez, 7 pm Louisville Palace.

RODEO Professional Bull Riders, 7 pm Rupp Arena

MIDNIGHT MOVIE Rocky

Horror Picture Show, midnight, Kentucky Theater

ton Graeter’s locations and beginning Jan 17 in Kroger, Whole Foods and Fresh Market. The limited edition pints now feature a portrait of the famous baby hippo, drawn

by Lexington artist Loren Long.

Holly Hill Inn on 426 North Winter Street in Midway, is launching a calendar of special food and wine events for 2018. The new series starts with a focus on Hungaria and will make an authentic Hungarian dinner on January 12-13, 2018 before moving on to the next cultural food.

Zagat names Lexington one of the 30 most exciting food cities in America in 2017.

Number 26 to be exact. Citing the opening of Kentucky’s first food hall, The Barn at The Summit at Fritz Farm. The Barn provides an array of all-local, all-independent eateries including Crank & Boom, Pasture

by Marksbury Farm, Atomic Ramen, and Honeywood.

EVENTS NEWS Alexander Bullitt’s Winery, Brewery & Bistro has opened where JDI Grille & Tavern used to call home. The three-story restaurant offers pizza, italian and pub style dishes. The first and second floor dining areas feature full service cocktails bars, while the third floor is available for private receptions or parties.

Alltech’s Town Branch Distillery releases an 80-proof Town Branch Gin. Town Branch Distillery, known for its’ bourbon and Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, is embarking on a new adventure into the spirits section. Gin is one of the oldest distilled spirits, flavored with juniper berries, but Town Branch Gin has added a Kentucky twist to it. In addition to juniper berries, the gin is flavored with coriander, nutmeg, orange and lemon peels, and purple

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THURSDAY JAN 4 coneflower, which is native to Central Kentucky. The gin will be moving into full distribution this month, but can also be found at the Town Branch Distillery visitors center.

The Bridge Eatery & Bar, now open in the Chevy Chase area, offers artisanal New York style pizzas alongside Mediterranean cuisines. You can enjoy a drink at the delightful Jazz/Blues bar, dine in with your favorite comfort food or try a new Mediterranean dish. If you’d rather relax at home you can call in with their delivery service.

Located at 342 Romany Road, Lexington, KY. Graeter’s is bringing the Fiona flavor back for Cincinnati Zoo hippo’s first birthday.

Chunky Chunky Hippo, toffee ice cream with peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles, will be available Jan 14 in Lexing-

themed event at Jean Farris Winery & Bistro at noon.

TUESDAY JAN 16

Cookie decorating hosted by Maddie Marcum with Maddie’s Cookie Co. will be held at Seventh + Lime at 6:40 pm.

WEDNESDAY JAN 17

Chef Dan Wu, owner of Atomic Ramen, hosts Key to Cooking Regional, Seasonal Eatables, 6 pm at Food Chain.

SATURDAY JAN 20

10th Anniversary Party (all day) and Crack Fries Eating Contest at 3 pm at HopCat.

THURSDAY JAN 25

KEMI presents Commerce Lexington Inc. Annual Dinner.

Latte Art Throwdown will be hosted by Daily Offerings Coffee Roastery at 6:30 pm.

MONDAY JAN 29

J. Render’s Southern Table & Bar hosts a Caribbean Buffet & Beach Bash at 7 pm.

Yappy Hour, 4 pm at Pivot Brewing. $2 from every flight sold will benefit the Lexington Humane Society

WEDNESDAY JAN 10

Ditch the Diet; Find Food Peace, class on intuitive eating, Good Foods Co-op at 6:30 pm.

FRIDAY JAN 12

Holly Hill Inn presents a Hungarian Winter Dinner at 6 pm and will run through Jan 13.

SATURDAY JAN 13

A Taste of 21c with Jonathan Searle will be at Shaker Village at 6:30 pm.

4th Annual Chili Challenge at Talon Winery featuring chili, wine & music at noon.

SUNDAY JAN 14

Wine About Winter Barrel Tasting brunch

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FOOD By Tom Yates

SURPRISES AWAIT AT WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET

By Tom Yates

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arly last Saturday morning, I planned to quietly slip out of the house for a quick trip to the indoor winter farmers’ market. Although it’s a fairly short walk from our house, I decided to drive because it was freezing outside. I grabbed my Martha Stewart market-designated canvas tote bag and drove down our driveway. After two or three thumpity thumps, I realized I had a flat tire. Great.

It was really early, very cold, and I was dressed like an unkempt overly bundled up character from a wintertime South Park episode. All bundled up with nowhere to go. Bliss.

I love the serenity of the indoor winter farmers’ market. It was calm and quiet with gentle guitar music humming through hidden speakers. It felt great to be back at the market.

Quarles Farm had canned vegetables, salsas, chow-chows, relishes, breads, and coffee cakes. Even at 9:00 a.m. , I couldn’t resist a taste of their stewed beef wafting heavenly aromas from cranked up slow cookers. Samples? Sure.

Perched on a higher level overlooking the other vendors, Elmwood Farm offered the motherload of the indoor market.

They had the usual suspects; baskets of watermelon radishes, beets, turnips, black radishes, sweet potatoes, collard greens, winter squash, gorgeous celeriac, garlic, organic eggs, and chicken.

I was totally surprised by bags of fresh English Bordeaux spinach. Really? In January? With deep green lacy leaves highlighted by bright red veins and stems, the spinach reminded me of delicate swiss chard. Apparently, it’s a hardy variety that grows profusely until temperatures dip into the teens. They actually harvested their spinach during our latest snowfall! It was still damp....from the snow. Wow.

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I filled my bag with organic eggs, spinach, Stripetti squash, garlic, and sweet potatoes before driving home.

It’s been a while since our kitchen countertops were covered with market booty. I was giddy and couldn’t wait to play with my stash.

I wanted to try something different with the small sweet potatoes, so I adapted a recipe from Fine Cooking and threw together individual sweet potato and goat cheese galettes. Crazy, right? Goat cheese and sweet potatoes? Weird, fascinating, fabulous, and a far cry from sweet potato casserole.

I love the serenity of the indoor winter farmers’ market.

It was calm and quiet with gentle guitar music humming through hidden speakers.

Before getting started, I slushed through our snow-covered back deck to snip handfuls of fresh thyme and chives. I pulled out my mandolin and sliced the sweet potatoes into thin rounds. After buttering small individual ramekins, I filled them with alternating layers of sweet potatoes, parmigiano reggiano, crumbled goat cheese, fresh thyme, salt, and pepper before ending with a final layer of goat cheese.

After preheating the oven to 375 degrees, I placed the galettes onto a foil-lined sheet pan and slid them into the oven to bake alongside a pan of roasting whole grape tomatoes.

Because the individual galettes were small, I checked on them frequently. I burn stuff...a lot. Really. Yep. After 45 minutes, they were beautifully browned and tender, so I pulled them from the oven to rest.

Pomegranate Molasses-Glazed Smoked Pork Chops cranked a cast iron grill pan over high heat until it was smoking hot and tossed two smoked boneless pork chops onto the grill to cook through.

While the chops caramelized on the grill, I brushed them generously with a thick ruby red glaze made with 1/2 cup pomegranate molasses, 2 tablespoons of dark brown sugar, the juice of a fresh lemon, and a splash of red wine. The glaze seared onto the pork flesh like molten lava, sealing the juices inside while encrusting it in a sweet tart candied pomegranate shell.

Just before the pork chops combusted, I pulled them from heat and slid them into a low oven to keep warm.

After a glass of wine or three, I gave the snow-kissed spinach a quick rinse before sauteing it in olive oil with minced garlic, shallots, and julienned red bell peppers.

I plated the wilted garlicky spinach and nestled the sweet potato goat cheese galettes into the spinach nests. After scattering fresh julienned red peppers over the spinach and galettes, I slid the tart sticky pomegranate glazed pork chops onto our plates before tumbling roasted grape tomatoes to the side. Lemon zest and sliced chives finished them off.

Ok. So, here’s the deal. It was a ridiculous riot of flavor. Really. The earthy spinach balanced the tart sweet moistness of the pork chops with bits of pungent garlic, sweet red pepper, and meltingly soft shallots. When sliced, the plump roasted grape tomatoes popped their sweet wet juices

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over the pork, creating a bonus sauce.

Win. The sweet potato goat cheese galettes were ridiculous. Oh. My. The cheeses didn’t ooze or drip. It wasn’t about that.

The galettes were delicate, soft, and sweet.

The nutty parmigiano added subtle saltiness while the fresh thyme provided floral undertones. The goat cheese profoundly elevated the simple galettes to another level. Suspended between layers of thinly sliced sweet potatoes, the soft goat cheese had the mouthfeel of tangy soft marshmallows. Air pillows. Clouds. Fabulous. Wow. Check out the indoor winter farmers’ market.

It’s full of surprises.

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Live Music - January 2018

TUESDAY JAN 2 The Thing with Two Heads 8 pm Al’s Bar WEDNESDAY JAN 3 Josh Butcher-Americana 8 pm Parlay Social THURSDAY JAN 4 Isle of Eight | Lylak | Buck the Taxidermist 9 pm Al’s Bar John Clay and The Boxwine Prophets | Katie Williams 7:30 pm The Burl Yellow Cuss | Chris Oberholtzer | Tucker Riggleman 9 pm The Green Lantern Bar FRIDAY JAN 5 Shawnthony Calypso | Boytown USA | Leaden Verse 9 pm Al’s Bar Paul Simon’s “Graceland” featuring Curio Key Club 9 pm The Burl

Trisco’s Garage Band 9:30 pm Parlay Social Young Heirlooms | Eric Bolander | Arlo McKinley 9:30 pm Willie’s

Derek Hoke | Rayvon Pettis | Rhyan Sinclair | All The Little Pieces 7 pm Cosmic Charlie’s C The Beat 9:15 pm Willie’s

TUESDAY JAN 23 Honeysuckle 7:30 pm The Burl G Jones | Eprom | Ana Sia 8 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

SATURDAY JAN 6 Trippin Roots Album Release 5:30 pm The Burl Born Cross Eyed 8 pm Cosmic Charlie’s Concert with the Stars featuring Colton Ryan | Tyler Hanes | Gabrielle Ruiz 8 pm The Lexington Opera House Zen Highway | Dirty Dollz & The Tyrants 9 pm Lynagh’s David Austin 9 pm Whiskey Bear

SUNDAY JAN 14 Southern Daze | Five Minutes Left | The Chung Yen Band 4 pm The Burl Jazz Brunch: Lee Carroll’s Soul Jazz Quartette 11 am Willie’s Taylor Kropp 8:30 pm Willie’s

WEDNESDAY JAN 24 Zach Deputy | Sunny Cheeba | Pierce Edens 7 pm The Burl JJ Grey and Mofro 8 pm Manchester Music Hall

SUNDAY JAN 7 Lillie Mae 7 pm The Burl Jazz Brunch: The Raleigh Dailey 11 am Willie’s MONDAY JAN 8 Old Time Jam Session 9 pm Broomwagon Coffee Bikes WEDNESDAY JAN 10 Chelsea Nolan 8 pm Red Barn Radio THURSDAY JAN 11 Wicked Peace | Home Grown Headband | The Woodsheep 9 pm Best Friend Bar John Moreland | Ian Noe 8 pm The Burl Turkuaz 8 pm Cosmic Charlie’s FRIDAY JAN 12 Lucas Hoge | Grayson Jenkins and The Resolutions 8 pm The Burl Tom Arnold 7:30 pm Comedy Off Broadway Blood Handsome | Harvard Drive 9 pm Cosmic Charlie’s Dylan Schneider 7 pm Tin Roof Bob Shirley 9:30 pm Willie’s SATURDAY JAN 13 Ashes of Folly 9 pm Al’s Bar Souled Out 9 pm Al’s Beer Garden Don’t Be A Square 7 pm The Burl Tom Arnold 7:30 pm Comedy Off Broadway

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WEDNESDAY JAN 17 Saving Abel 7pm Manchester Music Hall THURSDAY JAN 18 Trunkweed | FuzzCuzz | Jerk String | Anti-Pressure 9 pm Al’s Bar Cody Johnson 7 pm Manchester Music Hall Cedric Burnside Project | Raleigh Dailey 8:30 pm Willie’s FRIDAY JAN 19 Freekbass | Luthi 9 pm Cosmic Charlie’s Alan Jackson 9 pm Rupp Arena Laid Back Country Picker | Nicholas Jamerson 9 pm Willie’s

THURSDAY JAN 25 Matthew McNeal | FuzzCuzz | Maggie Lander 8 pm Al’s Bar. Twisted Pine | William Matheny 7 pm The Burl Pokey Lafarge | Divino Niño 7 pm Cosmic Charlie’s FRIDAY JAN 26 Luenel 7 pm Comedy Off Broadway, runs through Jan 28 Dirty Dancing 8 pm Lexington Opera House, runs through Jan 28 The Eric Cummins Band 9 pm Lynagh’s Neko Case 8 pm Manchester Music Hall SATURDAY JAN 27 Nora Jane Struthers 10 pm Cosmic Charlie’s The Ben Miller Band | Chicago Farmer 9 pm at Willie’s

SATURDAY JAN 20 Cash Unchained: Johnny Cash Tribute 8 pm The Burl Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts 9 pm The Green Lantern Black Jacket Symphony: Led Zeppelin IV 4 pm Lexington Opera House

SUNDAY JAN 28 Grateful Sunday 9 pm Cosmic Charlie’s Lexington Music Awards 6pm The Lyric Theatre Jazz Brunch: Gail Wynters and Company 11 am Willie’s

SUNDAY JAN 21 Rayland Baxter | Bendigo Fletcher | Lylak 7 pm The Burl Grateful Sunday 9 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

MONDAY JAN 29 Old-Time Jam Session 6 pm Broomwagon Coffee Bikes

MONDAY JAN 22 Creed Bratton (from The Office): An Evening of Music and Comedy 7 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

TUESDAY JAN 30 San Fermin | Mikaela Davis 7 pm The Burl WEDNESDAY JAN 31 Ruth B | Hailey Know 6:30 pm Cosmic Charlie’s

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 2018, your past will undergo transformation. Your memories will revise and rearrange themselves. Bygone events that seemed complete and definitive will shimmy and shift, requiring new interpretations. The stories you have always told about how you became who you are will have to be edited, perhaps even rewritten. While these overhauls may sometimes be disconcerting, they will ultimately be liberating.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2018, people will be drawn to you even more than usual.

Some will want you to be their rock — their steady, stable source of practical truth. Some will ask you to be their tonic — their regular, restorative dose of no-nonsense. And others will find in you a creative catalyst that helps them get out of their ruts and into their grooves. And what will you receive in return for providing such a stellar service? First, there’ll be many opportunities to deepen and refine your integrity. To wield that much influence means you’ll have to consistently act with high-minded motivations. And secondly, Taurus, you’ll get a steady supply of appreciation that will prove to be useful as well as gratifying.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Influences that oppose you will fade as 2018 unfolds. People who have been resistant and uncooperative will at least partially disengage. To expedite the diminishing effects of these influences and people, avoid struggling with them. Loosen the grip they have on your imagination. Any time they leak into your field of awareness, turn your attention instead to an influence or person that helps and supports you. Here’s another idea about how to collaborate with the cosmic rhythms to reduce the conflict in your life: Eliminate any unconscious need you might have for the perversely invigorating energy provided by adversaries and bugaboos.

Find positive new ways to motivate yourself.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I predict that in 2018 you will figure out how to get your obsessions to consistently work for your greatest good. You will come to understand what you must do to ensure they never drag you down into manic self-sabotage. The resolute ingenuity you summon to accomplish this heroic feat will change you forever. You will be reborn into a more vibrant version of your life.

Passions that in the past have drained and confused you will become efficient sources of fuel for your worthiest dreams.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Just because you have become accustomed to a certain trouble doesn’t mean you should stop searching for relief from that trouble. Just because a certain pain no longer knocks you into a demoralized daze for days at a time doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Now here’s the good news: In 2018, you can finally track down the practical magic necessary to accomplish a thorough healing of that trouble and pain. Make this the year you find a more ultimate cure.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you ever nursed a yearning to speak Swahili or Chinese or Russian? The coming months will be an excellent time to get that project underway.

Do you fantasize about trying exotic cuisines and finding new favorite foods? I invite you to act on that fantasy in 2018. Is there a form of manual labor that would be tonic for your mental and physical health? Life is giving you a go-ahead to do more of it. Is there a handicraft or ball game you’d like to become more skilled at? Get started. Is there a new trick you’d like to learn to do with your mouth or hands? Now’s the time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before the fifteenth century, European nations confined their sailing to the Mediterranean Sea. The ocean was too rough for their fragile, unadaptable ships.

But around 1450, the Portuguese developed a new kind of vessel, the caravel. It employed a triangular sail that enabled it to travel

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against the wind. Soon, exploratory missions ventured into the open sea and down along the coast of West Africa. Eventually, this new technology enabled long westward trips across the Atlantic. I propose that we make the caravel your symbol of power for 2018, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will find or create a resource that enables you to do the metaphorical equivalent of effectively sailing into the wind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Aztecs were originally wanderers. They kept moving from place to place, settling temporarily in areas throughout the land we now call Mexico. An old prophecy told them that they would eventually find a permanent home at a site where they saw an eagle roosting on a cactus as it clutched a snake in its talons. There came a day in the fourteenth century when members of the tribe spied this very scene on an island in the middle of a lake. That’s where they began to build the city that in time was the center of their empire. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, so it can serve as a metaphor to guide you in 2018. I suspect that you, too, will discover your future power spot — the heart of your domain for years to come.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Not every minute of every day, but when you have had the time, you’ve been searching for a certain treasure. With patience and persistence, you have narrowed down its whereabouts by collecting clues and following your intuition.

Now, at last, you know its exact location. As you arrive, ready to claim it, you tremble with anticipation. But when you peel away the secrets in which it has been wrapped, you see that it’s not exactly what you expected. Your first response is disappointment. Nevertheless, you decide to abide in the presence of the confusing blessing and see what happens.

Slowly, incrementally, you become aware of a new possibility: that you’re not quite ready to understand and use the treasure; that you’ll have to grow new capacities before you’ll be ready for it in its fullness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Soulful beauty will be a major theme for you in 2018.

Or at least it should be. But I suppose it’s possible you’re not very interested in soulful beauty, perhaps even bored by it. Maybe you prefer skin-deep beauty or expensive beauty or glamorous beauty. If you choose to follow predilections like those, you’ll lose out on tremendous opportunities to grow wilder and wiser. But let’s hope you make yourself available for a deeper, more provocative kind of beauty— a beauty that you could become more skilled at detecting as the year unfolds.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Let your freak flag fly” was an expression that arose from the hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a colorful way to say, “Be your most unique and eccentric self; show off your idiosyncrasies with uninhibited pride.” I propose that we revive it for your use in 2018. I suspect the coming months will be a favorable time for you to cultivate your quirks and trust your unusual impulses. You should give yourself maximum freedom to explore pioneering ideas and maverick inclinations. Paradoxically, doing so will lead to stabilizing and enduring improvements in your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you start compiling a list entitled, “People, Places, Ideas, and Things I Didn’t Realize Until Now That I Could Fall in Love With.” And then keep adding more and more items to this tally during the next ten months. To get the project underway in the proper spirit, you should wander freely and explore jauntily, giving yourself permission to instigate interesting mischief and brush up against deluxe temptations. For best results, open your heart and your eyes as wide as you can. One further clue: Act on the assumption that in 2018 you will be receptive to inspirational influences and life-transforming teachings that you have never before been aware of.

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EVENTS SATURDAY JAN 6

Learn how to keep your bike in tip top condition this winter at Man O’War Harley-Davidson’s Winterize Your Ride Donut Social & Workshop at 10:30 am. (2073 Bryant Rd)

MONDAY JAN 8

Join the University of Kentucky Center for Crop Diversification at the 2018 KY Fruit and Vegetable Conference.

From 8 am on Jan 8 to 5 pm on Jan 9 at Embassy Suites Lexington. (1801 Newtown Pike)

WEDNESDAY JAN 17

Lexington Young Professional Association hosts their first event of 2018 -- Connect and Learn: First Time Homebuyer’s Guide. If you’re looking to buy a property or move in the next year, learn all the ins and outs of the process from LYPA member experts. Come network and get your questions answered at Pivot Brewing at 5:30 pm. (1400 Delaware Ave)

TUESDAY JAN 23

From 6-8 pm Cut and Paste Craft Studio hosts a workshop to create porch welcome signs that can be used yearround. The signs are made with 4x10in wood boards and wooden letters that spell out “WELCOME.” The “O” is left out and replaced with seasonal symbols: snowflake, heart, clover, Easter egg, stars, etc. (220 Ruccio Way, Suite 180)

THURSDAY JAN 25

Locked Out: A Tenant’s Perspective - 6 pm at The Lyric Theatre. Join the Lexington Fair Housing Council, NoLi CDC, and the Lexington Young Professionals Associations as they host a public conversation, where Lexington

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tenants share their stories and contribute ideas towards preserving renters rights. (300 E Third St)

AVOID FROZEN PIPES Winter is here, and cold weather is sweeping the Bluegrass. Frozen pipes can leave you without water in the worst weather, and cost a lot to repair. Kentucky American Water reminds residents of a few simple steps to help prevent frozen water pipes, and what to do if your water line does freeze.

Before the cold weather: Check sprinklers or irrigation systems to make sure everything is off.

Fix drafty windows and plug drafts around doors in areas near water lines.

Wrap your pipes with insulation for added protection.

When temperatures stay below freezing (below 32 degrees): If pipes run through cabinets or vanities, open the doors to let warmer room temperatures flow in.

Keep a slow trickle of water flowing through faucets to keep the water from freezing.

If you’re going out of town, set the thermostat no lower than 55 degrees.

If your pipes do freeze: Be sure to know where your home’s main water valve is located and shut it off immediately.

Thaw pipes with warm air, a hair dryer or space heater will work. However, be sure not to leave heaters unattended and do not use kerosene heaters or open flames.

Once the pipes have thawed, slowly turn water back on.

Then check for any cracks or leaks that might have been caused by freezing.

WINTER HOME MAINTENANCE Here’s some quick maintenance checks to help you protect your home.

Clean the fireplace. After a very frigid winter, creosote-an extremely flammable oil produced by coal or wood ash smoke--will build up in the chimney. If you didn’t clean your fireplace before winter, hire a chimney cleaner now to get rid of creosote and other build-up.

Check your plumbing pipes. It’s always safe to get your pipes checked if they are old, or if you’ve been hearing strange noises from them. When water builds up in pipes and freezes, it can cause leaks, cracks and breaks.

Inspect your roof. Your roof endures the brunt of winter conditions, wearing down over time. Weather conditions can cause shingles and tiles to break and create exposed areas in the underlayment where leaks and holes can form, which allows water to seep through to your attic.

Maintain your heating system. Your heating system works overtime in the winter. Have your heating system checked by a professional if you hear strange noises coming from the vents, or if you suddenly notice cold spots in parts of your home. Don’t wait for the ultimate issue — your heating system to go completely out — before you have it serviced.

Hang extra window treatments. Consider hanging extra curtains and blinds in the living room and bedrooms to help insulate and keep the heat in. Thermal curtains offer added lining for increased insulation.

Clear snow from driveways and walkways. Snow and ice build-up can be dangerous. For your safety, and for the safety of your family members and neighbors, it is important to immediately plow or shovel snow and cover traffic areas with salt.

REAL ESTATE: Properties recently sold in Fayette Co. 40502 01-Dec 20-Nov 30-Nov 15-Nov 01-Dec 15-Nov 20-Nov 22-Nov 21-Nov 31-Oct 30-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 16-Nov 21-Nov 30-Nov 30-Nov 20-Nov 15-Nov 30-Nov 17-Nov 27-Oct

1608 HARMONY HALL LN $1,295,000 1262 SCOVILLE RD $935,508 508 CHINOE RD $685,000 632 TALLY RD $635,000 3364 BELLEFONTE DR $525,000 111 WOODLAND AVE UNIT 408 $500,000 824 MELROSE AVE $490,500 3205 TATES CREEK RD $375,000 921 MONTAVESTA CIR $310,000 636 E HIGH ST $310,000 604 MONTCLAIR DR $375,000 205 OWSLEY AVE $280,000 3401 HERITAGE PL $249,900 3425 FREELAND CT $228,750 260 OLD MT TABOR RD UNIT 1 $225,000 321 BASSETT AVE $210,000 324 BASSETT AVE $210,000 328 BASSETT AVE $210,000 500 LAKETOWER DR UNIT 67 $203,000 1137 COOPER DR $185,000 1312 GRAY HAWK RD UNIT B $185,000 810 CRAMER AVE $180,000

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216 LINCOLN AVE 1114 DUNBARTON LN 1129 TURKEY FOOT RD UNIT 3 2412 LAKE PARK RD UNIT 101 1167 TURKEY FOOT RD UNIT 27 1167 TURKEY FOOT RD UNIT 19 193 ST JAMES DR 297 ST MARGARET DR 344 LINCOLN AVE

40503 03-Nov 03-Nov 03-Nov 15-Nov 17-Nov 21-Nov 15-Nov 14-Nov 20-Oct 10-Nov 04-Dec 13-Nov

1047 CRESCENT AVE 1103 CRESCENT AVE 1111 CRESCENT AVE 3172 BLENHEIM WAY 318 JESSELIN DR 3633 TREPASSEY CT 3551 JULIANN CIR 107 TAHOMA RD 2448 HEATHER WAY 3105 COMANCHE TRL 1616 NICHOLASVILLE RD 3348 KEITHSHIRE WAY

$176,000 $175,000 $175,000 $152,000 $151,000 $150,000 $120,000 $118,000 $80,000 $1,080,000 $1,080,000 $1,080,000 $435,000 $362,000 $335,000 $322,500 $300,000 $287,100 $267,000 $265,000 $242,500

20-Nov 27-Nov 27-Oct 13-Nov 22-Nov 17-Nov 02-Nov 29-Nov 22-Nov 02-Nov 06-Nov 10-Nov 30-Nov 29-Nov 02-Nov

432 MERRIBROOK CT 116 PENMOKEN PARK 1625 NICHOLASVILLE RD UNIT 8 467 PLYMOUTH DR 588 LAMONT DR 3517 PEPPERWOOD PL 337 E LOWRY LN 637 GALATA DR 629 HONEY LOCUST WAY 630 PASADENA DR 532 FAIRFIELD DR 488 BOB O LINK DR 539 MONTICELLO BLVD 470 BOB O LINK DR 1563 HERON LN

$192,500 $187,500 $187,000 $180,000 $167,900 $157,000 $155,500 $155,000 $155,000 $150,000 $150,000 $139,900 $120,750 $110,000 $105,000

40504 16-Nov 15-Nov 22-Nov 27-Oct 10-Nov 14-Nov

2500 DRESSAGE WAY 2092 FALLON RD 912 SUMMERVILLE DR 1040 DELLA DR 1703 BEACON HILL RD 1738 YORKTOWN RD

$293,000 $275,000 $214,000 $175,000 $168,000 $165,000 aceweekly.com

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847 PINKNEY DR 972 HONEYSUCKLE RD 820 LYNN RD 605 MITCHELL AVE 1805 GETTYSBURG RD 1009 JUNIPER DR 1864 DUNKIRK DR 834 SPRING MEADOWS DR 2290 YARMOUTH CT 103 CISCO RD

$150,000 $140,000 $120,000 $110,000 $110,000 $108,497 $99,900 $91,500 $72,000 $66,100

40505 01-Dec 03-Nov 09-Nov 17-Nov 07-Nov 20-Nov 30-Nov 17-Nov 30-Oct 09-Nov 27-Nov

2173 PATCHEN LAKE LN 1 DEEPWOOD DR 1885 GOODPASTER WAY 1757 BELLECHASSE DR 328 MARIEMONT DR 170 E LOUDON AVE 1608 COURTNEY AVE 2413 WANDA WAY 339 SIERRA DR 640 NORTHSIDE DR 1510 CLARKSDALE CT

$612,256 $589,000 $481,000 $196,000 $190,000 $175,000 $142,000 $138,500 $129,900 $127,000 $120,000

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10-Nov 30-Nov 30-Oct 15-Nov 08-Nov 17-Nov 14-Nov 06-Nov 13-Nov 08-Nov 20-Nov 09-Nov 16-Nov 16-Nov 30-Nov 22-Nov 15-Nov 17-Nov 09-Nov

608 IVY CT 2087 SPRING STATION DR 2321 SHANDON DR 166 NORTHWOOD DR 1502 DURHAM CT 106 NORTHWOOD DR 2368 SHANDON DR 645 ROSEWOOD DR 573 RADCLIFFE RD 412 ANNISTON DR 1119 HIGHLAND PARK DR 1705 SARASOTA CT 682 BISHOP DR 209 BROADVIEW DR 1704 SARASOTA CT 612 PARKSIDE DR 840 E SEVENTH ST 920 DAYTON AV 1823 AUGUSTA DR UNIT 6

$118,000 $115,000 $112,000 $112,000 $110,000 $109,900 $102,000 $95,000 $91,850 $85,000 $81,258 $80,000 $75,000 $72,700 $65,000 $56,000 $55,000 $42,000 $31,500

40507 20-Nov 23-Oct

345 W VINE ST UNIT 1903 505 W MAIN ST UNIT 402

$345,000 $255,000

40508 15-Nov 27-Nov 17-Nov 10-Nov 20-Nov 09-Nov 13-Nov 13-Nov 09-Nov 29-Nov 15-Nov 20-Nov 15-Nov 15-Nov 16-Nov 16-Nov 10-Nov

466 W THIRD ST 513 LAWRENCE ST 222 MIDLAND AVE UNIT 3106 622 W MAIN ST UNIT 101 403 N LIMESTONE 130 COLFAX ST 851 W MAXWELL ST 434 E FIFTH ST 549 GLEN ARVIN AVE 162-168 EASTERN AVE 200 CAMPSIE PL 467 N UPPER ST 203 E SIXTH ST 207 E SIXTH ST 1253 EMBRY AVE 1253 EMBRY AVE 797 BENNETT AVE

$720,000 $290,000 $277,500 $257,900 $181,000 $150,000 $135,000 $126,500 $114,900 $115,000 $86,500 $61,000 $60,000 $60,000 $45,000 $45,000 $40,000

40510 17-Nov

3748 SALISBURY DR

$441,250

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