Ace Magazine - Lexington, KY | September 2023

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Congratulations to 46 Solutions, announced as Small Business of the Year at August awards luncheon. Calhoun Construction recently celebrated their first Lexington office with a ribbon cutting.

The groundbreaking ceremony for Town Branch Park was held August 15th. The park, scheduled to open in 2025, will transform acres of asphalt into an unprecedented signature park in the heart of downtown Lexington.

Lexington’s Ultimate Fall Guide, 2023

“I myself am finding the whole thing rather intoxicating. Our little town, the site of an international sports event like this. You have no idea how much wrangling it took to get them here. I lobbied the coordinators for weeks. It was a lot of ouzo and karaoke.”

—Taylor Doose, Gilmore Girls

For 35 years, Ace has celebrated our region’s autumnal glory with our annual Fall Guide — that time of year when we might enjoy the extremes of Summer, Fall, and Winter all in the span of one day — that time of year when we don’t have to choose between football, basketball, or horses because there’s ample time to enjoy all of them — sometimes all in one day.

*As always, times and dates are subject to change. Confirm with the venue.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ART

SEP 12 Dis/Belief opens at Transy’s Morlan Gallery

SEP 15 Gallery Hop, participating galleries

SEP 17 Nature Hop (visit LexingtonKY.gov)

OCT 6 St. James Court Art Show 2023, Louisville

OCT 6 Curator Tour, UK Art Museum

OCT 21 Fall Bazaar, Country Boy Brewing

OCT 25 Artist Conversation with Janine Antoni, UK Art Museum

OCT 26

The Otherworldly Gaze: Women Redefining Surrealist Art opens at Transy’s Morlan Gallery

NOV 17 Gallery Hop, participating galleries

Nature Hop is a way for our community to enjoy the natural areas of Fayette County. Participation in Nature Hop activities is free and open to the public. Nature Hop is designed to:

• Raise awareness of nature in our urban environment;

• Encourage Lexingtonians and their visitors to experience natural spaces in new ways;

• Publicize natural areas in Lexington that can serve for passive recreation

COMEDY

SEP 12 Dave Chappelle, Rupp Arena

SEP 21 Tim Dillon, Lexington Opera House

SEP 28 Kevin James, Lexington Opera House

SEP 29 Trae Crowder, Lexington Opera House

SEP 30 Tom Segura, Comedy Off Broadway

OCT 9 John Hodgman, Lexington Opera House

OCT 19 Mary Lynn Rajskub, Comedy Off Broadway

OCT 21 Kentucky Comedy Festival

OCT 21 Jim Gaffigan, Louisville Palace

OCT 29 Darren Knight, Lexington Opera House

NOV 6 Bert Kreischer, Heritage Bank Center (Cinci)

NOV 12 Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour, Singletary Center

DEC 2 Fortune Feimster, The Brown Theatre (Louisville)

LIT

SEP 13 Bluegrass True Crime Book Club: Who Killed Betty Gail Brown, Downtown Library

SEP 14 Pagan Babies book launch + exhibit, 5 pm Institute 193

SEP 14 An Evening with Ron Davis, Carnegie Center

SEP 23 Madison Book Fest, Richmond

OCT 3 An Evening with Silas House, Sayre School

OCT 19 An Evening with George Saunders, Kentucky Theatre

OCT 21 The Kentucky Book Festival

NOV 4 Carnegie Classics: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Carnegie Center At the MOVIES

SEP 2 CatVideo Fest, Kentucky Theatre (benefiting Halfway Home Rescue)

SEP 5 The Goonies, LexLive

SEP 7 Henry Faulkner: Poetry in Paint, Kentucky Theatre

SEP 12 Twister, LexLive

SEP 16 Horror Movie Club, Death Becomes Her, Downtown Library

SEP 22 House (1977 Japanese Horror), Kentucky Theatre

SEP 26 Howl’s Moving Castle: Studio Ghibli Fest, Movie Tavern

SEP 28 Twelve Lions Film Festival, Kentucky Theatre

OCT 1 The Exorcist, 50th anniversary, Movie Tavern

OCT 21 Back to the Future ReRelease, Movie Tavern

OCT 22 The Birds 60th Anniversary, Movie Tavern

OCT 25 The Birds, Grand Theatre (Frankfort)

NOV 26 International Movie Club, Caramel, Downtown Library

DEC 16 Horror Movie Club, Gremlins, Downtown Library

SALONS

On three Sundays in September, hosts will open their architecturally significant homes to celebrate art, music, and literature all while supporting the mission of Moveable Feast. Each event will be styled with entertainment, food, drinks, and up-close encounters with the arts. Attendance is kept to small numbers to help ensure a unique experience.

SEP 24, 2023

Kevin Nance profiled the home of Elvis and Geneva Donaldson in Ace’s February 2022 power

couple issue. When Caleb Ford built this Greek Revival house in 1841, it fronted Mill Street in Gratz Park. Around 1897 the house was reoriented toward Third Street. The house and garden will be open for the Salon. Ace contributing writer and photographer Kevin Nance will be presenting two book projects, Geneva’s Garden and Pagan Babies.

STAGE/THEATRE

SEP 14 Ladies of Liberty opens, Studio Players, The Carriage House

SEP 23 Love, Broadway benefit, Moondance

OCT 6 UK Opera Theatre presents Susannah

OCT 20 Pretty Woman The Musical, Lexington Opera House

OCT 20 Rocky Horror: The Stage Musical, Grand Theatre (Frankfort)

OCT 28 Kentucky Theatre Association Festival, Transy

OCT 31 Annie, EKU

NOV 4 All Things Equal, EKU

NOV 5 Stomp, Norton Center (Danville)

NOV 9 A Visit from Scarface opens, Studio Players, The Carriage House

NOV 9 UK Theatre presents Good

NOV 16 Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Lexington Opera House

NOV 16 UK Theatre presents Little Women

BIKE

SEP Cycle September (activities continue throughout the month)

SEP 29 Bourbon Country Burn, Kentucky Horse Park

NOV 5 Lex Glow Ride, Shillito Park

EAT + DRINK

“I was brought up to believe that Scotch whisky would need a tax preference to survive in competition with Kentucky bourbon.”

—Hugo Black

SEP 7 Harvest Fundraising Dinner, benefiting FoodChain, 21C

SEP 9 Kentucky Food Truck State Championship, Renfro Valley

SEP 9 38th Annual Mushroom Festival, Irvine

SEP 15 Spoonbread Festival, Berea

SEP 16 The 5th Annual Taste at the House, Bodley Bullock House

SEP 21 Anderson County Burgoo Festival, Lawrenceburg

SEP 21 The Chicken Festival, London

SEP 22 Marion County Ham Days, Lebanon

SEP 22 Morgan County Sorghum Festival, West Liberty

OCT 6 Bourbon on the Banks, Frankfort

September is National Bourbon Month. Toast responsibly.

FAIRS + FESTS

SEP 9 Lexington Water Lantern Festival, KY Horse Park

SEP 22 Oktoberfest, Christ the King

SEP 23 Festival Latino de Lexington, Downtown Lexington

SEP 29 Oktoberfest, Harrodsburg

OCT 13 Mary Queen Fall Festival, Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary

OCT 20 Scarefest, Central Bank Center

HOLIDAYS

OCT 21 Halloween Fest, Fort Boonesborough

OCT 29

Pumpkinmania at Transy

OCT 29 Halloween and Thriller Parade

NOV 1 Dia De Los Muertos, Living Arts and Science Center

NOV 6 Charlie Brown Christmas, EKU

TBA Lexington Christmas Tree Lighting

DEC 1 An Oak Ridge

Boys Christmas, Renfro Valley

DEC 2 Celtic Women Christmas Tour, Norton Center (Danville)

DEC 10 Alltech’s Celebration of Song, KY Horse Park

DEC 22 The Nutcracker, EKU

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HORSE

“A bit like Cuba’s, Kentucky’s economy depends almost entirely on things that are good for you but are said to be bad for you: Cuba has sugar, rum and tobacco; and Kentucky has bourbon, tobacco, and horse racing. When you see the Derby run on TV, the cameras linger on opulence in hats and horseflesh, and the farms often look like rolling feudal estates, but if you go to Keeneland [sic] racetrack at Lexington you see…real, popular participation in the sport of kings.”

SEP 2 An Evening with Emmylou Harris, Renfro Valley

SEP 6 Guns N Roses, Rupp Arena

SEP 7 Robert Cray, Lexington Opera House

SEP 9 Bruce Hornsby, Lexington Opera House

SEP 9 KC & the Sunshine Band, Renfro Valley

SEP 14 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lexington Opera House

SEP 14 Bourbon and Beyond, Louisville

SEP 15 Parker McCollum, Rupp Arena

SEP 16 Toad the Wet Sprocket, Norton Center (Danville)

SEP 8 Festival of the Horse, Georgetown

SEP 11 Keeneland September Yearling Sales begin

SEP 28 Keeneland Library Lecture Series, Patricia McQueen signs and discusses Secretariat’s Legacy

OCT 6 Keeneland’s Fall Meet begins

OCT 25 National Horse Show, KY Horse Park

OCT 27 Jockey Autograph Signing, Keeneland

NOV 4 Equine Festival, Shaker Village

NOV 17 Fall Festival Horse Show, KY Horse Park

LIVE MUSIC

Jazz on the Lawn

The Henry Clay Memorial Foundation invites the public to its annual Jazz on the Lawn concert on Sep 3, 2023.

This ever-popular concert takes place on the back lawn of the mansion, where guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics. Lee Carroll’s C The Beat will once again provide the evening’s entertainment. The Ashland estate is located at 120 Sycamore Road in Lexington.

CONCERTS, TOURS, MUSIC FESTIVALS

SEP 1 Ann Wilson (of Heart), Norton Center (Danville)

SEP 16 KY Heritage Jazz Festival, Shaker Village

SEP 16 Ichthus, Wilmore

SEP 20 Brothers Osborne, Lexington Opera House

SEP 22 Martina McBride, Renfro Valley

SEP 26 Jonas Brothers, Rupp Arena

SEP 30 Grasstoberfest, Winchester

OCT 6 Makaya McCraven, Singletary Center

OCT 6 Shovels & Rope, Lyric Theatre

OCT 10 Jelly Roll, Rupp Arena

OCT 10 Ruben and Clay, Singletary Center

OCT 14 Zach Williams, EKU

OCT 20 Jason Aldean, KFC Yum (Louisville)

OCT 27 Ricky Skaggs, Renfro Valley

OCT 28 Shania Twain, KFC Yum (Louisville)

OCT 29 Clint Black, Renfro Valley

NOV 4 Exile 60th Anniversary, Renfro Valley

NOV 7 George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Lexington Opera House

NOV 11 Pink, KFC Yum (Louisville)

NOV 14 The Eagles, Rupp Arena

NOV 18 Three Dog Night, EKU

—Christopher Hitchens, Vanity

NOV 25 Wynonna Judd, Louisville Palace

DEC 2 Andrea Bocelli, KFC Yum (Louisville)

DEC 3 Jack Harlow, Rupp Arena

DEC 30 Tyler Childers, Rupp Arena

DEC 31 Tyler Childers, Rupp Arena

SPORTS & ATHLETICS

Tailgating returns to the Bluegrass!

UK Football

SEP 2 UK vs Ball State at Commonwealth Stadium

SEP 9 UK vs EKU at Commonwealth Stadium

SEP 16 UK vs Akron at Commonwealth Stadium

SEP 16 UK vs Akron at Commonwealth Stadium

OCT 14 UK vs. Missouri at Commonwealth Stadium

OCT 28 UK vs TN at Commonwealth Stadium

NOV 4 UK vs Mississippi State

NOV 11 UK vs Alabama at Commonwealth Stadium

NOV 18 UK vs South Carolina

NOV 25 UK vs U of L at Louisville

UK BASKETBALL

TBA Big Blue Madness, Rupp Arena

RUN/WALK FOR IT

Iron Horse Half Marathon,

Bourbon Chase, Clermont to Lexington

OCT 13 Monster Mash & Dash 5k Glow Run

OCT 14 Yes, Mamm 5k, RJ Corman’s Nicholasville

OCT 27 Black Cat Chase 5k, Frankfort

NOV 18 Southern Lights Stroll, KY Horse Park

DEC 9 Reindeer Ramble, Keeneland

ELECTION DATE REMINDERS

Don’t Forget to Vote!

OCT 10 Voter Registration Deadline, 4 pm

NOV 7 In-Person Polls Open, 6 am to 6 pm Visit www.lexingtonky. gov/vote for early voting and absentee voting information.

DOGS Bluegrass Classic Dog Show continues, KY Horse Park

CONCERT

OCT 6 Keeneland Fall Meet begins

OCT 21 The Kentucky Book Festival

OCT 25 National Horse Show, KY Horse Park

Ann Wilson (Heart), Norton Center (Danville)

MUSIC Baja Yetis, Summer Nights at Moondance

BALL UK vs Ball State, Noon Commonwealth Stadium

MOVIES

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CatVideo Fest, benefiting Halfway Home Rescue, Kentucky Theatre

CONCERT An Evening with Emmylou Harris, Renfro Valley

CONCERT Dinosaur Jr, The Burl

MOVIES The Goonies 7 pm LexLive

MOVIES

TNL Hi5, 5 pm, Pavilion

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Summer Movie Classics at the Kentucky: The Big Lebowski

KIDS Disney Junior Live on Tour 6 pm Lexington Opera House

CONCERT Guns N Roses 6:30 pm Rupp Arena

FILM Henry Faulkner: Poetry in Paint, 7 pm Kentucky Theatre

CONCERT Robert Cray Band, 8 pm Lexington Opera House

EAT Pasta 101 Class, 7 pm Pasta Garage (register in advance)

BALL UK vs EKU 3 pm Commonwealth Stadium

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HORSE Grand Parade of Horses, 5 pm Georgetown

FEST Lexington Water Lantern Festival, KY Horse Park

HORSE Festival of the Horse, Georgetown (through the weekend)

MUSIC Boogie G and the Titanics, Chenault Vineyards

CONCERT Bruce Hornsby 8 pm Lexington Opera House

FEST Burl County

Fair wraps up today.

FEST St.

Andrew’s Annual Heritage Festival, St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church

EAT Spoonbread Festival wraps up today, Berea

JAZZ Kentucky Heritage Jazz Festival, Shaker Village

GREEN Nature Hop (visit lexingtonky.gov for schedule)

SALON

Moveable Feast’s fundraising Salon Series stops at the home of Elvis and Geneva Donaldson, profiled by Kevin Nance in Ace’s February 2022 power couple issue.

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HORSE

Keeneland’s September

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ART DisBelief opens at Transy’s Morlan Gallery

COMEDY Dave Chappelle 7:30 pm

Rupp

FILM Changing the Game (documentary) Kentucky Theatre

MOVIES Twister, LexLive

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READ Bluegrass True Crime Book Club: Who Killed Betty Gail Brown, 6 pm, Downtown Library

TNL Canvas 5 pm, Pavilion

READ An Evening with Ron Davis, Carnegie Center

GIGS Here

Come the Mummies, Manchester Music Hall

READ Pagan Babies book launch + exhibit, 5 pm Institute 193

COMEDY

Tim Dillon’s American Royalty Tour 7:30 pm Lexington Opera House

ART Gallery

Hop. Dis/ Belief opens at Transy’s Morlan Gallery

FEST Bourbon and Beyond, Louisville

SPEAK Garrison Keillor, Lyric Theatre

FEST Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Bardstown

MUSIC Summer Nights in Suburbia 90s Finale, Moondance

HOME

Free Mulch Giveaway, 8 am Old Landfill

EAT The 5th Annual Taste at the House, 5 pm Bodley Bullock House

BALL UK vs University of Akron 7:30 pm Commonwealth Stadium

SPEAK Henry Rollins, 7:30 pm

Lexington Opera House

Nance will be presenting two book projects, Geneva’s Garden and Pagan Babies

MUSIC Woodsongs, Lyric Theatre

CIGARS My Father Cigars with Jose Ortega, 3 pm Schwab’s on Southland

CONCERT Brothers Osborne 7:30 pm Lexington Opera House

SHOP Fall Night Market, 5:30 pm

Pivot Brewing

MOVIES Freaky Fridays series at the Kentucky, House (Japanese Horror, 1977)

CONCERT

Martina McBride, Renfro Valley

FEST Festival Latino, downtown

DRINK Oktoberfest 10 am, Country Boy

FEST Oktoberfest, 1 pm Christ the King

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MOVIES Howl’s Moving Castle: Studio Ghibli Fest 7 pm Movie Tavern

CONCERT Jonas Brothers, Rupp Arena

READ Andrew Lawler signs Under Jerusalem, 7 pm, Joseph Beth

TNL Rebel Without a Cause, 5 pm Pavilion

READ Keeneland Library Lecture Series, Patricia McQueen signs and discusses Secretariat’s Legacy

COMEDY Kevin James Lexington Opera House

COMEDY Trae Crowder

8 pm Lexington Opera House

FEST Sayre Fall Festival 4 pm, Sayre Athletic Complex

BIKE Bourbon Country Burn, KY Horse Park

FILM Twelve Lions Film Festival (Sep 28-Oct 1)

Kentucky Theatre

COMEDY Tom Segura, Comedy Off Broadway

I Know Expo 2023

September is for Senior Living

By 2025, it is estimated that 24% of Fayette County will be 60 or over.

As baby boomers age into senior living and elder options, they expect the best — better amenities, better services, better resources.

Lexington’s “i know expo” was created to address senior issues in a one-stop-shopping format in the form of a one-day expo. Lexington — a thriving college town with a reasonable cost of living, a temperate climate, and access to world class healthcare — has long been a popular retirement destination for seniors.

The $13 million Senior Center, designed by EOP Architects, opened in 2016 in Idle Hour Park off Richmond Road. The popular site — with easy access and drive-up parking — will be the home of this year’s I Know Expo.

Since 2013 — with a few Covid pauses in between — Lexington has been home to this unique expo that offers a one-day event that

invites guests to address senior issues like financial planning, transportation, aging in place, housing, and more.

As Lexington’s aging population expands daily, more and more services are needed — but info and access isn’t always aggregated in one place.

The I Know Expo, founded by Gale Reece, said the idea for the event all started with the transportation issues facing Lexington’s senior population.

“The i know expo grew out of ITNBluegrass. Independent Transportation Network — dignified transportation for seniors. In 2006, I began the effort to start the local affiliate of the national private non-profit for senior transportation.”

Long before Uber and Lyft came to town, ITN Bluegrass was finding solutions for seniors who needed rides. Paid and volunteer drivers use their own private cars to transport those 60+ and visually impaired adults who are members of the organization, (members pay a modest annual fee). Reece says, “We successfully had Kentucky legislation changed to allow drivers to use their own insurance when driving seniors for a non-profit.”

Over the years, Reece began to notice requests for additional information about senior services from the families of members, or from riders themselves. Reece devised the idea of a one-day, one-place expo for information and services in the community.

Reece says, “Our target audience is adult children of frail elders (generally working women between 45 – 70), those caring for loved ones with disabilities, and all in my Boomer generation (72,000+ in Fayette County), who should be preparing for our own aging situations.”

The “i know expo” is now an event for people of all ages and life stages: living out their golden years; taking care of someone they love; coping with difficult health situations, or simply getting the jump on planning for the future.

The i know expo is scheduled for 9 am to 2 pm on Saturday, September 23rd at the Lexington Senior Center. The goal is to empower guests with the knowledge to proactively plan for the future, live with disabilities, care for loved ones, and age with joy and grace.

Steve Hammond founded JSH Financial Services, LLC with the goal of helping retirees and pre-retirees provide security and peace of mind in retirement.

ACE EATS OUT

How did September get here so fast? Where did the Summer go? It just can’t be helped — it’s Fall Y’all. Menus are changing up, the fresh produce is dwindling in our gardens, and soup season and tailgating are on the way.

BIRTHS

DongYang Market now serves a street food menu inside their Clays Mill location. Rice bowls, kimbap and onigiri are now served onsite fresh everyday, along with the famous Chung Chun rice corn dogs.

Tacos La Doña food truck has opened a brick and mortar location on Nicholasville Road.

OBITS

Toa Green’s popular BoBi Cones concept in Palomar Center closed on August 31. LaRosa’s has closed their Richmond Road location, the second central Kentucky location to close, leaving only the Southland Drive location remaining.

TRANSITIONS

Archa Nine has expanded, adding a new location across town in South Elkhorn Village. The original Todds Road location remains open. BadWolf Burgers has closed at South Broadway and relocated to Meadowthorpe.

The Futile Bakery has been purchased by Joe and Michelle Kuehner from founder Daniel King.

Lockbox has resumed weekday lunch service.

The Ketch is under renovation by new owners with an expected Fall re-opening.

TEX MEX

Monarca has opened in the former Lexington Diner space.

Okome Asian Grill is opening on Limestone near campus.

Old North Bar has added a brunch menu. Pho BC is now open after their move and remodel. You can find them in the Regency Centre on Lowry Lane.

Ramsey’s opened their Leestown location in August. (Their Tates Creek location closed earlier this summer.)

Sahara Mediterranean is scheduled to reopen on September 1, after Summer Vacation.

COMING SOON

Barzelona Tapas and Latin Cuisine’s Grand Opening is here.

Nebutori Food Truck, at Void Sake, is now open, serving traditional Japanese ramen dishes and sides.

RYU Hibachi Express is the execution of the dream of three brothers with years of Lexington kitchen experience. It’s set up at the Hampton Inn off Nicholasville Road near the Southland corridor.

SEP EAT & DRINK CALENDAR

THU SEP 7

A second Lexington Biscuit Belly is planned for Leestown, near Masterson Station. The former Newk’s location on Richmond Road at Southland Christian will soon be home to a new Mexican restaurant.

FOOD TRUCKS

El Jaibo Cachunero food truck is now open in Mapleleaf (and they have tlayuda, a Oaxacan classic).

Harvest is a fundraising dinner on Thursday, September 7 in support of FoodChain’s mission to strengthen the ties between community and fresh, sustainable food systems, 6 pm Lockbox at 21C.

FRI SEP 8

Pasta 101 Class at Pasta Garage. Register in advance.

SAT SEP 9

The third annual Kentucky Food Truck State Championship will include over 30 Food Trucks competing to win category prizes, as well as the $5,000 cash prize for Grand Champion. Also

on hand are over 20 craft vendors, Live Music, VIP Tent Experience, and Children’s Activities, Renfro Valley.

THU SEP 14

Dine out for Life at participating restaurants and support AVOL.

SAT SEP 16

The 5th annual Taste at the House is an evening of food, spirits, and music supporting the historic preservation of the Bodley-Bullock House, 5 pm, Bodley-Bullock House.

Julietta Market has announced they will be departing Greyline Station. “Our fantastic businesses are still up and running until October 31, 2023, and we’re counting on your amazing support to make the most of our time here.”

Advertising Sales Consultant. Our family of Annual Lexington Guides is growing. Healthy Living Lexington is seeking an experienced Media Sales Consultant with extensive background in Lexington’s media market. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic sales champ who’s passionate about Lexington, community-building, and helping our clients grow their business. CRM proficiency is required, along with demonstrated outside sales success in a leadership role. If this sounds like you, email resume and cover letter to staff@ healthylivinglex.com.

Electrical Designer sought by Denham-Blythe Company Inc (dba: Denham-Blythe) in Lexington, KY to analyze sketches/ specifications, create layouts, review construction documents, and develop designs. Req. BA, drug test & background check. Email resume to denhamblytheky@gmx.com.

Race Horse Trainer. Courant Inc., Lexington, KY. Train horses for racing; feed, exercise, groom & talk to racehorses to accustom them to human voice & contact; talk to racehorses to calm & encourage them to fllw. lead or standstill when hitched or groomed; place harness on racehorse to accustom racehorse to feel of equip.; Drive racehorse to cond. them to respond to oral, spur or rein command, accrd’g. to indiv. racehorse’s temperament & riding technique; Hitch racehorse to sulky & cond. racehorse to respond to oral, spur & rein command; train racehorses for competition accrd’g. to prescribed stds. for gait, form, manner & perf., using knowl. of characteristics of indiv. racehorse; retrain racehorses to break habits, such as kicking, bolting & resisting bridling & grooming; instruct drivers on how to handle specific horse during race; prep racehorse on race days; 40 hrs./wk, M-F 7am-3pm, must have 4 yrs. exp as Racehorse Trainer; must be licensed Harness Race Trainer in KY, NY, NJ, PA, OH & IN where horses trained race; $48,235/yr. email resume to Peter Weisberg at pweisberg@aol.

com or mail to Peter Weisberg at 15300 Jog Rd, Ste 109, Delray Beach, FL 33446.

Performance Horse Veterinarian. F/T. Job Locations: Lexington, KY. Complete comprehensive patient work ups to diagnose health, mental, & behavioral conditions. Provide preventative care to maintain the health of performance horse patients. Advise performance horse owners about general care, housing, feeding, behavior, &breeding. Advise owners on patient care & treatment. Test & vaccinate against diseases, such as rabies. Prescribe & administer medication. Treat wounds & fractured/broken bones. Perform diagnostic & therapeutic procedures & surgeries. F/T at each worksite based on season w/ evening, weekend and/or emergency shifts for potentially over 40 hrs/wk. Reqs Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) Degree from a U.S. or AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) accredited institution. Foreign equiv to U.S. DVM /combo of

edu & exp is acceptable w/ U.S. equivalency evaluation. Must possess a valid State License to practice Veterinary Medicine in KY, FL, & NY & valid DEA controlled substance registration certificates as applicable for each state. Must be able to lift up to 50lbs. Must also: be familiar w/ Board Rules & American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) standards of practice & be able to operate standard veterinary medical eqpmt (e.g., X-ray machines). Reqs availability for evening, weekend, and/or emergency shifts for potentially over 40 hours/week. Reqs seasonal travel between worksites in Lexington, KY, Saratoga Springs, NY, & Indiantown, FL. Also reqs ability to perform veterinary services on an emergency or as-needed basis off-site. Applicants should contact: Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Beth Roark, HR Director, 4250 Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511, broark@hagyard.com or (859) 255-8741.

ROB BREZSNY’S FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Climate change is dramatically altering the Earth. People born today will experience three times as many floods and droughts as someone born in 1960, as well as seven times more heat waves. In urgent efforts to find a cure, scientists are generating outlandish proposals: planting mechanical trees, creating undersea walls to protect melting glaciers from warm ocean water, dimming the sun with airborne calcium carbonate, and covering Arctic ice with a layer of glass. In this spirit, I encourage you to incite unruly and even unorthodox brainstorms to solve your personal dilemmas. Be wildly inventive and creative.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “When love is not madness, it is not love,” wrote Spanish author Pedro Calderon de la Barca. In my opinion, that’s naive, melodramatic nonsense! I will forgive him for his ignorance, since he worked as a soldier and celibate priest in the 17th century. The truth is that yes, love should have a touch of madness. But when it has more than a touch, it’s usually a fake kind of love: rooted in misunderstanding, immaturity, selfishness, and lack of emotional intelligence. In accordance with astrological factors, I assign you Tauruses to be dynamic practitioners of genuine togetherness in the coming months: with hints of madness and wildness, yes, but mostly big helpings of mutual respect, smart compassion, tender care, and a knack for dealing maturely with disagreements.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Iain S. Thomas writes, “There are two things everyone has. One is The Great Sadness and the other is How Weird I Really Am. But only some of us are brave enough to talk about them.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to ripen your relationship with these two things, Gemini. You will have the extra gravitas necessary to understand how vital they are to your full humanity. You can also express and discuss them in meaningful ways with the people you trust.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A self-fulfilling prophecy happens when the expectations we embrace actually come to pass. We cling so devotedly to a belief about what will occur that we help generate its literal manifestation. This can be unfortunate if the anticipated outcome isn’t good for us. But it can be fortunate if the future we visualize upgrades our well-being. I invite you to ruminate on the negative and positive projections you’re now harboring. Then shed the former and reinforce the latter.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The holy book of the Zoroastrian religion describes a mythical mountain, Hara Berezaiti. It’s the geographic center of the

universe. The sun hides behind it at night. Stars and planets revolve around it. All the world’s waters originate at its peak. Hara Berezaiti is so luminous and holy that no darkness can survive there, nor can the false gods abide. I would love for you to have your own version of Hara Berezaiti, Leo: a shining source of beauty and strength in your inner landscape. I invite you to use your imagination to create this sanctuary within you. Picture yourself having exciting, healing adventures there. Give it a name you love. Call on its invigorating presence when you need a sacred boost.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo journalist Anthony Loyd has spent a lot of time in war zones, so it’s no surprise he has bleak views about human nature. He makes the following assertion: “We think we have freedom of choice, but really most of our actions are puny meanderings in the prison yard built by history and early experience.” I agree that our conditioning and routines prevent us from being fully liberated. But most of us have some capacity for responding to the raw truth of the moment and are not utterly bound by the habits of the past. At our worst, we have 20-percent access to freedom of choice. At our best, we have 70-percent. I believe you will be near the 70-percent levels in the coming weeks, dear Virgo.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libra poet T. S. Eliot wrote the iconic narrative poem “The Wasteland.” One part of the story takes place in a bar near closing time. Several times, the bartender calls out, “Hurry up, please—it’s time.” He wants the customers to finish their drinks and leave for the night. Now imagine I’m that bartender standing near you. I’m telling you, “Hurry up, please—it’s time.” What I mean is that you are in the climactic phase of your astrological cycle. You need to finish this chapter of your life story so you can move on to the next one. “Hurry up, please—it’s time” means you have a sacred duty to resolve, as best you can, every lingering confusion and mystery.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Addressing a lover, Scorpio poet Margaret Atwood says, “I would like to walk with you through that lucent wavering forest of bluegreen leaves with its watery sun & three moons, towards the cave where you must descend, towards your worst fear.” That is a bold declaration. Have you ever summoned such a deep devotion for a loved one? You will have more power and skill than usual to do that in the coming months. Whether you want to or not is a different question. But yes, you will be connected to dynamic magic that will make you a brave and valuable ally.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian theologian N. T. Wright writes, “The great challenge to self-knowledge is blind attachment to our virtues. It is hard to criticize what we think are our virtues. Although the spirit languishes without ideals, idealism can be the greatest danger.” In my view, that statement formulates a central Sagittarian challenge. On the one hand, you need to cultivate high ideals if you want to be exquisitely yourself. On the other hand, you must ensure your high ideals don’t become weapons you use to manipulate and harass others. Author Howard Bloom adds more. “Watch out for the dark side of your own idealism and of your moral sense,” he writes. “Both come from our arsenal of natural instincts. And both easily degenerate into an excuse for attacks on others.” Now is a good time for you to ponder these issues.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn playwright and novelist Rose Franken said, “Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” That’s interesting, because many traditional astrologers say that Capricorns are the *least* likely zodiac sign to be silly. Speaking from personal experience, though, I have known members of your tribe to be goofy, nutty, and silly when they feel comfortably in love. An old Capricorn girlfriend of mine delighted in playing and having wicked good fun. Wherever you rank in the annals of wacky Capricorns, I hope you will consider expressing these qualities in the coming weeks. Romance and intimacy will thrive if you do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As I work on writing new books, I often draw on inspirations that flow through me as I take long hikes. The vigorous exercise shakes loose visions and ideas that are not accessible as I sit in front of my computer. Aquarian novelist Charles Dickens was an adherent of this approach. At night, he liked to walk around London for miles, marveling at the story ideas that welled up in him. I recommend our strategy to you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. As you move your body, key revelations and enriching emotions will well up in you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The coming months will be an excellent time to build, discover, and use metaphorical bridges. To get in the mood, brainstorm about every type of bridge you might need. How about a connecting link between your past and future? How about a nexus between a task you must do and a task you love to do? And maybe a conduit between two groups of allies that would then serve you even better than they already do? Your homework is to fantasize about three more exciting junctions, combinations, or couplings.

HOME AND GARDEN

Ch-ch-changes on Main Street

A Planning Commission hearing is set for September 28, 2023 that will take up a proposed land use zoning change at the former Cross Gate Gallery property on Main. The proposed change is from B1 restricted to B1. The applicant seeks to remove conditional zoning restrictions in the existing B-1 zone to allow for expanded uses on the subject property. (Cross Gate Gallery relocated from 509 E. Main — the pink house — to a new location on Old Vine.)

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LABOR DAY

Lexington’s Division of Waste Management will adjust its collection schedule for the upcoming Labor Day holiday. No collections will be made on Monday, Sep 4, 2023. Residents and businesses that normally receive curbside pickup on Mondays will be serviced on Wednesday, Sep 6. Those with Monday service should place their carts out after 4 p.m. on Tuesday to ensure Wednesday collection.

WED SEP 15

The Central Kentucky Bonsai Exhibit is September 15, 16, and 17, hosted at Michler’s/Kentucky Native Cafe.

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TREES & SHRUBS

SEP 16

Fayette County Residents are eligible for Lexington’s free mulch giveaway. Bring your driver’s license with a Lexington address. Follow signs to enter through Jimmie Campbell Dr., 1631 Old Frankfort Pike. One pick-up truckload per person. A smaller self-serve area is available for picking up smaller amounts of mulch. Due to demand, those who self-load mulch will be limited to a 10-minute loading time. Those self-loading must bring shovels, bags and other supplies.

SEP 23

Time for Fall Cleaning? Hit the Free PaperShred Event, 9 am to 2 pm, at the Old Landfill Pad at 1631 Old Frankfort Pike. This event allows Lexington residents to safely dispose of their sensitive materials in an environmentallyfriendly way. Fayette County residents may bring up to five boxes or bags of material to be shredded at no cost.

Please note:

• No wet materials will be accepted.

• No plastic binders or binder clips should be included with materials.

• Staples, paper envelopes and paper clips are acceptable.

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Property sales info source: Fayette County Property Valuation office