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Louisville Mead Company owners Terry Rothman and Gordon Taulbee sample a batch of mead in their production facility, set up in Taulbee’s basement. The two friends started making mead a few years ago, eventually began marketing it, and are now seeing their handcrafted product in stores. See story, page 4.
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Gordon Taulbee and Terry Rothman open packets of yeast as they experiment with a new mead recipe. The yeast is mixed with honey and water and the fermentation process takes 10 to 14 days to complete.
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ordon Taulbee and Terry Rothman founded the Louisville Mead Company, a local winery that specializes in honey-based alcoholic beverages, two year ago. The company offers two varieties of mead, traditional honey and blueberry honey. They started out selling their products at the Douglass Loop Farmers’ Market, but now their mead is slowly rolling out to area retail stores. It can already be found at the Kroger Wine & Spirits store on Goss Avenue, all Liquor Barn locations, and at Smok’n Mart on Dutchmans Lane. Not bad for two guys who started brewing as a hobby.
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“Mead was something that we liked, but we couldn’t always get,” Taulbee explains. “But when we could get it, it was more like a beer or it was really sweet. So, we started exploring the possibilities. We wanted what the Vikings drank. As we looked up recipes, we started learning about all of these meaderies opening up all over the country in comparable-sized cities. After a while, we said, ‘There is not a meadery in Louisville, lets start one.’” Mead is produced by fermenting a solution of honey and water. The process dates back to around 2000 B.C. Vicky Rowe, operator of the online resource Gotmead.com, says there is an unbroken tradition of mead drinking in Europe, especially in Poland where the drink is as common as wine. Rowe started brewing mead more than 20 years ago after encountering it at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. She credits Bargetto Winery with renewing American interest in mead. Bargetto, which produces Chaucer’s Honey Mead, began offering mead as a holiday drink in 1964. The number of meaderies in the United States has tripled to around 150 in the last decade as more home brewers are attracted to the honey-based beverage. “Home brewers like mead because it is something different,” Rowe says. “The recipes are flexible. It is not tied down to established styles like beer and wine.” Gordon Taulbee and Terry Rothman started brewing together about six years ago, after Taulbee got a Mr. Beer home brewing kit for his birthday. Both men work as code enforcement officers for Louisville Metro Government, but they first met through their wives, Tina and Melissa, respectively. Gordon is originally from Eastern Kentucky. He moved to Louisville about 10 years ago and married Tina in 2007. Terry, a Louisville native, married Melissa in 1998. One day when the couples were hanging out together, Gordon brought over a batch of home-brewed beer. It turned out that Terry had done some brewing of his own a few years earlier, and a partnership was born. “We both like dark, malty beers, so we started there,” Terry remembers. “We were home brewing beer for a long
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At the Douglass Loop Farmers’ Market, Gordon Taulbee talks with Daren Ferguson about making mead, a practice that Ferguson had given up due to his heavy workload. Ferguson and his wife, Kim, sample the product at the Louisville Mead booth. In the top photo, bottles of traditional honey and blueberry honey are for sale at the booth. Samples are available for 50 cents, as state law prohibits alcohol from being given away.
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time. We were doing it on a weekly basis. Then we started doing some research and we read about mead.” Gordon and Terry dreamed of owning a brewery for years, but felt the city wasn’t big enough for another craft beer brewery. But after discovering mead, they thought they might have something unique enough for a profitable boutique business. Initially, Tina and Melissa were not as excited about the idea. “It was scary when Terry first said he wanted to do it,” Melissa admits. “I had a lot of faith in their product but we didn’t know anything about starting a business. That’s why we started off slow.” Reality hit everyone involved Photo: brianbohannon.com when they started looking for Terry and Melissa Rothman, left, and Tina and Gordon Taulbee work as a team when bottling financing. The couples sought an their mead. Terry, Melissa and Gordon handle the bottling operation while Tina looks after the $80,000 small business loan, but couples’ children. this was during the worst of the exact timing sequence. That is definitely not Terry’s strong recession when banks were tight with their money. Instead, point. Terry brings to the table a lot of stuff that Gordon can’t they pooled their resources and came up with about $4,000 do. Basically, he came over here in a weekend and created to get their brewery off the ground. Since then, it has been that mead room. He could throw up a house if he wanted to. surprisingly self-sustaining. All of the profits they make are He’s also good at the marketing and the social aspect of the put back into the business. Gordon estimates that both coubusiness.” ples have about $15,000 invested. It was Gordon who contacted the River City Distributing Gordon and Terry dedicate most of their nights and weekCompany about carrying Louisville Mead’s products. Russell ends to the mead business. The company has four fermenters Glass, River City’s wine and spirits director, says his company that are located in the basement of the Taulbee home, near was aware of Louisville Mead because some of his salespeople Bowman Field. Each fermenter produces 50 gallons of mead, had seen the products at the farmers’ market. In fact, Glass or about 20 cases. The Louisville Mead Company uses all was already considering them for River City’s spirit line when natural ingredients, including honey from local beekeepers. Gordon contacted the company. Terry says commercial-grade honey would not produce a “Mead is a product that some of our beer salespeople unsatisfactory wine. They mix the honey and water with yeast derstand,” Glass says. “It is a stepping off point between beer and allow 10 to 14 days for the solution to ferment. Then they and wine. The fact that Louisville Mead is local was a plus. use a double-filtration system to remove any contaminates. Also, a lot of our beer people are also home brewers. They The mead is then bottle aged. Forming an assembly line for were sort of rooting for the Louisville Mead guys because of bottling, Melissa helps out with the corking and labeling. Tina how hard it is to make that jump from home brewing to diswatches both the Taulbee and Rothman children – four in all tribution. It is a quality product and it has been received quite – while the others work in the basement. well by our customers.” Terry says the key to making good mead is in not overheat River City started distributing Louisville Mead in May. ing the honey. Too much heat burns off the subtle flavors in Glass did not have an exact count of the retail outlets carrying the mead. “We are probably making the simplest, most basic Louisville Mead products. But he did say it is doing well in form of mead,” he says. “All of it just shows our love of the Liquor Barn and Kroger, and several independent stores have craft. I guess we just love alcohol.” recently picked it up as well. Louisville Mead has huge growth Gordon spends a little more time on the business than Terpotential because River City has customers all over the state. ry because it is located in his basement. He estimates it takes Gordon and Terry have big plans for their company. They about 20-30 hours a week. Gordon is also the details guy who are partnering with a local coffee house to add a coffee mead. makes sure the company follows government regulations. The They also have a carbonated version of their mead that they Louisville Mead Company had to submit its recipes to the sell at renaissance fairs. Louisville Mead’s longterm goals federal government and then have its facility inspected by the include purchasing new stainless steel fermenters as well as state before it could sell products to the public. moving the meadery out of Gordon’s basement in order to Terry brings a child-like sense of fun to the operation. increase production. He likes experimenting with different recipes, some more Louisville Mead’s owners still spend four hours each Satsuccessful than others. One failure that he’s reluctant to talk urday trying to attract mead converts at the Douglass Loop about is his bacon mead. He claims he used just a little too Farmers’ Market, where samples can be had for 50 cents a much bacon, but even then a few people liked it. Tina has a cup. The partners are converting people into mead drinkers pained looked on her face as she reminds him that her house one taste at a time. “Mead is not really a beer, and not a wine,” smelled like bacon for days after his experiment. However, Gordon says. “It sits in its own chair and it’s always looking she still believes Terry is the ideal business partner for her for a companion.” R husband. “Terry kind of dabbles in everything,” Tina says. “Gordon Contact the writer at Blueshound2000@gmail.com. is more regimented. He will make sure the process is done in
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SPOTLIGHT: BUTCHERTOWN ART FAIR The 2013 Butchertown Art Fair takes place Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. The fair is located along East Washington Street between Shelby and Wenzel streets. This long-running fair highlights the talent of local artists and crafters while showcasing the character of the Butchertown neighborhood. You can find pottery, painting, photography and the like, all while walking tree-lined streets in this tucked-away urban community. While at the fair, stop by the interactive painting area, the SPOT Adoption truck and the children’s area, or just grab a sip and nod your head to the spinning of records! There will also be a complimentary bike valet for cyclists. New this year, beer and music will be extended to 10 p.m. For more information, contact butchertownaf@gmail.com or visit www.butchertown. blogspot.com. (Butchertown)
a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Sat. (11 p.m.-5 p.m., Sun.), $5-$6. The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft presents an exhibition of paintings by Kentucky native C. C. Coyle from the Berea College permanent collection. For more information, call (502) 589-0102 or visit www.kmacmuseum.org. (Downtown) WINGS FOR KIDS Tom Sawyer State Park, Steve Henry Airfield, 3000 Freys Hill Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Free. This air show and family event is hosted by the River City Radio Controllers. The show takes place June 1-2. For more information, call (502) 629-8060. (Tom Sawyer Park)
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The Little Loomhouse, 328 See page 16 to learn Kenwood Hill Road, is excitmore about The Little ed to present the 5th AnnuLoomhouse in al Spin-A-Yarn Storytelling “A Woven History,” Festival on Saturday, June submitted by Emily 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. McConville, The This family-friendly festival Highlander’s summer includes bluegrass music intern from duPont from The Shuttle Winders, Manual High School’s 11 storytellers, weaving and Communication/Media Arts magnet program. spinning demonstrations, a blacksmith, and historic cabin tours. The first 200 visitors will receive a free Little Loomhouse T-shirt. General admission is $2; seniors 65 years and older, $1; children 6 years and under, free. Park free in the lot behind DeSales High School, 425 West Kenwood Drive. Free TARC Trolley transportation between DeSales and the Little Loomhouse. For more information, call (502) 3674792 or visit www.littleloomhouse.org. (Kenwood)
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AN EVENING WITH LILLIAN BAXTER Vault, 1031 S. Sixth St., 7:30 p.m., $15. Come share an evening with Hollywood’s favorite “has been!” Washed up TV variety show hostess Lillian Baxter presents her cabaret-memoir through June 9, but there will be a special theatre industry night on Monday, June 3. Join Baxter as she tells the tales and sings the songs of her long, arduous climb to the middle. This show has songs from the Great American Songbook arranged by Jay Schwandt and hilarious comedy from the twisted mind of John Vessels. For more information, call (312) 316-8158 or contact lilliantix@gmail.com. (Downtown)
WAR OF 1812: PRIVATE WILLIAM GREATHOUSE Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, 1 p.m., $5 ($3 for members). When Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby was tasked with raising troops for a war with the British and the Indians, Kentuckians responded with fervor. William Greathouse was one of more than 3,500 Kentuckians who answered Shelby’s call to arms in 1813. He took part in the Battle of the Thames, considered the turning point of the war. The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served with the lecture immediately following. Reservations are not required. More info at (502) 897-9845 or locustgrove.org. (Blankenbaker)
MAVENS OF MISCHIEF The Bard’s Town, 1801 Bardstown Road, 8:30 p.m., $10. The Mavens of Mischief are back at it: bigger, better and more bedazzled than before! These sassy lassies specialize in classic-style burlesque, Charleston, blues, bump and grind, and all things historical. Let them entice you with a night out full of tease, comedy, fantastic costuming and variety acts. The show, hosted by Narina the Naughty, features burlesque artists CeCe Swingtime, Marvelously Mae, D’arcy Decadence, Mistress Makari and Madame Curinette. The show also features songs and variety acts by Simone DeBonBon, the Vendalay Brothers and more. More info at (502) 749-5275 or www.mavensofmischief.com. (Highlands)
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INDOOR FLEA MARKET American Legion Iroquois Post, 800 W. Woodlawn Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Free. The Indoor Flea Market takes place every Tuesday. Lunch is available for $2. Table rental is $5. Call Paul at (502) 968-2593. (Beechmont)
WOMEN WHO WRITE Highlands/Shelby Park Branch Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Free. The monthly meetings of Women Who Write offer women writers the opportunity to meet, read and critique, share ideas and create new work. For more in-
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COFFEE CUP THEATRE PRESENTS STEEL MAGNOLIAS Rudyard Kipling, 422 W. Oak St., Times vary, $15 adults ($10 students/seniors). Coffee Cup Theatre Company will stage Robert Harling’s award-winning play “Steel Magnolias.” Under the direction of CCTC Artistic Director Dan Welch, the production will be performed June 6,
7, 8, 13, 14 and 15. For more information, call (502) 299-8501, email coffeecuptheatre@gmail. com, or visit coffeecuptheatrecompany.org. (Old Louisville)
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Thanks to a new partnership between the Americana Community Center and Iroquois Amphitheater, the 23rd Annual Americana World Festival at Iroquois Park will take place on Saturday, June 1 at the amphitheater, 1080 Amphitheater FRIDAY, JUNE 7 Road, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The FIRST FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP Americana World Downtown Art Zone, Main Festival is a free, and Market streets, 5 p.m.-11 p.m., Free. This monthly event family-oriented showcases the art galleries on event that brings East Market and other parts together members of downtown. Park the car of the local comand ride the trolley to various munity to share locations to enjoy the exhibits. For more information, call (502) and celebrate the 583-1671 or www.firstfridaytrol- cultural heritages leyhop.com. (Nulu/Downtown) of the Louisville Metro community. SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Entertainment will include local THE FLEA OFF MARKET favorites Appalatin, Fresh Start, 1007 E. Jefferson St., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Free. On the The Monarchs, and PHOTO: Courtesy, AMERICANA second Saturday and Sunday of all-lawyer band each month, the Flea Off Market 100% Legal. A Kids Zone will feature games and activities offers the Louisville community for children, such as face painting and bounce houses, until an opportunity to interface 8 p.m. A variety of food and beverages will be sold as well as with dozens of vendors and collectors offering a wide range international crafts and goods. For more information, contact of goods and wares for “re-pur- Dana L. Duncan, Community Liaison, at dana@americanacc. posing.” The market provides org or visit www.americanacc.org. (Iroquois Park) an opportunity to those who may have marketable items but no budget for shop space. The monthly bazaar features freshcut flowers, farm-fresh goods, live music, food trucks, cocktails and seasonal beers, and entertainment for all ages. For details, contact thefleaoffmarket@ gmail.com. (Nulu/Downtown) OLD LOUISVILLE GARDEN TOUR Check-in in front of Conrad-Caldwell House Museum, 1402 St. James Ct., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $12 advance ($15 day of tour). The 2013 Hidden Treasures Garden Tour, celebrating its 20th consecutive year, will return to its origins along South Second Street and will feature more than a dozen gardens. Also included will be the beautiful Woman’s Club Memory Garden and Art in Garden at
the elegant DuPont Mansion on South Fourth Street. Visitors may enjoy complimentary refreshments and participate in a silent auction located in Haskins Hall at the Conrad-Caldwell House Museum. Tickets are $12 in advance (before 5 p.m. on June 7) or $15 on days of the tour. This event also takes place on Sunday, June 9. For more information, visit www.oldlouisvillegardentour.com or call (502) 635-5244. (Old Louisville) SUNDAY, JUNE 9 HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter Ave., 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m., $15. Topics will include geological elements, decorative monuments, selected landscape features, trees and shrubs, and Louisville
history. Cave Hill Cemetery was chartered in 1848, and contains the gravesites of such notable Louisvillians as city leader George Rogers Clark, Kentucky Derby founder Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., and Pete Browning, whose cracked bat led to Louisville Slugger fame. More info at (502) 451-5630 or cavehill@ bellsouth.net. (Highlands) FRIDAY, JUNE 14 KENTUCKIANA PRIDE FESTIVAL AND PARADE Belvedere, riverfront between Fourth and Sixth sts., 7 p.m.-Midnight (Sat., Noon-Midnight), Free ($5 on Sat.). Each year on the Belvedere, the Kentuckiana Pride Festival becomes a place to celebrate
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diversity and raise funds for other community organizations working to meet the needs of LGBT individuals. Festivities kick off Friday, June 14 and continue to Saturday, June 15. The parade is followed by Friday Night Fest, which offers a preview of the next day’s event. Both days, area businesses join to show their support. For more information, call (502) 649-4851 or visit www.kypride.com. (Downtown) SATURDAY, JUNE 15 TYLER PARK GARDEN TOUR Mid City Mall, 1250 Bardstown Road, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $12. The Tyler Park Neighborhood Association is offering the community a chance to view gardens that have never been seen on tour before. Van transportation will be provided. For more information, call Terry Redden at (502) 454-5795. (Highlands) 20TH ANNUAL DAYLILY SHOW AND SALE Mid City Mall, 1250 Bardstown Road, 11 a.m., Free. The Daylily Society of Louisville will exhibit hundreds of daylilies and have registered locally-grown daylilies for sale at bargain prices. For more information call Richard Porter at (502) 5847284 or Don and Claudia Wolff at (502) 363-3349. (Highlands) SATURDAY, JUNE 22 AUDUBON PARK GARDEN TOUR Audubon Park City Hall, 3340 Robin Road, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
$10. Audubon Park, one of Louisville’s oldest and most beautiful neighborhoods will hold its 12th Annual Garden Tour. You’ll walk through the neighborhood on this self-guided tour and visit several private gardens. Marvel at the beauty of the flowers in bloom and get ideas for your own yard. Refreshments will be available at the start of tour. A Three Garden Tours Passport, which also includes the Crescent Hill Garden Tour and the Old Louisville “Hidden Treasures” Garden Tour, are available. More info at www.gardentourpassport.com or contact Gene at (502) 634-4921 or Mary at (502) 635-7322. (Audubon Park) UPPER HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL Atherton High School, 3000 Dundee Road, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Free. The 9th Annual Festival in the Upper Highlands will be held on the front lawn of Atherton High School. It will be a day full of fun for neighbors of all ages. This year’s event will be a neighborhood picnic-style atmosphere, featuring great live music all day, a petting zoo, entertainment for kids of all ages, delicious food, vendors and special interest booths, presentations by the police and fire department, the Red Cross bloodmobile, and more. For more information, contact Lois Minter at (502) 458-7680 or uhna05@hotmail.com. Also, visit www.neighborhoodlink.com/ Upper_Highlands. (Highlands) TWILIGHT TRAM TOUR Cave Hill Cemetery, 701 Baxter
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Ave., 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., $35. (See the June 9 Historical Walking Tour listing for details.) For more information, call (502) 451-5630 or email cavehill@ bellsouth.net. (Highlands) GREAT AMERICAN CAMP OUT Jefferson Memorial Forest, 11311 Mitchell Hill Road, 7 p.m., $25 for up to four family members; $5 per additional member; $15 for platform tent rental. Jefferson Memorial Forest wants to host the biggest campout ever, with The Great American Camp Out, from Saturday, June 22 through Sunday, June 23. Jefferson Memorial Forest will provide the campfire, s’mores, night hikes and activities; you provide your breakfast and a tent. If you wish to bring your dinner to cook over the open fire, please arrive at 5:30 p.m. Campers will have the next day to explore the forest, meet the animals in the Environmental Education Center, or go fishing with free fishing poles provided at the Welcome Center. For more information, call (502) 368-5404 or visit www. memorialforest.com. (Jefferson Memorial Forest)
SPOTLIGHT: 13TH ANNUAL UCHM HOME TOUR The 13th Annual United Crescent Hill Ministries Home Tour takes place Saturday, June 8, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Since 1974, UCHM, located at 150 S. State St., has provided valuable services to youth, seniors and those in need of emergency assistance in the Crescent Hill, Clifton, Clifton Heights and Butchertown communities. The tour highlights the wonderfully restored homes typical of these neighborhoods. It includes a sampling of homes on Lexington Road, Ransdell Avenue, South Hite, Eastover Court and Baringer Avenue. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the tour. Tickets may be purchased online through www.uchmlouky.org or at the following neighborhood locations: A Reader’s Corner, The Wine Rack, Carmichael’s Bookstore, Eyedia, Margaret’s Consignment, UCHM Community Center and UCHM Member churches. Tickets may also be purchased at the seven participating homes on the day of the event. For more information, call (502) 893-0346 or visit www.uchmlouky.org/eventsHomeTour.php. (Various)
SUNDAY, JUNE 23 WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM ARTS, CRAFTS, TREASURES SALE The Temple, 5101 U.S. Highway 42, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Free. The Women of Reform Judaism at The Temple will hold its 2nd Annual Arts, Crafts and Treasures Sale. Jewelry, artwork, wearable art, doll clothes, collectibles and a variety of other items will be for sale, along with refreshments including baked goods, hot dogs, chips, soft drinks and water. The event will take place indoors with air conditioning. For more information, call (502) 423-1818 or visit www.thetemplelouky.org. (Brownsboro) TASTE OF FRANKFORT AVENUE Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 5 p.m.-8 p.m., $50 in advance
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($60 at the door). Mini of Louisville Live at the Clifton Center is pleased to present the 21st Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue, featuring food from more than two dozen of Louisville’s finest restaurants, live music, a cash bar and a silent auction. The Taste has become an annual summertime favorite on Frankfort Avenue. Best of all, proceeds from the event support the Clifton Center’s programming throughout the year. For more information, visit www.cliftoncenter.org. (Clifton)
MONDAY, JUNE 24 KMAC KIDART CAMP FOR GRADES K-3 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $85-$200. Children will get the chance to explore their creativity with a different art medium each day during this week-long camp. Children will explore painting, fiber art, mixed media and more. Campers can opt for morning, afternoon or all-day sessions. Those staying all day may enjoy lunch and
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Open Hands Wellness Clinic on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Services include acupuncture, massage therapy, zero balancing and cranial sacral therapy, all provided by licensed and certified therapists. For more info, contact Rev. Karen Barth at (502) 641-6169 or emptyvessels1@gmail.com. (Butchertown) THURSDAY, JUNE 27 LOVE FREE OR DIE Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 6 p.m., Free. The Muhammad Ali Center Metamorphosis Film Series, in partnership with ITVS Community Cinema, is proud to present “Love Free or Die” by Macky Alston. Faith, love, homosexuality and the Episcopal Church collide in the first openly gay Bishop, Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. For more information, visit www.alicenter.org or call (502) 584-9254. (Downtown)
SPOTLIGHT: WHEELMEN NATIONAL MEET The 46th Wheelmen National Meet Parade will start at Cochran Elementary School, 500 W. Gaulbert Ave., on Saturday, June 22 at 2 p.m. Watch the parade of antique bicycles roll down Second Street from Cochran to Waterfront Park for a celebration of the newly opened Big Four Pedestrian Bridge. See a demonstration of High Wheel bicycle riders in formation set to music of the 1890s. Best yet, it’s free! The festivities continue until 4 p.m. The 2013 Wheelmen National Meet will be held in Louisville from Friday, June 21 to Tuesday, June 25. The Wheelmen is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping alive the heritage of American cycling by promoting the restoration and riding of early cycles manufactured prior to 1918. For more information, contact Alison Torpey at gogreenlouisville@yahoo.com or visit www. kentuckywheelmen.org. (Various)
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 KROGER HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR/DIGNITY MEMORIAL CAR SHOW Kroger, 10645 Dixie Hwy., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Free. Health screenings, bloodmobile, information on disease prevention and healthy living will be featured in this event. Also featured will be
HEARTACHES AND HARD-WON WISDOM: EXPLORING COMING-OF-AGE SHORT STORIES Main Library, 301 York St., 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Free. This four-week course led by Dr. Patty Payette of the University of Louisville will examine the coming-ofage genre in short stories and memoirs by modern U.S. writers. The class will run from Tuesday, June 4 to Tuesday, June 25. All the short stories discussed come from Mary Frosch’s “Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology” and a few short pieces of Sandra Cisneros’ “House on Mango Street.” Books will be provided. Class size may be limited; register Dr. Patty Payette by calling (502) 574-1680. (Downtown) FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE South Louisville Community Center, 2911 Taylor Blvd., 6 p.m., Free. The Friends of the Library will host a book sale from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9. Friday night at 6 p.m. is a special preview for Friends members. Memberships are available at the door. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday when special pricing is $10 a box. There will be tons of books for sale ranging from 50 cents to $2 each. Find books on cooking, travel, religion and fiction, plus children’s books and much more. For more information, email Info@friendsofthelfpl.org, call (502) 574-1648 or visit www.friendsofthelfpl.org. (Iroquois)
FRIDAY, JUNE 28 F. A.T. FRIDAY TROLLEY HOP Frankfort Avenue between Mellwood and Story avenues, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Free. Businesses in the Crescent Hill and Clifton neighborhoods open their doors at the end of each month for the F.A.T. Friday Trolley Hop. Ride the trolley to see art exhibits, sales and entertainment. For more information, visit www.fatfridayhop.org. (Clifton/Crescent Hill)
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children’s IDs, a bike rodeo, Fatal Vision and Rollover car demo, cotton candy, snow cones, door prizes and more. For more information, call (502) 548-7219. (Valley Station) SUNDAY, JUNE 30 SUMMER ANTIQUES MARKET Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Lane, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $6 for adults ($3 for children). The annual antiques market will host approximately 100 professional antique dealers on the lawn of Locust Grove, featuring American formal and country antiques, sterling, por-
celain, books, art, textiles and more. Quality concessions will be available all day. For more information, call (502) 897-9845 or visit www.locustgrove.org. (Blankenbaker) FOOD TRUCK SUNDAY St. Joe’s Children’s Home, 2823 Frankfort Ave., 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Free. Food Truck Sunday will include food trucks and a mini farmer’s market on the lawn of St. Joe’s Children’s Home, with sidewalk sales from retailers and neighborhood residents. A portion of the food truck sales will benefit St. Joe’s. More info at www.frankfortave.com. (Crescent Hill)
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JOSEPH ELLIS Main Library, 301 York St., Thursday, June 20, 7 p.m., Free. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. In “Revolutionary Summer,” Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Joseph Ellis meticulously Photos: courtesy, LFPL examines the most influential Historian and author Joseph Ellis figures in this historic moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, as well as Britain’s Admiral Lord Richard Howe and General William Howe. Ellis weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other. (Downtown) For information on these events, or any others at the Louisville Free Public Library’s 18 branches, visit www.lfpl.org or call (502) 574-1611.
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Bellarmine’s Entrance Now Features St. Robert Gate Visitors to Bellarmine University’s campus can now pass through St. Robert Gate, a new three-and-a-half-story entry arch at the university’s Newburg Road entrance. The concrete and brick gate, donated by Bellarmine alumni Nick and Gincy Carosi along with Virginia-based architectural precast concrete firm Arban & Carosi, was installed the first week of May. The 200ton, 45-foot-wide structure, rising 36 feet near the bottom of Bellarmine Boulevard, honors the university’s namesake, St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), a Jesuit Cardinal who was canonized in 1930. “Grand entrance arches are a major feature of the beautiful hill towns in
Italy’s Tuscany region, including St. Robert Bellarmine’s home town of Montepulciano,” says Bellarmine President Joseph J. McGowan. “Hospitality, in its deepest sense, is an exceptionally important value at Bellarmine University, as we regularly welcome new ideas, new perspectives and new people. A grand entrance arch is a compelling symbol of such hospitality. I’m so grateful to the Carosis for sharing my passion for this project, and for making St. Robert Gate a reality.” The Carosis met and fell in love at Bellarmine. Nick graduated in 1969, Gincy in 1970. Nick Carosi is president of Arban & Carosi, a company with roots dating back nearly 100 years to a partnership between two Italian sculptors and plaster artisans, one of whom was Nick’s grandfather. The firm’s artisanship appears
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The Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave., will host nature-based camps from June 10 through August 9 for children ages 4 to 15. Young Explorers camps, for ages 4-6, will run June 10-14 and July 8-12. Harry Potter camp, for ages 8-12, runs June 17-21, and Bug Hunters camp, also for ages 8-12, runs July 1-3. Young artists ages 6-12 can enjoy Wild About the Arts, an all-day camp full of art and fun, July 15-19. This camp is a collaboration between LNC and Shine Studio, which offers two additional camps at LNC, July 29-August 2: a Kid’s Camp for ages 6-12, and Nurturing Grace, a camp for girls ages 10-15. A new camp for rising JCPS 4th and 5th
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Highland Presbyterian Nursery and Weekday School Dedicates Pergola On Saturday, April 13, the Highland Presbyterian Church Nursery and Weekday School, 2114 Highland Ave., announced itself formally to the community at a dedication of a new pergola on the church patio. Present at the event were families and church members who were excited to celebrate the new pergola, which is part of the school’s outdoor vision plan. The directors of the nursery and school addressed the gathering of approximately 150 people. Children and parents played drums and danced in commemoration of the event. An official ribbon-cutting took place and the pergola was lovingly dedision rudiments and mallet percussion ensemble. No prior musical experience is required. The camp takes place downtown at 741 S. Third St., across from the library’s main branch. Tuition is $135 and includes a T-shirt ($35 is due with registration; balance is due the first day of camp). For a registration form, email louisvilleleopardpercussionists@yahoo.com.
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know about fat and salt. The June 24 class addresses taking care of your feet, coping with diabetes, keeping a healthy weight and staying active. Classes are from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Class size is limited; a reservation is required. Call (502) 574-6663. The Cooper/Clayton method to stop smoking is a 13-week program that includes weekly support group meetings combined with the use of nicotine replacement products such as patches and gum. All classes, educational materials and nicotine replacement products are free. Classes take place in June and July. Radio Eye, a nonprofit radio reading Advance registration is required. Due service for the blind, is searching for volun- to high demand, the number of classteers in the Louisville area. Opportunities es has been greatly expanded. For a include delivering radios to new listeners, list of locations, dates and times, visit making presentations at nursing homes www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/IWantTo/ and hospitals, and writing newsletter arti- StopSmokingClasses.htm. To register, call cles. If interested, contact Chelsey VanDyke (502) 574-7867 or email StopSmoking@ at (859) 422-6390 or at chelsey.vandyke@ louisvilleky.gov. radioeye.org. Learn more about Radio Eye at www.radioeye.org.
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statue. The deadline to enter is July 10, 2013. Entries will be judged on creativity and visual impact. The CTA will present a $1,000 award to the winning artist. A select number of prints made from the winning entry will be available for purchase. For details, visit www.cherokeetriangle.org/resources.
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Women Who Write, Inc., a Louisvillebased writing organization, invites all women writers to enter its annual writing contest. The International Poetry and Short Prose Contest is open to women ages 18 and older. Winners’ works will be published in Calliope, the group’s annual anthology, now entering its 20th year. Calliope has been the first step in publication for a number of women writers, and Women Who Write members plan to commemorate previous winners in this special 20th edition. Last year, the group’s The Cherokee Triangle Association, in International Poetry and Short Prose con partnership with the Kentucky Watercolor test attracted entries from five countries. The Metro Department of Public Health Society, is sponsoring an art competition to The entry fee is $12 for each prose suband Wellness is offering free classes for commemorate the upcoming 100th annimission, and $12 for up to two poems. The individuals interested in learning about versary of the General Castleman statue in contest deadline is June 30, 2013. Winners and managing diabetes. The department the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood. will be chosen in each category. Prizes are is also offering free classes to help people November $300 for first place, $200 for second place stop smoking. 2013 will mark and $100 for third place. Each winner The classes on diabetes (a series of four) the 100th will receive up to five copies of Calliope. begin Monday, June 3 and takes place at year that the Submission guidelines can be found at the Fairdale Branch of the Louisville Free bronze statue www.womenwhowrite.com. Public Library, 10620 W. Manslick Rd. of General Women Who Write invites all women Attendance at the entire series of classes Castleman who are interested in writing to attend is encouraged. The June 3 class explains on his horse, the group’s monthly meetings on the first diabetes and discusses proper diet and Carolina, has Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 PHOTO: Courtesy, Nick Morris blood sugar. The June 10 class addresses presided over p.m., at Highlands-Shelby Park Library, in Cherokee Parkway. The goal of the CTA is Mid City Mall, 1250 Bardstown Road. R the problems diabetes can cause, how to measure carbohydrates, and what to to select a high quality watercolor painting do if you are sick. It also teaches about that will serve as a lasting tribute to the medications. The June 17 class explains Castleman Statue. how to stay healthy with diabetes, how to Artists are encouraged to submit entries Go to www.thehighlanderonline.com and read a label, and covers what you need to that best capture the spirit of the iconic contact us with your information.
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he Wednesday evening is humid, but Stefanie Buzan and Leslie Clements are animated as they walk through Esta, one of three cabins that comprise The Little Loomhouse, at 328 Kenwood Hill Road. Showing off the cabin’s long and storied past, the women point out highlights in the room – a coverlet pattern on the wall that was woven for Eleanor Roosevelt, a loom that dates back to the 1950s, the fireplace where the song “Happy Birthday to You” was first sung. The Little Loomhouse is a permanent, if sometimes unrecognized, feature of the Kenwood Hill neighborhood, tucked away on a shaded incline across from a few widely spaced ranch homes. The cabins – Esta, Wisteria and Tophouse – date back to the 19th century, when a man named Beoni Figg built Esta in the late1860s. Over time the cabins would become summer homes, among several in the area. Two of the hillside inhabitants were Mildred Jane and Patty Smith Hill, schoolteachers who had climbed to relative fame with their book of children’s songs. As the story goes, one day in 1893, during a birthday party at Esta, someone suggested that the Hill sisters replace the lyrics of their song “Good Morning to All” with “Happy Birthday to You,” thus creating a song that the Guinness Book of World Records would come to call the most recognized song in the English language. The cabins’ most famous resident, however, was Lou Tate, a textile artist who developed a smaller version of the traditional loom and became an important member of the Kenwood community. She wove patterns for people like Eleanor Roosevelt, taught classes in weaving and obtained a master’s degree in history at a time when only a tiny percentage of women attended college. The Little Loomhouse’s rich history was what drew Clements and Buzan to the home; both live nearby, saw a sign marking the place, and decided to get involved. Buzan is now president of the The Lou Tate Foundation and Clements is vice president. Buzan also co-wrote “A View from the Top: The Neighborhoods of Iroquois Park” with fellow board member Rosemary McCandless. In addition, Buzan has recruited colleagues as volunteers through her employer, Humana. “Humana is a very committed corporate citizen,” says Buzan. “It encourages its employees to volunteer, and we were able to use the VolunteerMatch website to put our info out there to recruit other employees.” The Internet – and the digital revolution in general – has also facilitated a revival of interest in the Loomhouse over the past couple of decades. The Loomhouse first offered longterm weaving classes under Lou Tate. Today, they offer shorter classes in spinning and weaving, regular tours, and community outreach, such as the annual Spin-a-Yarn Storytelling Festival. (See calendar, pg. 7, for details.) The Lou Tate Foundation has used the Internet not only to find volunteers, but to build up the Loomhouse’s reputation as a destination for visitors. Buzan and Clements say that before establishing their website and Facebook page, people seemed to just stumble upon the cabins as they visited nearby Churchill Downs or the Waterfront. Now, the two describe a noticeable increase in awareness – the bus load of people who came specifically to visit the Loomhouse, or the man in the birthday hat who took a picture in Esta just so he could
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Lou Tate Bousman (1906-1979) was famous for her weavings, including the linens she wove for the Roosevelt White House.
be in the same place as the famous song’s origin. In 2009, the city put a historical marker at the entrance of the Kenwood Hill neighborhood to commemorate the Loomhouse and its association with the Hill sisters. But as much as the digital revolution has helped The Little Loomhouse, the passage of time has hurt it. Over the last several decades the historic cabins have faced a host of structural issues, the most serious being the lack of a decent drainage system, causing the foundations to deteriorate. A full repair, including a new retaining wall and grating that would line the property, is expected to cost $70,000, according to a bid the foundation is considering. “We’re trying to keep in mind that we’re dealing with a historic property,” says Buzan, explaining the need to fix the problems in the least intrusive way while preserving the cabins in their rustic, historic setting. To raise the money needed for repairs, the board will write grants and solicit donations. But Clements and Buzan say that raising awareness of the Loomhouse is still a priority. They are hoping the expanded classes and tours, the digital expansion, the highway marker and the storytelling festival – which has the support of local businesses, Metro Council members and celebrities like WAVE TV’s Dawne Gee – will all help the Loomhouse reach its goal. “Our goal has always been to make money, but also to get our name out there and make people aware that we’re here,” McCandless says of the annual storytelling festival. “It’s very family friendly, and it gets the neighborhood involved.” For more information about The Little Loomhouse, call (502) 367-4792 or visit www.littleloomhouse.org. R Emily McConville, 18, a senior from duPont Manual High School’s Communication/Media Arts magnet program, is The Highlander’s summer intern. Contact Emily at em.mcconville@gmail.com.
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