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Proposed plans to widen a stretch of Southside Drive has small business owners seeking answers about what their future may hold. The old Kenwood Drive-In property, sitting vacant, could soon become an industrial park, fueling speculation about the project. If the expansion plans materialize, Ken Bowl, Southside Pet Shop and other nearby businesses could lose substantial parking space. See “Southside Shuffle,” page 4.

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fter Frederick Law Olmsted told the Board of Park Commissioners about his design ideas for the parcels of land which would become Shawnee, Iroquois and Cherokee parks, the father of American landscape architecture left town with a signed contract in his travel bags.

That was in May of 1891. Since then, Louisville’s city fathers have rarely acted with such alacrity. At least until recently. To hear local architect, historian and preservationist Steve Wiser tell it, Louisville has been in an exciting new phase of big-ticket projects which are reshaping our community in much the same way as the park and parkway system of Olmsted’s day.

If Louisville is now in fact “Possibility City,” Wiser might be a leading candidate for “most possibilities suggested” accolades. His architect’s eye holds a visionary’s gleam, tempered by the heart of a practical preservationist. In his 2008 book “Louisville, 2035,” he weighs several dozen Courtesy, STEVE WISER projects which could transform Louisville during the next Steve Wiser two decades.

Wiser cites Norton Commons as an alternative to traditional suburbs, and has high praise for the Parklands of Floyds Fork, a 20-mile-long swath of green in the Olmsted tradition that will link Shelbyville Road and Bardstown Road with trails and parks by 2015.

But the University of Cincinnati graduate is most passionate about reshaping Louisville’s downtown and restoring the vitality of its older neighborhoods. During his tenure as three-time president of the Louisville Historical League, Wiser blocked demolition of several historic buildings. New uses for old buildings are Wiser’s ideal, but if they must cede to progress, he insists they be replaced with new architectural landmarks.

Wiser predicts the area north of Main and west of Ninth Street will form the core of the next urban patch to become edgy, and notes that the residential treasures of Portland offer a solid foundation for revitilization. He finds almost three dozen such treasures in his most recent book, “Distinctive Houses of Louisville,” where stunning photographs take the reader on a visual tour behind the walls of three centuries of area homes. Photographer Dan Madryga has captured just the right play of light and color for each interior to create an intimacy that is warm and inviting.

In addition to photos, each selection presents a brief history of the home, identification of the original owner and designer, date constructed, and current occupant. The houses are arranged in chronological order beginning in 1837 with Crescent Hill’s Selema Hall, and concluding with a handful of Courtesy, Dan Madryga avant-garde houses and decors.

Steve Wiser’s “Distinctive Houses of Louisville” Has Wiser run out of addifeatures area homes dating back as early as 1837, tional possibilities for Possibility with interior and exterior photos by Dan Madryga.

City? Hardly. Now that Louisville has been rated the number one tourist destination in America, he has bold ideas to build visitor-friendly attractions on South Fourth Street. A new edition of his “Modern Houses of Louisville” will be published in the fall. Beyond that, Wiser is working on a new book. The subject? For now, he’s keeping it a secret. R Eric George operates the Tiny Bookshop in YesterNook, at 1041 Goss Ave. His writing has appeared in over 20 Louisville-based publications since 1967.

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Traffic flows through the intersection where Southside Drive, Roberts Avenue, Strawberry Lane and Thalia Avenue converge, marking the northernmost portion of Southside Drive that would be widened if the state’s plan for expansion goes through. The expansion reaches south to New Cut Road and will affect over a dozen businesses along the easement.

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outhside Pet Shop has operated at 7031 Southside Drive since 1972, but owners Rich and Becky Gent say their business won’t be around much longer if the proposed expansion of Southside Drive becomes a reality. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is in the preliminary stages of a project that could expand Southside between Strawberry Lane and New Cut Road to as many as seven lanes in some spots and require the acquisition of property from a number of businesses along the thoroughfare.

KYTC says the project is necessary because estimates show high traffic volumes creating congestion and reduced safety along the roadway. But some South End community leaders and business owners contend that the project is designed to encourage the development of an industrial park on the Kenwood Drive-In property at 7001 Southside Drive.

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Highlands Bar/Restaurant/Apts “They say there is no link between this business coming into Kenwood (Drive-In) and the state coming in to move the roads from three lanes to seven lanes,” Rich Gent says. “Then what is driving this? It’s going to kill our business. We’re going to lose our parking lot. We’re not going to have anywhere for the customers to park. Most of our deliveries come in on 18-wheelers. There is not going to be any place for the trucks to get in. It’s going to dramatically alter the traffic flow pattern for every business along Southside Drive.”

Paul Davis, the KYTC engineer in charge of the Southside Drive project, says the expansion is in its initial planning stages, so it’s still too early to know how Southside businesses will be affected. Phase one of the project, which includes preliminary engineering and environmental studies, should be complete by the end of the year. Phase two, which involves coming up with specific design and land requirements, is expected to begin in 2014. The Kentucky Highway Plan already includes money for the first two phases of the project and some right-of-way purchases, but KYTC must get permission from the state legislature before spending more of those funds. The project has alarmed some South End community leaders to the point that they are encouraging the area’s state legislators to withhold funding until the five-lane option is taken off the table completely.

“Our neighborhood and our business associations both voted at their January meetings to oppose the five-lane widening,” explains Barbara Nichols, president of the Iroquois Area Business Association. “We are not against any widening. The three-lane option has been talked about for a long time, but the five lanes, where did that come from? We feel like it has something to do with the Kenwood Drive-In property, but that’s just speculation.”

Summit Construction LLC filed a preliminary development plan with the Louisville Metro Planning Commission earlier this year that calls for the construction of two warehouses on the Kenwood Drive-In property, owned by National Amusements Inc. According to a February story in Business First, Summit intends to develop the Kenwood Business Center on the 31-acre property. Summit President Jeff Robinson did not respond to repeated inquires for comment on this story. However, KYTC’s Davis did acknowledge that the state’s traffic estimates take into account potential development at the Kenwood property and other industrial sites in the area. Davis says traffic capacity is the driving force behind the project, not economic development.

“We’re pushing for a five-lane option as a result of a public meeting and all the engineering decisions that have been made,” Davis says. “If we built a three-lane option, we would not have capacity 20 years from now. Unfortunately, it’s going

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Rich and Becky Gent, owners of Southside Pet Shop, say the road expansion will cost them most of their parking lot, limiting customer access and making deliveries difficult, if not impossible, for large trucks. “It’s going to dramatically alter the traffic flow pattern for every business along Southside Drive,” says Rich.

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to impact some of the businesses, whether they have to relocate off site or if they can move the building to the back of their property.”

Southside Drive is located between the airport and Iroquois Park. It serves both residential and commercial areas with local roads and subdivision intersections along the way. The idea of widening it began in 2005 when KYTC conducted a feasibility study that looked at both three-lane and five-lane expansion options.

The project was set aside until last year when funding became available. KYTC held a public meeting about the Southside Drive expansion on December 13 at Epiphany United Methodist Church. Rich Gent and Nichols both say they were surprised to find out that the three-lane option, which had widespread community support, was set aside in favor of two five-lane Rubbies Barbeque & Brew owner Linda Cox says if an industrial park moves in, options. she will do whatever is needed to keep her business in the same location in order The basic plan, which is estimated to cost to keep her customers. “I want to be here where the business is,” says Cox. about $21 million, includes a five-lane section with a center turn lane, and additional turn cost Ken Bowl up to 80 parking spaces. In all, nearly a dozen lanes provided as needed at major intersections. In addition, businesses, two churches and a school along Southside would the project would also look to improve the intersections at be impacted by the widening. Many people think this would Southside Drive, Strawberry Lane and Roberts Avenue. There change the character of the community for the worse. are two proposals for the Southside Drive and Palatka inter Alice Walker-May, owner of South Louisville Body Shop, section – a traditional intersection or a modern roundabout. says it is difficult to make business decisions knowing that Expanding Southside Drive by three lanes would require the state could be taking a large chunk of her property in the the acquisition of some property, but five lanes is much more near future. “We haven’t been told what is going on, what is invasive. It would mean that South End favorite Rubbies definite and what isn’t,” she says. “It’s a tough situation to be Barbeque & Brew, at 6905 Southside Drive, would have to in with this being a family business. I just turned 50, so I’m relocate. Both the Southside Pet Shop and the South Louisnot really ready to retire yet, but in three or four years when ville Body Shop would lose their parking lots, and it would

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this goes through, it’s going to have a huge impact on us. I feel like if they take any more parking lot than what we’ve got now, it’s going to shut us down as a body shop because we can barely get a tow truck in here now.”

Linda Cox has owned Rubbies for 23 years. The family-run establishment is one of the few sit-down restaurants in the Southside Drive area. Cox found out about the expansion last summer when surveyors came to the restaurant. She is not pleased that the final plan could require up to 20 feet of her restaurant’s property, which she leases, but Cox is amenable to change. She is considering construction options such as changing the location of her entrance, and building an addition to make up for the lost room. Moving the restaurant somewhere else on the property would be harder and more expensive because of the need to relocate the exhaust system and the walk-in cooler. But Cox will do whatever it takes to stay in her current location because she doesn’t want to lose her customer base.

“I’m not against progress at all, but I don’t want to lose my business,” she says. “They had another company, I want to say they were an ecological company, that came to talk to all the owners. They wanted to see “Some of these are second if we were happy. It’s like I told and third generation busithem, ‘There is talk of an industrial park down the street. If that nesses. Are they going to get happens I want to be here. I don’t out of this what they put into want to move somewhere else where I have to start over. I want these businesses over the to be here where the business is.’” years? The state is basically Joe Ratterman, owner of Joseph E. Ratterman & Son Funeral building a superhighway in an Home, says he is worried about area where it is not necessary. how the state will compensate business owners. Ratterman I don’t understand it.” owns a building next to his business where Subway restaurant has a 20-year lease. Would the state compensate him for the last 15 years of the lease if they confiscate the property? What about business owners who lease their property, will they get compensated? Ratterman says these issues need to be dealt with before the project moves forward. He doesn’t think it is fair to Photo: brianbohannon.com Southside business Joe Ratterman, owner of Joseph E. Ratterman & Son Funeral owners to have to Home, holds a printed copy of the state’s proposed expansion live in limbo. plan.

Ratterman, who works alongside son Joey, left, questions “They are how businesses will be compensated for their losses. basically going to run everybody out of business on one side of Southside Drive,” Ratterman contends. “Some of these are second and third generation businesses. Are they going to get out of this what they put into these businesses over the years? The state is basically building a superhighway in an area where it is not necessary.

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Ratterman and others say the widening of Southside Drive informed that the period for public comment ended 15 days will not solve more pressing traffic problems in the area, such after the December 13 meeting. District 21 Metro Councilman as a nearby railroad crossing that holds up traffic on National Dan Johnson has also been a vocal opponent of the projTurnpike for as long as 20 minutes during the day. Nichols ect, although the Metro Council does not have a role in the adds, “Outer Loop needs to be widened desperately. That process. State Representative Denny Butler, who represents would alleviate traffic in this area. You’ve got all those people the 38th District, says he’s received numerous complaints going out New Cut and National about the project. Butler, who sits on the Turnpike, and when they get out of transportation committee board, says he “I’m excited that they are there what do they have, a two-lane will meet with KYTC to make sure the road. Why don’t they widen that? talking about spending money community has a voice in the process.

Why don’t they widen Old Third “I’m excited that they are talking about in the South End,” Butler says.

Street Road from New Cut to Outer spending money in the South End,” Loop? Widen Manslick Road, put Butler says. “But we have to do it in a “But we have to do it in a rean exit on Watterson Expressway. responsible way. I want to insure that the sponsible way. I want to insure community can have input in a real way.”

Those are the kinds of things that are going to solve traffic problems in this But any plan that includes five-lanes that the community can have area, not a five-lane highway through could mean the end of the Southside Pet input in a real way.”

Southside Drive. It doesn’t go anyShop. The building is an old convenience where.” store with a roof that has prestressed Davis says KYTC is taking commuconcrete beams, which would make it imnity feedback from the December 13 meeting into considpossible to move the building farther back onto the property. eration as it formulates a final plan for the Southside Drive Becky Gent says she and her husband are too old to start over expansion. But he says dealing with traffic capacity is a bigger in a new location. If they are forced to move, she says they priority than answering individual objections. “At the meetwould probably just close the business. ing, people were asking for three lanes instead of five-lanes “That’s what makes it hard, they are not giving us enough near Strawberry Lane,” he says. “That area is already basically information to either be really mad or feel that things are three lanes. We’d just be building a sidewalk. We got 31 quesgoing to be okay,” she says. “I know there are other places to tionnaire responses as compared to the 15,000 people that get pet supplies but we’re part of the community. I don’t want drive it every day. It is just a small sample of what opinions to have to go out this way. I know some day I’m going to have might be.” to retire, but I don’t want to be forced out.” R Nichols’ business association sent a letter to KYTC in January opposing the expansion plan, but the group was Contact the writer at Blueshound2000@gmail.com.

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SPOTLIGHT: BLESSING OF THE BEER AND ST. PATRICK’S PARADE The Ancient Order of Hibernians’ St. Patrick’s Day celebrations begin Thursday, March 7 with the Blessing of the Beer from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., starting with a tour of Bluegrass Brewing Company’s brewery at Main and Clay streets. For this event, the BBC features a special keg of Bourbon Barrel Stout that’s been aged for about five years. The keg – accompanied by a piper and all the Hibernians in single file – is marched to O’Shea’s Irish Pub, 956 Baxter Ave., where it is tapped. Father Joe Fowler will bless all the kegs used at O’Shea’s for the parade celebration. The 40th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade takes place Saturday, March 9 at 3 p.m. It starts on the corner of Baxter Avenue and Broadway, and proceeds along the Baxter/ Bardstown Road corridor. As many as 50,000 people watched or marched in last year’s parade. The Grand Marshal will be the Irish Person of the Year, selected by the AOH. And don’t miss the Wearin’ of the Green Party, Friday, March 15, 7:30 p.m., at Mellwood Art Center, 1860 Mellwood Ave. (see detailed listing, pg. 11). For more information, visit www.louisvilleirish.com or call (502) 589-7373. (Highlands/Clifton)

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It’s time to get your Irish on! The St. Patrick’s Parade and other events are planned around the patron saint’s holiday.

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SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS EXHIBITION Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Tues.-Fri.) and 11a.m.-5 p.m. (Sat.-Sun.), $5-$6.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the most prestigious recognition program in the nation for creative teenage students in grades 7 through 12.

The Scholastic Art Awards are administered within the Louisville metropolitan region by Jefferson County Public Schools with support from the Fund for the Arts and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. This exhibition, held on the third floor Brown-Forman Gallery, showcases the work of the Gold Key winners and the five American Visions nominees. The work will be on display until March 3. For more information, visit www.kentuckyarts.org or call (502) 589-0102. (Downtown) TEMPTATION, CAROUSING AND ADULTERY: A LENTEN RETREAT Ursuline Motherhouse, 3115 Lexington Road, 7 p.m., $40 for commuters/$50 for overnight guests. Tempted by power and wealth? Looking for love in all the wrong places? It’s not a soap opera, but stories about people and the lessons their lives still teach us. The retreat takes place March 1-2. Facilitators are Sr. Colette Kraemer, Sr. Rosella McCormick and Ginny Schaeffer. For more information, or to register, call (502) 8963945 or visit www.amcspirituality.org. (Crescent Hill) NIGHT OF GAMING Market Street Barbers, 748 E. Market St., 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Free.

“Shave and a Haircut, 8-Bit” is an event to introduce Louisville to locally developed video games. Hosted by Southern Indiana-based Mommy’s Best Games, the night will feature their Serious Sam Double D XXL on Xbox 360 Live Arcade, plus games from developers Forest Giant, Merged Reality, FrogDice, Super Soul, Studio Cypher, Hoosier Games, and Basilisk Games – all available for free play on consoles, mobile devices and PCs. Developers will offer game tips and answer production questions. For more information, contact Nathan@mommysbestgames.com or visit www.tinyurl. com/8bithaircut. (Downtown)

SPOTLIGHT: DECLINE EFFECT/MARCHING TEETH Come get your ears blown out Louisville style at the Haymarket Whiskey Bar, 331 E. Market St., on Saturday, March 9 at 9 p.m. Louisville’s The Decline Effect features some of the top musicians from the city’s hardcore scene: “Dirty” Dave Johnson (The Glasspack), Mark Abromavage (Malignant Growth, Kinghorse), Chris Abromavage (Malignant Growth, Fading Out) and Jae Brown. Marching Teeth is a three-piece experimental metal band made up of Louisvillians who have relocated to Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed by ex-members of Erchint, Enkindel, and Church of Astronaut. Bandoleer Prison will also perform.

Admission is $7. More info at (502) 442-0523. (Downtown)

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The Decline Effect, from left: Jae Brown, Chris Abromavage, Mark Abromavage and “Dirty” Dave Johnson MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING The American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Ave., 7 p.m., Free. The American Printing House for the Blind will offer two free performances of “Much Ado About Nothing,” March 1-2, both days at 1 p.m.

In reader’s theater there are no costumes or sets. The actors do not memorize lines, but sit together onstage and read from a script, using vocal expression to help the audience understand the story. In this instance, most of the readers are blind and read from braille scripts. The program is best for adults and children ages 12 and up. Space is limited; reservations must be made. To reserve your space, call (502) 899-2213 or email kcarpenter@aph.org. (Clifton) ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE Kentucky Center for the Arts (MeX Theatre), 501 Main St., Times vary, $18 ($15 students/ seniors). Looking for Lilith celebrates Women’s History Month with a world premiere, “Alice in Black and White” by New York-based playwright Robin

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(Downtown) MOUNTAINS AND SHEDDING Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 8 p.m., Free. Brooklyn-based ambient/experimental rock duo Mountains will perform with Louisville’s Shedding in a special performance for the First Friday Gallery Hop. Thrill Jockey Records’ Mountains was formed by longtime friends Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp while attending the Art Institute of Chicago. Mountains’ music is defined by slow builds, and subtle transformations, textures and melodic lines that evolve in a variety of ways to create CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE *

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grand soundscapes and acutely detailed compositions. More info at www.kentuckyarts.org or (502) 589-0102. (Downtown) SATURDAY, MARCH 2 SOLES 4 U ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Soles 4 U, 1827 Bardstown Road (Rear), 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Free.

Soles 4 U is a unique boutique that offers women’s shoes in large sizes, plus handbags, jewelry and accessories. The store is celebrating its one-year anniversary with special discounts throughout the day and a party later in the evening. Come join Soles 4 U for food, drinks, music and door prizes. More info at www.soles4u.net. (Highlands) TUESDAY, MARCH 5 APPROPRIATE Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main St., 7:30 p.m., $25. The 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays continues with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Appropriate,” directed by Gary Griffin. When three siblings descend upon a former plantation to liquidate their dead father’s estate, a disturbing discovery

among his possessions brings a heated family reunion to an outright boil. The play is about family secrets, memory loss and the art of repression. For more information, visit www. actorstheatre.org or call (502) 584-1205. (Downtown) FRIDAY, MARCH 8

set in Haiti, 1964. When an artist in hiding persuades a young man to pose for a painting, he feels alive for the first time in years. But under a repressive regime, with revolution brewing, no one’s life is safe. The play runs from Friday, March 8 to Sunday, April 7; times vary. More info at (502) 584-1205 or www. actorstheatre.org. (Downtown)

WOMEN MAKE THE AVENUE WORK Frankfort Avenue, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Free. The Frankfort Avenue Business Association will host an all-day celebration to honor International Women’s Day and the more than 60 women who own businesses in the Frankfort Avenue area. Special events will include movie screenings that highlight the women’s rights movement, a panel discussion with women business owners and services providers, a happy-hour networking event, live music and special retail offers throughout the day. More info at www.frankfortave.com.

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ANWAR SADAT, WHIPS/CHAINS, AND THE NEW MEXICO Quills Coffee, 930 Baxter Ave. 9 p.m., $5. Anwar Sadat is touring in anticipation of the release of the band’s debut full length record and followup to their 2012 EP, “Mutilation.” Whips/ Chains are an aggressive thrash trio featuring ex-and-current members of Coliseum, Black God, XERXES, Black Cross, and Mountain Asleep. The New Mexico is an energetic, fast hardcore punk band. More info at (502) 742-6129 or www.quillscoffee. com. (Highlands)

CRY OLD KINGDOM Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main St., 7:30 p.m., $25. “Cry Old Kingdom” by Jeff Augustin is part of the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays. The play is

QUILTERS’ DAY OUT Fern Valley Hotel and Conference Center, 2715 Fern Valley Road, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $5 and a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Shepherd’s Shel-

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ter in Bullitt County. Quilt guilds will gather for Quilters’ Day Out. This year, 25 guilds representing seven counties in West Central Kentucky will setup and display their craft creations. Guild members will not only share their tricks and talents but will also discuss the charity projects they have chosen to support during the year. For more information, visit quiltersdayout.com or email marilou1037@insightbb. com. (Fern Valley)

SECOND SUNDAY MAKERSPACE ART WORKSHOP Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., Noon-3 p.m., $6 (Free for members).

On the second Sunday of each month, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft opens the 3rd floor Education Studio to participants of all ages and skill levels for a hands-on exploration with art techniques and materials. The March workshop will explore found-object art or mixed media assemblage art. For more information, visit www.kentuckyarts.org or call (502) 589-0102. (Downtown) PETE BROWNING: LOUISVILLE SLUGGER St. Matthews City Hall, 3940 Grandview Ave., 2 p.m., Free.

The Beargrass-St. Matthews Historical Society celebrates the beginning of baseball season with Mike Zanone’s interpretation of “Pete Browning: Louisville Slugger.” Born Louis Rogers in Louisville, Ky., 1861, Pete Browning is probably best remembered today as the inspiration behind Hillerich & Bradsby’s “Louisville Slugger” baseball bats. He was the first player to purchase a bat from the company, and they adopted the name a few years later to honor his patronage and capitalize on his fame. For more information, call (502) 897-2423. (St. Matthews)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Highlands Court, 1720 Richmond Dr., 11:15 a.m., $32. Highlands Community Ministries is sponsoring a trip to Derby

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The Louisville Leopard Percussionists are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a performance at the Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway, on Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15. The performing ensemble consists of approximately 55 student musicians, ages 7-12. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such as marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drum set, timbales, congas, bongos and piano. For more information, call (502) 584-7777 or visit www.louisvilleleopardpercussionists.com. (Downtown)

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JUSTIN PAUL LEWIS The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 7 p.m., $5. The “MINI of Louisville LIVE at the Clifton Center” series will host a concert by songwriter and Louisville native Justin Paul Lewis. Lewis will perform songs from his “Rinse, Repeat, Rewind” album, a collaboration with cellist/producer Ben Sollee. Tickets can be purchased at cliftoncenter.org or Carmichael’s Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Ave. For more info, call (502) 896-8480. (Clifton)

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The 2012-13 Louisville Leopard Percussionists Dinner Playhouse to see “Little Shop of Horrors,” a musical about a floral shop assistant who raises an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. The cost includes admission to the play, food and TARC transportation. The bus leaves from Highlands Court.

For more information, or to make reservations, call (502) 451-3695. (Highlands) THURSDAY, MARCH 14 LENTEN LUNCH SERIES Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church, 1722 Bardstown Road, Noon-1 p.m., Free. Highland Community Ministries’ Lenten Lunch Series “Kingdom Parables for Today” continues each Thursday of Lent. The March 14 speaker will be Rev. Melanie Prejean-Sullivan, campus minister at Bellarmine University. A light lunch of soup and bread will be served. There is no charge for the meal, but an offering will be collected for HCM. For more information, visit www.hcmlouisville.org or call (502) 451-3695. (Highlands)

VALGEIR SIGUROSSON Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m., $10 ($8 for members). Valgeir Sigurðsson is an Icelandic record producer, mixer, composer, engineer and musician. Sigurðsson is the founder of the Bedroom Community record label and Iceland’s top recording facility, Greenhouse Studios, where his collaborators include Björk, Feist, and Louisville’s own Bonnie “Prince” Billy, among others.

For more information, visit www.kentuckyarts.org or call (502) 589-0102. (Downtown) LOUISVILLE WONDERLAND The Vernon Club, 1575 Story Ave., 8 p.m.-11 p.m., Free with a two-drink minimum required.

Wonderland is inspired by an experience created in Las Vegas by Jeff McBride. Each month, Wonderland brings the arts community together for an extraordinary experience in co-mingled art and playtime for your senses. The evening begins with a stage show featuring magicians, comedians and other variety acts. Following this,

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SPOTLIGHT: THE BOURBON CLASSIC The Bourbon Classic will take place at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, 501 W. Main St., on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23. The event is focused on the art and enjoyment of all things bourbon. Highlights of the event include: a mixology competition focused on classic and contemporary bourbon cocktails; a master distillers’ panel; and a series of breakout classes on a variety of bourbon-themed topics. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample one of the best collections of bourbon and bourbon-inspired products ever offered to the public. Each night will also include an after-party at the Kentucky Center. Tickets range from $135 to $195 for each night, VIP and weekend package deals are available. For more information, visit www.bourbonclassic.com. (Downtown) groups of people can experience sleight-of-hand magic in an intimate setting. Live music is provided on stage. For more information, visit www.LouisvilleWonderland.com. (Butchertown) FRIDAY, MARCH 15 WEARIN’ O’ THE GREEN PARTY Mellwood Art Center, 1860 Mellwood Ave., 7:30 p.m., $40 ($280 for a table of 8). This celebration of the Patron Saint of Ireland includes dinner and dancing to the band Eight Inch Elvis. Enjoy a full menu with your choice of entrees, a cash bar, live music and a silent auction. For tickets, call (502) 3841197 or email socialchairman@ louisvilleirish.com. (Clifton) GNIT Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main St., 8 p.m., $25. “Gnit” by Will Eno is part of the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays.

Watch as Peter Gnit, a funny-enough but so-so specimen of humanity, makes a lifetime of bad decisions in the search for his true self. The play, directed

by Lee Waters, runs from Friday, March 15 to Sunday, April 7;

times vary. For tickets, visit www.actorstheatre.org or call (502) 584-1205. (Downtown) SATURDAY, MARCH 16 YOUTH RIGHTS CONFERENCE Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Free.

The Youth Rights Conference is a youth-led and youth-driven event that provides a safe space for teens to talk about issues of importance to them. “Identity” is the theme of this year’s conference, during which teens will discover how the identities we assign ourselves and others contribute to positions of privilege and oppression. The 2013 conference is presented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and the Muhammad Ali Center. Register online at ACLU-KY.org. (Downtown) VINTAGE SWING DANCE Xplosive Rhythm Dance Studio, 3900 Shelbyville Road, 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m., $7 ($5 for members; $3 with student ID). The Louisville Swing Dance Society is dedicated to preserving vintage dances. The group will host two dances in March, on the

first and third Saturday. Dances include a 30-minute introductory lesson and three hours of Saturday evening fun. For more information, visit lindylou.org.

(St. Matthews) SUNDAY, MARCH 17 BONNYCASTLE HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION SOUP & SALAD 1724 Spring Drive, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., $10. Join friends and neighbors for a special “green” program on St. Paddy’s Day. After soup, salad and conversation, Frank and Martha Diebold will talk about their geothermal house and give a tour of the facilities. If you wondered about the work that was going on at their place a year or so ago, this is your chance to learn all about the project. Reservations are required. Contact Claudia Runge at (502) 749-5675 or c.runge@ insightbb.com. (Bonnycastle) MONDAY, MARCH 18 VIOLENCE PREVENTION The League of Women Voters, 115 S. Ewing St., 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Free. The League of Wom-

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en Voters invites the community to a panel discussion on Violence Prevention in Louisville, Report of the Work Group. Panel members are: Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, director of Louisville Metro Dept. of Public Health and Wellness, Sam Watkins, president, Louisville Central Community Centers, and Brian Edwards, Circuit Court judge. For more information, or to make reservations, call (502) 8955218 or contact lwvlouisville@ gmail.com. (Crescent Hill) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 O GURU, GURU, GURU, OR WHY I DON’T WANT TO GO TO YOGA CLASS WITH YOU Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main St., 8 p.m., $25. “O Guru, Guru, Guru, or Why I Don’t Want to Go to Yoga Class with You,” written

by Mallery Avidon and directed

by Lila Neugebauer, is part of the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays. Lila grew up in an ashram, but she does not want to go to yoga class with you! The play, a disarming look at the precarious process of becoming yourself, runs from March 20 to April 7; times vary.

For more information, visit www.actorstheatre.org or call (502) 584-1205. (Downtown)

AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., $38$45 ($34.20-$40.50 for members). The Mini of Louisville Live Series presents the Afro-Cuban All Stars. This is a unique orchestra devoted to promoting the full range of Cuban music, one that embraces several generations and all musical styles. For more information, visit www. cliftoncenter.org or call (502) 896-8480. (Clifton) FRIDAY, MARCH 22 NIGHT CLIMBING Jefferson Memorial Forest, 11311 Mitchell Hill Road, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., $10. Challenge yourself on a 52-foot climbing tower ... in the dark! Learn basic climbing and belaying techniques while experiencing increased self-esteem, confidence and problem-solving skills from tackling this “high-altitude” obstacle course at night. This program is for ages 10 and older (parent or legal guardian must accompany any participant under the age of 18). Wear tennis shoes and long pants (or shorts with an inseam greater than 5 inches).

Bring your headlamp. Program will meet in the Horine Section

of Jefferson Memorial Forest.

Pre-registration is required. For more information, call (502) 368-5404 or www.memorialforest.com. (Fairdale) SLEEP ROCK THY BRAIN Owsley Brown II Theatre at Lincoln Performing Arts School, 930 E. Main St., 11 p.m., $25.

“Sleep Rock Thy Brain” is part of the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays. The mind at night is anything but quiet.

Three daring playwrights and the Acting Apprentice Company let their imaginations take flight, harnessing science and spectacle to explore the rich complexities of the sleeping brain. The performance is directed by Amy Attaway and runs from Friday, March 22 to Sunday, April 7. Times vary. For more information, visit www. actorstheatre.org or call (502) 584-1205. (Downtown) SATURDAY, MARCH 23 KENTUCKIANA HERB SOCIETY SPRING EDUCATION DAY Huber’s Orchard & Winery, Plantation Hall, 19816 Huber Road, Borden, Ind., $35. The Kentuckiana Herb Society will CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE *

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SPOTLIGHT: 21ST ANNUAL EASTER PARADE ON FRANKFORT The 21st Annual Easter Parade on Frankfort Avenue begins at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 30. The route is along Frankfort Avenue between Stilz and Haldeman avenues. Expect to see the Shriners, Hwang’s Martial Arts, the Talking Police Car, the Mounted Sheriff’s Posse, antique cars and trucks, Wallie Moon’s Bubble Truck, an appearance by the Easter Bunny, and tons of free candy! The “Good Ears” awards will be presented to the most creative float and the most outrageous Easter bonnet. This is a free, family-friendly event. For more information, visit www.frankfortave.com.

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present their 21st Annual Spring Education Day, “Herbs ... For Use and Delight.” Speakers throughout the day will include Susan Liechty, with information on travel and culinary recipes of Italy, and Stacy Walters, RKT, with a presentation on being fit in the garden. The $35 fee includes morning tea with pastries and fruit, and Huber’s Buffet Lunch. There will be door prizes as well as plants and herbal items for sale. Registration is required 10 days prior to event. To register, or for more information, contact Jett Rose at (812) 725-7732 or jettellen@ yahoo.com.

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 A 360° VIEW OF THE SCHOOLTO-PRISON PIPELINE Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Free (RSVP is required). “A 360° View of the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Change Policies, Change Outcomes” features a filmed interview with Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow.” Alexander’s work and how it relates to JCPS students will be discussed along with strategies and needs in the area of School-to-Prison Pipeline issues. Central High School’s Joe Guttman and Bellarmine University’s Dr. Kathleen Cooter and Dr. Bernard Minnis will participate. A portrait of Michelle

Alexander will also be unveiled as part of the Americans Who Tell the Truth exhibit. The event is presented by Anthony Perry, a senior at St. Francis High School and member of the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students.

RSVP to Perry at perry5438@ gmail.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28 DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR ALLIANCE LOUISVILLE St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2000 Douglass Blvd., 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Free.

Sandra Bailey from Our Lady of Peace Hospital will be speaking about “The Spiritual Nature of Food.” Bailey has over 30 years of experience in clinical nutrition counseling and teaching nutrition in behavioral health over the past 10 years with emphasis on the mind-gut connection.

She will be speaking on an ageold question – does food affect our moods? Do our attitudes and beliefs about food matter?

How can food have a spiritual nature? Holistic nutrition – what is it, how can it be utilized to improve moods? For more information, contact Mike Kuhl at (502) 635-6142 or email Maureen Fifer at maureenafifer@ gmail.com. (Highlands) WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St., 11 a.m., Free. “Wonder

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Women! The Untold Story of American Super Heroines” by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book super heroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. Go behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, comic writers and artists, and feminist figures such as Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna and others, who offer a counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre. Registration is requested. For more information, visit alicenter.org or call (502) 584-9254. (Downtown)

LIBRARY CORNER KENTUCKIANA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION The Bon Air Branch Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, presents a program from the Kentuckiana Beekeepers Association on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. Learn about the fascinating hobby of beekeeping in this informative meeting. The event is free. For more information, (502) 5741795 or visit www.lfpl.

Pollination by a honey bee org. (Bon Air)

SUPREME PEACE YOGA CLASS The Iroquois Branch Library, 601 W. Woodlawn Ave., hosts the Supreme Peace Yoga Class on Saturday, March 2 at 11 a.m. All levels are welcome to this free class. For more information, call (502) 574-1720 or visit www. lfpl.org. (Beechmont)

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 METRO PARKS AND RECREATION ADULT ATHLETIC LEAGUE REGISTRATION Metro Parks and Recreation Athletics Office is accepting registration for spring adult athletic leagues (softball, kickball, flag football) from Friday, March 29 through Tuesday, April 30.

League play begins the week of May 6. For more information, call (502) 456-8173 or visit www.metro-parks.org. (Various) SATURDAY, MARCH 30 GUIDED HIKE AT JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOREST Jefferson Memorial Forest, 11311 Mitchell Hill Road, 8:15 p.m.-10 p.m., Free. Bring friends and family to enjoy a special night hike at Jefferson Memorial Forest. A guide will lead you on a 3.3 mile trek, and then everyone will enjoy a small campfire and s’mores! This hike is considered strenuous/moderate. For more information, call (502) 368-5404 or visit www. memorialforest.com. (Fairdale)

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JON GERTNER Jon Gertner, author of “The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation,” will speak at the Main Library, 301 York St., on Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. “The Idea Factory” is the definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of technological innovation.

In this first full portrait of the legendary Bell Labs, Gertner takes readers behind one of the greatest collaborations between business and science in history.

This is a free event, but tickets are required. For more information, call (502) 574-1611 or visit www.lfpl.org. (Downtown)

HIGHLANDS-SHELBY PARK FRIENDS BOOK SALE The Highlands-Shelby Park Friends Book Sale takes place at the Highlands/ Shelby Park Branch Library, 1250 Bardstown Road, on Saturday, March 9 at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call (502) 574-1672 or visit www.lfpl.org.

(Highlands) DEB PERELMAN Deb Perelman, author of “The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook,” will speak at the Main Library, 301 York St., on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. Perelman is the founder of Smitten Kitchen.com. Her long awaited cookbook is No. 2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and features over 100 original recipes, each illustrated with Perelman’s own colorful photographs. This is a free event, but tickets are required. For more information, call (502) 574-1611 or www.lfpl.org. (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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Why Worldwide Whoopee Wilted

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esearchers probably have mixed feelings when they’re baffled by the results of their own study. On the one hand, nobody wants to do a study just to be baffled.

On the other hand, the quickest way to get a lucrative research grant is to be a baffled researcher with a furrowed brow and a burning question.

Recently, a team was confounded to discover that today’s teenagers are having 28 percent less sex than teenagers of 20 years ago. I was frankly surprised by the finding, not that I spend a lot of time monitoring teenagers’ torrid backseat adventures. I’d wager that a lot of folks assume, as I do, that our society’s apparently inexorable slide into moral depravity (e.g., Beyoncé’s Super Bowl lap dance) is accompanied by a corresponding number of sweet-sixteeners doing the horizontal boogaloo.

Apparently not. Although I don’t have a prayer of turning my puzzlement into a grant – no matter how dramatically I furrow my brow – I must confess it felt great to be intellectually equal to brilliant social researchers for a change.

I figured the answer had to lie with the electronic connectivity that obsesses today’s teenagers. Most of them seem to spend more time looking at hand-held devices than each other. Maybe they’ve evolved to the point that sexting has replaced contact with actual quivering flesh, and furiously flashing thumbs can somehow quench the desire of the most needy hormone. And consider this: In the privacy of their own bedrooms, today’s teenagers have 24-7 access to porn ... AND super-athletic thumbs. So it could be that they’re not only sexually satisfied, but just too darned exhausted to go to the messy trouble of finding a living, heaving partner.

Still, I had no numbers, no stats, no empirical evidence that the World Wide Web suppresses Whoopee, so I was still as bewildered as the researchers. Then I happened upon the fascinating statistic that 28 percent more teenagers are obese than teenagers of 20 years ago. Hmm. Could that be a Eureka Moment? Should I suggest to the flummoxed researchers that they might be overlooking a basic anatomic/physics issue? That maybe fewer teenagers are hooking up because they can’t, you know ... hook up?

I’m sure I’ll get a few outraged letters from obese people who are as proficient and busy as minks (PLEASE don’t send photos), but it seems to me that the ultra-overweight have a couple of challenges in the sexual arena: A) a large percentage of the 72 percent of Americans who aren’t obese probably aren’t interested in bumping bellies with them, culling the partner-pool considerably; and B) if another obese person wants to make a mammoth beast with two backs with them, they would probably encounter a docking problem.

Thus, it is my carefully considered conclusion that teenagers today are having 28 percent less sex due to widespread addictions to both the Internet and super-sized junk of every variety imaginable. In my crusty view, it serves them right. R Mack Dryden is a stand-up comedian and motivational speaker who loves to perform in his hometown, Louisville. For booking info, go to www.mackdryden.com.

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Festival of Faiths Prepares for Dalai Lama Visit At Mayor Greg Fischer’s request, the Center for Interfaith Relations is hosting a special Festival of Faiths to help prepare the community for a visit from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, May 19-21. The Festival of Faiths, now in its 18th year, will take place May 14-19 at Actors Theatre of Louisville, 316 W. Main St., and the Galt House Hotel, 140 N. Fourth St. Programming for the May 2013 Festival of Faiths has been carefully planned to reflect its dedication to the historic meeting of the Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton in 1968. The festival will feature renowned experts on meditation and compassion, drawn from the faith traditions of the world and recent scientific research on compassion. Programs will include daily guided public meditations, keynote addresses, films, and a dedication to Thomas Merton “in his own voice.”

Presenters include molecular biologist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard; globally recognized ecumenical teacher Fr. Richard Rohr; Rabbi Arthur Green, a preeminent authority on Jewish thought and spirituality; Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a leading Islamic scholar and spiritual leader; Arjia Rinpoche, director of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Ind.; and others.

Festival highlights include a mini retreat about Tibetan Buddhism; presentations on how compassion is defined in Eastern and Western spiritual traditions; programming for middle school and high school students; and discussions about sacred silence from the Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu traditions. The festival’s signature events will take place Saturday, May 18, when festival presenters will engage

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in an interfaith dialogue focused on the festival theme, Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion. Later that afternoon, Mayor Fischer will host a dialogue on compassionate governing. And on Sunday, May 19, several presenters will join the Dalai Lama on stage during his public talk at the KFC YUM Center, One Arena Plaza.

Tickets for the festival are available through the Actors Theatre box office, at (502) 584-1205. A complete schedule is available online at www.festivaloffaiths.org.

For questions, call (502) 583-3100 or email festivaloffaiths@interfaithrelations.org.

The Festival of Faiths is an annual event

that celebrates the religious diversity of our community, promotes unity and strengthens the role of religion in society.

It is sponsored by the Center for Interfaith Relations, 415 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., a nonsectarian 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting interfaith understanding and cooperation.

Speed Museum Staff Relocates to NuLu With a $50 million expansion moving ahead, the Speed Art Museum has found a temporary “Nu” home for its staff, in the NuLu District of East Market Street.

The move, scheduled for April of this year, comes at a time when Phase II of construction ramps up on the 6-acre site. Museum staff will occupy 6,000 square feet on the

Legal Aid Clinics Offered in March The Legal Aid Society is offering a variety of free clinics during the month of March. Topics include Foreclosure, Small Claims, Divorce and Expungement.

The Foreclosure, Small Claims and Divorce clinics take place at the Legal Aid Society, 416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

At the Foreclosure clinics, attorneys will answer questions about foreclosure and provide advice on alternatives to foreclosure. The clinics take place every Tuesday in March at 11 a.m., and every Thursday in March at 4 p.m.

A Small Claims Clinic will take place Wednesday, March 20 at 2 p.m. Clients will be provided with the forms necessary to file a claim, and an attorney will review completed claims.

At the Divorce Clinic, Wednesday, March 27, 10 a.m., clients will receive assistance from attorneys in filling out all the paperwork necessary to file for a divorce.

An Expungement Clinic will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2 p.m., at

the Louisville Free Public Library, Main Branch, Centennial Room, 301 W. York St. An attorney will discuss the expungement process and which charges can be expunged. Attendees are encouraged to bring a copy of their criminal record which shows the disposition of each case. A copy of the record may be obtained from Court Archives, located in the basement of the Old Jail Building, 514 W. Liberty St. An Expungement Clinic will also be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2 p.m., at the Legal Aid Society, 416 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

A reservation for each clinic is required. Call the Legal Aid Society at (502) 584-1254 to make your reservation.

The Legal Aid Society provides free legal services to low-income families and individuals facing serious threats to their physical and economic well-being. For more information, including future clinic dates, visit www.laslou.org or call (502) 584-1254.

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second floor of the 822 E. Market building, while a portion of the first floor may be utilized by the museum’s programming department.

Gill and Augusta Holland, owners of the building, are renting the space to the Speed. “As president of the NuLu Business Association, I can say for all us that we are thrilled to have this great arts institution have a physical presence in our arts district for the next couple of years,” says Gill Holland.

Lisa Resnik, chief operating officer and co-interim director for the Speed, says that finding a unique and viable space in the NuLu area provides a safe environment for staff to work. It also offers a physical location for youth and family workshops, film series and First Friday Trolley Hop events, as well as potential gallery space.

In addition to the move to NuLu, the Speed staff has developed traveling exhibitions that will tour during the construction period. For example, “Kentucky Revealed: Treasures from The Speed Art Museum” will showcase a range of antebellum pieces

from the museum’s collection as part of the Bluegrass Trust Antiques and Garden Show in Lexington, Ky., March 8-10.

Traveling exhibitions such as this help to solidify Louisville’s reputation as a tourist destination, especially for cultural events.

The Speed Art Museum is Kentucky’s largest art museum with a collection spanning 6,000 years. The museum is currently closed and undergoing a multi-phase expansion and renovation that includes a new North Building, Art Park and a public Piazza. To view a virtual tour, or for more information, visit www.speedmuseum.org.

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Participants must be willing to commit to the study long term.

Initial enrollment requires two steps: After scheduling an enrollment appointment, participants will be directed to complete a comprehensive online survey, which takes approximately 45-60 minutes; at the appointment, participants will be asked to sign an informed consent form, complete a brief survey and provide a waist circumference measurement and a small blood sample. This appointment should last about 20-30 minutes.

Enrollment for CPS-3 will take place What if you could prevent one family in Louisville and Southern Indiana on member from hearing the words “You have March 19-20, 2013. Enrollment in the cancer?” This year, you can join the move- study is being brought to the area in ment to help create a world with less canpartnership with Baptist Hospital East, cer by enrolling in the American Cancer Floyd Memorial Hospital and the YMCA Society’s research study: Cancer Prevention of Southern Indiana-Clark County.

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eborah Charlton was taken by surprise when she learned she was a finalist for the nonprofit National Association of Women Business Owners’ EPIC Awards. “I don’t know who nominated me,” says Charlton, CEO of PMR Companies, a property and asset management firm headquartered in Louisville. “Each year, I see the gracious women who have done so much,” she says. “I was very humbled to be selected.”

Charlton’s path has been a long road – literally. The Louisville native had been living in Houston for two decades and working as the chief operating officer of multifamily development firm Flagship Properties. That changed in 2001 when Charlton moved home to be with her aging parents, taking her husband, Ron, and their grown kids with her. “I’ve always loved it here. Even when I was taking job transfers, my heart was in Louisville.”

That love of place and properties was a perfect fit when Charlton opened Property Management Resources (now PMR) in the spring of 2002. Today, PMR’s 200 employees

manage approximately 8,000 residential apartment units in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

The ever-changing scenery is Charlton’s favorite part of working at PMR. “No two days are the same. My day could be ‘fire, blood or flood,’” she says, referring to incidents involving a fire, a death or a burst pipe. “So we’re on call 24/7. Our day does not stop at 6.”

Charlton and company are their own kind of first responder team; PMR found housing for more than 500 families displaced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and, before that, Charlton herself helped facilitate cleanup and rebuilding after Hurricane Andrew pummeled Florida in 1992. “Those are the toughest times,” she says. “People have lost everything.” Even those who stayed behind in the regional offices jumped in to help. “I can’t describe all the great things they did [during Katrina],” Charlton says. Due to collection efforts across all PMR’s offices, the company was able to send “truckloads” of materials to Houston to help evacuees set up housekeeping. “People of Louisville have big hearts.”

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Crescent Hill resident Deborah Charlton started her property and asset management business in Louisville over 10 years ago. Since then, PMR Companies has grown to include offices in three other states. Charlton is a finalist in the National Association of Women Business Owners’ EPIC Awards, to be presented March 7.

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Working alongside Charlton at PMR are son Derek VanVactor, vice-president of business development, daughter April Charlton, chief operating officer, and daughter Amy Cordoba, PMR’s director of special projects. Deborah and Ron live in Crescent Hill.

Members of the Louisville office, which will celebrate its first anniversary at the Baxter Avenue location on March 17, are working on a St. Patrick’s Parade float – a challenging but fun task of which Charlton is happy to be a part. “I always worked hard, and said if I slept well at night, I’d done a good day’s work.”

The 19th Annual EPIC Awards, honoring NAWBO’s Woman Business Owner of The Year, will take place Thursday, March 7. For more information, visit www.nawbolouisville.org.

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Italian: He Does It His Way

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enny Jeanette got his first taste of Italian food while visiting his Sicilian-born grandmother Pauline Anselmo. “I was born and raised in Louisville, but our summers were spent going up to New Jersey with my mom’s side of the family,” he says. “That was our vacation.”

Decades later, after a career as a plumbing company owner, property developer and salesman, Jeanette returned home to where his heart was: his grandmother’s cooking.

Taking her name as well as her recipes for meatballs and lasagna, he opened Anselmo’s Bistro & Bar in May of 2011.

Despite a lack of restaurant experience beyond a teenage busing job, Jeanette knew exactly what he wanted in a restaurant. “I’ve been to a lot of restaurants around Louisville and I’ve never been impressed,” he says. But re-creating what did impress him at a young age came slowly. “I didn’t really learn to cook from my grandmother,” Jeanette admits. “My wife does most of it.” He describes Grandma Pauline presiding over the preparations for his son’s first birthday party, with wife Jennifer learning the craft by working alongside her all day in the kitchen. “The main meal was meatballs, because that’s what everybody wanted,” he says. “My grandmother lived to be in her mid-90s and got to see several great-grandchildren. Even though it was a long distance relationship, we did see each other often.”

Now, with their two sons grown and the super-casual restaurant just a stone’s throw from Eastern Parkway on Bardstown Road, the couple are free to serve up those meatballs to the masses every night – and Jeanette says they’re still what people want. “Our number-one seller is our meatballs,” he says. “Even people who don’t like meatballs like them.” Again, Jeanette credits Grandma Pauline’s culinary secrets for their specialness. “You can go anywhere and get ‘a ball of meat.’ It’s the ingredients that go into it, then the way they’re cooked. The key is simmering them in meat sauce.” Lasagna and rattlesnake pasta are the next biggest sellers.

And, for the meatless crowd, Jennifer created a vegetarian lasagna.

Since not everyone shares Jeanette’s enthusiasm for Italian food, he and Jennifer offer American and international fare as well, including hummus, wings and a Hot Brown that Jeanette says challenges the one from Fourth and Broadway.

Of course, there’s also the pizza – and one that Grandma Pauline may not have imagined is the “Italian Inferno,” a pie with a (secret) sauce so spicy that servers are required to say, “Seriously, folks, this is hot.”

Consider yourself warned.

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ers. “We started karaoke because some of our customers wanted something to do late at night,” says Jeanette, who is happy with the laid-back, 21-to-80 crowd that, if so moved, may be found singing Sinatra, some nights until four in the morning.

The Jeanettes live in Fern Creek but can be found at the restaurant most of the time, where Jeanette holds court in the front of the house like a proud papa. “It’s true Italian food,” he says. Buon appetito.

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Anselmo’s Bistro & Bar, located near the intersection of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway, is prepared for outdoor dining. Inside, images of the owner’s grandmother, Pauline Anselmo, smile down upon diners. Her grandson, Kenny Jeanette, left, opened the establishment that bears her name almost two years ago. Anselmo’s features Italian favorites, a wine list, a kids’ menu, and karaoke on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights.

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s I gathered my folded clothing from the chair and turned to sit down to dress, I’d forgotten that my vintage silver bracelet, encrusted with stones, was still on the seat, and I proceeded to plant my bare buns right on top of it.

Nearing the ceiling in one yelp, I was elated to discover my reflexes were as electric as ever. I hobbled to Rainbow Blossom for a tube of herbal analgesic. And I think I was considering a second tattoo. It would be a while before the round imprint would fade.

I’m sharing this moment of pain and humility with you because it would mark, literally, the beginning of my personal wellness and creativity Journey into Spring 2013!

Sounds good, doesn’t it?

I figured if you give anything a bold, show-biz title, it just might be seen to fruition!

So what if I got off on the wrong foot, er, cheek? My goals should be within reach, because it’s March – the doormat to spring!

There’s really no place like Louisville, Ky., in the spring – that magical, unpredictable time of weather forecasts and horse racing that begins with a burst of shamrocks and ends with an infusion of humidity and fireflies.

Soon enough, we’ll witness the silent popping of dogwood blossoms among minty green leaves, and vines that creep and spiral out of dead winter wood. By late April, the air will be viscous with honey and birdsong, and no one will want to work.

By May, our hills and streets will be festooned with flowers, so even if you’re already drunk with the beauty of it all, press on with a gimlet or julep on the front porch.

For now, March can be stark, but it holds the promise of a thaw, followed by warmer rains pinging on your window.

The word “march” is also a verb, so pick up the pace, pack the sweaters, wash the Ts! And while in the midst of experiencing climate chaos – spotting daffodils one week and scraping ice from our windshields the next – I plan on getting a head start on my goals.

Weight loss shouldn’t be a problem, once I remove the countless strands of beads tossed in the annual St. Patrick’s Parade. The sheer lunacy of chasing down candy, shouting to men in kilts and stalking Hibernians for a hug usually burns a few calories.

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A few friends shared their thoughts on when they know spring is on the verge: When The Grand Marshal for the Pegasus Parade is announced; When we show up on national weather maps; When you start hearing Carl Casper Auto Show commercials; When the snot is flowing freely; When the Lenten rose blooms ...

So, hold on to your Fleur de Lis, neighbors, we’re almost there. Until then, bask in the final days of no mosquitoes, try to avoid stripping off too many clothes to run in the park when the temps push past 60, and remember that you get one chance to be Irish, no matter who you are. R

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a rapist or robber tries to come through the window. A bad time to run out of bullets ...

Let our elected leaders in Congress answer cArL BrOWN such questions, please.

Now back to the Right of Revolution.

One of my freshman writing assignments at Vanderbilt Law School gave me the in their two-car garage. opportunity to heavily research the Second Not long ago, The United States Supreme Amendment and all its nuances. Undeniably, Court decided a case out of Chicago in which the Founding Fathers intended the Second an African-American wanted to exercise his Amendment to protect all the others. Without t last, the great clash of ideas over guns right to own a handthe freedom vouchin America has come to a cusp. gun despite a Chicago safed by the right to First, just the facts, ma’am (provided by my ordinance prohibiting Undeniably, the Founding bear arms, freedom Japanese Bushido Sensei, Hiro Tanamachi – a same. The Supremes Fathers intended the Second of speech, freedom to gun control advocate): made it clear once and assemble, and due proAmendment to protect all “The USA leads the world in the percentfor all that the Second cess are but mere words the others. Without the free- on paper. age of households with handguns as well as Amendment not only the handgun murder rate. The USA is also has to do with all that dom vouchsafed by the right Watching “V is for the world leader in overall firearms possesmilitia business, but Vendetta” recently, I to bear arms, freedom of sion with half of all households owning a concomitantly grants could not help but be firearm. These facts connote truly disastrous American citizens the speech, freedom to assemble, impressed by the followsocial consequences: In 1993, for example, right to bear arms as ing quote: “The people the FBI counted 24,526 gun-caused deaths: a method of personal and due process are but mere should not be afraid of 13,980 murders by handguns and 18,940 sui- self-defense. their government; the words on paper. cides by firearms. To place it in another per This, however, in no government should be spective, every two years, more Americans die way vitiates the right afraid of their people.” from firearm injuries than the total number of of the people to rise up and overthrow the This echoes the words of Thomas Jefferson: American soldiers killed during the eight-year government.

“When the people fear their government, Vietnam War ...”

More on that later. there is tyranny; when the government fears Heretofore, prior to the massacres of the Now, the American debate over gun conthe people, there is liberty. “ ater-goers and school children, gun haters trol centers around whether one should be I quite agree. were chary to come out of the closet with able to have assault rifles like AK-47s and/or I don’t want the government to know who so-to-speak “both guns blazing.” Now the ammunition magazine clips exceeding 7-10 has guns, and I think it criminal for newspadebate is joined head on and we can expect, bullets. pers to publish the addresses of those who if not movement, at least clarity of the real I have a friend who likes to cut down do. Like it or not, gun registration is the first issues. trees with her AK-47 for sport. Who am I to step to living in a very dangerous place, a I do not own a gun of any kind, have never begrudge her such a silly pastime? place called “Amerika.” owned a gun, and have no desire whatsoever Further, who am I to criticize the Korean Additionally, the gun control debate touchof owning a gun. As a highly trained martial store owners who defended their lives, busiartist of some 50 years, I prefer my Judo and nesses and property during the Rodney King Kung Fu to something that can be slapped riots/peoples’ uprising? They stood on their out of one’s hand, such as a gun or knife. So, roof and fired into the rampaging mob.

“Carl Brown’s perspective” is free of personal Who am I to say that seven or 10 bullets bias (this time). will stop an eight-person gang like the one However, I am four-square in favor of that beat up a man, an incident widely publithe protections granted by the Second cized not long ago?

Amendment.

And who the hell am I to advise some Frankly, space allowing, I have no philowoman awakened in the middle of the night sophical problem with people parking tanks that she had best be an excellent shot when AK-47 Courtesy, Wikipedia

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es on the issue of mental illness. The man who shot up the theatre, I understand, was a diagnosed schizophrenic, and the man who shot up the school was a diagnosed manic depressive (bipolar). The question is, were they taking their medicine? My favorite newscaster, Chris Wallace, is quick to say that the mentally ill are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence. Let me add that the incidence of violence among the mentally ill – about 2.3 percent – is nearly identical to that of the general population.

Further, should background checks permit a NON-VIOLENT felon from getting a gun for self-protection? And, as for “the mentally ill,” how ‘bout that little 19-year-old who was committed for depression? Is she to be denied a gun to protect herself when at age 27, after taking anti-depressants successfully for eight years, she wants to protect herself and her children? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS CONGRESS MUST RAISE AND ANSWER. I might further observe that all school children of this nation deserve the same protection as that provided to the children of President Barack Obama. It is my understanding that the legislation he proposes will do this very thing. If so, I applaud the measure. If not, I deplore it. What better way to promote employment than hiring veterans to protect our school children?

So, let our President and members of Congress take such matters into account during the ferocious debate, long overdue, on so-called “gun control.”

And all this time I thought gun control simply meant shooting straight. R Email Carl at plainbrownrapper2001@ yahoo.com.

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