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A taste of craft in our own backyard If you’ve ever wanted to take a trip around “We’ve become a destination site,” Keg the globe but lacked the dough, beer might be owner Todd Antz told Koesters. “I’ve seen your answer. And you won’t even have to leave some of the craziest stuff, where people just go Southern Indiana. on a weeklong beer run.” For the second year in a row — and sixth Craft beer is a growing slice of the libation overall — The Keg Liquors, Clarksville, has pie. It seems like a new brewery opens every been voted the best bottle shop for beer in other day; Indianapolis his home to more than a Indiana by RateBeer.com. Craving some pizza dozen. Southern Indiana is holding its own with JASON THOMAS with a craft beer? For the third consecutive year, Flat 12 in Jeffersonville, Floyd County Brewing SoIn Editor RateBeer.com named New Albanian BrewCo., Donum Dei Brewery and New Albanian, ing Company Pizzeria and Public House, New all in New Albany. Albany, the state’s best brew pub. “New Albany is sort of coming alive,” Floyd County The Keg offers more than 900 beers from more than Brewing owner Brian Hampton said. “The last time it 450 brewers from 36 states and 34 counties. So let some was a thriving little city was back in the steamboat days.” suds float you away on a trip around the world. All aboard! Recognition from such a popular website is a boon for both businesses, which attract customers in search of — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by new and hard-to-find libations, Matt Koesters writes in phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas. today’s centerpiece.
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Regarding art of a political nature SOIN THE KNOW
• WHAT: 2016 Congressional Art Competition
• WHEN: Deadline for submit-
ting entries is Tuesday, April 15. The winning entry will be announced in May. • WHERE: Entries can be submitted to the 9th District Constituent Service Center, 279 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville. • INFO: More information can be found on Young’s website at toddyoung.house.gov/ congressional-art-competition/, or by contacting Sam Eaton in the Jeffersonville office at 812288-3999. JEFFERSONVILLE — U.S. Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., has announced that the 2016 Congressional Art Competition (CAC) has begun. The nationwide art competition encourages high school students from across the country to showcase their artistic ability.
One winning entry will be selected to represent the 9th Congressional District of Indiana in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for one year as part of an exhibition. In addition, this first-place entrant will receive a pair of roundtrip airline tickets to Washington, D.C., for a gala reception in June honoring all CAC winners. Entries will be scored by a panel of professional artists from the 9th District. Judges will be asked to score artwork in each of the following categories: Photography and Non-Photography. The artwork with
the highest combined judges’ score will be the 2016 winning entry and the runner-up will have her or his artwork displayed in the Jeffersonville District office for one year. Additionally, a social media runner-up will be selected through votes on Young’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/RepToddYoung. The artist whose work receives the most “likes” on Facebook will receive a special recognition from Young. Their work will also be displayed in the Bloomington District office for one year. Deadline is April 15.
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Where to go and be seen in Southern Indiana
FESTIVAL OF CHORUSES • WHAT: Ohio Valley Choral Festival • WHEN: 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22; VIP reception 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
• WHERE: New Albany High School gymnasium
• INFO: Call 812-981-7648
The 78th annual Ohio Valley Choral Festival features over 400 singers from Charlestown, Jeffersonville and New Albany with the Floyd County Youth Symphony as special guests. The performance is under the direction of internationally known conductor Dr. Rollo Dilworth of Temple University. Join in with singing the finale “Battle Hymn of the Republic” with the full orchestra.
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FREEDOM THROUGH JAZZ • WHAT: ‘Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz’ • WHEN: 7 p.m. tonight, Feb. 18 • WHERE: Ogle Center, IUS, 4201 Grant Line
Road, New Albany The student winners of the IU Southeast Slam Poetry Contest will also be featured. ‘Ask Your Mama’ is Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes’ homage in verse and music to the struggle for artistic and social freedom in America and abroad at the beginning of the 1960s. It is a 12-part epic poem which Hughes scored with musical cues drawn from various influences.
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VISIT DAWSON’S HALLOW • WHAT: ‘Dawson’s Hallow: An African-American Settlement’
• WHEN: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 • WHERE: Elsa Strassweg Auditorium of the
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, 180 W. Spring St,. New Albany The Floyd County Historical Society monthly meeting features Pam Peters presenting “Dawson’s Hallow: An African-American Settlement.” Peters is a board member of the Historical Society, a founding member of Floyd County Historical Society’s Padgett Museum and the author of “The Underground Railroad in Floyd County, Indiana.” The meeting is free and open to the public.
GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com
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Craft beer now accounts for 40 percent of The Keg Liquors sales, located in Clarksville.
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outhern Indiana businesses rated tops in the state by craft beer website
By MATT KOESTERS sroom@newsandtribune.com
ERN INDIANA — At an outsidt glance, Southern Indiana would to be the kind of place where beer their favorite brand 30 cans at a would ever guess that Clark and es are day-trip destinations for craft om all over the region? According to RateBeer.com, Southhome to the best bottle shop and pub in the state. eg Liquors, Clarksville, it’s the n a row that the shop has received d the sixth overall. New Albanian Pizzeria and Public House, New ys the award for the third consecu-
n from such a popular website is a businesses, which attract customof new and hard-to-find libations. come a destination site,” Keg owner id. “I’ve seen some of the craziest people just go on a weeklong beer
Southern Indiana is quickly becoming one of Indiana’s key destinations for craft beer enthusiasts. From breweries to bottle shops, Clark and Floyd counties offer a dizzying variety of brands and styles. In addition to trying beers from around the country, now Southern Indiana residents have more options than ever in their own backyards.
LOCAL BREWERIES
The Keg Liquors in Clarksville was awarded the best bottle shop in the state by RateBeer.com. This is the second year in a row, and sixth time, the business has received the honor.
at New Albanian co-owner Amy d of the brew pub’s award when she d for this story doesn’t make her any bout it. New Albanian has been a ation for years, she said. to its own line of beer, NABC eavily rotated tap list that gives cushing new and different every time ylor credits the brew pub’s success duct, a fair value and consistent
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The Keg Liquors features: • Over 900 beers • Over 450 brewers • Beer from 36 states • Beer from 34 countries
PORT OF (CRAFT) CALL
z took over The Keg 11 years ago, n bolstering the store’s selection, ar emphasis placed on imports from northern Europe. Not long after he founded the Fest of Ale, a Crusade fundraiser that exposes visitors to s from breweries around the country. Craft beer now accounts for about The Keg’s sales. For Antz, variety spice of life; it’s the key to his
ndiana has been steadily hopping
BY THE NUMBERS
• New Albanian Brewing Co. Pizzeria and Public House 3312 Plaza Dr., New Albany • New Albanian Brewing Co. Bank Street Brewhouse 415 Bank St., New Albany 812-944-2577 newalbanian.com • Floyd County Brewing Co. 129 W. Main St., New Albany 470-588-2337 floydcountybrewing.com • Donum Dei Brewery 3211 Grant Line Rd. #3, New Albany 502-541-2950 • Flat 12 Bierwerks Jeffersonville 130 W. Riverside Dr., Jeffersonville 812-590-3219 flat12.me
FEST OF ALE ON THE MOVE
Employee Angie Hogan organizes the beer coolers, pulling empty boxes moving to bottles to accessible points at the Keg Liquors in Clarksville on Wednesday.
For 10 years, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church hosted the Fest of Ale, an annual fundraiser for the Crusade for Children organized by The Keg Liquors. But with a new decade comes a new venue for the craft beer festival. The event, set for June 4, will instead be held at the New Albany Riverfront. For more information about The Keg Liquors and Fest of Ale, visit kegliquors.com.
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ENTERTAINMENT
MOVIES: FEB. 19
é “Race”
“Risen” “The Witch”
This week's entertainment releases
ALBUMS: FEB. 19 é “Taking One for the Team” by Simple Plan “Painting With” by Animal Collective
BOOKS: FEB. 23 é “A Girl’s Guide to Moving On” by Debbie Macomber “Playing to the Edge” by Michael V. Hayden
How to get to Sesame Street SOIN THE KNOW
• WHAT: Sesame Street Live ‘Make a New Friend’
• WHEN: Friday, March 4, 6:30
p.m.; Saturday, March 5, 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 6, 4:30 p.m. • WHERE: Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway, Louisville • INFO: Tickets: $15 and $22. A limited number of $32 Gold Circle seats and $52 Sunny Seats are also available. For more information call 502-5847777 or 800-775-7777. Tickets may also be purchased online at kentuckycenter.org. LOUISVILLE — No matter where you’re from or where you’ve been, everyone is special. Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, and their Sesame Street friends welcome Chamki, Grover’s friend from India, to Sesame Street. Together, they explore the universal fun of friendship and celebrate cultural similarities, from singing and dancing, to sharing cookies. Sesame Street Live “Make a New Friend” will visit the Brown Theatre from
Friday, March 4, through Sunday, March 6, according to a Brown Theatre news release. Tickets for all four performances are on sale now. Chamki is from far away and she’s visiting Sesame Street for just one day. Grover has a long to-do list for his friend, from kayaking to hot yoga, but Chamki is busy enjoying cookies with Cookie Monster, singing with Abby Cadabby, and doing “The Elmo Slide.” Will an appearance from Super Grover get Chamki’s attention? Join the fun and create memories with your friends and family. Sesame Street Live “Make a New
Friend” offers a fun-filled, interactive learning experience, including up-close and furry interactions on the audience floor. Like television’s “Sesame Street,” each Sesame Street Live production features timeless tunes and lessons for all ages. The universal appeal of each Broadwayquality musical production continues long after preschool. Adults will appreciate the hightech stagecraft, cleverly written script, and music they’ll recognize and enjoy sharing with children, such as “Count Me In,” and fun new parodies of “Hot and Cold,” and “Moves Like Jagger.”
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LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGS Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@ newsandtribune.com
LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S
WHAT: Live on State WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany Friday, Feb. 19: Tricycle; Saturday, Feb. 19: Slinky Jenkins; Saturday, Feb. 20: Chase Skinner; Wax Factory; Friday, Feb. 26: The Mighty Ohio, Goldylocks; Saturday, Feb. 27: Gas Money
RIVER CITY WINERY EVENTS
WHERE: River City Winery, 321 Pearl St., New Albany Trivia is held every Sunday night.
OGLE CENTER EVENTS
WHERE: The Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the campus of Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany INFO: Tickets available at the Ogle Center ticket office by calling 812-941-2525, or going online to oglecenter.com.
CELTIC NIGHTS: SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27 COST: $29 in advance, $33 at the door, $10 for students at all times
LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT JAZZ QUARTET
WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 COST: Free Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet will perform. The student winners of the IU Southeast Slam Poetry Contest will also be featured.
NATURAL-BORN ARTWORK
WHAT: ‘Bernheim: A Natural Muse’ exhibit WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany INFO: carnegiecenter.org The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany has
announced the opening of a new exhibit, “Bernheim: A Natural Muse,” celebrating 35 years of the Artist in Residence program at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. The exhibit features work by 27 artists represented by 28 art works and 27 photographs. Media include painting, photography, sculpture, video, and mixed media, according to a Carnegie news release.
THE GRAND FILM FESTIVAL
WHEN: March 12-13 WHERE: The Grand, 138 E. Market St., New Albany INFO: Tickets are $6 per day or $10 for a weekend pass. Visit the Arts Council of Southern Indiana’s website for more information at artscouncilsi.org. The Arts Council of Southern Indiana announces the thirdannual Grand Film Festival will be held March 12-13 at The Grand in New Albany. The festival is a two-day gathering of local talent showcasing film trailers, shorts and feature films. The submission deadline for filmmakers is Feb. 25.
HOW THE GARDEN GROWS
WHAT: Gardening series WHEN: February-September WHERE: Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Ind. 62, Charlestown The Clark County annual vegetable gardening class series dubbed “The after dinner garden conversation” is here. Starting in February to September, it will have a series of eight classes, one class per month. Classes will take place at the 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Ind. 62, Charlestown, Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a fee of $10 for all eight classes. The class schedule is as follows: March 24: What to grow in your garden and when; April 14, Space management in the home vegetable garden; May 12: The why and how of growing tomatoes; June 16: Integrated pest management in the garden; July 21: Extending the gardening season; Aug. 18: Organic gardening practices in the home garden; Sept. 22: Container and raised bed gardening. Call the Clark County Extension office 812-256-4591 to register or send an email to kafari@Purdue.com and request to be registered.
GET A CHECK-UP
WHAT: St. Mark’s Neighborhood Health Fair WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 WHERE: St. Mark’s United Church of Christ, 222 E. Spring St., New Albany INFO: Call St. Mark’s at 812-945-2569 or e-mail at stmarksucc@win.net. This community event provides health and wellness services for adults and children at no cost. Free vision screenings and eyeglasses provided by WaterStep Ministries and Lions Club; flu shots, blood pressure and blood sugar screenings by Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services; haircuts; chiropractic screenings by McAllister Chiropractic; women’s health education; mental health resources; HIV education/ resources through Volunteers of America; dental screenings and education; family literacy, health insurance and social service resources will also be available at no cost during the fair. Free clothing items provided by St. Marks Clothes Closet.
Kurt Vile performs on stage at the Forecastle Music Festival in 2014. | STAFF PHOTO BY TYLER STEWART
Kurt Vile to stop at Headliners next week LOUISVILLE — Singersongwriter Kurt Vile and his band The Violators will play Headliners Louisville on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Vile is in support of his fifth solo album, “B’lieve I’m Going Down,” which Matador released in September. The Philadelphia native was a founding member of War on Drugs and has since gained acclaim and fans, particularly since 2013’s “Walkin On a Pretty Daze.” He played Forecastle Festival that year to a sizable crowd. Vile mixes fuzzy guitar work
BREAKING NEWS. WEATHER ALERTS. LOCAL SPORTS. AND MORE!
SOIN THE KNOW
• WHAT: Kurt Vile in concert • WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 24
• WHERE: Headliners Louisville
• INFO: Tickets are $20 and available at headlinerslouisville.com
with banjo, keys and elements of roots music. Tickets are $20 and available at headlinerslouisville.com. Doors are at 8 and Xylouris White is set to open at 9.
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PUB: Floyd Co. Brewing owner says New Albany is coming alive CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 up its craft beer cred, with The Keg and NABC leading the charge. Restaurants like Buckhead Mountain Grill, Rocky’s Sub Pub, Charlestown Pizza Co. and, more recently, Big Four Burgers and Beer have made craft beer a focal point of their businesses. For a long time, NABC enjoyed a monopoly on locally brewed craft beer. But with the arrival of Indianapolis-based Flat 12 Bierwerks’ Jeffersonville taproom and the opening of Donum Dei Brewery and Floyd County Brewing Co., craft beer enthusiasts have more local options than ever before. Floyd County Brewing Co. owner Brian Hampton once called brewing a hobby. But with the opening of his
100-percent self-funded business, he’s bet his life savings on the continued popularity of craft beer and a revitalized New Albany downtown. “New Albany is sort of coming alive,” Hampton said. “The last time it was a thriving little city was back in the steamboat days.” The area’s rich German heritage and its close proximity to Louisville probably both play a role in the rise of craft beer’s popularity in the area. But for Baylor, craft beer’s newfound popularity isn’t something that happened overnight. “It’s always been around me, so it’s always kind of surprising when someone says, ‘Wow, we’re really taking off,’” she said. “I feel like it’s been taking off for a long, long time.”
The Keg Liquors offer more than 900 beers, from nearly 450 brewers in 36 states and out of 34 countries around the world. | STAFF PHOTOS BY TYLER STEWART
Employee Angie Hogan restocks and organizes beer on the shelves of the Keg Liquors storage room in Clarksville.
TOP AND LEFT: Bottles of beer are pictured at The Keg Liquors in Clarksville.