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SoIn Street Chic summer fashion

A News and Tribune Publication

JUNE 18, 2015 — Issue 70

Jumpin' java!

Kolkin Coffee, The Hub Café open joints

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Design

Claire Munn

STORY

Jenna Esarey

PHOTOGRAPHY

Christopher Fryer and Tyler Stewart

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ON THE COVER: LEFT: The Hub Café serves a variety of baked goods, such as the cherry tart, made by owners Nick and Sam Jones' mother, who worked as a pastry chef for years in Atlanta. | Staff photo by Tyler Stewart RIGHT: Coffee beans are pictured inside a grinder behind the counter at Kolkin Coffee, 2736 Charlestown Road, New Albany. | staff photo by christopher fryer

Crazy for cafés in Southern Indiana

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wo new cafés have opened in Southern chewy center, Esarey writes. Fillings range from Indiana to quench your coffee cravings pulled chicken to Nutella and bacon. and satisfy your sweet tooth or savory All if it is made from scratch. sensibilities.

The Hub in Jeffersonville and Kolkin Coffee UPDATED DESIGN in New Albany have unique backgrounds, as Also, check out some tweaks to SoIn’s design well. What else would you expect in SoIn? that debut today.

That’s how we brew.

Designer extraoridinaire Claire Munn took it JASON THOMAS The Almon family — Gary and Lanette, their upon herself to clean up the clunky headlines, SoIn Editor five daughters Macee, 13, Morgan, 16, Madison, streamline the listings and top three features, and 18, Mallory, 21, and McKenzie, 23 — head up just made the overall design much more appealing Kolkin. In addition to crafting its own coffee, Kolkin ofto the eye. fers fresh-baked treats from Scarlet’s Bakery, a job training That’s what we do in SoIn, always looking to make center for Louisville-based Scarlet Hope, a ministry helpthings better. ing women leave the adult entertainment industry, Jenna I think I’ll celebrate with a roti.

Esarey writes in today’s centerpiece.

Owned by Nick Jones, his nephews Sam and Ben Jones — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by and Melinda Mackenzie, The Hub features fresh-baked phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandtrisweets, salads and its unique centerpiece — the roti, which bune.com. Follow him on Twitter: is a type of pita or flat bread with a crispy, flaky skin and @ScoopThomas.

SoIn Street Chic: Summer Days

Sizzling summer style A h summer, the greatly anticipated season we all find ourselves daydreaming about as we look longingly at the bulky work clock in our office. I would be lying if I said there weren’t days where I intensely stared at that dreaded clock, attempting to use superhuman powers to urge time to tick faster. Now (though most of us still have work during the summer), we can finally throw our office papers into the sky and say, “Sayonara!” to the building (at least until we have to go back on Monday ...

Don’t ruin the moment).

Regardless, something about summer makes our action packed weekends of lying poolside with friends, attending delicious neighborhood barbecues and taking much needed family vacations that much sweeter. Summer is one of the only times of the year where we can find different opportunities, events, concerts and activities around any corner. However, the burning question at the top of our minds (well, my mind at least) is now that it’s summer whatever shall we wear?

According to Vogue magazine, this is the summer to experiment with mixing and match-

ing bold colors and prints. Now, if you are one of those people who had to reread that line a few times and are wondering what the heck I am talking about, I will break it down for you.

Summer is the wonderful season where bright and fun colors coincide with the equally bright and fun weather and activities that come with summer.

For instance, when I think of summer I think of golden, crisp pineapples with deep green leaves, deep shades of blue and aqua for the calm ocean, electric, neon sunglasses worn by sunburned teens by the pool and many other images that come to mind. Now that you have those clear pictures of different summer colors in your brain, think of taking those vivid summer tones and combining them into an outfit.

Summer is the perfect excuse to go all out with bold colors and prints. For example, men: Why not take a finely pressed plaid buttondown shirt and pair it with pastel or fun colored shorts? And for my ladies, let’s try taking a neutral shaded dress and adding bold pops of colors to our ensemble with fun accessories. No matter what activity you find yourself indulging

in this summer, I recommend incorporating that contagious happy-go-lucky feel summer brings with equally fun pops of prints and color in your outfit.

Take a look here how I have incorporated bright colors and prints into my summer!

— Peyton Schmidt is a Southern Indiana native and a sophomore communications major focusing on journalism and fashion business at Bellarmine University.

She can be reached via email at pischmidt96@gmail. com. Follow her on Twitter: @peytonscmidtt.

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MINIATURE GOLF! Where to go and be seen in Southern Indiana

Groove to some culture

18 HOLE Miniature Golf $5.00 per person (includes park admission) Play additional rounds for $4 each.

• What: Inaugural Culture Fest • When: 7 p.m. Friday, June 19 • Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville • Cost: Free This first-time event will feature food and craft vendors and live music from Roots Vibration from Detroit, Cosa Sierra from Louisville and The Ark Band from Columbus, Ohio.

Lawn chairs, blankets and coolers are welcome at RiverStage.

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Also: • Sprinkle Pad • Playground • Roller Skating ($2.00 skate rental)

Now Scheduling Birthday Parties, Company Picnics, Field Trips and Family Reunions.

Park Admission is $3.00 per person (ages 2 and up)

Visit a magical land • What: Creating fairy gardens • When: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20 • Where: Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture

Garden, Utica • Cost: $15; call 812-282-0524 to register This class on creating fairy gardens is led by Hidden Hill Art Director Katrina Pate. Participants need only bring a low, wide garden pot and a sense of fun as Hidden Hill will supply the soil and some yellow sedum for background. All fairy furniture, houses and other diminutive plants will be on sale at 20 percent off. Bring a brown bag lunch to eat afterward.

A clean sweep • What: Ohio River Sweep 2015 • When: Saturday, June 20 • Where: shorelines of the Ohio River • Info: visit OhioRiverSweep.org or contact Lisa Cochran at 800-359-3977 The largest environmental event of its kind, the Ohio River Sweep encompasses six states. Clark County check-in locations are at 8:30 and 11 a.m. at Ashland Park and the Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center in Clarksville. T-shirt, water and gloves will be provided.

Gotta Go: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

Charlestown Family Activities Park 1000 Park St. (across from the high school football field) Charlestown, IN.

OPEN Mondays-Saturdays 10 AM to 10 PM For more info email Rhonda, Rhonda.davidson@cityofcharlestown.com, You can also call the Mayor’s office at 812-256-3422, or visit our website: cityofcharlestown.com

ABoVe: head barista Mallory Almon, louisville, prepares a coffee drink at Kolkin Coffee in new Albany. Almon’s parents, Gary and lanette, own the business, which is located at 2736 Charlestown road.

BeloW: Yuka Tamagawa, louisville, left, and Colleen Wolfe, new Albany, study together at Kolkin Coffee, 2736 Charlestown road, new Albany. | STAFF PHOTOS BY CHRiSTOPHER FRYER

Ca A tale of two

By JENNA ESAREY newsroom@newsandtribune.com f you’re in the mood for a good cup of coffee, your options have expanded in the last couple of months with the opening of two new shops in Southern Indiana: The Hub in Jeffersonville and Kolkin Coffee in New Albany.

While they both serve up delicious coffee, tea and smoothies along with free Wi-Fi in a cozy setting, the similarities end there with one focusing almost exclusively on beverages and the other offering up breakfast and lunch sandwiches with plans to expand into the dinner hours.

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Kolkin Coffee

No, Kolkin is not their family name, and no, they didn’t make the word up. “Kolkin is the Dutch word for eddy,” said Lanette Almon, co-owner of New Albany’s Kolkin Coffee.

As avid whitewater kayakers, the Almon family appreciates an eddy.

“It actually goes against the flow. It creates a calm spot in the river,” said Gary Almon, Lanette’s husband and co-owner of the shop. “An eddy is a place of rest.”

The menu is simple at Kolkin Coffee.

“We’re a craft coffee house,” Gary said. “Nothing is pushbutton. We do lattes and cappuccinos, coffee, iced coffee, smoothies and loose-leaf tea. We want to be experts at the simple things. We’re trying to be an artisan shop, taking coffee to a fine wine kind of level.”

In addition to Gary and Lanette, their five daughters Macee, 13, Morgan, 16, Madison, 18, Mallory, 21, and McKenzie, 23, help out with the business.

“Everything in here Gary and the girls built,” Lanette said.

A kayak hanging on the wall represents the family’s love of whitewater kayaking.

“We’ve been coffee lovers for a long time,” Gary said. Opening the shop “was a way to stay in the community and hopefully help the community.”

Lanette is a pediatric nurse at Kosair Chil-

afés The hub

• Where: 716 E. 10th St., Jeffersonville • Phone: 812-913-1426 • hours: Monday – Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• online: hubcafe.net and Facebook KolKin Coffee

• Where: 2736 Charlestown Road, New Albany • Phone: 502-526-8576 • hours: Monday – Friday 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• online: Facebook

dren’s Hospital in Louisville and Gary taught at Boyce Bible College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for 15 years.

“When he lost his job last year, all of his job offers were out of state,” Lanette said. “We didn’t want to move.”

The couple is good friends with the owners of Sunergos Coffee in Louisville.

“We just got to talking with them and they encouraged us to open a shop,” Lanette said.

Sunergos helps fledgling coffee shops with equipment, training, oversight, location hunting, and all the other little details, along with supplying their own freshly roasted coffee beans.

“They stay alongside for the first year — make sure we don’t develop any bad habits,” Gary said.

He said he believes there are four essentials to a good coffee shop: great equipment, great roasters, great baristas and hospitality.

“Our equipment is top of the line, we use great coffee and we were trained by the best,” Gary said.

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ABoVe: The hub Café’s Crispy Potato breakfast roti and the rogue lunch roti are paired with a side of truffle potato salad. The rotis, a Malaysian flatbread somewhere between a croissant and tortilla, are served in a variety of flavor profiles featuring fresh and local ingredients.

BeloW: The hub Café co-owner nick Jones begins to brew a cup of coffee for a customer during lunch at the café in Jeffersonville on Wednesday. | STAFF PHOTOS BY TYLER STEWART

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Go smoke ’em if you got ’em Jeff Mouttet, owner of Match Cigar Bar at Riverside, is offering an exclusive cigar experience this weekend with Caldwell Cigars Co. and Lost and Found Cigars.

“We’re proud to bring premier cigars to Match Cigar Bar, an experience that’s just a drive across the river from Louisville,” Mouttet said in a news release. “On June 20th, meet us in Jeffersonville for an exclusive opportunity to meet and talk with Robert Caldwell about his venture into the industry through Caldwell Cigars Co. and Lost and Found Cigars.”

Limited quantities will be available at this event, so don’t miss the chance to get a taste of one of these signature cigars.

Four boxes will be available: Diamond Girl, Lonsdale, The King is Dead Lock Stock, Belicoso, Long Live the King Fat Toro, Eastern Standard Time Pyramide, Eastern Standard Time, Lost and Found Pepper Creme Soda; 10 count bundles at $108; Lost and Found Cream Machine; nine count bundles at $99 or three count bundles at $36.

About Match Cigar Bar: Easily accessible to those in Southern Indiana and the Louisville Metro, Match Cigar Bar is located at 207 Spring St. in Jeffersonville.

Owned by Jeff and Sara Mouttet, their mission is to provide a premium smoke shop and cigar bar in the Louisville metropolitan area, a destination featuring the friendliest staff and the cleanest, most comfortable environment for cigar smokers locally and those nationwide visiting the Kentuckiana region. For more information on Match Cigar Bar, visit matchcigarbar. com

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• What: Cigar Company comes to Match Cigar Bar at Riverside with special guest Robert Caldwell

• When: 6 p.m. Saturday, June 20 • Where: Match Cigar Bar, 207 Spring St., Jeffersonville

• Info: matchcigarbar.com

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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 Huber’s

• When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday • Where: Huber Winery

Saturday, June 20: Dean Heckel; Sunday, June 21: Joe Dotson; Saturday, June 27: Josh & Holly; Sunday, June 28: Me and You [huberwinery.com]

Sept. 12: Zumba Glow Party; Sept. 13: Rock on Water Jason Gray with guest Carrollton & Hush Harbor

Live music at NAPH

• Where: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main St.,

New Albany Friday, June 19: TTE, Alienation, LPG, Sick Noise and more, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., $6 advance/$8 day of show; Saturday, June 20: Ashley Ledrick, Jacob Resch, Rachel Esarey, Good Natured Men, Molly The Impaler; 6:30 p.m., $8 [naproductionhouse.com]

Live music at Big Four Burgers + Beer Jeffersonville

• Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville

• When: Friday and Saturday

June 19: Katie and Kaela; Saturday, June 20: Drew Alexander; Friday, June 26: Tyler Stiller; Saturday, June 27: The Strays [bigfourburgers.com]

Live music at Big Four Burgers + Beer New Albany

• Where: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 114 E. Main St., New

Live music at Wick’s

• What: Live on State • Where: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany

June 19: é Rachel Timberlake ; Saturday, June 20: Jimmy Walker Texas Ranger; Saturday, June 27: The Good Chiggens

Concerts in the Park

• When: 7 p.m. Friday • Where: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street,

Jeffersonville June 19: Wulfe Bros.; June 26: Early Autumn; July 3: The Dan Krekel Orchestra; July 10: Mike Mitchell Trio featuring June Kelley Roy; July 17: Hog Operation; July 24: Grand Slam; July 31: River Cities Concert Band; Aug. 7: The Rheingold German American Band; Aug. 14: Rascals of Ragtyme; Aug. 21: The Saints Blues Band; Aug. 28: Indigo; Sept. 4: Moonlight Big Band; Sept. 11: Cloigheann Irish Band

RiverStage Concert Series

• When: 7 p.m. Friday • Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive,

Jeffersonville June 26: Velcro Pygmies with guest The Big Phatty Band; July 3 - 5: RiverPops Featuring The Wizard of Oz; July 10: Unlimited Show Band with guest Night Breeze; July 17: The Newbees; July 24: The Monarchs with guest Personnel Only; July 31: The Wulfe Bros. with special guest The Doo-Wop All Stars and Munch; Aug. 1: Jeffersonville Goes Country Maddie & Tae with special guest Love & Theft; Aug. 7: Endless Summer Band with guest TimeSquare; Aug. 14: Juice Box Heroes with guest The Hiding; Aug. 21: Tony & the Tanlines with guest Blues and Greys; Aug. 28: 100% Poly with guest Muji Fuji; Sept. 4: Steamboat Days The Louisville Crashers with guest Derby City Rockers; Sept. 5: Steamboat Days; Sept.

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• When: Friday and Saturday

Friday, June 19: Katie and Kaela; Saturday, June 20: Tyler Stiller; Friday, June 26: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, June 27: Aquilla [bigfourburgers.com]

Corydon Jamboree Live

• Where: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon • When: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays

Saturday, June 20: Gerald Shelton, Shelly Young, Kim McCauley, Kelly Amy; Saturday, June 27: Taylor Lynch, Marcus Kinnard, Carla Reisert General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other information call 812-7381130. [corydonjamboree.com]

Ross Country Jamboree

• Where: 31 Wardell St., Scottsburg Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.: Mike Boughey as Elvis, Amber Martin; Saturday, June 27: Natalie Berry, Al Hilbert, Lloyd Wood Regular shows: general admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. Info: 866-573-7677. [rosscountryjamboree.com]

Derby Dinner Playhouse

• What: ‘Social Security’ • When: Through June 21 • Where: Derby Dinner Playhouse, 525 Marriott Drive,

Clarksville Info: Call 812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com This hilarious Broadway hit comedy tells the chaotic story of a sophisticated, art dealing New York couple whose domestic tranquility is shattered when the wife’s goody-goody sister, her uptight CPA husband, and her crazy mother converge on their apartment.

Juneteenth celebration coming to New Albany Second Baptist Church serving as primary host

NEW ALBANY — Word finally reached Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, that slavery had been abolished in the United States.

One hundred and fifty years later, local organizers are still trying to give the celebration to honor that date, known as Juneteenth, the recognition they feel it deserves.

Second Baptist Church — the con- SOIN THE KNOW gregation that worships in the historic • What: Juneteenth Town Clock Church — has stepped • When: Friday, Saturday, up to serve as the primary host of the June 19-20 events this year.

• Where: Various locaJoyce Marshall is heading the ortions in New Albany ganizational effort for the church, and • why: Honoring the she emphasized it’s a celebration of sacrifice for equality more than just the end of slavery, but • Info: Call 502-277-1101 of the sacrifices so many have made throughout history for equality.

This year, St. Marks United Church of Christ has agreed to host activities at its campus on Saturday, June 20. Wilkerson and the parks department are continuing to contribute by holding a Kids Zone adjacent to St. Marks between Market and Spring streets on Third Street on that day.

The activities commence at 7 p.m. June 19 at Town Clock Church, 300 E. Main St., New Albany, where Dr. Charles Elliott, a reverend with King Solomon Baptist Church in Louisville, will provide a message based on the theme of the local event, “Freedom is not Free.”

On Saturday, the Juneteenth celebration will move to St. Marks United Church of Christ, 222 E. Spring St., where there will be free activities, spoken word poets and a setup of booths and vendors .

The day will begin with a motorcade procession from Division Street School, which was once a segregated school, to St. Marks United Church. The June 20 events will end with a free gospel concert at St. Marks.

— Staff writer Daniel Suddeath

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CAFés: Kolkin Coffee, The Hub offer unique treats

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 Sunergos Coffee has won a number of accolades over the years, including being named America’s Best Espresso National Champions in 2014, Zagat’s Kentucky’s Top Coffee Shop, USA Today’s Top 25 Coffee Shops in America, and finishing first in the Specialty Coffee Association of America Latte Art competition in 2012.

Barn wood salvaged from Bullet County, Ky., was used to decorate and craft some custom-made tables for the space in a small strip mall just off Charlestown Road.

“It’s solid red oak, white oak, poplar,” Gary said. “It must be at least 100 years old.”

Metal water pipes serve as the base for many of the tables. “It’s like playing with Legos,” Gary said.

Lanette says one of their best sellers is a chai tea latte, followed by Café Miele, a latte with honey and cinnamon.

“And our mocha shake is amazing,” she said. “It’s a shot of espresso, ice cream, a flavored syrup and ice, all blended together.”

Muffins and bagels from a local retail store will soon be replaced by fresh-baked treats from Scarlet’s Bakery, a job training center for Louisville-based Scarlet Hope, a ministry helping women leave the adult entertainment industry.

The coffee shop stays open until 9 p.m. most nights.

“It’s amazing how many people drink caffeine in the evening,” Lanette said. “We tend to get a big rush around 7.”

The family has plans to stay pen late during mid-term and finals weeks for IU Southeast and Ivy Tech.

“We’re calling it ‘Stay Up With You,’” Gary said. “We’ll give the kids a place to come and study. As a professor I know that is essential.”

Creating an intimate environment where people can just come to hang out was essential to the Almons.

“It’s the old pub or tavern experience,” Gary said. “That’s what coffee shops have become. We own it, but we don’t own it. It’s the community’s place to come and dwell.”

The Hub

Taking the space, and the name, of the business they operated before,

The Hub Café's 'All Kale Caesar' salad features tomatoes, roasted pecans and crust crumbles on top of a bed of baby kale, topped with Parmesan cheese and an in-house caesar dressing. | Staff photo by TYLER STEWART Co-owner Gary Almon, New Albany, right, and his daughter, head barista Mallory Almon, work behind the counter at Kolkin Coffee, 2736 Charlestown Road, New Albany. | Staff photo by Christopher Fryer Coffee bean sacks are pictured on display inside Kolkin Coffee. | Staff photo by Christopher Fryer

The Hub Café, located at 716 E. 10th Street, sits on the corner of the 10th Avenue and Penn Street intersection in Jeffersonville. | Staff photo by TYLER STEWART The Hub’s four owners converted a shipping and eBay consignment shop into a café.

“It’s like a coffee bistro,” said coowner Sam Jones. “It’s just a hard thing to describe until you experience it.”

The 32-seat café offers up more than just a hot cup of joe. Owned by Nick Jones, his nephews Sam and Ben Jones and Melinda Mackenzie, the café opened on April 14.

“We thought about what Jeff needed,” said Sam. “We’re trying to figure out what Jeffersonville likes to eat.”

A number of fresh baked goods

fill the display case daily, created by Bridget Jones, a pastry chef and also Sam and Ben’s mother.

Visitors on a recent weekday found strawberry cake, cherry tart, coconut cupcakes, cake pops and peanut butter cupcakes on offer.

A few salads and side dishes are offered alongside the shops signature offering — the roti. What is a roti?

According to the Hub’s website it is a type of pita or flat bread with a crispy, flaky skin and chewy center.

“It’s Indonesian,” Sam said. “I say flatbread for lack of a better term. It

has the density of a croissant and the chewiness of a tortilla. You can put anything on it.”

And The Hub does, serving up everything from “The Rogue” with pulled chicken, roasted garlic mayo, bibb lettuce, brie cheese and tomato to the “Smooth Criminal” with Nutella, bacon and roasted pecans.

New menu items are being added, usually showing up as a daily special for a while before transitioning to the full-time menu.

“All our food is made from scratch,” Ben said. “Nothing is ever frozen.”

The brothers, who handle most of the kitchen duties, moved here two years ago from Atlanta, where they both worked in the restaurant business.

Sam spent 15 years as a chef and food director while Ben worked as a kitchen manager.

“We’ve been working in restaurants

for most of our lives,” Sam said. “This opportunity came up and we took it.”

As the café gains a following of loyal customers, the owners of The Hub are making plans for the future. Freshsqueezed juices, evening hours and a food truck are all in the planning stages.

Although the roti and salads are quite popular, the coffee does not take a backseat. Guests each day can expect at least two coffee choices, a medium and a dark roast, and a tea of the day. A recent tea was an orange passion fruit iced tea. “With the weather getting hot, a lot of people would rather have an iced tea,” said Ben. The Hub roasts its own coffee beans. “We wanted to mimic the coffee that you find in Key West,” Ben said.

“We really fell in love with the coffee and the process,” said Sam. “We enjoy coffee more than we thought we would.”