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Contents May 2013 | Vol. iii, No. 12

parties

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Kentucky Proud

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Who’s Got Your Back?

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Hats off to the Madam

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Festival Fashion

The Julep Ball Survivor Ambassador – Asia Ludlow

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Run With Your Heart

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Art Walks the Runway

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452,000 Meals

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All Hail the Queen

ACLU and Fairness Campaign Annual Dinner

KDF Kicks off the Season of Derby Fashion

Runway for the Roses

KMAC Couture

Homerun for Dare to Care

Fillies Derby Ball 2013

features 20

Fashion Dillard’s Runway for the Roses

First Lady Jane Beshear

Lisa Lake-Roedemeier

Brown Cancer Center Patient is the True Celebrity at Star- Studded Event

departments 7 Editor’s Letter Talk Derby to Me

36 Food and Wine

A Chat with Chefs Adam Burress

and Chase Mucerino 40

Giving Focus

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Corporate Spotlight

History, Artistry and Legacy

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16 ON THE COVER Lisa Lake-Roedemeier photographed by Jami Guess at Kilgore Garden Tour Location, 22 Stonebridge Road. Creative Direction by Gunnar Deatherage. Hair by Kathleen McGuirk, aka kitkat-mckyle. Makeup by Kristie Hicks. Wardrobe by Boutique Serendipity. Fascinator by Madam Foo Foo Couture. Flowers by Lavender Hill.

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Charity Spotlight

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On the Circuit

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The Scene

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Nretrospect

A Generous Slice of Derby!

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House & Garden Tour

Guys & Gals, Hats & Ties, Daughters of Greatness, Diva-tastic, High Heels & Hats

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EDITOR’S LETTER

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say, “Derby,” you say . . . “horses, hats, parties!” All that and more, which is why Lisa LakeRoedemeier (aka Madam Foo Foo)—a hat maker and horse lover devoted to Thoroughbred rescues—is such an ideal cover for our May issue. I say, “Oaks,” you say . . . “pink out, fillies, hope!” Again, all that and more, which is why we are bursting at our stapled seems with pride over our exclusive interview with Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear, whose “Horses and Hope” project brings breast cancer screening to the horse industry. In her interview with Nfocus Social Correspondent Tonya Abeln, the First Lady shares her passion behind this and many other initiatives to build a better Bluegrass.

In May 2010, Nfocus set out to cover all of the philanthropic parties of Derby season for our

first issue. Three years later, Louisville has officially earned its “Compassionate City” designation, and here at Nfocus, we find ourselves basking in the afterglow of our Runway for the Roses fashion show benefiting Horses and Hope, as we eagerly anticipate even more Derby events that we are proud to sponsor—Ferdinand’s Ball, in support of Old Friends Equine Rescue, and The Julep Ball, in support of The James Graham Brown Cancer Center. With all these parties on our calendar and it being spring and Derby and all, we thought a makeover was in order. Don’t worry, it’s less “nip tuck” and more “snip snip here, snip snip there and a couple of tra la las.” To our original mission we remain true, so come on, baby, talk Derby to me (and do it compassionately).

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Joe Perkowski, Mary Casey, Chris Schumer, Stacey Robinson, John Reisert

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Who’s Got Your Back?

ACLU and Fairness Campaign Annual Dinner

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ew groups gather with greater enthusiasm and commitment than supporters of the ACLU and Fairness Campaign at their annual dinner.

Enhanced this year by the urgency to convince the General Assembly to uphold Governor Beshear’s veto of a so called “religious freedom” bill passed by both chambers, the speeches were as fiery as a hellfire and brimstone sermon on a hot Sunday and the audience gathered at the Muhammad Ali Center as devoted to freedom of expression as any could be.

State Representative Joni Jenkins urged guests to find their voice and to use it to call Frankfort to lobby her fellow Legislators. “Look around you at your table. There is power in this room,” she said.

This can-do spirit propelled participants in the first New Kentuckians at the Capitol for Immigration Advocacy Day, March 11, 2013. ACLU Executive Director Michael Aldridge lauded the immigrants’ and their allies’ “really powerful stories” and noted that they compose a “growing population we need to support because they too are Kentuckians.”

A coup for the Fairness Campaign and the state at large was a vote in Kentucky’s tiniest town, Vicco, Perry County, to institute an antidiscrimination ordinance there. Aldridge called it “one particularly large victory in the smallest town in the US.” Vicco, population 334, received wide national acclaim for the act, including a story that appeared in The New York Times.

From eensy Vicco to the Ville, the key to success for the Fairness Campaign and the ACLU may be their synergy. “We have each other’s backs on all forms of oppression,” Aldridge said. Wiltshire Pantry’s Susan Hershberg, a 13-year sponsor of the dinner, thanked the organizations and guests and said she was humbled to host them. “Louisville is such a great city because of organizations like Fairness and the ACLU,” Hershberg said. “A sense of community is what makes Louisville so special.” And attractive apparently: Keith Brooks-Bekkstrom, Fairness Campaign Coordinator, said of his third time at the annual dinner, “I’m always impressed how incredibly sexy everyone is.”

Michael Aldridge, Susan Hershberg, Chris Hartman

Morgan McGarvey, Don Wenzel, Lindy Casebier, Brian Buford

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acy’s Kentucky Derby Festival Spring Fashion Show kicked off the season of Derby fashion on March 28 at Horseshoe Southern Indiana. Guests were treated to a red carpet experience during a night of fun and high fashion, including cocktails, dinner, and a “Her Scene Lounge.” Heyman models walked the runway in a show themed “Festival on Location” and styled by Christine Fellingham with looks from Apricot Lane Boutique, Boutique Serendipity, Collections Boutique, Crush Boutique, Dillard’s, Dress & Dwell, GUESS? Inc., Macy’s, Old Navy, Olivia & Co. Boutique, Pink Julep Boutique, Rodeo Drive, Sunny Daize, The Tangerine Closet, Cargo, and Caden.

Dressed in minis, maxis, shorts, gowns, hats and fascinators, models exercised their acting chops by interacting with props and entertaining the crowd as they journeyed through fashion stories titled Road Trip, Cover Shot, Paradise Found, Uptown Girls, London Calling, and Emerald City. Whether your favorite festival event is Thunder Over Louisville or They’re Off ! Luncheon, The Filles Derby Ball or the Great Steamboat Race, this fashion extravaganza had all of your wardrobe needs covered. With so many wonderful department stores and boutiques in our city, we can all look like we stepped right off the runway.

The first Kentucky Derby Festival Fashion Show in 1990 was organized to launch the teal Pegasus jacket as the new Board of Director’s uniform, but was so successful, it became a permanent addition to the Festival schedule. The Kentucky Derby Festival is an independent community organization supported by 4,000 volunteers. Since 1956, KDF has planned events that make the greatest 2 minutes in sports a month-long celebration for our community, with a local economic impact of more than $127 million! Kdf.org

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Mary Midkiff, Connie Sorrell, Anita Cauley, Madeline Abramson Sheryll Sison, Minh Nguyen, Amelia Gandara, Angela Stroupe

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Run with your Heart Runway for the Roses

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n April 4, Nfocus and Gunnar Deatherage transformed Dillard’s Runway for the Roses, a long-time favorite on the Derby fashion scene, into an avant-garde fashion event. The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, with its cavernous, repurposed industrial space, provided a perfectly unconventional stage where the worlds of fashion, film, and music collided before an audience of 500 guests.

With creative direction by Gunnar Deatherage, media artists Clay Cook and Antonio Pantoja, of Glass Label, produced a 38-minute film, “Fashion Pastiche,” which screened behind DJ Andrew Kim as models walked the loop of the entire venue, pausing before the film’s images of fashion from the swinging 1920s, through the domestic, suburban 1950s, the freewheelin’ 1970s and into a posthuman future.

Runway for the Roses put all things Kentucky at the fore. Bourbon Barrel Rehab created bourbon barrel bars and tables, which were adorned by hydrangea bouquets created by Lavender Hill. Event sponsors Old 502 Winery, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Draft Magazine and Korbel poured drinks as Chef Josh Moore of Volare, Chef Allen Hubard of Martini Italian Bistro, and The Village Anchor plated hors d’oeuvres and Art Eatables sweetened the evening with fleur-de-lis shaped chocolates and bourbon balls. Kudos to Event Planner Kelley LaBarbera and event sponsors Lenihan Sotheby’s, Lite 106.9, and OakSt. Production Group for a successful evening benefiting Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear’s Horses and Hope, which brings cancer screening to workers in the horse racing industry.

In the opening monologue of the evening’s performance, emcee and Nfocus Social Correspondent Tonya Abeln recollected her father’s telling of Secretariat’s story and advising her, “If you run with your heart, you’ll always win.” Undoubtedly, it was the heartfelt efforts of a very talented team that made the 2013 Runway for the Roses a Derby season winner.

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entucky Museum of Art and Craft was packed to capacity with a curious, sold-out crowd for the first ever KMAC Couture, a contemporary Derby season fundraiser that replaces the more traditional Oaks Brunch. Development Director Angela Stallings Hagan explained, “We want to keep our events as mission-driven as possible by showcasing and promoting excellence in art, craft, applied arts and design.” Guests were encouraged to wear all white or neutral tones to create a blank canvas for the itinerant art.

The crowd of white was delighted as some of the most whimsical, fashionable and even provocative designs made from unconventional materials walked the orange carpeted runway to the sound of original musical scores as unique as the designs themselves. A collection of looks designed, created and modeled by DuPont Manual High School art students made a lasting impression and drew an audible, albeit delayed, response from the crowd. Each required close inspection to identify that the impressive garments were made from materials such as film, Capri Sun packages, Dum Dum sucker wrappers, newspapers, and condoms.

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nce again, Brown-Forman united with 40 of Louisville’s best restaurants and 20 of its best beverage makers for the 26th Annual Taste of Derby Festival at Slugger Field. With a heavy hitter sponsor like Brown-Forman teaming up with Derby City’s generous culinary scene, Taste of Derby Festival was able to donate all of the proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction to Dare to Care. According to Jackie Keating, Dare to Care Chief Development Officer, with every dollar equaling four meals for families in need, final stats are 452,000 meals batted in!

An ice sculpture of Pegasus, symbol of the Kentucky Derby Festival, was center field, as far more than nine innings of dining forced guests to make tough calls between options that included Bistro Le Relais’ French Country pâté, Bravo’s spaghetti and meatballs, Harvest’s apple butter biscuit with smokey rib jam and BBQ sauce and Proof on Main’s City Ham Sandwich. Local distilleries were pitching enough bourbon to leave any rookie on the bench. Willett, Eijah Craig, Jefferson Reserve and Angels Envy, who has the best uniform, all got game time.

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t was a night fit for a queen at the Galt House, where the second-oldest event on the Kentucky Derby Festival schedule, The Fillies Derby Ball, was held April 19. Produced by The Fillies, Inc. and hosted by Lynda Lambert and George Lindsey, the extravaganza has all the trappings of a regal affair—fine dining, pomp and ceremony, and even a royal court.

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The five distinguished ladies stood before the crowd in nervous anticipation as the 2013 Fillies President Becky Fangman selected a Queen among them by the traditional spin-of-the-wheel. Fate found favor with Cameryn Jones. She and her court will reign over the more than 70 Derby Festival Events. The Fillies, Inc., an organization of 250 volunteers, works tirelessly throughout the year to support the efforts of Derby Festival by organizing the traditional Derby Ball, publishing the official Derby Festival Program and coordinating the “Princess Program,” which includes raising scholarship money and securing wardrobe sponsors. All hail the queen, fair regent of the night! May your days of reign be joyful ones for our entire city!

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As the first lady of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Jane Beshear has worked tirelessly to help build a better Bluegrass. In the last five years, she has achieved many successes while advocating for the people of the Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the building of the Capitol Education Center, organizing Rolex Kentucky (EEI), bringing the World Equestrian Games to our state, breaking ground on the Dawkins Line Rail Trail in Eastern Kentucky, helping secure passage of the Graduation Bill, and establishing the Horses and Hope and Shop and Share programs. A former teacher, equestrian, outdoor enthusiast, wife, mother and grandmother, Mrs. Beshear has championed these causes with passion fueled by her personal experience. continued on page 24

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ane Beshear recalled with good humor a memorable piece of advice that she did not heed when she became first lady of Kentucky. Accompanying her husband, newly elected Governor Steve Beshear, to Washington, DC, for the National Governors Association Conference in 2008, she attended a luncheon for governors’ spouses. The veterans of the group shared some dos and don’ts of a first lady and almost all of them agreed on one thing: “Everyone is going to ask you to get involved with their cause. Don’t try to take the shotgun approach by saying yes to them all. Pick just one and stick to that cause.”

Mrs. Beshear looked to the person seated next to her and whispered, “Oops, too late!” Five years later and into her second term as first lady, she confidently assures that she has no regrets in sticking to her own approach when it comes to public service. “The well-being of the people of the Commonwealth has always been a priority to me,” she shared. “Now I just happen to have this wonderful platform to bring awareness to these important causes.”

Horses to Heal

A horse lover since childhood, the first lady describes horses as a “leveler” in her life. “I couldn’t lead the life I live if I didn’t have them to give me respite and peace. I didn’t have a horse as a child, but I always made friends with people who did!” she recalled. “I finally got my first horse in high school and my dad said when he died at the age of 94, he could not have survived my teenage years if I didn’t have that distraction. It kept me out of trouble. Steve would probably say the same thing now,” she laughed. She has five horses, two of which she lovingly refers to as “my girls.” Her “girls” are Magic and Quite a Lady (nicknamed Prissy), whom she sees every weekend and trains for competition riding. “I call them the four-footed females because they come with all the moods and nuances that we as women can portray,” she shared.

Mrs. Beshear even competes in three-day eventing, an equestrian competition with three phases – dressage, endurance and show jumping. “I started as one of the oldest competitors and I still am,” she declared. “The beauty of this sport is that age doesn’t make a difference. This is about Lifelong Educator years of partnership with your horse and having the relationship with As a former teacher, Mrs. Beshear remains passionate about education. them so that they will do what is asked of them. When I’m riding, I’m just With high school dropout rates a paramount concern in our state, she Jane – that is what all the other competitors call me. That is how I met one organized Graduate Kentucky: A Community Approach. “My concern is of my daughters-in-law before my son had even met her.” for the at-risk students who don’t have all of the advantages and aren’t While many Kentucky horse lovers will be anxiously awaiting the getting motivation or encouragement from home. My goal was to gather most famous Thoroughbred horse race in the world, Mrs. Beshear will be ideas toward ensuring that students of all ages are given every opportucelebrating the Commonwealth’s equine industry at the Rolex Kentucky nity to succeed,” she explained. “The law stating that you could drop out Three-Day Event. The prestigious event, organized by Equestrian Events, of school at age 16 was set in 1920. A lot has changed since then. At that Inc., on which the First Lady serves on the Board of Directors, is held at time, students were going to work in the mines or on farms and didn’t need the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington the weekend prior to the Kentucky a high school diploma. Now, Derby and is America’s only 98 percent of jobs in the state Four Star eventing competition require a minimum of a high featuring World Championship school diploma. Allowing stugold medalists. Mrs. Beshear was dents to leave school at 16 was also instrumental in successfully an antiquated practice that has attracting the 2010 FEI World hindered our citizens’ progress Equestrian Games to Kentucky, for far too long.” Mrs. Beshear the first time in the history of joined forces with her husband I’m a bel i ever that the event for it to be held outin what became a five-year legisside of Europe, attracting over a lative battle to increase the high the horse is good for half million attendees. “Everyone school dropout age to 18. “I can’t knows about the Kentucky believe it took five years. I really the body, mind, soul, Derby and there is an enormous thought this one was a no-brainamount of pride associated with er. I never understood how you that, but we were able to finally and sp irit could allow a 16-year-old child prove that we really are the horse to make such an adult decision.” capital of the world and we have Her efforts culminated in all the best facilities right here.”

March with the passage of the Having already taken the opportunity to tour the grounds at Normandy, Graduation Bill which will keep Kentucky students enrolled in school where the competition will be held in 2014 the first lady predicted, “It’s until they turn 18, a move that Governor Beshear called, “one of my most beautiful there, but the Kentucky Horse Park has the best competition satisfying acts as governor.” For the First Lady, however, the effort does facilities in the world.” not end there. “Raising the age is not the silver bullet,” she clarified. “The “I’m a believer that the horse is good for the body, mind, soul and spirit,” entire community has to help now. Parents have to make sure their chilshe shared, which is why her most recognizable initiative through a partdren are going to school. School districts have to find a way to meet the nership with the Kentucky Cancer Program (KCP) came to be known as needs of every individual child to keep these students engaged and learnHorses and Hope. “Kentucky first ladies have a legacy of supporting breast ing throughout high school. We are creating stronger, self-sufficient adults cancer initiatives for the Commonwealth beginning with Judy Patton, and who will be responsible, contributing members of their communities.”

I really wanted to continue that but needed to put my own stamp on it,” Mrs. Beshear’s desire to improve education in Kentucky expands Mrs. Beshear recalled. Building on her relationships in the equine industry, beyond the classroom. This year saw the opening of one of her long time Horses and Hope provides education, screening, and treatment referral visions – Capitol Education Center. “We have more than 60,000 visitors to for race fans and track workers. “I really wanted to bring this program to Kentucky’s Capitol Campus each year, the majority of whom are students the people in the industry with little or no insurance. We take our mobile visiting as part of their school’s curriculum. I watched for two years as mammography to the four thoroughbred race tracks in the state and if students would stand on the Capitol Plaza but didn’t have a centralized anything questionable is detected through the screening, they are directed place to congregate, eat lunch or even use the restroom,” she recalled. to the care they need. I’m proud to say we have educated over half a million “I believe everything has purpose and can be repurposed and we were race fans, and in a state where breast cancer ranks second as the leading able to ‘recycle’ an old, unused heating and cooling building to serve as cause of cancer next to lung cancer, that is very important.” a modern learning facility that now educates students on sustainability, geography, tourism, and government. We are not aware of any other state A Better Bluegrass in the nation that has an educational center for visitors like this one.” The When the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association (KDVA) approached Center, insulated entirely from recycled denim, boasts a viewing platform the Governor for additional appropriating, she couldn’t forget the images on the roof for a glimpse of the rooftop garden and solar thermal panels, of abuse they shared. “I knew I couldn’t do anything to help them get the as well as “Eco-screens” that display how much energy is being used by the money they needed, but I happened to be shopping at Kroger and saw that facility in real time. With a curriculum developed by Kentucky Educational they were having a two-for-one promotion and I thought, ‘Why can’t we all Television (KET), self-learning kiosks and kitchen appliances donated by donate the extra one to someone in greater need?’” Her idea evolved into GE for healthy eating demonstrations, Mrs. Beshear’s efforts have resulted an annual event called Shop & Share, which now takes place across the in a progressive learning hub for many generations to come. continued on page 26

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entire state. This year items purchased at Kroger and Food City stores to be donated to 15 KDVA shelters throughout the state totaled more than $500,000. Mrs. Beshear also serves as the Co-Chair for the Recovery Kentucky Task Force, a program started in 2005 by then Governor Ernie Fletcher in an effort to reduce the state’s growing drug problem. “This peer mentor program gives people the opportunity to change their life. My husband and I pledged our support to keep it going. We’ve developed a foundation with my Co-Chair Don Ball and we will be seeking funding for this huge problem in our Commonwealth,” she recounted. Upon completion, Recovery Kentucky will have established six shelters for men and six for women who are struggling with addiction to drugs and alcohol.

In addition to these worthy causes, Mrs. Beshear, a self-proclaimed “outdoor person,” inspires others to enjoy all the splendor the Bluegrass State has to offer. “We have more beauty around us than any other state. I encourage Kentuckians to seek outdoor adventure,” she said.

“I love to go hiking, biking, horseback riding - I’ve even ziplined in this state. It’s healthy, it’s fun and it makes you appreciate nature.” Last September, she and her husband broke ground on the newest adventure tourism attraction in Eastern Kentucky; Dawkins Line Trail will provide a 36-mile trail for hikers, cyclists and horseback riders.

“Developing a trail like this brings high value to the region and helps boost overall tourism dollars, spurring new business and economic development in nearby communities,” she offered.

Kentucky Home One can only imagine how busy Mrs. Beshear’s schedule stays throughout the year, but never more than in the month of May when all eyes are on Kentucky for that awe-inspiring Run for the Roses. The First Lady admits that she wouldn’t describe herself as someone who likes to dress up. She recalled the first time she ever wore a hat

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was to the Kentucky Derby in 1984, when her husband was Lieutenant Governor. Now she likes to always put a Kentucky stamp on her Oaks and Derby wardrobe by purchasing from local boutiques and wearing hats designed

by Kentucky milliners. She admits her favorite new tradition since 2009 is the sea of pink that descends upon Churchill Downs for Kentucky Oaks in support of cancer survivors. She recalled, “My dream was to have a Survivor’s Race Day at each of the four tracks in Kentucky that culminated at the Kentucky Oaks, the race for the Fillies.”

The Governor’s Mansion hosts a Derby Eve Gala, a tented affair which she says is the ideal opportunity to entertain prospective or existing economic development guests. “We always have a horse shoe so they can wish themselves good luck,” she shared. Last year’s festivities revived the grand tradition of the Governor’s Derby train, a lovely ride that begins in Frankfort at 10 a.m. and travels through the beautiful Kentucky countryside before arriving in Louisville on the first Saturday in May. The train had sat quietly for three years because, as the first lady described, “The state was in a financial crisis and it just didn’t seem appropriate to indulge in something that could be viewed as an unnecessary expense. However, being the accounting teacher I used to be, I put some numbers together and when you take into account that each person on the train purchased their own ticket, it wasn’t a financial impact on the state at all so we decided to start the tradition again.”

Jane Beshear represents the best of what some would call an “unbridled spirit” as she tirelessly advocates for a better Kentucky all the while celebrating the pride of the Commonwealth. A devoted wife of 40 years, a proud mother of two sons, and a grandmother of three, she is a champion for so many worthy causes and one of the great first ladies of Kentucky. It is to all of our benefit that Mrs. Beshear did not adopt the “just-pick-one” philosophy.

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hough he be small, he is mighty,” says Redd Pollard in the film Seabiscuit. The same can be said for Lisa Lake-Roedemeier. Her tiny 5’3” frame and delicate features can be rather deceptive. She’s smart, driven, determined, and doesn’t take no for an answer. Lisa taught Psychology at East Tennessee State University and her alma mater, Western Kentucky University, before moving to Louisville 20 years ago. The Franklin, KY, native has a knack for really hearing people and understanding how to get them to open up on everything from hats to health care. From her previous handicapping radio show to her current couture line of head-dressings, her love of horses, people and fashion has become beautifully intertwined. Lisa is a member of the University of Louisville’s Hospital PatientFamily-Centered Care Advisory Board, a volunteer with No One Dies Alone, a resolute Louisville Cardinals fan, and the founder and designer of Madam Foo Foo Couture, which will adorn the heads of many lovely ladies this Derby season.

While she is not a milliner, Lisa does design and embellish each creation quite meticulously. Some hat bases are handwoven by hat-makers in Richmond and Charleston, providing her with a blank canvas to place her color story on. If it’s a custom piece for a specific client she’ll meet with them, analyze their face shape and coloring, and use her psychological skills yet again to tap into their true personalities and create the perfect hat for them.

“It was a HUGE leap of faith! I had no idea if anyone would like any of my hats and there was a lot of competition,” said Lisa. Evidently, they like her hats. They can be found in Rodes for Her, Rodeo Drive, Merci and The Brown Hotel. Last year’s Derby season saw 175 creations and this year’s promises a growth spurt. Lisa never designs two of anything. She is inspired by family, horses and all things southern. Lisa wore a fascinator (or, in her case, a FOOscinator) seven years ago, well before they were embraced by mainstream hat-wearing society.

From Fillies to Fedoras

Lisa’s talents extend well beyond the decorative arts. In fact, her intuition, empathy and intelligence in caring for family members as they battled life threatening illnesses led to her position at UofL Hospital and volunteer work with the program No One Dies Alone. In 2012, her aunt was in a terrible car accident the day before Lisa’s birthday. When Lisa came on the scene, her aunt was in a coma and had been intubated for 11 days. Lisa knew this was not good and put the wheels in motion, but insists, “Don’t ask me, God just did it.” Her aunt was life-flighted to UofL Hospital and was awake

In 2009, Lisa created her first “original line of hats with a twist of southern charm” to help support Thoroughbred rescue and retirement efforts across the nation. Lisa has been an owner for years, so protecting Thoroughbreds is a cause close to her heart. The original Madam Foo Foo (one of Lisa’s previous race horses) now resides on a Mississippi plantation, thanks to Lisa.

Not every horse is quite so lucky once they are escorted off the track. In fact, the alternatives are less than appealing. Many are abused, abandoned or even slaughtered.

She Wears a lot of Hats

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within 48 hours. She had Crohn’s Disease and the treatment she had received caused adverse effects to her immune system, resulting in Meningitis. The right questions hadn’t been asked. The correct information hadn’t been given…until Lisa, her aunt’s children and the staff at U of L Hospital worked together to understand the patient’s needs, her medical history, and create a care plan that included constant communication at every stage of the game.

“They took a thorough history and consulted with the family every step of the way. She would have died. They saved her life.” It is because of Lisa’s involvement in her aunt’s care that the people in the stroke unit approached her and said, “I think we have a job for you.” It’s a job she took on with zeal and now encourages this same level of communication among hospital staff and families with loved ones in their care.

As a member of the University of Louisville’s Hospital Patient-FamilyCentered Care Advisory Board, she uses those highly developed skills to benefit those in need of medical care who may not have found their own voice and don’t necessarily know what to ask to make the best medical choices. It’s a role she found herself in through her devotion and persistence for a loved one.

She’s perfected those skills over the years while advocating for her 89-yearold father, Jack. Over the past 30 years, he’s had nine surgeries, suffered from an aneurysm on his aorta, had two triple bypass surgeries, developed diabetes and the list goes on. At one point he had a 20 percent chance of survival. That was 10 years ago.

It was while sitting with her aunt at UofL Hospital that Lisa ran across a pamphlet for another volunteer opportunity that touched her deeply. No One Dies Alone is a program that provides companions for the terminally ill as they approach the end of their time. As an only child, Lisa bravely admits that one of her greatest fears is that she will die alone. The thought of leaving this world with no friends or family nearby elicits a quick emotional response from her. “I just can’t imagine…” Tears begin to form in her eyes.

“I was visiting a patient earlier this year that I had been told was legally blind.

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As soon as I walked in the room, she told me she liked my animal print jacket.

She was something special.” They had much in common. Lisa found out that the patient had been an expert handicapper. They discussed racing forms and horse pedigrees in detail. She even showed this legally blind woman a picture of HOT BROWN BABY (one of Lisa’s Thoroughbreds) on her phone. The woman held it an inch from her face and exclaimed, “He’s so beautiful! I love his white blaze!” Sometimes you don’t need perfect vision to see things clearly. And sometimes, people that knock on death’s door get a reprieve. The patient is still living.

Maybe she just needed to feel alive again. Maybe those conversations, however brief, contributed to making her feel like herself again. “How she is still alive?

Nobody knows…but that’s not up to us,” Lisa says. They still stay in touch. Lisa, along with Volunteer Coordinator Donna Stidham, hopes to see the program expand to all patients without a solid local support system, not just those with terminal illnesses.

What keeps this dynamo going? Her devotion to her three J’s—her father, Jack, her 26-year-old son, Jordan and her shih-tzu, Jockey. They give her strength, make her proud, and make her happy to walk through the door at the end of the day.

What legacy does Lisa hope to leave behind? She hopes to give female entrepreneurs a little push. “Do not quit on your dream, whatever your age. That can apply to philanthropy or business. If you want to do something, do it! Don’t be afraid.” Lisa absolutely loves Possibility City and it’s been just that for her. She’s grateful that its people have embraced her. “There are some really wonderful people here,” she says of Louisville. And Lisa Lake-Roedemeier is certainly one of them.

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The Julep Ball Survivor Ambassador – Asia Ludlow Brown Cancer Center Patient is the True Celebrity at Star-Studded Event

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hunderous applause filled The Galt House ballroom during the kickoff to this year’s Kentucky Derby Festival, but they weren’t cheering for the grand fireworks of Thunder Over Louisville or celebrating the Air Show. Instead, they were responding to Asia Ludlow’s triumphant speech at the annual They’re Off Luncheon when she declared, “This is what Stage IV cancer looks like!” The radio personality certainly appears the picture of perfect health with her bright smile and seemingly boundless energy, but behind it all, the James Graham Brown Cancer Center patient is in a fight for her life.

“You know how you get so busy that you don’t take time to listen to your body or get every little thing checked out by a doctor,” Asia explained, recalling her first diagnosis at age 38. The single mother of four had identified a small lump on her chest but because breast cancer did not run in her family, she says, “I wasn’t too concerned and didn’t want to deal with it.” However, when she inexplicably lost hearing in her right ear, she was faced with an issue that immediately needed to be addressed.

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that was an act of God as a way of telling me that I needed to stop and listen to my body.” That 2008 Stage II breast cancer diagnosis started Asia on what she calls “the long, dark tunnel God is taking me through,” but the compassionate care and treatment she received from the physicians and staff of the Brown Cancer Center soon resulted in a full recovery.

Yet in late 2012, when faced with a nagging crick in her neck and pain in her back, she knew she needed to quickly return to the Brown Cancer Center where a spreading tumor was discovered in her neck and cancer was found in her T-4, T-5 and T-7 vertebrae. “I’m grateful for the care I’ve received and the professionals who have been so warm to me. They are focused on what I am going through as a person, not just a patient. They call me by my name,” Asia says of the staff at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville.

Asia was chosen to represent thousands of cancer patients this Derby season as The Julep Ball 2013 Survivor Ambassador where she will walk the red carpet Friday, May 3, at the KFC YUM! Center and share her inspiring story. She is sure to look every

bit the part of a celebrity in her track wardrobe provided by Bebe and her custom designed gown by Heather French Henry for the Derby Eve bash. An itinerary of TV appearances, parades, parties and horse races for the weeks leading to the Kentucky Derby will make her one of the busiest individuals in the city, but all activities and most importantly her health, will remain under close observation by her medical care providers.

The Survivor Ambassador program is a dream realized for Meliegha Tankersley, Owner of Chosen Salon & Boutique as well as Sales and Events Coordinator for 4th Street Live!, who started the project three years ago as a tribute to her mother, a two-time cancer survivor who received treatment at James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Meliegha recalls, “When I asked my mother how I could positively impact the lives of cancer patients, she told me to ‘make them feel beautiful’ and so I called on all my friends in the fashion and beauty industry to help me make a survivor look and feel like the biggest star of the Derby season.”

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Tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from?

Adam: We met at Sullivan about 10 years ago and have been working together ever since. We’ve been around the local restaurant scene, we’re part of the opening teams for Blu, Jeff Ruby’s and even worked together for Anthony Lamas at Seviche.

So Hammerheads was your first venture. What started you on that?

Adam: A friend of ours knew we were interested in starting a place, needed equipment and mentioned a recently closed place called the Swandive.

We went to check out the gear and decided to take the whole place.

Chase: Everyone thinks it takes a huge bankroll to get a place started.

We were able to get Hammerheads up for a song. People really care

about quality. If you have the right stuff and are willing to take a risk you can really go places.

So how did you know it was Game time?

Adam: We had Hammerheads running well and we noticed that the two game burgers we had on our menu had really taken off. Those sales tested the waters and we had a pretty good idea the concept would take off. There are other gourmet burger joints, but none featuring our variety of meats.

Chase: We don’t want to get above our heads. We don’t take business loans. Our model is if we can’t do it ourselves, we don’t do it.

What is your favorite philanthropy or charity?

Adam: Bacon Ball, of course!

Chase: We’ve won the competition two years in a row.

Guys, do you have any advice for young entrepreneurs interested in the industry?

Chase: Don’t be brainwashed by the culinary schools telling you that you need to go in debt for a degree before you get started. Don’t get me wrong, the education is important but the industry experience is where it’s at.

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s I anticipate the May 19-21 visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, I keep asking myself: what is an adrenaline junkie with big dreams for the world supposed to make of all this advice to not strive, to be still and for God’s sake to sit and flow like water?

And how in the world does one reconcile going for the gusto, rolling the dice and laying it on the line with detachment and an empty mind?

I set out to try to determine how two people I admire found great success with seemingly different risktaking approaches. The first, a man literally steeped in the business of wagering and the second, a banker in Manhattan turned yogi.

The booming-voiced John Asher, long time VP of Racing Communications at Churchill Downs, Inc., described himself as the “quietest kid on the planet” with no speaking skills whatsoever. So he did what every shy kid would do took a part-time job on a whim for a radio station in Leitchfield. His mother was stunned. “Looking back on it knowing how I was afraid to talk most of the time - a kid that didn’t speak - making that choice was a turning point in my life,” he said.

He had no idea then he was setting the course for the horse(s). To those looking for tips at the track, Asher said betting in his sport is based on evidence versus what some may deem a shot in the dark. “Take the time to learn the language. In horse racing you have some data.

Look at post positions, track conditions, all kinds of factors,” he said. But, of course, “it can evaporate when the

gates open and you lose six links early on out of the gate.”

After investing her savings to open Infinite Bliss Yoga Studio here several years ago, Allison Terracio had neither six links nor six dollars to lose. A banker in corporate trust administration for several years in Manhattan, Terracio dropped everything to move with her husband “to will (Infinite Bliss) into fruition.”

Terracio paid attention to “little clues that said this path is open to you, there’s the runway, go for it.” Yet, clueless-ness, or “beginner’s mind,” is a key to success as counter intuitive as it may seem, Terracio said. “One of things they coached us on in the very beginning (of teacher training) is getting out of linear thinking. What are the top things people want to manifest? Love, money, career. So the nonstriving part is don’t limit yourself by getting so focused on the goal that you miss the event, the bigger thing that’s possible,” she said.

The danger for strivers is to become so goal oriented we get rigid and can no longer adapt, Teraccio said. According to her, the Bhagavad Gita teaches us we’re entitled to the action but not the fruit of the action. “The idea is not so much that what happens doesn’t matter, but if you’re looking at the end result, not what you’re doing, you could be overlooking happiness here. Stay in the moment.”

What better month to live in the moment than May in Derbyville? If you see the Buddha on the road, follow him to West Main Street.

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Generations of families have given or received a Hadley piece at major milestones – birth of a baby, graduation or a wedding. I came to know Hadley shortly after moving to Louisville. I was getting ready to visit some friends out of town and wondered what I could bring that said “Louisville” through and through.

Enough people said “bring a piece of Hadley Pottery” that I decided to pick up a tray and coffee mugs. My friends loved the pottery and I was so proud to have given them a piece of my new hometown.

If you go into the pottery on Story Avenue and take a tour as I did just a few weeks ago, the spirit of Mary Alice surrounds you. You step back in time as you walk on the creaky wooden floors, and everywhere you look there are Mary Alice’s hand-painted murals on walls and doors, some faded by age but all so clearly her work. You also see her personally-made pottery on display, beautiful pieces filled with color and imagination.

Mary Alice Hadley was born in 1911 into a family of clay tile makers.

Early in her life she exhibited an interest and talent in art and design and won numerous awards and acclaim from New York to Los Angeles. It was not until the 1930s that Mary Alice began blending her artistic talent with clay ware. I love the story about how she got started…so American.

She simply made a set of dishes for herself to use on her house boat! Her friends made such a stir about them that she and her husband George turned her personal passion into a

business, founding the Hadley Potter Company in Butchertown in 1939.

The business prospered and Mary Alice worked at the pottery until her death in 1965. George continued to run the business until it was sold in 1979 to Louisville natives Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Moore. In September 2009, new partners joined the Hadley Pottery ownership group, but operations remain largely the same as they were when the company was started.

I love telling people about Mary Alice’s amazing legacy. Her business has supported generations of local artisans (literally!), and the reputation of Hadley Pottery is known worldwide. Mary Alice has an incredible charitable legacy as well. Her name will forever be associated with the arts and humanities in Louisville thanks to the George and Mary Alice Hadley Fund, a permanent endowment created at the Community Foundation of Louisville in 1984. The fund has awarded dozens grants for arts education to organizations like Blue Apple Players, Louisville Central Community Center, Walden Theatre and the Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft. I’m excited that the Community Foundation will now continue Mary Alice’s legacy in a fresh, new way. The Community Foundation, in partnership with the Louisville Visual Art Association, will award the inaugural Mary Alice Hadley Prize for Visual Art in June. This $5,000 prize is creative capital that will be invested in the artist, not the final product. What better way to honor Mary Alice than to support local artists and help them reach their full artistic potential!

While the bottom of my Hadley coffee mug says “The End,” I feel like we are just at the beginning.

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Recognizing Denise and Jennifer’s passion and commitment, he wanted not only to sell them his business, but also to provide the financing. The two friends scraped together all their cash and savings, opened up their first shop and through long hours and perseverance enjoyed immediate success, paying off the previous owner in only seven years. For Denise and Jennifer, the payoff was far greater than financial. They had a business and careers that they loved and the opportunity to pay it forward by giving back to the community.

From the very beginning, Denise and Jennifer provided printing and marketing for small local charities that they believed it. As requests for their assistance increased, they put a formal grant process in place, joining the Allegra Footprint Fund and application process in 2004. Each year, they make grants ranging from

$500 to $5000 in printing and marketing services to approximately 15 local nonprofits, with a decade-long total of $500,000! Recipients of the 2013 Footprint Fund Grants are the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, The Child Connection, Inc., Community Living, Inc., Family Scholar House, Green Hill Therapy, Kentuckiana Children’s Center, Kentucky Human Society, Louisville Affiliate of Susan G. Koman for the Cure, Louisville Film Arts Institute, Maryhurst, Inc., Mercy Academy, Paws with Purpose, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / ALSAC, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Community, Uspiritus, and Wednesday’s Child, Inc. The Kentucky Humane Society used their Footprint Fund Grant of $5000 to launch their Urban Transport Program’s publicity campaign. Allegra-East’s experts assisted by creating and mailing 28,000 postcards announcing the program and detailing the process by which participants in targeted communities could access free spay and neuter services as well as transportation services for pets. The response to the mailing was instantaneous, long lasting, and more effective than billboard, radio, door hangers and even news coverage, accounting for 25 percent of all calls regarding the program.

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ver the past 11 years, something really cool has been growing in West Louisville. What started out as a simple local food festival has grown to be an official Kentucky Derby Festival event, featuring the Besties of the Westies, and another thousand diverse Louisvillians as well.

Attendees of The Slice – Spice, Style & Soul pack a sold-out scene attired in their Derby finest to sample a variety of food and wine and generally get down for a local cause. West Louisville is no stranger to the press, frequently around Derby. Unfortunately, all too often, that media attention tends to be negative, and somehow, this gem of a local showcase has been largely overlooked.

Located in the heart of West Louisville at Saint Augustine on 1310 W Broadway, The Slice – Spice, Style & Soul is sponsored and hosted by The Slice Charities of Louisville, a 501(c). Over a hundred volunteers come together to kickoff Derby week by serving up haute soul snacks from the likes of Chef Derrick Jackson, Doris Jackson-Goatley of Visions Event Planning, Chef Gregory Wilson, Crispy Crunchy Chicken, The Black Italians Anthony and Paula Hunter, and volunteers from Saint Augustine.

In addition to this bounty of culinary treats, the event contributes to Louisville’s unique style and flavor with live blues, jazz and R&B. Proceeds go to West Louisville

organizations who know best how to address the needs of the community. The focus is on supporting the “safety net” of social service organizations that provide help in the areas of emergency food, prescription drugs, housing and utility assistance, and tuition assistance, including Midwest Church of Christ, East Louisville Community Ministry, Blessings in a Backpack, Zion Ministry Baptist Church, HELP Ministries of Central Louisville, The Center for Women and Families, The Healing Place, Dare to Care Food Bank, Sister Visitor Center, Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky, West Louisville Community Ministries, West Louisville Community Ministries, St. Augustine Church, St. Anthony Community Outreach Center, River City Drum Corp., and CLOUT (Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together). Tuition assistance is awarded through The Father Vernon Robertson Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Hosea Mitchell, President & CEO of the organization says, “The Slice Charities is an inner-city focused public charity that raises funds and makes grant awards to support the ever increasing crucial “safety net” that exists today only because of the compassionate and constant efforts of staff & volunteers at the many social service organizations serving West Louisville and Portland.” thesliceoflouisville.org

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In June 2010, Derrick was working as stage manager at WFPK’s Waterfront Wednesdays when Olivia spotted him again at work, rolling up cables.

She walked onto the stage to say hi, and one year later, to the day, she found herself back on that stage with Derrick proposing to her in front of 16,000 people! “I always considered Olivia the one who got away,” Derrick said. “As I grew up a little during our time apart, it became pretty obvious to me that she was the one, and I wasn’t going to waste another second of my life without her.”

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As event planners—Olivia is the Marketing & Sales Manager at Actors Theatre and Derrick is CEO/Owner of OakSt. Production Group—neither wanted a complicated wedding that would feel too much like work. Instead, they opted for an intimate destination wedding with a setting—Pensacola Beach the week of the Deluna Music Festival— that poetically echoed their Waterfront Wednesday engagement.

The first half of the week they enjoyed the festival, and they consider Band of Horses, Pearl Jam, Florence and the Machine, Ben Folds Five, Joy Formidable, and Derrick’s favorite band in the world, Foo Fighters, to be among their “wedding bands.” The second half of the week, a small group of family and friends joined them at their beach house, where they were married on September 25, 2012, at sunset under a string of lights and a teepee that Derrick made. Friends from Louisville, Chrystal and Mamie-Luv Davis from C Luv Grow Studio, did Olivia’s hair and makeup and photo-

graphed the wedding. “Derrick planned the entire wedding,” explained Olivia. “It was so nice to be able to just sit back, relax, and soak in the sun, and know that things would just happen when they happened. It was truly the most magical week of my life!”

Upon returning to Louisville as newlyweds, Olivia and Derrick attended the Main St. Association Progressive Dinner, where they bid on and won a live auction trip to Italy, which they will take as a honeymoon this June. Actively involved in Louisville’s arts and business communities, they serve on the Friends of the Waterfront Board, Actors Theatre’s GoBoard, and are active with LIBA and the Buy Local movement. They look forward to growing OakSt. Production Group so that they can give back even more to the city they love.

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The tour begins at 501 Lightfoot Road with an “Irish Country Home” designed by Frederick Morgan and built in 1928 for Frank Thompson, son of the founder of the Glenmore Distillery. Constructed during Prohibition, the house was designed with a secret door leading to a secret room complete with bar, under the stairwell. Also open for tour is the home at 22 Stonebridge Road, a European-inspired Italian Renaissance home built in 1994 with gardens framed by ivy draped arched trellises.

Among the gardens are 45 Mockingbird Valley Drive, where a “child’s dream” of a clubhouse awaits, and the lovely cottage gardens at 7 River Hill Road. Landscaper Dallas Foster will greet guests in the storybook gardens at 3600 Woodside Road, complete with meandering creek, serpentine stone walls, log cabins restored using two-hundred-year-old logs, a wildflower walk, a swimming pool with waterfall, and butterfly garden. A Japanese Garden at 8220 Wolf Pen Branch Road completes the tour with its serene waterfall, tea house, and sculptures.

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For 27 years, the Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center has been providing individual, couple, family and group therapy to the Louisville Metro community.

A ministry of Second Presbyterian Church and St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, the Center specializes in several areas of mental health, including treating and healing families, working with adults, marriage counseling, pastoral and biblical counseling, child and adolescent counseling, working with the elderly and treatment and consultation to local area nursing homes.

The Kilgore House & Garden Tour serves as the primary fundraiser for the Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center, which provides services to patients with limited resources to pay. During the past 12 years, the Tour, which is managed by an all-volunteer committee, has raised $147,000 to support the Center.

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What : 2013 Bacon Ball Where: Farmington Historic fundraiser at Oxmoor Farm Plantation For: Louisville Visual Tariff: $150 per ticket Art Association Info: historichomes.org When: Saturday, May 18, 7-11pm Where: Oxmoor Farm 04 What: Isaac Murphy Image Awards Tariff: $40 per person, $70 per For: Project to Preserve Turf History couple When: Sat., May 4 Info: (502) 584-8166 or Where: Kentucky Center for African louisvillevisualart.org American Heritage 18 Party Note: Actress Angela What: Gilda’s Night of Bassett will be honored with a Thousand Laughs the Lifetime Achievement for For: Gilda’s Club Entertainment Award When: Sat., May 18, 6:45 Cocktails, Tariff: $100 per ticket 7:15 Comedy Show Info: kcaah.org Where: Actors Theatre of Louisville Tariff: $75 or $125 per ticket 11 What: Buy Local Fair at Info: (502) 583-0075 or the Water Tower gildasclublouisville.org

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n the photo above, Penny Chenery leads Secretariat after his final American start (and victory) in the Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park. In 1973, Secretariat became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years. Ridden by Ron Turcotte, Secretariat won the 1973 Derby in less than 2 minutes. After winning the Preakness Stakes by 2 ½ lengths, Secretariat appeared on the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated. At 2:24, Secretariat’s Belmont win is still the fastest 1 ½ miles on dirt in history.

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Secretariat’s historic Triple Crown campaign, a new documentary Secretariat’s Jockey, Ron Turcotte will premiere Thursday, May 2, at the Baxter Theatre in Louisville, presented by the Kentucky Derby Museum and Secretariat. com. The film provides an insider’s view of horse racing as well as an intimate glimpse of this resilient and legendary jockey, whose marveled 16-year career ended in 1978 when a fall left him paraplegic. Ticket sales from the world premier will benefit the Secretariat Foundation, Kentucky Derby Museum, and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

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