The Voice-Tribune November 2020

NOVEMBER 2020

The ARTS Issue J U LY 2 0 2 0

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FEATURES 20 The CommUNITY Batch

80 A Family Business That Cares

Maker’s Mark creates a special bourbon with all proceeds going to The LEE Initiative

How Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards and Starlight Distillery supported their community during quarantine

26 The Show Must Go On

86 A Note of Confidence

How the performing arts are embracing the virtual stage for the fall 2020 season

How AMPED Louisville is connecting the community through music

32 The It List

90 Home Couture

The ultimate holiday gift guide for everyone on your list featuring all local items

A fashion editorial dedicated to what to wear to an at-home virtual gala

42 The Day That Kept On Giving

100 Don’t Ever Let Anyone Tell You Kentucky Ain’t Cool

How the Community Foundation’s annual day of giving hit record numbers despite the pandemic

46 Art For All, Forever

Speed Museum Director Stephen Reily reflects on his milestones and the future of the museum

50 A Beautiful Retreat

How a home was transformed before a quarantine no one expected

60 A Helping Hand A listing of nonprofit organizations in Louisville that need your help now 10

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A new Frazier History Museum exhibit shows off everything “cool” about Kentucky

104 Nostalgia from A to Y

Reflections on the life of murder mystery novelist Sue Grafton

108 We All Declare For Liberty

Quappi Projects opens a new exhibit that focuses on the future of American Citizenship

112 A Chef Knows Best How to avoid isolation through a delicious recipe meant to share | VO I C E -T R I B U N E . C O M

114 Five Ways to De-Stress for the Holidays

Healthy and helpful tips to keep you in shape all season long

OCCASIONS 118 Introducing Matt Winn’s Steakhouse at Churchill Downs Racetrack 120 Waterfront Botanical Gardens Annual Gala 122 Joyce Meyer Hosts October Issue Launch Party 124 Quappi Projects “We All Declare for Liberty” Exhibit Opening 126 St. Francis School’s (re) Imagine! Auction & Fundraiser 127 The Kentucky Derby Museum’s Ladies in Leadership Breakfast 128 Oxmoor Farm Hosts NouLou Chamber Players

ESSENTIALS 14 Letter from the Publisher 16 Letter from the Editor

On the Cover: Speed Museum Director Stephen Reily.

Photo by Kathryn Harrington.

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the Letter from Publisher “I know now that real contentment comes from the ability to manifest your dreams.”

— Lucille Carloftis

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ur own backyard is the place that has become obvious to us, to you, in the past few months as the place that matters most, our homes. For this issue, we started reaching out and actually leaving the shelter of our homes to bring you inspiring stories that keep you connected to our community. For some of us, this was the first time in months we allowed our adventurous nature to feel safe and discover that we can get out and about, bringing with us our day-today travel paraphernalia that consists of a mask, hand sanitizer and possibly a pair of gloves. For most of us, our typical day in the past consisted of waking up at the crack of dawn, rushing through breakfast and

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out the door to battle the morning traffic on the way to the office. Life has slowed down a bit and helped all of us recognize the moments that we can savor to the fullest. Luckily, months before the pandemic found its way into our world, I had taken the time to set up a home office, not knowing how important this space would become. In my new office environment, the challenge of learning how to conduct meetings virtually has actually heightened my sense of language and listening skills. I hope you too have been able to discover what can be gained by simply exploring your own backyard.

Gala season is upon us, the virtual gala season that is. So, I thought I should dress up in a flouncy party gown in black, of course. Even though I was going to enjoy a pocket of time in my own backyard, the simple ritual of changing out of casual wear into clothing that had been moved to the back of the closet and needed the dust knocked off of it was exciting. It was about the simple joy of a garment that requires zipping up and buttoning as opposed to an elastic waistband. I have a childhood memory of my family and neighbors dressing up, stringing lights around their outdoor patios, playing guitars, singing together and dancing under the moonlight. It taught me that style emanates from within, cultivated from the simplest of evocative moments. Whether you’re in an isolated cabin in the countryside or a home in the suburbs, you can create your moments with the finest of details that can soothe your soul.

All of us at The Voice would like to thank our advertisers and loyal supporters because without you we cannot do what we do so well. As the iconic local publication for over 70 years, my finest hope is that the words and images in these pages will continue to inspire you to see the treasures in your own backyard.

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Janice Carter Levitch Publisher NOVEMBER 2020

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he November issue, our Arts issue with a special Giving section, is one that is usually bursting with gala and fundraiser event photos with everyone excited to see if they made it on the pages in their black-tie best. This year, however, due to the pandemic — as we all keep saying — just like everything else, they have gone virtual. You will, however, find an increase in event photos this month in our “Occasions” section, so don’t give up on finding your photo just yet! Our fashion editorial was my first inspiration for this issue, attempting to portray and rethink what a virtual gala meant and how we gala-goers can still have fun with it. It includes an array of at-home formal looks that I hope will inspire you to also have some fun with fashion again and get dressed up just because. Take my Editor’s photo, for example.

Not my typical look as I’m sure you noticed, but it’s the Arts issue and I kind of look like an orchestra conductor (or a pirate or a Shakespearean actor according to a coworker). But the point is, I had fun with it and I hope you can laugh along with me.

To honor the Arts community in Louisville — aside from my silly outfit — we featured a story, written by Sarah Levitch, on how Actors Theatre, the Ballet, the Opera and the Orchestra are pivoting their typical performance methods to continue to provide us with the enjoyment of their highly-skilled talents. Josh Miller visited the NuLu art gallery Quappi Projects to cover its new exhibition, “We All Declare For Liberty: 2020 and the Future of American Citizenship.” We interviewed Speed Museum Director Stephen Reily and his team about Reily leaving his position in March 2021 and what that means for the team and museum going forward. Elizabeth Scinta checked in with the Frazier History Museum to learn about its new exhibit, “Cool Kentucky,” that includes items from the local and internationally known murder mystery novelist, Sue Grafton, who Steve Humphrey took a break from writing about science to reflect on their history together.

To recognize the nonprofits in our community that need our help now more than ever, we dedicated an entire section to local nonprofit organizations in the hopes that you too can lend a helping hand. We featured one such organization, AMPED, located in the West End, that was written by Miranda McDonald and also the Community Foundation of Louisville who just had a record-breaking Give For Good Day in both money raised and donors. We interviewed the Huber family who has been giving back through their Orchard, Winery & Vineyards and Starlight Distillery, and Maker’s Mark who is releasing the limited edition CommUNITY Batch bottle with all proceeds benefitting the LEE Initiative.

Our Tastes writer, Liz Gastiger, shared a delicious chocolate cake recipe that is meant to bring people together and our Health writer this month, Joe Kirven from Milestone, shared five ways to de-stress for the holidays. Speaking of the holidays, we also have a 60+ item Gift Guide that is sure to have something for everyone on your list, all available locally, and a beautiful home designed by Leslie Lewis Sheets to inspire you to get your home holiday-ready.

I hope you enjoy this issue and that it inspires you to bring some fun back into your life and to honor the arts and nonprofit community of our great city of Louisville.

Sincerely yours,

Photo by Andrea Hutchinson.

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Liz Bingham Editor in Chief NOVEMBER 2020

At our table, everyone is welcome.

Maker’s Mark is proud to partner with The LEE Initiative, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Chef Edward Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek. An acronym for Let’s Empower Employment, The LEE Initiative strives to create more diversity and equality in the restaurant industry through small, impactful programs that help shape the next generation of industry professionals, including its Women Chefs Program launched in 2018 and its Restaurant Workers Relief Program created to support hospitality workers impacted by COVID-19.

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The CommUNITY Batch Maker’s Mark creates a special bourbon with all proceeds going to The LEE Initiative

By SARAH LEVITCH Left to Right: Lindsey Ofcacek and Valerie Netherton.

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xpanding upon the success of the Restaurant Relief and Reboot program, Maker’s Mark and the LEE Initiative have joined forces again to create a liquid reflective of the people. The LEE Initiative, originally founded for the Women Chefs Program, encountered tremendous growth and influence over the past few months as its Relief and Reboot program supports members of the hospitality industry who have struggled in the face of COVID-19. Now, with relief centers in 19 cities and aiding the reboot of around 55 farms and 75 restaurants throughout 11 cities, their next venture aspires to fund the next class of women chefs and, if necessary, more relief for the hospitality industry.

Now encompassing Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, the Women Chefs Program provides young, aspiring women chefs an opportunity to learn and be mentored by women who have risen from line cook to chef and owner.

Lindsey Ofcacek, co-founder and managing director of the LEE Initiative, explained how they pay all of their mentees through their mentorship. Ofcacek said, “Anytime they’re away from their restaurant, we pay their wages so they can expand their education without worrying. At the end of every class, they cook a five-course dinner at the James Beard House, which is an honor for a chef at any stage of their career, but especially for a young woman.”

Getting to also make their own Maker’s Mark Private Select bourbon and flavor of Jeni’s ice cream, the program offers rare opportunities for participants to make professional connections and explore their own creative culinary palette.

In true Kentucky fashion, Valerie Netherton, head of Maker’s Mark and the LEE Initiative partnership, decided that Maker’s Mark, rather than simply donating money, would create a new, limited bourbon to raise half a million dollars for the LEE Initiative. The mashbill stems from their Private Select Program, where retail and restaurant partners are invited to construct their own expression of Maker’s Mark, adding wood staves for the last nine weeks of the aging process in their limestone cellar.

Netherton explained, “We combined the recipes of 37 private select customers across the country, customers that, like Maker’s Mark, think giving back to the community is important.”

Rather than simply blending all the different liquids together, Jane Bowie, director of innovation, recommended a process called barrel vatting. Bowie

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explained, “Barrel vatting isn’t about getting more age or flavor, it’s about the barrel as the vessel for the whiskey to come together in a more cohesive way.”

The process involved blending the 37 private select recipes in a tank, taking the wood-finishing staves out of the private select barrels and then putting the blended whiskey back in those barrels for five weeks in the limestone cellar.

A unique, unusual process yields a one-of-a-kind bourbon. Bowie noted the CommUNITY Batch is truly its own bourbon, describing, “The nose is in the fig, prune and raisin camp. The taste is really creamy, dark, rich and dry. There’s definitely some backbone and stability. For me, it has some semisweet chocolate and raisin flavor, with nice rickhouse characteristics. For people who like Maker’s 46, the darkness and sharpness of it, this is a step further, rounder and fuller.”

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The process represents more than just a special way to blend bourbon. Netherton expounded upon the metaphor. “We’re calling this the CommUNITY Batch because it’s so symbolic of community,” said Netherton. “We have 37 different barrels and flavor profiles, and we brought them together. At first, they were a little awkward, but as they sat and rested in the barrel vatting process, the flavors enhanced and came together, symbolic of a community. People come together from different backgrounds with different ideas, and it’s a little awkward at first, but as they build and live in a community together, the hope is the community gets better.”

Available for purchase only on the LEE Initiative’s website, the CommUNITY Batch will yield 7,200 bottles, a truly limited bourbon, and 100% of the sale of the bottle will go to the LEE

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Initiative. Maker’s Mark and the LEE Initiative will host various events across the country where people can come pick up their bottles, most occurring on Giving Tuesday.

Ofcacek concluded, “The growth the LEE Initiative has had during COVID, and the way we’ve been able to support the industry, has been incredible. We’re so fortunate that we never had to feel helpless. When all of the restaurants shut down across the country, we were so grateful that we could help feed our community while keeping some line cooks employed. For us, it’s hope. We’re so grateful that through the sales of these bottles, we’ll be able to help in the next crisis.” V The CommUNITY Batch bourbon will be in a 750 ml bottle at cask strength, 107.7 proof. To buy a CommUNITY Batch bottle and for more information visit leeinitiative.org

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How the performing arts are embracing the virtual stage for the fall 2020 season

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once read somewhere that the Earth without “art” is just “eh.”

Possessed with a poignant ability to connect people of different beliefs or languages, art persists in society as an instigator, uniter and healer.

Art constructs another dimension of human understanding, one where words disperse into our subconscious and intuitive sentiments arise.

As this year reveals what has been hiding in the cracks, exposing our strengths and our weaknesses, we’ve been called upon by the Earth to examine our lives and let go of old habits or beliefs that are no longer serving us for the better. Moving through a time of darkness and uncertainty, the performing arts offer a guiding light towards the year’s end, refusing to be the ones let go of. These

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trying times have been a testament to the dynamic talent and passion behind the performing arts organizations in Louisville.

After speaking with the Kentucky Opera, Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Ballet and Actors Theatre, I discovered that the coming season of arts reflects and serves our community like never before. Embracing the virtual challenge, original and classic pieces take to the digital stage with the belief that art has transformative powers. Despite all we’ve endured this year, there is still hope.

We are far from perfect, but with each step, we learn more about ourselves, adapting to a more equitable and sustainable society.

Open your heart, eyes and ears, and breathe in the crisp creativity of the Louisville performing arts. Here’s a sneak preview into what the season looks like.

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presents their “Season of Illumination” through cinematic dances in partnership with Kertis Creative and a continuation of educational programs. Their opening show “Kentucky!

Volume 1” casts a spotlight on our city as an original dance tracing the history of four fictional families in Louisville. Brandon Ragland, dancer and choreographer, teased, “You’ll get to see how four families migrated to Kentucky to start their own families, and how they’re all interconnected toward my character’s story.”

Artistic and Executive Director Robert Curran added, “We are creating something brand new that’s made by and with Kentucky artists, about Kentucky, for Kentucky.”

Also in this season, the Ballet launches its new Ballet Bound Program. Curran explained, “We are offering an experience for 15 youths from underprivileged communities, Title I schools, to come into the ballet downtown and take classes. At the end of each program year, two to three of those 15 will be offered a full scholarship to the Louisville Ballet School. The intent is, each year, two to three students will join the school and, hopefully, the company at the end of their training.” All other outreach and community engagement programs will continue in the digital world as well.

Curran concluded, “We are striking a balance between thinking globally but acting locally.

We want to make sure the stories we tell are relevant to our community, but we also want to make sure they are featuring our world-class standards, whether that’s production value, the quality of the dances or the depths of the material we are putting into each of these films. If we can take your mind and heart away from the every day, just for a few minutes, we will have done our work and served our community in the way we do best.”

The Ballet will announce the shows as the season progresses via louisvilleballet.org or @louballet on social media.

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Left to Right: Brett Marshall, Brandon Ragland, Natalia Ashikhmina, Robert Curran.

The Louisville Orchestra presents their season of filmed concerts and an online series of smaller performances around the idea of music for all. Teddy Abrams, conductor of the Orchestra, noted, “The entire concept of the season is built around public service, community service and giving as opposed to asking anyone to give to us.”

Each concert will be filmed at Paristown

Hall and presented virtually, as well as for free at the Sauerback Family Drive-In. Although a digital concert shifts the paradigm, Abrams and the Orchestra chose to lean into this new medium. “We spent a lot of time thinking about how our concerts look and feel not just in terms of what happens on the stage, but also of how we capture it,” said Abrams. “If you’re going to make something that’s cinematic, you have to embrace the cinema of it.”

Having a concert available virtually invites people from around the world to tune in. Whether they’re fans of the legendary bluegrass musician Sam Bush performing in early November or the classic sound of Soul, Motown and Funk to be played free for everyone in late November, there’s a little something for everyone.

Abrams also spoke of an expansion of their education programming saying, “We have a very comprehensive collaboration

Left to Right: Kathryn S. Ohkubo, Teddy Abrams.

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with JCPS. This year, we can reach a lot more kids digitally. Development has increased because we can teach and coach students from all kinds of backgrounds who’ve never had access to individual lessons.”

Abrams continued, “This is about using music as the ultimate bridge. I am absolutely, 100% focused on using the Orchestra’s capabilities as artists, musicians and communicators, to bridge those divides and get our city to realize we can all believe in something and show the rest of the world that’s who we are.”

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presents their season “Amplify Your Voice” through mini-webisodes online and on social media, rather than full-length operas, exploring three themes: faith, justice and family. Calling upon the community to share their stories, Director Barbara Jamison commented, “We thought we’d use these three themes that appear quite frequently in opera, and ask the community what their perspectives and stories are. We will connect those stories to the existing repertoire and create our own interpretation of that operatic repertoire.” Through the website, you can share any photos, videos, photographs, letters, etc. that reflect your experience with these themes.

With hopes to gather safely in the spring of 2021, the Opera aims to present three live performances, a mix of original and existing pieces, each surrounding one of the themes and a possible black-tie fundraiser with KORE Gallery. Despite an uncertain next few months, the Kentucky Opera is committed to returning to the stage when safe, with intentions to continue collecting stories and tying it back into the Opera.

“Operas are stories set to music,” Jamison reflected, “and the music elevates the story and helps us feel more deeply.

When we do it well, it engages our minds in thinking and feeling deeply about the topics. How can we look at an opera, see the bigger truth and use it as an opportunity to gather around an idea?”

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From the Vault Actors Theatre of Louisville presents a trans-media season of virtual plays, radio plays, interactive games, weekly podcasts and unscripted episodes.

Erica Denise, director of learning and creative engagement, shared that the Facebook Live and Unscripted conversations have been, “interactive with the audience because in real-time the audience can type their questions or comments on the topic being discussed. We’ve been very responsive to what has been happening in our city with police brutality and the pandemic.”

Adapting to the virtual world, yet still grasping to the classics, “Dracula” and “A Christmas Carol” will be presented as radio plays, harkening back to a time when the radio was the central form of communication and will allow the listener’s mind’s eye to imagine the stories.

“COVID-Classics” takes a contemporary angle on oneact plays by master playwrights Guillaume Apollinaire, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, August Strindberg and Thucydides. Robert Fleming, executive artistic director, directs the enduring love story “Romeo & Juliet” with a twist.

Actor and Writer Lance Newman II teased, “in Fleming’s vision, the Montagues are from Louisville’s West End, a predominantly Black, low-income neighborhood, and the Capulets are from Louisville’s East End, a predominantly White, middle to high-income neighborhood. Familiar plays bring warm feelings to the theater’s regulars, but in that comfort, we find the ability to slide in a bit of truth they might have chosen to ignore.”

The season also presents original pieces such as “Ali Summit,” depicting a 1967 conversation between Muhammad Ali and other Black athletes surrounding the Vietnam War, and “Where Did We Sit on the Bus?” a one-person show reflecting the experience of an immigrant family through rap, hip-hop and the spoken word.

Fleming concluded that, “All of our season is a reflection and celebration, as well as an opportunity to demonstrate resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism reckoning happening across the nation. It has been exciting during a very challenging time to still have this plethora of creativity flowing while connecting with and serving the community.” V Stay tuned through their website actorstheatre.org or by searching Actors Theatre of Louisville on social media.

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11. Thymes Frasier Fir sink set, hand wash & hand lotion, $48. Thymes Frasier Fir fragrance diff user, $46. Thymes Frasier Fir aromatic votive, $17. Thymes Frasier Fir aromatic candle, $38.

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13. From the Vault Italian Connection handmade 18K yellow gold with a green Pegasus Intaglio pendant featuring a .08ct round bezel set emerald with a sterling silver backing, $1,400. 18” 14K yellow gold filled necklace, $145.

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17. Bourbon Smoked Snack Trio includes Bourbon Barrel Foods’ most popular snacks: Bourbon Smoked Sea Salt and Pepper Peanuts, Bourbon Smoked Spiced Snack Mix and Bourbon Smoked Chili Peanuts. This trio makes a great gift if you're willing to share! #eatyourbourbon, $36.

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22. Circa 1970 18K yellow gold Rolex GMT Master, reference 1675 with brown bezel, brown "nipple" dial and riveted Oyster bracelet, $32,000.

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23. Platinum 2.01ct emerald cut diamond ring with emerald cut sapphire side stones and full cut diamond accent stones, $24,998.

18. Pappy Van Winkle Tradition cigars.

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19. Award winning Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel pure maple syrup. 12.7 fluid oz., $38.

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27. Maker's Mark 101 The founders of Maker's Mark, Bill Samuels, Sr. and his wife Margie, would often share a special bottle with their closest friends and family, particularly during the holidays: Maker's Mark at 101 proof. Maker's Mark 101 is being released this year as a tribute to that Samuels family tradition, available to seasonal shoppers while supplies last. 750ml, available at retail stores, $37.99.

28. CommUNITY Batch The CommUNITY batch unites the finishing stave combinations made by dozens of independent bars and restaurants from around the country who have a heart for giving back. Proceeds from this extremely limited release go to the LEE Initiative. Visit leeinitiative.org/makers for availability and more information. 750 ml, 107.7 proof.

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31. Kate Spade wallet, $24.

32. Bulova gold tone watch, $175.

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KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM 704 Central Ave. Louisville, KY 40208 derbymuseum.org 502.637.1111 36. Kentucky Derby 146 Embroidered Horses Cap. This cap features an embroidered horse pattern and the official logo of the 146th Kentucky Derby. Available in navy, hot pink, white or tour blue.

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38. Radley London Racehorse Silhouette bag. A part of the Royal Ascot collection, this bag is crafted with the finest leather and intricate detailing to match the high sartorial standard of the occasion's outfits. Clutch in hand or swing over the shoulder with a strap to stay hands free at your next event, $198.

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Cartwheels Papers & Gifts 3919 Chenoweth Square Louisville, KY 40207 502.895.1800 39. 2021 Karen Adams desk calendar This best-selling calendar makes a great gift that helps the recipient celebrate year-round. Each twelve 6-inch square — one for every month — features an original Karen Adams design that is printed and hand-finished. A beautiful gold or silver easel is enclosed to showcase the month's artwork on your desk, shelf or counter, $64.

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45. Horsehead bookends, $40.

48. Harlem cognac dress, $228.

H.J. Redmon Exclusive Footwear 3933 Chenoweth Square Louisville, KY 40207 502.894.9800 46. Vaneli Footwear Sahar leopard print shoes, $165.

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53. A ring fit for a princess!

Gorgeous three carat oval shaped genuine blue sapphire surrounded by 11 sparkling full cut diamonds with a total gem weight of 1.33 carats, $17,700.

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57. The A Method Holiday Kit Give the gift of gorgeous skin this holiday season with a powerful age-preventive kit featuring four medical grade products PLUS the NEW C Gel Facial Masks, the latest addition to The A Method Family and your new favorite Vitamin C Facial Mask. Ideal for your introduction to The A Method brand and a great travel kit.

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The Day That Kept On Giving How the Community Foundation’s annual day of giving hit record numbers despite the pandemic

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hen preparing for this year’s annual Give For Good Louisville Day, the Community Foundation of Louisville’s executive team anticipated a much lower turnout, in terms of donations and donors, than years past. However, much to their surprise, Give for Good day on Sept. 17 far exceeded all expectations.

“Over $7.7 million was raised which was a record, as well as the most donors — over 22,000 — which was also a record,” said Ron Gallo, president and CEO of Give For Good Louisville.

In a time when a global pandemic has struck the nation, instead of turning away from local nonprofits, Louisvillians came out in full force to help keep 500+ nonprofit organizations afloat. Most nonprofits had to cancel their in-person galas and events, so for most, Give for Good was one of their only fundraising opportunities this year.

“What they [the nonprofit community] really appreciated, was that we went ahead with it and totally retooled our training in the weeks prior. It was all digital, but we helped them be successful on the day by helping them set goals, crafting fundraising language, social media storytelling and tips on how to engage their donors. I think that the hidden gem in all of this is really what happens leading up to giving day which is as important as the day itself. The nonprofits were very appreciative of that,” said Gallo.

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past, Gallo believes the Community Foundation will continue to implement some of the social media tactics they used this year in the future. “I think that with Give for Good we will retain some of the digital interactions because it works so well. The proof is in the pudding!” said Gallo. “We’re always looking to do it better and better, but I think the main thing that might carry over is a mix of continuing to do things digitally at a distance and through social media. But I’m sure we will also — because it’s so much fun — be out in the field again when it is safe to do so.”

For River City Drum Corp, Give for Good day could not have come at a better time. They were preparing to launch a brand new fundraising campaign this year when COVID-19 hit. They raised over their set fundraising goal of $15,000 for the day and ended with $16,020 thanks to the people of Louisville.

“With it being a strange year, at this point, it’s going towards operations. I would assume that in years past we’d be able to do some special programming or give our kids access to some special event at no cost. But with everything slowing down and us not being able

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to do things normally, we just want to ensure that we are able to remain sustainable in this difficult period,” said Jerome Baker, the associate director of River City Drum Corp.

For Hosparus Health, the day resulted in an equally successful fundraising push. The organization raised just over $22,000 on Give for Good day according to Tawanda Owsley, the vice president of development for Hosparus Health. Hosparus Health canceled its annual Candle Glow Gala this year, but on Nov. 6, they’re launching a brand new fundraising campaign.

They encourage interested parties to visit their website and social media channels to learn more about the People of Compassion Campaign.

“Right now is a critical time for the community to support all of the nonprofits in our community. We all need help more than ever. We are continuing to provide services to the community and we need the community to support us as we want to continue to be able to provide those services,” said Owsley. Have a favorite nonprofit organization? Check out their website to see ways you can help. Unsure of who to support? Go to Give for Good’s website to learn about 500+ nonprofit organizations in Louisville that need your help at giveforgoodlouisville.org. V Community Foundation of Louisville 325 W. Main St., Suite 1110 Waterfront Plaza, West Tower Louisville, KY 40202 cflouisville.org 502.585.4649

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Art For All, Forever Speed Museum Director Stephen Reily reflects on his milestones and the future of the museum

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Reily said, “At heart, I’m an entrepreneur, and I felt there was an exciting chance to tackle the Speed as a start-up and help figure out what this new, ambitious role was that it wanted to play. The building wasn’t the strategy, the building was a tool to use to fulfill a strategy.”

Centering around the three parts of the new mission statement that Reily, his colleagues and the board created, Reily said, “At the Speed Art Museum, we invite everyone to celebrate art, forever.” Reily continued by identifying milestones that he aspired to accomplish during his time at the Speed. “If I felt I had accomplished them, or come close, then I would know that the reason I was here was coming to an end,” Reily noted. Now, as Reily intends to depart from his role as director on March 31, 2021, confident in the passionate team he leaves behind, we spoke with him to reflect on these milestones and what the future entails for the next director, the Speed Museum team and

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the museum itself.

Reily’s first milestone was to make the Speed accessible to everyone, which involved creating programs such as Owsley Free Sundays, the Speed for All membership and free family membership for whom cost is a barrier to entry.

“Inviting everyone meant continuing to make the Speed a place where everyone feels at home. We’ve made school tours, and now virtual school tours, for all Title I schools completely free, as well as free transportation,” said Reily.

Abby Shue, deputy director for external relations and finance, commented, “Stephen is someone who thinks constantly about how he can use his own privilege to make greater accessibility for everyone around him. Every decision that he makes as a leader is thinking about how he can move the Speed to a stronger place than he found it.”

His second milestone was to celebrate art by both acquiring and exhibiting it through a diversity of artists that reflects the whole state and brings people together. “I learned early on, to my surprise, that people were really open to the Speed using art to address some of our complicated topics,” said Reily.

“It made the Speed pretty fearless in saying, as long as we ground it in art, which is creative and open-ended, people want to have these conversations.”

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wanted to be around art all the time in a museum more than anywhere else. That was inspiring to me, and I see what the people at the Speed bring to the community and to our mission, but also to each other.”

Third, forever “means sustainability both financially and in our teams. I built an advancement department that has grown our contributed revenue by 50%. We actually just completed our most successful fundraising year in history. Also, the teams don’t need me there to be successful. I’m proud of the leadership team I built, and the teams they built,” said Reily. “I’m especially proud of my seven-member leadership team, which includes Speed veterans like Kim Spence and Steven Bowling and rising leaders like Shannon Karol and Emma Pridham. Two members of that team oversee multiple departments and teams themselves and have recently gained new titles. Abby Shue, previously chief advancement and programming officer, is now our deputy director for external relations and finance and Toni Carver Smith, formerly COO/CFO, is now our deputy director for operations and finance.” Toni Smith added, “he [Reily] cares about the growth of all his staff, not just what’s happening 48

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Longevity also demands transparency and honesty. Issuing a racial equity report in August revealed to the public how far they’ve come, as well as quantifying their commitments for the future.

“We’re not congratulating ourselves because there is still so much more to do,” Reily urged. “How do we continue

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How do we play the right role in that?

That’s an ongoing challenge, and we’ll never get it all right.”

Preparing for a new chapter, the Speed team begins a national search for the next director, with a focus on diversity to reflect the community in new ways. Ideally, they’re looking for someone who is passionate about art, is organizationally equipped to lead a large institution and can strategically think of new ways to build upon the strong foundation of programs and teams constructed by Reily.

Allowing the wind to carry him to wherever he is meant to land next, Reily knows one thing for sure, he said, “I want this to be a community where we feel more connected to each other, where we’re not scared to tackle hard issues and where we’re confident we can grow stronger. I want this to be a community where everyone feels at home, together.” V Speed Art Museum 2035 South Third St. Louisville, KY 40208 speedmuseum.org 502.634.2700 NOVEMBER 2020

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Located in Sellersburg, Indiana, this home sits on Fuzzy Zoeller’s Covered Bridge Golf Club that provides magnificent views.

With numerous large windows in the great room, Lewis Sheets decided to play on the view of the golf course by choosing a natural color palette filled with creams, taupes and warm neutrals. The accent color is a sea glass blue-green to give it a calming spa effect.

Lewis Sheets said she wanted to bring the outside in “because with the everchanging seasons, the finishes on the inside work so well with the environment that they would see out their windows.”

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house and into an apartment in downtown New Albany, Indiana. “They were able to experience downtown New Albany and the fun nightlife the area offers,” Lewis Sheets explained. “It was a completely different neighborhood environment, so it was almost like city living. So it wasn’t like they had to live through the hardship of living through a renovation.”

Initially, the house was more closed off, with a fireplace separating the great room and kitchen from each other, according to Lewis Sheets. Now, it’s a much more open floor plan with the great room, kitchen and dining room all connected. “My favorite part of the home is the kitchen and the opening right into the great room,” Lewis Sheets said.

“Everyone always gathers around the kitchen island and this plan allows for that. They have two children, so when their kids are home or their kids and their friends are all together it’s just a nice open plan.”

Aside from the marvelous golf course views, the home has a lovely outdoor space complete with a firepit. However, this outdoor space is also about to be redesigned by Lewis Sheets and her team. “The homeowners loved what we did inside so much that they want to carry that to their outside space.

They love being in their home, but they also want to enjoy their outdoor space that includes a pool, a grilling space, a kitchen and bar, a gathering space and firepit,” said Lewis Sheets.

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Being one of the nation’s most well-known brands means that the average adult in Kentucky recognizes the 66 stores Goodwill operates as trusted locations where they can donate their possessions.

What many of them don’t know is that the thrift model Goodwill has built in Kentucky allows the organization to repurpose goods throughout the commonwealth in a way that diverts more than 50 million pounds of used items from landfills.

In a similar fashion, many people have become familiar with the great deals that can be found by shopping at Goodwill. In fact, it’s not uncommon for shoppers to build their own brand-name wardrobes by shopping exclusively at the retail stores. However, very few of those shoppers are aware that many of the Goodwill staff members they encounter are intentionally using their employment experience to build pathways to more lucrative careers.

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“Goodwill offers people an opportunity to build the kind of life they want by harnessing the power of work,” said Amy Luttrell, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Kentucky. “With the help of our career coaches, many of the people we serve are connected with partner agencies that provide legal assistance, housing and other services to address problems that have kept them from working successfully.”

The goal for Goodwill isn’t to keep “mission employees” on the payroll forever. Instead, the organization’s career coaches purposefully develop career plans for many of the mission employees to help securely transition them into higher-wage jobs with other employers within the commonwealth in order to make room to begin the same process with another disenfranchised individual.

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For more information or questions, contact Roberta Steutermann at 502.473.2375 or RSteutermann@nazhome.org.

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n 2020, the world has shifted in ways we never could have predicted. But, for the Actors Theatre team, the drive to imagine and tell stories that reflect the complexity of our time has never slowed down.

With open-hearted curiosity, we’ve leaned into exploring how emerging technologies will shape the future of our art form, expanding the ways we can make and share work.

In fact, the last eight months have been a whirlwind of creativity as we’ve worked with remarkable artists to produce storytelling experiences in service of our mission to unlock human potential, build community and enrich the lives of our audience. We’re releasing more than 20 projects and experiences, ranging from livestreams to animated shorts to radio plays, along with numerous conversations on our virtual platforms.

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communities?” Just some of the ways we have answered that calling include: • Refocusing our work to respond to the evolving needs of our community with programs like Unscripted, our public conversation series, and an interdisciplinary podcast, Borrowed Wisdom with Robert Barry Fleming • Garnering national attention with our first digital production, The Bengsons’ The Keep Going Song, which was named a New York Times Critic’s Pick • Showcasing the talents of eight exceptional young writers during the 15th Annual New Voices Young Playwrights Festival Virtual Reading • Receiving the Business Impact Award from Louisville Business First for organizations who have assisted the community during COVID-19 and/or furthered racial

justice and equality • And launching a Community Donation Partner program to generate support not only for ourselves, but for many other community-building organizations throughout Louisville.

Your continued engagement is vital to Actors Theatre’s next chapter, and we invite you to join us in the exploration. Visit our website at ActorsTheatre.org and see what we are up to, check out a project that excites you and follow the lively dialogue on social media — and if we inspire you, please consider making a donation.

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Through wars, recessions and pandemics, including COVID-19, we have remained open, providing care for some of the most vulnerable populations. We’ve been challenged and adapted as times have changed, remaining the heart of our city for children and families who need it most.

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Serving more than 10,000 children and families last year, our programs include a safe haven for children who have been abused or neglected. We provide crisis intervention services, clinical treatment and therapeutic foster and adoption services. We also operate a skilled nursing facility for medically complex children who are often dependent on technology to sustain life. We provide

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healthcare in a wide variety of disciplines for any child in the community through Open Arms Children’s Health, our integrated pediatric health center.

With the support of the community, our care and compassion have never wavered. You can make a difference for the children and families served by Home of the Innocents in various ways.

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Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion is committed to expanding compassionate hearts in our community. We take our inspiration from His Holiness the Dalai Lama who we hosted in Louisville in 2013.

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By ELIZABETH SCINTA Photos provided by Huber’s uber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards and Starlight Distillery have been around for 177 years, but do you know the history behind them? Simon Huber opened the business in 1843 and the farm has now been passed down to the seventh generation of Huber’s. It is currently co-owned by first cousins, Ted and Greg Huber. Did you know that Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards and Starlight Distillery is an entirely separate entity from Joe Huber’s Family Farm and Restaurant? Huber’s has been

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a part of the Southern Indiana community for almost 200 years, so you can imagine they’re well-loved and well-connected. They aim to help serve the community in the same way the community supports them by purchasing their products. During quarantine, Huber’s created a free hand sanitizer to be given to first responders and the public.

During quarantine, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) encouraged distilleries to produce their own hand sanitizer to help their communities. “We were delighted to be able to step forward and provide. We donated over 10,000 gallons of hand sanitizer in probably the first six weeks to our emergency responders, our hospitals, our nursing centers and our police officers,” said Dana Huber, the vice president of marketing and public relations at Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards and Starlight Distillery.

Now, they’ve switched to selling the hand sanitizer for a minimal price to cover the materials needed to make it.

Huber’s was allowed to stay open during the quarantine period because they’re an essential business. During this time, they were able to brainstorm and develop other ways to give back to the community. “We had a super fabulous leadership team that came up with great ideas for us to do some carryout and to also do some online shipping with our wines and delivering care packets to our local ER responders at some of our hospitals,” said Huber. “We had community members that wanted to actually call in and purchase some of these care packets that included cheese, sausage and some other local goodies.”

Producing and supplying hand sanitizer and care packages isn’t the only way Huber’s gives back to the community. Huber’s allows nonprofits to host events at Plantation Hall and donates their products or services, such as wine tours or tastings. Due to the pandemic, there have been fewer events happening in Plantation Hall, but many nonprofits have been generous to carry their deposits into 2021 in the hopes

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of having the event then. They have been able to continue to donate products and services as many events have switched to an online format.

“There have been some virtual events going on, so whether it’s our virtual time to get on and share some details about cocktails or spirits, or whether a donation or product, some of those virtual events still happened this year with those nonprofits,” said Huber. Thanks to the 700 acres Huber’s has, it’s easy for them to provide wine tastings and tours safely.

Whether they’re providing hand sanitizer to the community or donating wine tours and tastings, Huber’s has been giving back to the community for 177 years and will continue to do so as long as there is a need. “I think our primary goal [in 2020] is to support those nonprofits in our community in any way that we can as much as we can,” Huber explained. “Without our community, we wouldn’t be the historic business that we are today. It’s a very high priority for our family leadership to support our community because we want to come out of

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How AMPED Louisville is connecting the community through music

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hat I want people to know is that AMPED is more than just a music program,” Executive Director of AMPED, Dave Christopher, states as we sit outside the Greenwood Avenue campus of the Academy of Music Production Education and Development. We are sitting in a circle — six feet apart — with two young musicians named JoVahn Allen and Jaelyn Stewart.

The tone of excitement and determination I hear in his voice is quite tangible. “Music is a tool we can use to connect a community, and that connection is our goal,” said Christopher.

When Christopher moved to Louisville in 2000, he was focused on his technology company and being a single father to his son. “I remember having this moment of panic one night. My son was watching a television show and I was wondering how I was going to connect with him at that time. I asked him what he wanted to do with his life,” Christopher recalls. “The next morning, he told me he wanted to be a record producer or own a recording studio. So, I went out and bought two thick books on how to do both and read them from cover to cover.”

It was at that very moment that Christopher decided to use music as a tool for bonding with his son. This is also when the first seed was planted for the development and creation of AMPED. Now, the organization has grown into a free music program that allows children to explore their creativity through songwriting, musical composition, sound recording and engineering.

“It wasn’t until I came to AMPED that I realized how much of a music city Louisville is,” states Allen when I ask him about his first experience with the academy. He learned how to produce music through the program when he was in seventh grade. “I initially didn’t want to come to AMPED, because I didn’t really like after-school programs. After only one week, I was hooked,” he goes on to explain. “Now, AMPED has become more like a family. I’ve learned so much about the music industry and about life through them.”

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and Technology Program as However, AMPED is “Please [tell others] to another way to give back to about much more than the families in the community. support our program technical programs it offers.

This program provides parWhile spending time with not because you feel ents with necessary work Allen and Stewart on camskills through online learnpus, I realize the confidence sorry for our youth ing, mentoring and techand genuine relationships nology training. that are being built through and our families, but “We wanted to work with these programs are the real more than just the kids. We backbone of this establishinstead because you also wanted to work with ment. As the two musicians the families,” Christopher give me a tour of the facility, sincerely care about explains. “We started to Christopher excuses himself notice there were kids with to set up for the AMPED creating a fair and just Up for the Weekend live parents that needed help getting jobs that paid real performance. It is a weekly society that benefits living wages. Since my backperformance that is curground is in technology, I rently only being streamed ALL of society and know just how beneficial it every Thursday on social is to have skills in this area.” media due to COVID-19. not just some of it.”

Christopher also explains This weekly offering has that he is currently expandbecome a way for the comD a ve Ch ri stophe r ing this technology program munity to stay connected by providing important during a time of uncertainty technology-based work experience for par- and social distancing. ticipants once they complete training. He “This place gave me self-esteem,” Stewart will accomplish this with a business he just explains. “At first, I didn’t like who I was. launched that will contract out IT support Now, when I write music, I am talking for other local organizations. He acknowl- to myself and also talking to other people edges that providing skills and training only through my lyrics. I want to tell them they goes so far. are beautiful being who they are, as in I am “These parents need more than training. beautiful being who I am.” As I listen to They need work experience that will help Stewart speak, I am amazed by the genuine them secure better paying jobs later on,” he confidence the 17-year-old possesses. This explains. “This is why we are creating these self-assurance is even more apparent when initial jobs for them to gain that.”

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while we sit in AMPED’s main recording studio. I soon learn it is one of several instruments the young musician has mastered since being with the academy.

As the interview progresses, Allen and Stewart show me the two other recording studios on the premise. Allen tells me he just released a new album called, “Journey to My Mind.” I also find out that Stewart’s father is a music producer. They both then explained the no cursing policy Christopher established for any music that is being recorded on campus. By the end of the interview, I am amazed by the tenacity and true talent that both of these teenagers possess.

A week later, I email Christopher to thank him for taking the time to speak with me and ask him if there is anything else he wants to add to our conversation. He quickly and candidly replies, “Please [tell others] to support our program not because you feel sorry for our youth and our families, but instead because you sincerely care about creating a fair and just society that benefits ALL of society and not just some of it. AMPED exists to provide resources to individuals who are already capable, but lack those resources that are needed to realize their own destiny.” V AMPED Louisville 4425 Greenwood Ave. Louisville, KY 40211 ampedlouisville.org 502.822.1953

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Left: A 2020 Corvette from the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. A disco ball was donated from Omega National Products in Louisville.

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Don’t Ever Let Anyone Tell You Kentucky Ain’t Cool A new Frazier History Museum exhibit shows off everything “cool” about Kentucky

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he Frazier History Museum is opening its newest exhibit this fall called “Cool Kentucky” featuring numerous artifacts that make Kentucky “cool.” Visitors can expect to see a signed Louisville Slugger Bat from Jennifer Lawrence, a Corvette and Tori Murden’s boat, the Pearl, the entire murder mystery series by internationally known author, Sue Grafton, among many others. Upon learning about this new exhibit, we had the honor of interviewing the Frazier History Museum President and CEO, Andy Treinen, to learn what this new cool exhibit is all about.

What inspired the “Cool Kentucky” Exhibit?

To be honest with you, it was probably when we took on the brand “Where the World Meets Kentucky,” and also the fact that we’re designated as the official starting point of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. What we discovered in our new role is that we are a concierge service for bourbon tourists to go to different distilleries all around the state. We decided with “Cool Kentucky” that we would take that same concept to all tourists, not just bourbon tourists. So, it’s a small

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representation of all the different museums in the state, industry of people, great stories and culture. If you’re interested in the Corvette, which you’ll see sitting in the lobby of the Frazier, then you go to Bowling Green and go to the [National] Corvette Museum. If the Muhammad Ali story inspires you, then you go to the Muhammad Ali Museum. If it’s bluegrass music, you go to Owensboro. So it’s really a position statement as a starting point for tourism in the state of Kentucky.

Why did the Frazier think there was a need for an exhibit like this?

Above: A stump that Daniel Boone etched his name into, donated from the Filson Historical Society.

Right: The inside of the 2020 Corvette from the National Corvette Museum.

As you can imagine, this is a massive story because there is an awful lot that is cool about the state of Kentucky. We had to start somewhere, and we’ve been working on this project for about a year and a half. We have a committee who brainstormed ideas on what we wanted for the exhibit, and once we came up with a list, they started contacting museums and attractions in the state to see what items we would be able to secure. That being said, it is a permanent exhibit, so it will evolve.

A lot is going into this exhibit, were most of the items donated?

It’s a combination of a lot of things. Many of them are loans. We have loans from virtually every other museum in the state, and museums tend to do that when they have a story that fits something that another museum has. You will loan some of your items out, but I don’t think ever at this scale. I don’t know if anybody has had virtually every museum represented in their [own museum].

The great thing about Kentucky is that it’s a tight-knit community, and it’s not so big that people won’t pick up the phone. If you make a phone call and make a good case, we have found that people have been really receptive.

I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to throwing a party to celebrate with all the people who donated to the museum. We initially thought that the party was going to be in October, but we knew a few months ago that that wasn’t going to happen, so now we’ll see. When the world allows it, we’re going to have one heck of a bash.

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Why did the Frazier Museum decide to make this a permanent exhibit?

which is the basketball team that won the ABA Championship in 1975 and disbanded in 1976. We got a stump from the Filson [Historical Society] today, a huge tree stump that has Daniel Boone’s name etched in it.

When we brought the boat that Tori Murden rode across the Atlantic into the Great Hall, we had to engineer it and tip it onto its side and slide it through, and it only made it by about a half-inch on each side; that was a really cool day. So, it’s hard for me to commit to one specific thing because it changes every day when more tangible things come into the building.

Our brand is “Where the World Meets Kentucky,” so if we’re going to commit to that, we have to tell stories about the people, the culture and the industry and the landscape of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I couldn’t think of a better way to do it than with an exhibit like “Cool Kentucky” because it gives us an opportunity to partner with Louisville tourism and Kentucky state tourism on getting regional travelers to come here to the Frazier first because it doesn’t end there.

It’s not only a starting point, it’s a launching pad to other attractions throughout the state of Kentucky.

If you had to describe the exhibit in five words or less, what would they be?

What is your favorite part of the exhibit?

I can do it in one: cool. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that Kentucky ain’t cool.

I get excited about different things every day. We’re at the point where we’re seeing things come in tangibly. Today we got a bunch of stuff from the Kentucky Colonels,

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Nostalgia from A to Y

Reflections on the life of murder mystery novelist Sue Grafton

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thought I’d take a break from science for a month, and, in honor of the “Cool Kentucky” exhibit at the Frazier Museum, featuring Sue Grafton among others, write a bit about Sue’s life and career and how she became a renowned murder mystery novelist.

I met Sue in 1974 when we were living in the same apartment building in West Los Angeles. I was 23, recently graduated from UCLA and awaiting word about admission to graduate school. I was working as a welder in a factory that manufactured rolling measuring devices. Sue was 34, twice divorced, a single mom raising two young children and trying to make a living as a writer.

She had already published two novels, the Sue Grafton. second of which, “The Lolly Madonna War,” was optioned for film by a British producer.

She and he co-wrote the script, and it was filmed in Knoxville, TN starring Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Gary Busey, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Bridges and Randy Quaid. When her partnership (and relationship) with the producer broke up, she had trouble finding further film work. The assumption in the industry at that time was that the boy did the writing and the girl did the typing.

We started out just having a fling. She invited me to her apartment one evening to share some brandy, and one thing led to another. We began seeing one another, and before long, we were in a relationship. We would pool our meager pennies and splurge on dinner at the Great Western Steak and Hoagie on Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica.

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When her savings account drifted below a certain level, she would get some menial job working for a production company. I remember her working as a production secretary for Danny Thomas Productions on a tv movie called “Satan’s Triangle,” starring Doug McClure, and on a series entitled “Faye” starring Lee Grant. At that time, nobody paid any attention to her.

She lived on the first floor, with a picture window that opened onto a courtyard, and she would spend all hours at a plastic table in the window, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and writing. Her nickname in the building was the “Ghost Writer.” Her first real break came when she submitted a few spec scripts for the tv series “Rhoda.” None were used, but the producers and story editors liked what she did and she finally got an assignment. After that, her luck began to improve.

She met a female producer who liked her work and had contacts, and they began to create movies for tv. In the fall of 1975, I moved to Columbus, OH to begin graduate school, and a year later, very inadvisably, she followed me. During this time, her ex-husband and father of her kids kidnapped their children and started a vicious custody battle.

She would lie awake at night, thinking of ways to get back at him, but knew she would get caught and, as she put it, “spend the rest of my life in a shapeless prison dress, eating carbohydrates and embarrassing the very children I was trying to save.”

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to brag that they were flying their writer “in from Ohio.” At the time, Hollywood people were telling her she was great with character but weak with plot. She decided that the best way to learn how to better write plots was to write mystery novels, as her father, C.W. Grafton, had done. She started writing “A is for Alibi” around 1979, incorporating her best “husbandicidal” ideas. She said that rather than actually doing him [her ex-husband] in, it would be better to put her idea in a book and get paid for it. She generated 80 pages, found a literary agent and sent it out to publishers. She wanted to write “hard-boiled detective fiction,” which virtually no women were doing at the time. Many editors at publishing houses suggested she write “women’s fiction,” like “Fear of Flying,” by Erica Jong, but she had no interest in that. Finally, Marian Wood at Henry Holt bought “A” based on those 80 pages, so Sue had to take a deep breath and finish the book. It came out in 1982 to great critical acclaim and thus was born Kinsey Millhone and “The Alphabet Mystery Series” that lasted for 25 books. We married in 1978, and spent the next 39 years together, until she passed in December 2017.

She never got to “Z.” I remember Sue most for her indefatigable spirit. Nothing kept her down for long, not even her final illness. She was the most upbeat, optimistic person I have ever met.

She was also universally beloved. No one didn’t adore Sue Grafton and all those wanting to learn more about her can visit The Frazier History Museum’s “Cool Kentucky” Exhibit when it opens this fall! V Steve Humphrey has a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science, with a specialty in the philosophy of physics. He teaches courses in these subjects at the University of California, Santa Barbara and has taught them at the University of Louisville.

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LIBERTY WE ALL DECLARE FOR

Quappi Projects opens new exhibit that focuses on the future of American Citizenship

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he initial concept for Quappi Projects’ latest art exhibit that opened October 9, 2020 in Louisville, KY titled “We All Declare for Liberty: 2020 and the Future of American Citizenship,” was birthed over a year ago by founder and artist John Brooks. “I am a politically engaged person,” Brooks said. “I have a degree in political science, these are things that are always on my mind. I knew that this year — being a big presidential election and with other elections as well — was going to be quite a year. I had no idea, no one could have known, how things would play out.”

Stepping into Quappi Projects off of Market St. you are met by Sean Starowitz’s “statues are silent teachers,” created specifically for the show and installed as a monument destroyed. “He came into the gallery in January, before things closed, and we talked about the show,” Brooks explained. “He’s been working with repurposed and reimagined monuments for years.” The piece is made from Indiana limestone. Starowitz created it as one solid piece, and after shaping it into an obelisk, broke it apart for the exhibit. “It speaks to the conversation about our monuments. Who do we honor? Why do we honor them?

Should we still be honoring certain people and ideas? It feels very much like a relic that was installed like an obstacle [in the exhibit].”

The exhibit includes a multi-generational group of 18 artists, featuring viewpoints from people who represent different lived experiences including Immigrants, Black, White, Women, LGBTQ+, Straight and Religious/Spiritual. Their pieces come together in response to a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s speech in 1864. “The world has never had a good definition of liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in need of one. We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.”

Some of the artists submitted pieces to Quappi’s open call for artists, while others were invited to participate as 2020 unfolded. “With COVID-19 and the economic repercussions, and with what is going on in Louisville with the death of Breonna Taylor and the protests, I decided to invite a few artists whose work I thought would specifically reflect what has gone on in Louisville this year,” Brooks shared as we walked through the exhibit, looking at KING LOUI, a photograph by Kenyatta Bosman taken during the Breonna Taylor protests. “I felt like we couldn’t have a show about the state of our politics — our future — without talking about what’s going on this year here.”

One of the things I have said throughout 2020 is that at times it feels like we are in a twilight zone or a parallel universe. In some ways, I felt that way walking through the exhibit while looking at the contrasting pieces of art, like Brooks and artist Kris Thompson in masks installing a piece reflecting in the neon self-portrait by Destiny Mbachu. I saw it in Andrew Cenci’s black and white photos reflecting Hannah Drake’s poem “Spaces” and Matthew

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McDole’s piece “Infinite Jest.” I felt it in Kenyatta’s photograph reflecting Denise Furnish’s Tumbling Blocks quilt “Duplicity.” There are layers upon layers of information to process; a demonstration of the complexity we find ourselves grappling with today. As Brooks said, “All of these artists are extremely thoughtful. They are informed, engaged in their community and in the world. I think sometimes people can look to art as something that’s just pretty or in the background, something maybe a little bit unserious. This show is a great example of why that’s wrong. These artists are thinking about things that affect all of us. Artists are doing the work of looking at our world closely, analyzing our culture and our society with a critical eye and then trying to illuminate how we can be better.”

For a contemporary art gallery whose mission is to feature artists whose work reflects the zeitgeist (a German word for spirit of the age or time), the show reflects notes about our history and the year we’ve had. “In many ways, this will be the most important exhibition in our program to date,” notes the Quappi Projects website. “Now more than ever, it could not be more clear that life — let alone art — does not exist separately from the events and movements of society, culture and politics.”

Artist Vian Sora, an immigrant from Iraq, described her piece as a “work that addresses the meaning and representation of citizenship and its relationship to the American flag. A flag that could resemble an escape, hope and endless possibilities, and simultaneously violence and brutality.” Across the gallery, Hannah Drakes’ words jump off the wall:

Left: “SHOW ME SOME FUCKIN RESPECT” by Destiny Mbachu.

Below, Front: “MAGA” by Kris Thompson. Back: “Consume”

by Bryan Kelly Holden.

Bottom Front: “Vessel of Manifest Destiny! (2nd Permutation) by Travis Townsend. Back Left: “A History of Women’s Suff rage”

by Skylar Smith. Back Right: “North, South, East, West”

by Timothy Robertson.

“It is for everyone that will come after me For everyone to know they have a right to be in these spaces, to have seat at the table in these spaces, to have a voice in these spaces, to have influence in these spaces That is why I stand in spaces that make me uncomfortable Speaking boldly against injustice even now while some of you sit looking at me and now you feel uncomfortable But today you have heard me You cannot unsee me!

In this space, I belong...In this space...this space We are here & We belong here! In this space!”

Artist Destiny Mbachu said, “I am so happy to be able to express myself on this level! The fact that I get to fight for my equity as a Black woman while having my work in a gallery makes me extremely ecstatic.”

From the role of a leader and president, to the amount of information and news we are faced with daily, to the question of who “spaces” are designed for and what they should celebrate, the artists put forward work that begs us to question attitudes and mindsets.

“This show isn’t about partisanship,” Brooks said. “It asks, ‘What is the state of our national politics and the future of it? What does it require of us?’” V Quappi Projects Gallery 827 E Market St. (Side Gate Entrance) Louisville, KY 40206 502.295.7118 quappiprojects.com The exhibit runs through November 21, 2020.

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Tastes

A Chef Knows Best How to avoid isolation through a delicious recipe meant to share

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or a chef, the starving artist is a very fitting topic for the Arts Issue of The Voice. Why didn’t all those starving artists just meet a chef?

No one would rather feed a starving artist more than a chef, except maybe their mothers.

Part of the explanation for why artists “starve” has to do with being too busy with their art for a relationship with a chef or anyone else. Some of the answer has to do with pop culture romanticizing the isolated artist. Some of the answer, today, has to do with the isolated artist being taught in schools as a historical fact.

While some famous artists fit the cultural and societal label of an isolated artist, like Vincent Van Gogh (Impressionist Painter), Daniel Day-Lewis (Actor), Herman Hesse (Author), Ani DiFranco (Musician) and George Orwell (Author), many other artists did not isolate. This romantic, isolated image of the artist comes especially from the likes of Michelangelo, lying on his back up high on scaffolding and alone for years while painting the Sistine Chapel. Applying these images in today’s culture, you could ask yourself, do we romanticize isolation too much? Is isolation dangerous?

Today, more and more, I see examples of isolation as a solution to everything.

Of course, we know all this stems from the pandemic when at least 27 countries on every continent have closed their borders to some foreign nationals. Canada, our closest neighbor, still has not opened its borders. Large international cities, like New York City, became isolated. And without any doubt, hundreds of millions of homes became isolated.

As we all adapted valiantly to isolation, it became easier and easier to apply it to many aspects of our lives. It became easy to isolate from that dating relationship, or that sometimes annoying neighbor, or those relatives, even siblings, whose choices we question. Isolation, while it may benefit a few artists in focusing on their talent, can lead some to loneliness, depression and losing oneself. Because, if or when we get to the point when we are tired of the isolation, what will we be left with? Do not make isolation your lifestyle. I say practice baking a cake, bread or a pie and reconnect soon. Here is a delicious recipe that is meant to share with others: 112

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Best Ever Chocolate Cake Ingredients 1 ¼ cup flour 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup warm coffee (I usually use decaf) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt with a whisk. Combine the coffee, vanilla extract, vegetable oil and vinegar. Combine the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients with a whisk, just until mixed.

Butter, flour (or use a baking pan spray) and coat an 8” round cake pan. Pour in your prepared batter and bake for 30 minutes.

Tips Before baking, you can sprinkle some chocolate chips (you can use butterscotch, peanut butter chips or any other chips you may like) before baking. I like this cake served plain with powdered sugar sprinkled on top. However, I have iced it with a cream cheese frosting and a salted caramel frosting, and they were both equally delicious. V NOVEMBER 2020

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o matter which holidays you celebrate, this time of year is already filled with added stress. Days feel shorter, commitments feel longer and patience is thinner. Add a global pandemic and an election year to the list and 2020 is bound to have you stressed out beyond an alltime high.

This holiday season is presenting us all with unprecedented stressors and circumstances that even the most seasoned of party-goers or hosts and hostesses have never encountered. For some, there will be no office parties, Thanksgiving dinners or family gatherings leading to potential isolation and loneliness. Others will debate masks versus no masks, hoax versus real, attend in-person

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versus online and the list goes on and on. If just reading that list causes a bit of angst and anxiety, the good news is, you’re not alone.

We are all feeling a little stressed these days.

Stress is normal, and sometimes good, for all of us. Your body is full of amazing hormones and mechanisms designed to help you survive stressful and dangerous times. You’ve probably heard of the fight or flight phenomenon — a dangerous scenario occurs, and we stay and fight our way through it or run for cover and safety. This is a normal physiological response to a stressor. This response is first triggered by our sympathetic nervous system with the production and release of hormones.

Norepinephrine, epinephrine, testosterone, estrogen and cortisol (among others) play a vital role in our body’s response to stress.

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the actual scenario taking place. Imagine there is a tiger in the woods and you spend your entire life wondering if it will come after you. That’s stressful and would wreack havoc on your mental and physical wellness.

This season, don’t let those hormones build to a level that allows you to damage your body. Turn to a health and wellness routine to help regulate your body’s hormones, lose weight and help keep or re-gain mental clarity and peace of mind. Below are some useful holiday tips for the most avid exerciser to someone who has never worked out a day in their life.

1) Keep it simple: Don’t overwhelm yourself with an unrealistic task or overly time-consuming workout. Move your body in a way that feels both safe and efficient to you. If you like swimming, swim; dancing, then dance; walking, then walk.

Don’t complicate an already complicated time. Moving your body burns calories and releases the feel-good hormones serotonin and endorphins.

2) Your time is important: Don’t feel obligated to make every party or everyone

happy. You owe it to yourself to make YOURSELF happy. If promising to be at too many events causes stress or emotional turmoil, it’s time to take things off your plate. Chances are, the truly important people will be there long after the holidays are behind us and they will understand if you have to take a rain check.

3) Lift weights, do yoga or pilates: Any form of strength training can help breakdown and build up muscle mass.

This again helps regulate hormones but also makes your body more metabolically active. You’ll improve sleep, body composition and create a healthy release for those stress hormones that are building up.

4) Go for a post-dinner/party walk: If you are meeting in person, make a game of it, especially if holiday meals and treats are the center point of your get together. After dinner, see if you can get outdoors for a family walk or scavenger hunt. Try to not only burn a few extra calories but use it as an excuse to get away from the annoying relative who won’t stop talking about his or her favorite politician winning or losing.

5) Eat (or bring) a healthy plate: Again, food is often the center point of gatherings. Don’t feel the need to eat anything and everything in sight. Prepare a healthy salad or fruit tray to bring so you know there will be at least one healthy option available. Or, eat ahead of time and politely state that you are eating healthy and merely there to enjoy the company.

So whether you’re stressing over awkward questions from your crazy aunt about why you’re still single or just wondering how you’ll manage so many occasions, treats and shopping lists in so little time, be sure to allow your body to release stress and excess hormones. Just ten minutes on a yoga mat or a jog around the neighborhood can do wonders for your mental and physical health. V Baptist Health/Milestone Wellness Center 750 Cypress Station Dr. Louisville, KY 40207 baptistmilestone.com 502.896.3900

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1. Kent and Kathy Oyler, Steve Humphrey and Janice Carter Levitch, Steve and Terri Bass.

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3. Kathy and Kent Oyler.

4. Senior Executive Chef David Danielson and Chef de Cuisine Jeff Dailey.

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6. Kathy and Kent Oyler, Steve Humphrey and Janice Carter Levitch, Steve and Terri Bass.

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n Oct. 3, The Voice-Tribune Publisher, Janice Carter Levitch, and guests enjoyed a private dining experience in the Bourbon Room of Matt Winn’s Steakhouse at Churchill Downs with proceeds benefiting the Churchill Downs Backside. The group also received a private tour of the new space from Senior Executive Chef, David Danielson. From their extensive whiskey selection, top-of-the-line cuisine and a stunning view of the racetrack, this is an experience you don’t want to miss!

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1. Amie and Clinton Deckard with Vincent Farrante and Elizabeth Chandler.

2. Teri Smith and Pat Ballard.

3. Bridge 19 performing at the Annual Waterfront Botanical Gardens Gala.

4. Charles and Lisa Barr.

5. Allison Whitehouse, Duncan Cherry, Kasey Maier, Elizabeth Chandler and Misty Cruse.

6. Duncan Cherry with a lovely floral arrangement.

7. Stephen Wesley and Craig Scherman.

8. Steve Humphrey and Janice Carter Levitch.

9. Peggy Grant and Teri Smith.

10. Andy and Harriet Mays with Jeff and Cindy Cummins.

11. Janet and Kurt Graeser.

12. Kasey Maier welcoming guests.

13. Courtney and Tim Corrigan.

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n Oct. 7, Joyce Meyer hosted a small get-together for close friends and family at her home to celebrate the launch of the October issue of The Voice-Tribune.

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1. Joyce Meyer, Lisa Stemler, Larry Shapin, Ladonna Nicolas, Lynnie Meyer, Vincent Straight, Thomas and Tinsley Meyer, Mary Lou Meyer and Kelly Hymes.

2. Mary Lou and Joyce Meyer, Coyote Calhoun, Kelly Hymes, Tinsley and Lynnie Meyer and Lisa Stemler.

3. Larry Shapin and Ladonna Nicolas.

4. Joyce Meyer and Lisa Stemler.

5. Judge Eric Haner and Mary Lou Meyer.

6. Thomas, Tinsley and Lynnie Meyer.

7. Janice Carter Levitch and Steve Humphrey.

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n Oct. 9, the NuLu art gallery Quappi Projects opened a new exhibit titled “We All Declare for Liberty: 2020 and the Future of American Citizenship,” that was created by founder and artist John Brooks. Patrons were invited to peruse the exhibit in small groups and many of the artists were in attendance for them to meet.

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1. Theo Edmonds, Joey Yates, John Brooks and Josh Miller.

2. Jasmine Salahuddin and Blake McGrew.

3. Tommy and Maryanne Elliott.

4. Molly Mackowiak with Emma and Sarah Shadburne.

5. Celes, Darius and Jamelia Smith.

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CONGRATULATIONS

Bob Baffert on your 6th Kentucky Derby win with Authentic! ®

Derby Day was different this year. But Bob Baffert’s 6th Kentucky Derby win gave us all something to smile about, as he tied the record for most wins with trainer Ben Jones.

To help Louisville celebrate, the Museum is offering a “buy one get one” ticket, good on November 7. See our signature movie, “The Greatest Race,” now updated with footage of Authentic’s big win. Visitors will enjoy our new exhibit “Right to Ride” about trailblazing female jockeys and a complimentary Historic Walking Tour of Churchill Downs.

Thank you to our supporting sponsors of Kentucky Derby Museum’s Bourbon Dinner with Bob Baffert on November 4, 2020

Buy One Ticket Get One Free Promotion Saturday, November 7, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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St. Francis School’s (re)Imagine!

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n Oct. 10, St. Francis held its annual (re)Imagine! Art Auction and Scholarship Fundraiser virtually that was hosted by Kevin Harned and live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

Several St. Francis families and supporters hosted small gatherings in their homes to both support the auction and tune-in to the live event.

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1. Susan and Sean Maguire, Nick and Ursula Melhuish, Chad and Lee Middendorf, Weasy MacLean and Dr. Mike and Maria Doyle.

2. Head of School Alexandra Thurstone and Cheri Collis White.

3. Greg Brown and Bill Schreiber.

4. Sandy Schreiber and Scott Rogers.

5. Hosts Mark and Emily Kirchdorfer.

6. Patrick Piuma and Christine Brinkmann, Emily and Mark Kirchdorfer, Kirk and Alissa Shoemaker with Kandi Walker and Sam Julian.

7. Hosts David and Laura Linkous with Jason and Jaime Bronfman.

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n Oct. 16, the Kentucky Derby Museum hosted the Ladies in Leadership breakfast, sponsored by LG&E, with the slogan “Empowered Women Empower Women.” The morning included booths from local, femaleowned businesses, a panel of female speakers including former female jockey Donna Barton Brothers and access to the new exhibit, “Right to Ride,” about trailblazing female jockeys.

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1. Peggy Noe Stevens.

2. Beth Fay and Sarah Trasatti.

3. Macy Spears and Megan Lakes.

4. Artist Liz Richter.

5. Rebecca Gorman and Shannon Follette.

6. Ashley Overberg, Tara Logan and DeDe Kelley.

7. Raeshanda Lias-Lockhart.

8. Rachel Brown and Tara Levitz with Kendra Scott.

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2. Robert Simpson, Karen Keith and Don Wenzel.

3. Mary and Joe Bellino with Kim Kline.

4. Rachel and Tammy Thaler.

5. Andy Dozier and Cheri Boden.

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n Oct. 18, the NouLou Chamber Players performed “Crisp Air” in the gardens at Oxmoor Farm for a small gathering of socially distanced guests.

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