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FEBRUARY 2024

February LOVE & Wedding Volume Celebrating the 50th Annual Speed Art Museum Ball Sports: Introducing Bill and Russ’ Excellent Conversation

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Hi Louisville Lovers!

Welcome to our February Love & Wedding Volume! We’re ‘in love’ with love, and we decided to take this opportunity to feature several beautiful weddings, share love stories, and help enhance your Valentine’s Day or plan your wedding occasion.

We hosted February’s Wedding shoot at Louisville Palace, which holds an incredibly special place in my heart. It was the first theater I ever attended, and my husband and I were the first couple to get married on the Palace’s full stage. Because I am hard of hearing and we had a theater filled with our special friends and loved ones, we were able to have our friends and family members who were speaking mic’d so that everyone could hear our vows and fully enjoy the ceremony.

My advice to all our soon-to-be-weds and those celebrating love, whether it’s self-love or creating magical moments with your special someone: Don’t forget to do something just for the two of you, because, in the end, it’s all about choosing each other.

My husband and I had a secret wedding on the beach in Mexico months before our big day with about 400 guests. It was incredible to share the day with everyone else, knowing we still had our own special day just for the two of us.

We’re also excited to share a few extra special stories with our readers this month: First, we’re celebrating Speed Art Museum’s 50th anniversary of the Speed Ball, with several articles highlighting the Museum, the Speed Ball Chairs, the current main exhibit and a special birthday story of a sculpture inspired by Lincoln (who happens to share his February 12 birthday with the late Hattie Bishop Speed). We’re also featuring archival photos and articles highlighting past Speed Art Museum’s Ball moments, as well as past Wedding and Valentine’s Day stories in honor of our year-long 75th anniversary celebration. Finally, we are pleased to introduce a new monthly column by sports writers Bill Doolittle and Russ Brown: Get ready for Bill and Russ’ Excellent Conversation!

May our February Love and Wedding edition ignite a flame of inspiration within you during this season of love.

Cheers to the VOICES of Louisville!

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PRESIDENT/CEO, AMELIA FRAZIER THEOBALD MANAGING EDITOR, AMY BARNES OPERATIONS MANAGER, MARY ZOELLER CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER, JULIE KOENING EDITOR, RAGAN VAN HECKE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS, CHIEF EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER, KATHRYN HARRINGTON CHIEF GRAPHIC DESIGNER, ANNABELLE KLEIN EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, MATT JOHNSON EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, ALISHA PROFFITT FASHION STYLIST, ASHLEA SPEARS CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: RUSS BROWN, ALISON CARDOZA, JENNIFER DOWNS, BILL DOOLITTLE, ANNA LAURA EDWARDS, GILL HOLLAND, REMY SISK, BRYAN SNYDER (CONTRIBUTING EDITOR), ASHLEA SPEARS, CHERI COLLIS WHITE, KEVIN MURPHY WILSON CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: ASIA INSTITUTE — CRANE HOUSE, DAN DRY-PRICE WEBER, LACHI MUSIC, LLC, UK ATHLETICS, LOUISVILLE ATHLETICS, PURDUE COMMUNICATIONS, GIOIA PATTON, FRANKIE STEEL, BILL WINE CONTRIBUTING STYLISTS AND MAKE-UP ARTISTS: J. MICHAEL’S SALON FEATURES 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPEED ART MUSEUM BALL SPEED BALL THROUGH THE AGES CELEBRATING LINCOLN: A TRIBUTE TO SPENCER FINCH’S “KENTUCKY SUNLIGHT (LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY)” THE SPEED ART MUSEUM REEXAMINES OBJECTS THROUGH HISTORY IN A NEW EXHIBITION: THE BITTER AND THE SWEET: KENTUCKY SUGAR CHESTS, ENSLAVEMENT AND THE TRANSATLANTIC WORLD 1790-1865 BILL AND RUSS’ EXCELLENT CONVERSATION: COLLEGE HOOPS BASEBALL CARDS PLANNING TO END THEIR ‘FUNK’, RESUME WINNING WAYS THIS SEASON ASIA INSTITUTE — CRANE HOUSE CELEBRATES THE LUNAR NEW YEAR OF THE DRAGON PRECIOUS PEREZ LOVE YOURSELF IN THE STYLE LOUP: A LOOK THAT LASTS FOREVER VOICE-TRIBUNE 2024 VALENTINE’S GIFT GUIDE A COMFY AND COZY RETREAT: BEDDED BLISS OWNER DONNA OSIF SHARES HER ADVICE ON HOW TO CREATE A LUXURIOUS AND RELAXING BED FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AND BEYOND NOIR FIVE: SUSTAINABLY CRAFTED GOODS INFUSED WITH LOVE EMBRACING ROMANCE AND FUN AT THE FORUM AT BROOKSIDE: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. LEONARD AND TERRY RILEY VOICE-TRIBUNE 75TH ANNIVERSARY: WEDDINGS AND LOVE STORIES MAMMA MIA! MAKING A FASHIONABLE IMPRESSION AS THE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE LOVE IS IN THE AIR: VOICE-TRIBUNE FEBRUARY 2024 WEDDING INSPIRATION NUPTSOCIAL VOICE-TRIBUNE 2024 WEDDING GUIDE RECOVERY CAFE LOUISVILLE: DIVINING DIVINE LOVE A WALK IN THE WINTER TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT LOUISVILLE’S TREE CANOPY: VOLUNTEER WITH TREES LOUISVILLE AND CINDI SULLIVAN TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BREATHE BETTER AND COMBAT URBAN HEAT OCCASIONS & CELEBRATIONS WEDDINGS: NATALIE AND JORDAN CLEMONS CHASE JENNINGS AND VINICIUS CLEMENTE KYA AND DANIEL WENCE CARTER CAROLYN AND GRAYSON SWITZER SOCIETY RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY; CANYONS BY KRIS THOMPSON; JUDGE ERICA LEE WILLIAMS RETIREMENT CELEBRATION; AFTER HOURS AT THE SPEED; YULETIDE AT YEW DELL; JAZZ AT THE FILSON: A HOLIDAY JAZZ PARTY; A CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH JP DAVIS; NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH TONY AND THE TAN LINES VOICE-TRIBUNE FEB. 2024

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Event Co-chairs Collaborate and Reminisce While Planning the Speed Ball 50th Anniversary at the Speed Art Museum

A Special Collaboration by the VOICE-TRIBUNE and Speed Art Museum Photos by: Frankie Steel On Saturday evening March 2, the red carpet will be rolled out as the Speed Art Museum celebrates its 50th Anniversary of the Speed Art Museum Ball. Before the volunteer ball chairs and ball committee, and hundreds of museum guests don their white-or-black-tie attire-gowns and finery to celebrate the Speed Art Museum, we sat down with the Speed Ball co-chairs to get a glimpse into what we can expect at this year’s event.

We wanted to find out how this iconic event plays a starring role in supporting the museum’s mission, and how event organizers expect this evening will ensure the museum has the necessary resources to allow everyone in the community to visit and experience all that the Speed Art Museum has to offer.

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This year’s 50th Anniversary Speed Ball Co-Chairs are: Tawanda Chitapa Susan Dabney Lavin and Allan Lavin Woo Speed McNaughton Lopa Mehrotra and Rishabh Mehrotra “The Ball provides a venue where members of the community can gather to celebrate and be supportive of the museum’s effort to make great art accessible to our community,” said Co-chair Susan Dabney Lavin. The Speeds expects about 1,000 guests to attend. Speed Ball guests enjoy a lavish cocktail hour and very special dinner in the galleries, followed by Late Night at the Speed with dancing, desserts and live music featuring The Block Party Experience starting at 9 pm.

“For our 50th Speed Ball, we are poised for a record attendance to celebrate the Speed’s esteemed history and its very bright future. I want everyone to know how great the museum is, and hopefully bring in people who are not as familiar with all the museum has to offer. And we are excited for this year’s “Late Night” party” where different generations come together to dance and celebrate,” said Lavin, whose spouse, Allan, is a co-chair.

While these community leaders are spearheading the annual fundraiser because of their shared love of the arts, each bring a unique perspective on how they want the museum to feel to guests as they step into the glass-encased Atrium, peruse the newer wings, and wander around the Beaux-Arts building. They all agree that nothing beats the experience of dining among works of art or dancing with friends in a world-class arts institution.

Co-chair Woo Speed McNaughton, who also co-chaired in 2018 and attended the first Ball in 1974, can safely say she’s skipped very few balls in her lifetime. She even points out that she served as a special volunteer hostess for the event when she was only 16 years old

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– long before the 21-and-older age requirement came onto the scene. Woo is a descendent of the Speed family of which Hattie Bishop Speed founded the Museum in 1927 in honor of her husband, James Breckinridge Speed.

Woo attends the Ball every year because “it feels like home,” she said.“I was raised there, and I regularly worked there as a volunteer alongside my grandparents and parents.” Even her daughter, Austin, volunteered as a Ball hostess at the event for seven years.

“The Ball is – and always has been – a huge thank you to the community, first and foremost. That’s what it’s all about. We help raise money so that our city and state’s major art museum continues thriving, and we’re here to make sure we can open our doors and be welcoming to everyone who walks through our doors.”

Woo said she decided to lead the Ball’s planning efforts because she sees the community embracing the museum as more of a community-focused destination.“Everyone gets included and everyone gets to come,” she said, adding that “Owsley Sundays” and Art Bridges “First Thursdays” evenings are when the museum offers free general admission to the public, in addition to the many programs offered during those hours.

In addition to the well-known band, show stopping flowers, drinks and gourmet menu items, the evening forms an important backbone for the organization as the museum’s largest annual fundraising initiative.

The Speed Ball is the most significant annual fundraiser for the Speed Art Museum. According to Director Raphaela Platow, sponsorships and ticket sales for the Speed Ball are crucial in realizing the Museum’s mission.

“The Speed is committed to be a museum for the entire community and to provide an art, learning and belonging experience for all.

When you come to the museum you can always expect to see great art but the way we bring art to life for different constituencies and with many amazing community partners is what makes us unique and vibrant. From creative art making in Art Sparks to insightful panel discussion, unique music performances during After Hours, carefully orchestrated school engagements, our renowned Cinema program, and inspiring Community Sundays, the Speed is brimming with people and activities. The Speed today is an important cultural center of our city with, through, and because of art,” said Platow.“I love the Ball because it is the most elegant, exquisite and gorgeous fundraiser one can imagine.”

Funds raised through the Ball support the museum’s strategic pillars of Art and Learning and Operational Excellence, in addition to the “Speed for All,” membership program that provides free family memberships to those for whom the cost of membership is a barrier.

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to concept the first Ball and all the amazing chairs and guests over the past 50 years,” said Platow.“Each year, we are in awe by the sheer force of fundraising and community building that takes place behind this event. I’ve had a chance to talk to many of the earlier Ball chairs from long ago and listening to their Speed Ball experience is nothing but heartwarming.”

“Rishabh and I first attended the Ball around 2006 and we co-chaired the first-ever virtual Speed Ball in 2021, with the intention to Keep the Ball Rolling that year,” said Lopa Mehrotra, who, along with her husband, Rishabh, has stepped up again to lead the effort.

“And, here we are, rolling into the 50th year of this incredible event, thanks to the resilience of our team and the deep support and friendship of this community.”

Added Rishabh,“We are so honored to contribute in any way we can toward continuing this legacy of inviting everyone to celebrate art forever.”

“I have been taking our little ones to the museum since we first got to Louisville in 2003 and Art Sparks was a regular stop for us,” said Lopa.“The Ball was our first chance to come to the museum as ‘real grown-ups.’ We were amazed - the beauty, the elegance, the hospitality, and always the people. The Speed has always been such a welcoming place to us, with supporters who are warm and caring and wish to share art with everyone. As we honor the past, we look toward a future of continued growth and transformation at the Speed.”

While not shy to showcase all that the museum has to offer, Lopa doesn’t want to spoil any secrets, but hints that guests will get to see the Speed’s new facelift and have the opportunity to view a long-anticipated exhibition. Lopa also serves as chair of the Speed’s Board of Trustees.

“We’re excited to showcase some changes. Rishabh and I are especially proud to share the exhibition India: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art, which opens Feb 16. This very special exhibition will be open for viewing the night of the Speed Ball, and will bring even more beauty, romance and wonder to the evening,” said Lopa.

Co-chair Tawanda Chitapa, an executive with Norton Healthcare, is quick to emphasize that this is the “most sought-after event in the city, if not the region, because guests get to experience a world-class event and celebration with a magnificent ambiance.”

“To be a part of the planning of this special event brings me great pride and joy. We really want the Ball to be a great community event that helps celebrate the Speed and what it stands for in the community,” he said, adding “you just never know who you will meet there.”

Chitapa currently serves as secretary of the museum’s Board of Trustees.

Because of her long-standing volunteerism with the museum, Co-chair Susan Lavin, who also serves on the Board of Trustees, feels that her connections with the staff and curators inspired her to spearhead plans for the Ball’s 50th anniversary.

“It’s the art and the people at the museum that keep drawing me back,” she said.“I’m really close to them and I love learning more about the museum and the art through them. I have formed lasting friendships through the museum - actually, great friends as well as great teachers.”

The Speed Art Museum is located at 2035 S. Third Street, Louisville, Ky 40208 For tickets and more information about the Speed Art Museum Ball and Late Night at the Speed, please visit speedmuseum.org

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Meet your 2024 Speed Museum Art Ball Chairs On a recent Monday evening, VOICE-TRIBUNE and Speed Museum joined to celebrate our chairs who organized the 50th Anniversary event.

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Speed Ball through the Ages VOICE-TRIBUNE and Speed Art Museum partnered last month to gather archival photos spanning 50 years of the Speed Ball.

We’re sharing our favorite finds with our readers over the next few pages. Please enjoy our retrospective, and we hope to see you at this year’s 50th anniversary event.

Cheers!

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Ted Wathen, The Speed Museum Ball, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1976, gelatin silver print, sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) image: 4 1⁄2 × 13 1⁄2 in. (11.4 × 34.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1618, © 1976,FEB. Ted2024 Wathen VOICE-TRIBUNE 23

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Celebrating Lincoln: A Tribute to Spencer Finch’s “Kentucky Sunlight (Lincoln’s Birthday)” By: Amy Barnes

Illuminating the lobby over Speed Art Museum’s Atrium (or Grand Hall), is a captivating 675-pound steel-andLED-light sculpture representing an upside-down tree and its many limbs, barren of spring foliage. The clear-colored limbs, adorned with subtle hints of color, creates a striking visual display that is intended to evoke the resilience of nature breaking through the mundane, while also commemorating the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln and his birthplace of Hodgenville, Kentucky.

The sculpture is intended to represent Lincoln’s historical significance, and the dawn of a new era marked by the Emancipation Proclamation.

“The monumental sculpture, which was made and installed specifically to coincide with Speed’s major renovation and reopening in 2016, helps us to think about Lincoln as a real person, not only as an important figure in our country’s history,” said Tyler Blackwell, Curator of Contemporary Art, Speed Art Museum.

“The artist who conceived this work, Spencer Finch, arranged for a color/light reading to be taken with a special machine on Lincoln’s February 12th birthday (in 2015) at the site of Lincoln’s birthplace, just an hour’s drive from the museum. These ‘color readings’ were then translated into the colors we now see on the tree’s branches in the work hanging in the Speed’s atrium, and we are able to imagine what the day might have been like on the day Abe was born,” said Blackwell.

Of important note, Lincoln shares his February 12th birthday with the late Hattie Bishop Speed, adding another significant layer to the light above the Speed’s main entertainment space.

Here’s to celebrating the birthdays of two significant Kentuckians, and their contributions to society!

Spencer Finch American, born 1962 Kentucky Sunlight (Lincoln’s Birthday), 2016 LED lamps, fixtures, filters, and steel 17 x 10 x 10 feet Speed Art Museum, Commissioned by the Speed Art Museum; Purchased with funds generously donated by Eliza Brown & Nina Brown de Clerq in Honor of Ina Dowdy Shalleberger, Jim Gray, and with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund, 2015.5

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The Speed Art Museum Reexamines Objects through History in a New Exhibition:

The Bitter and the Sweet: Kentucky Sugar Chests, Enslavement, and the Transatlantic World 1790 - 1865 By: Jennifer Downs, Terra Foundation Assistant Curator, Speed Art Museum

“The exhibition features sugar furniture, silver, ceramics, contemporary artwork, 19th-century tools, and archival materials that reflect the bitter reality of sugar production and trade from New World beginnings to the middle of the 19th century.”

It’s difficult to imagine our everyday modern lives without the sweet taste of sugar. We add it to our morning coffee or tea, seek sweet treats for comfort, and commemorate holidays and celebratory occasions with special desserts. Sugar is ubiquitous and abundantly available today — dangerously added to many of the foods and beverages we consume — and responsible for health crises across communities. It was once called “White Gold,” however, because of its rarity and expense.

Storing the Bittersweet The iconic Kentucky sugar chest is an idiosyncratic furniture form made from about 1790 to 1850, specifically for the storage of sugar.

Skilled Kentucky cabinet makers used local materials such as cherry and walnut to create this specialized form to store costly sugar that was grown, harvested, and processed by enslaved men, women, and children.

Prominently displayed in Kentucky parlors or dining rooms, an elaborate sugar chest reflected the wealthy status of its owner. It also supported social rituals such as coffee, tea, and alcohol consumption, which further reinforced a prosperous economic standing.

The powerful nostalgic sentiment that has long been associated with Kentucky’s utilitarian sugar furniture, which often incorporates fanciful and regionally specific inlaid decoration, dates to the early 20th century and contradicts the brutal and complex history of the sweet substance it was made to store.

The Speed Art Museum’s newest exhibition, The Bitter and the Sweet: Kentucky Sugar Chests, Enslavement, and the Transatlantic World 1790-1865, reexamines these chests within the broader, intertwined contexts of the Atlantic economy, the vicious human toll of enslavement, and the complex transportation and merchant systems that brought sugar to Kentucky from the West Indies and sugar-growing regions of the Americas.

The exhibition features sugar furniture, silver, ceramics, contemporary artwork, 19th Century tools, and archival materials that reflect the bitter reality of sugar producAmerican, Mason County area, Kentucky Sugar Desk, 1810-1840 tion and trade from New World beginnings Cherry, poplar, other woods 31 7/8 x 29 x 13 15/16 in. (81 x 73.7 x 35.4 cm.) to the middle of the 19th century.

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William Clark British, dates unknown Sugar Plantation Mill Yard, Antigua, West Indies, from Ten Views in the Island of Antigua, in Which are Presented the Process of Sugar Making (London, 1823) Collection of the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University * Many historic images and illustrations of sugar production do not accurately depict the brutal conditions and harsh realities of enslavement.

Instead, they often present idealized or romanticized views of labor, landscapes, or clothing to disguise the persistent hardships and violence inflicted upon enslaved men, women, and children. Those who benefitted economically from enslaved labor and sugar production, including wealthy landowners and merchants, may have sought to preserve and advance the plantation system—and enslavement—by promoting this type of imagery.

The Sugar Trade: Learning From the Past A global mass market for sugar, originally used as a medicine, a spice, or to create decorative tabletop sculptures, was well established by the middle of the 18th century. British and French plantations in the West Indies, built upon the trafficked lives and forced labor of enslaved Africans, produced most of the world’s sugar, which was exported to consumers, merchants and refineries in Europe and the eastern coastal ports of the American colonies. Raw and refined cane sugar first made its way to central Kentucky by way of the Ohio River and the hazardous Maysville Road, and was initially traded and purchased by those who could afford its prohibitive cost.

After sugar cane was successfully granulated in Louisiana in 1795, sugar plantations populated lands along the Mississippi River.

Scores of French planters and expert sugar workers, many fleeing the momentous uprising, revolt, and Revolution in Haiti to free the enslaved people from France, poured into the region.

The opening of the Mississippi after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and the advancement of steamboat technology, precipitated a steady movement of sugar and people — both free and enslaved — to and from Kentucky.

Planning, research, and development for this exhibition was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

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As you know, my choice would be UCLA’s Mick Cronin, who has had success everywhere he has coached — as an assistant under Bob Huggins at Cincinnati and Rick Pitino here, and as a head coach at Murray State, Cincy and now the Bruins. He has been a head coach for 17 seasons and has been to 16 NCAA Tournaments, including UCLA’s 2021 Final Four as a No. 11 seed.

Bill – I don’t care at all for Cronin’s sideline act. Besides, if he’s been to Murray, and been to Cincinnati, why would he leave L.A.?

Russ – Unfortunately, I guess it’s time to quit thinking about Cronin if Payne is let go. Cronin told the LA Times that he wants to continue coaching the Bruins despite earlier remarks that indicated he was unhappy in The City of Angels. He criticized his players unmercifully and lamented his lack of NIL resources.

Bill – Wait a minute. Let’s back up. Did you say a $6 million buyout for Kenny Payne? Holy Moly! That’s why he hasn’t been fired.

Nobody wants to admit the mistake they got themselves into. A $6 million buyout for a rookie coach! That’s a lulu!

Russ – It is a sad state of Cardinal hoops. My hope is that athletic director Josh Heird does a better job hiring a new coach if it comes to that than he has in managing the KP situation.

Bill – OK, Russ, let’s go on. Time to talk about GOOD teams. And for that I will bow to you as the preeminent college basketball authority. Fans can run and get their Bracket Buster notebooks. As they say in submarine movies: “You’ve got the conn.”

Russ — Not sure that compliment is deserved, Bill, given my sad performances in recent NCAA Tournament pools.

Bill — Don’t be modest, Russ. I know better. Spill.

Russ — Well, for what it’s worth … The Big Dance can always be counted on to provide a wild time with plenty of upsets and buzzer-beaters, and this year may even be more unpredictable than most. As we head down the regular season stretch, my picks for the teams contending for the four No. 1 seeds — in no particular order — are UConn, Purdue, Kansas, Kentucky, Auburn, North Carolina, Tennessee and Houston, with Duke and Wisconsin as possible latecomers to the mix. The game of the season among that group will come on Feb. 3 when the Vols visit Rupp Arena.

Bill — I have heard these names before. Don’t you have …?

Russ — A Cinderella team? Of course. I like Samford, coached by Bucky McMillan. If nothing else, the Bulldogs’ fast-paced “Bucky Ball” style featuring lots of 3-pointers deserves notice. We’ll see how it all shakes out when March Madness gets underway March 19 after Selection Sunday on March 17.

Bill — You’ve also mentioned another 7-footer in Lexington.

Russ — Just what coach John Calipari needs: another talented 7-footer to enhance Kentucky’s chances for a national championship.

On the same day the NCAA finally cleared him to play, 7-ft. 2 Croatian Zvonimir Ivisic made a dazzling debut in a 105-96 win over Georgia in Rupp Arena.“Big Z”, as he’s better known, collected 13 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals in 13 minutes as well as blocking three shots and hitting 3-of-4 three-pointers. He joins Aaron Bradshaw and Ugonna Onyenso on UK’s ridiculously talented roster, and I expect Calipari to often have two of them on the court at the same time. With freshman Reed Sheppard and other outstanding players on the perimeter and the wings.

Bill – I hear what you are saying about 21-feet worth of centers. But what I think makes Kentucky most dangerous is they’ve got all those 6 ft.7 guys who can shoot three-pointers. Sheppard knows who to get the ball to, and down go the threes.

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Russ – I have to make the Wildcats my early pick for the title over Purdue and 7 ft.4 reigning Player of the Year Zach Edey. But for the first time Edey would be at a disadvantage with UK having 15 fouls to give in the low post.

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Bill and Russ’ Excellent Conversation: College Hoops Welcome to VOICE-TRIBUNE’s new sports column, Bill and Russ’ Excellent Conversation. Each month, sports writers and longtime friends Bill Doolittle and Russ Brown will share their views and insights on various regional topics - from hoops and football to soccer, ponies and beyond. We hope you enjoy their banter as much as we do!

Bill – Hey, Russ, nice tan. Looks like you enjoyed your Caribbean vacation. But you missed it here: Louisville won an Atlantic Coast Conference game against Miami. On the road. Against a winning team that went to the Final Four last year! And played solid basketball in the final three minutes — like a good team!

Russ – Yes, Bill, I have a very nice tan, courtesy of the Caribbean. Really hated to miss that cold spell in your neck of the woods, though. Ironically, I was actually in Miami when the Cards played there. Kicked around the idea of going to the game all day, but decided not to because I knew it was going to be a blowout! Which explains why I am not doing well in my hoops pool. The Cards are to be commended for upsetting Miami, but too bad they couldn’t follow it up with a win over NC State at home, and so on. At least the crowd was bigger, and there was more energy and enthusiasm than I’ve seen in the arena since Kenny Payne took over.

Bill – As discouraged as they may be, Cardinals fans notice that the quit has gone out of the team. But I’m afraid the best that can be hoped for this year is the players take a win here and a win there — when possible. Then change coaches.

Purdue guard Fletcher Loyer

Russ – I’m not as hard on Kenny Payne as you are, for a couple of reasons, one which has nothing to do with his coaching ability. I have known him since covering UofL throughout his career there. I like him a lot and I want to see him succeed. The most pertinent reason, though, is that he took over a train wreck that he refers to as a “mess.” Remember, the players he inherited from Chris Mack were the same ones who were so difficult to manage that Mack threw up his hands and quit his $4 million-plus job at midseason.

Payne essentially had to take leftovers for his first recruits and he has had some bad luck with his second group, which was rated a top10 class. Most notably, his most talented player, Trentyn Flowers, left for an Australian pro league before even attending a class, and promising freshman center Dennis Evans was sidelined with an undisclosed medical issue. Even with that pair gone, it’s still a solid class with Ty’Lauer Johnson, Curtis Williams, Skyy Clark and Kaleb Glenn. So my hope is that Kenny gets a third year, but I’m not very optimistic about that actually happening.

Bill – Well, it HAS to happen. The thing is, Louisville hired a 56-year-old rookie coach last season, and this season he’s a 57-year-old rookie coach. I think you are right about Payne straightening out the malaise. I imagine the school may have already worked out a nice severance package for him, with the athletic director looking through a tall stack of resumes, with the phone ringing off the hook with agents representing prospective coaches. They all have agents. My hope is they skip the retreads and find a sharp, young coach who — right this very moment — is guiding a smaller school toward an NCAA berth. A talented young coach with a special touch.

Russ – Payne’s buyout is $8 million that goes down to $6 million on April 1. I’m not sure why a rookie coach warranted such a large buyout, especially when the athletic department is saddled with hefty payouts to Mack and Bobby Petrino, along with millions in other obligations. I’m not in favor of hiring a young coach, who by that very definition wouldn’t bring the experience of having guided a Power Six program that brings the spotlight and expectations of Louisville. Of course, you then have the problem of finding a proven coach willing to risk his reputation on rebuilding the Cards.

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Bill – Did you get a look at my notes? I like Purdue, too. Edey is formidable, but when I saw the Boilermakers beat Arizona, the guy lighting up the floor was Purdue guard Fletcher Loyer.

He looked like something right out of Indiana basketball lore. Shooting, driving, flying up and down the floor. You know Loyer is from Fort Wayne, and he’s just one of coach Matt Painter’s Hoosier Hotshot shooters.

Russ – Just one other note, that despite the men’s team’s struggles, Louisville fans still have a basketball squad to root for, because the women’s team is enjoying another successful season.

The Cardinals (16-3, 5-1) are still very much in the hunt for a high seed in the NCAA Tournament. And Louisville fans appreciate their women. UofL’s average attendance of 8,114 ranks in the top-10 nationally and during last month’s winter cold blast, the Cards attracted nearly 9,000 on a 15-degree afternoon to see them play 4-12 Wake Forest. In January, ESPN Bracketology forecasted UofL as a No. 3 seed.

But the Cards will face tough going the rest of the way, with seven of their remaining 10 games coming against ranked teams prior to the ACC Tournament March 6-10 in Greensboro, N.C. Bill – Who do you especially like on UofL, Russ?

Russ – In past seasons under coach Jeff Walz, UofL has usually had a star, but this year he assembled an experienced, mature roster composed of talented transfers from smaller programs and other newcomers, melding them with a few returnees. They’ve developed camaraderie. After a game, senior Olivia Cochran

Purdue #15 Center Zach Edey

told fans,“We haven’t scratched the surface. Just be ‘patient y’all. We’re coming. We’re coming.”

Bill – Off basketball and looking ahead to spring, I would like to note that horse trainer Bob Baffert has apparently told his Mr. Hotstuff attorney Craig Robertson to ‘take it on back to Texas,’ with Baffert and owner Amr Zedan finally ready to give up the ghost on a series of losing pharmaceutical suspension appeals in Kentucky courts to overturn the steward’s decision to disqualify Medina Spirit in the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Baffert hopes to get un-barred to run his horses again at Churchill Downs and in the Kentucky Derby. I’m betting a bunch of his owners have, er, spoken with Baffert about getting reinstated. Which is a time-honored solution in horse racing.

Rick Dutrow, the trainer of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner White Abarrio, just came off a 10-year chemistry suspension. I don’t have any inside knowledge, but I suspect Bob Baffert will be back for the 150th Kentucky Derby.

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Baseball Cards Planning to End Their ‘Funk,’ Resume Winning Ways This Season By: Russ Brown Photos by: UofL Athletics

Call this a bounce back season for Louisville’s baseball team. At least that’s the plan after the Cardinals uncharacteristically had to sit on the sidelines during the 2023 postseason tournaments due to a rare disappointing campaign under highly successful coach Dan McDonnell (719-311-1).

UofL missed the 2021 NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years, then won the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Atlantic Division in 2022 and advanced to the program’s ninth Super Regional, losing a pair of one-run games to host Texas A&M. Last season, the Cards were on fire early, compiling a 17-1 record. But, with key injuries playing a major role, they sagged at midseason, losing 9 of 11 games and never recovered to finish 31-24 overall and 10-20 in the ACC while failing to qualify for the ACC Tournament.

It marked the first time since 1970 the Cardinals had failed to make a conference tournament, snapping a streak that dated back to their days in the Missouri Valley Conference.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever gone into a year not thinking, acting, talking like we’re going to compete to win a conference championship, play in the NCAAs and compete to go to Omaha (for the College World Series),” said McDonnell, who is beginning his 18th season at the helm.“We played so good the first half of the year. It wasn’t just talk or belief — it was action, it was product. We did it between the lines. Then as the injuries started to pile up, we fell below the threshold to win and then just couldn’t get out of that funk.”

With a battle-tested roster returning and bolstered by a Top-20 recruiting class, Louisville appears to be primed for a return to the level of excellence McDonnell has been noted for and a potential deep season run with the ultimate goal of a sixth trip to the CWS. His comment after being eliminated by A&M in 2022 is appropriate for this season: “For anyone who doubts this program, I don’t know what you’re smokin’ or drinkin’,” McDonnell said.“We’ll be back. I think the future is very bright. I’m just very optimistic.”

UofL’s experience is evidenced by the five captains who will lead the Cards into the season this month — infielders Logan Beard and Dylan Hoy; outfielders JT Benson and Isaac Humphrey; and pitcher Evan Webster. All are veterans starting their fourth or fifth season in a Division I program.

Beard is in his fourth season with and is a two-year starter, having played in 118 career games with a .297 average, 11 home runs and 88 RBIs. The North Oldham High School product was a Freshman All-American in 2022.

Benson is also set to begin year four with the Cards. After an injury-riddled 2022, he fought the injury bug again in 2023 but played in 49 games, hitting .288 with six home runs, 34 RBIs and 16 stolen bases.

Humphrey is a two-year starter returning for his fourth season. The Livermore, Ky., native holds a .295 career average in 112 games with 20 doubles, eight homers and 62 driven in. Humphrey also has a career .437 on-base percentage and 17 stolen bases.

Hoy is one of four 4-year transfers the Cardinals added during the offseason. The senior infielder played four seasons at Marist, posting a .277 average in 128 games while racking up 25 doubles, 65 RBIs and 22 stolen bases.

Webster returns for his fifth season in a Louisville uniform. The left-handed pitcher has been one of the anchors of the bullpen during his career, making 68 career appearances on the mound. Webster is 9-5 with a 4.06 ERA, striking out 101 batters in 108.2 innings.

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Bringing back 7 of 9 starters from last season – SR OF JT Benson, SR INF Logan Beard, SR INF Ryan McCoy, SR OF Isaac Humphrey, JR INF Brandon Anderson, JR OF Eddie King Jr., SO INF Gavin Kilen

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Besides Hoy, the other transfers are southpaw pitcher Sebastian Gongora (2023 Horizon League Pitcher of the Year from Wright State); right handed pitcher Jake Karaba (D2 All-American from Lewis University); and catcher Luke Napleton (D2 All-American from Quincy University).

UofL has experience all over the field. It is bringing back seven of nine starters from last season in Benson, Beard, senior infielder Ryan McCoy; Humphrey; junior infielder Brandon Anderson; junior outfielder Eddie King Jr.; and sophomore infielder Gavin Kilen. In all, there are 11 seniors on the roster, far more than usual.

Ten pitchers return, headed by right handed junior Carson Liggett and lefty Webster. Liggett led UofL in wins while posting a 7-2 record with a 3.42 ERA and 64 strikeouts, which was second on the team.

Webster appeared in 22 games with a 4-2 record and a team-best 3.09 ERA. The Cards lost four players to the major league draft — shortstop Christian Knapczyk (5th round, Cleveland); pitchers Tate Kuehner (7th round, Milwaukee) and Ryan Hawks (8th round, Seattle); and catcher Jack Payton (11th round, San Francisco).

Payton and Knapczyk were the biggest losses. Payton led UofL with a .374 batting average and 12 home runs, and was second in RBI with 41. Knapczyk was one of the best leadoff men in the ACC, with a .331 batting average and a .455 on-base percentage. He drew 21 walks and was hit by a pitch 19 times while striking out just 19 times in 169 at-bats. Hawks (5-3) will also be missed after recording 80 strikeouts in 76.2 innings, both team highs.

UofL will face a challenging schedule that includes six ACC teams that are ranked among the top 15 in the country: No. 1 Wake Forest, Clemson (10), Duke (12), NC State (13), Virginia (14) and North Carolina (15). Wake advanced to the CWS last season as the No. 1 seed. The schedule also includes a trip to No. 6 Vanderbilt on May 7.

The Cards will open the season as part of a four-team round-robin event in Tampa, Fla. Feb. 16-18 that also Indiana State, UConn and USF. Their first of 35 games in Jim Patterson Stadium is scheduled for Feb. 21 against Xavier, weather permitting. It will be the start of an 18game homestand that will feature their opening ACC series against Virginia Tech (March 8-11).

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Asia Institute – Crane House celebrates the Lunar New Year of the Dragon By: By Joel Buno Photos by: ASIA Institute – Crane House & Matt Johnson Every year, on the eve of January 1st, Louisvillians celebrate the New Year. However, in many Asian countries, the Lunar New Year celebration dates differ, and start around late January or mid-February, based on the cycle of the lunar calendar. It is not just one day, but is celebrated for 15 continuous days. In 2024, the Lunar New Year starts on February 10 and ends on February 23. This is the most auspicious holiday in Eastern countries. It is equivalent to our Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years holidays all in one. The Lunar New Year is a time when many travel and gather together with friends and family to partake in special dishes and decorate to prepare for a lucky New Year.

Because the Lunar New Year is based on the Lunar Calendar, each year is prescribed a different astrological animal. You can find what your lunar astrological symbol is based on your birth year. I was born in 1972, so I was born in the Year of the Rat, the first zodiac animal in the cycle.

To learn more about the Great Jade Emperor’s Race and how the order of the astrological zodiac animals was determined, go to YouTube and search TED Talk – The myth behind the Chinese Zodiac. This is the Year of the Wood Dragon.

I love this time of year. I love hearing the loud gongs of the Asian drums and cymbals, hearing the firecrackers which were used to ward away evil spirits, and especially eating the superstitiously required dishes like dumplings, whole fish or chicken, and long noodles.

Lunar New Year traditions and memories also vary depending on the country and region. AICH staff is happy to share some of their personal memories, traditions, and dishes they enjoy during this special time of the year.

Amber Ma, Director of Programs, grew up in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in Northeast China.

“Lunar New Year holds a significant place in our household, and preparations begin months in advance. Throughout the week of Lunar New Year, we ensure an ample supply of fruits, snacks, and essentials to host both local and out-of-town family members who come to visit. The elders take care to prepare sufficient red envelopes for the younger generation. Finally, we gather as a united family to make dumplings from scratch. To honor the occasion, we incorporate additional ingredients into the dumplings, each symbolizing different blessings. A coin is added to signify wealth, candy for a sweet life, and peanuts for health and longevity. Shaped like an ingot, these dumplings are believed to bring prosperity and good fortune when consumed. As we engage in this tradition, we watch the Lunar New Year CCTV program, and eagerly count down to the new year. The festive atmosphere culminates with our family joining in the celebration, lighting fireworks to welcome the approaching year.”

Joanne Zhou, Director of Education, grew up in the East Coast of China (Nanjing and Jiangsu Province).

“The Lunar New Year celebration has always been a great family reunion over lots of tasty food. When I was a kid, our family members (local and out of town) would gather together over a large round table full of special dishes. Afterwards, we would have fireworks outside. On Lunar New Year’s Day, we would all dress up and pay visits to relatives in town. In my region, Lunar New Year is all about the Lunar New Year’s Eve Dinner. My favorite dishes include spring rolls, egg dumplings and Shanghai-style smoked fish, just to name a few. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, it’s the day to welcome the God of Fortune so fireworks usually start so early in the morning and last for a few hours.”

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Aijie Wang, STARTALK Program Director and Bookkeeper, grew up in Zhucheng in Weifang, Shandong Province.

“The 23rd day of the lunar month is the Little New Year in the north. On this day, every family welcomes their ancestors back for the New Year.

People burn paper money and set off firecrackers.

On the 24th day of the lunar month, every family conducts the annual major cleaning. All furniture is moved to the courtyard, then thoroughly wiped, and cleaned, leaving no dust. People in Shandong love to eat noodles and steamed buns, so every household makes steamed buns. Fish-shaped steamed buns symbolize surplus year after year.

We can buy New Year goods, such as sunflower seeds, peanuts, candied haws, and even new clothes. We eat dumplings with spinach and tofu filling because our ancestors are at home, and we avoid meat filling for that meal. On the first day of the lunar new year, men cook, and women just enjoy themselves and eat, because women have worked hard throughout the year; letting them rest on the first day signifies being good to them in the future.”

Every year, AICH hosts one of Metro Louisville’s biggest Lunar New Year Celebrations. This year’s Lunar New Year of the Dragon Auction & Dinner will take place at Mellwood Arts and Entertainment Center, in the Van Gogh Room, Saturday, February 17th from 5 –10pm. Guests support the mission work of AICH, and many wear beautiful Asian-inspired fashion from their home countries.

A team of five local chefs, many James Beard Award participants, prepare canapes and a six-course meal under the coordination of Chef Dan Thomas and Chef James Moran. The evening also includes a sake and soju tasting, tea tasting and a signature dragon-themed cocktail. Performances by local Asian groups, which include Louisville’s River Lotus Lion Dance —a Dragon Dance choreographed by Oreya Ou and Louisville’s Cardinal Bhangra dancers. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit bidpal.net/dragon2024.

Asia Institute – Crane House is celebrating its 37th year in Louisville. AICH’s mission is to be a community resource which promotes Asian cultures and heritage through arts, education, and outreach. In 2022, AICH was selected as a Southern Cultural Treasure by South Arts. AICH was awarded the 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award by Director Christopher Wray, Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Joel Buno, was selected as an Honoree of Louisville Business First’s Inaugural Non-Profit Visionary Leaders Award. For more information on AICH please visit www.crane-house.org.

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I was driving the amazing singer–author–activist Precious Perez from our meeting at the Old Louisville Coffee Co-op back to her house in Pleasure Ridge Park when she started laughing. When asked what about, she said she just realized all the Christmas presents she had ordered off Amazon were in a big pile at her house, but she had put her own name as recipient on each package (so that no one in her family would open their gift by mistake). So she was going to have to really feel her way through the boxes to figure out which person was getting which gift after she opened them all up. In addition to being a multi-hyphenate of proud Puerto-Rican descent, Precious has been blind since birth.

Precious is relatively new to Louisville. She moved here a little over a year ago from Boston where she graduated from Berklee College of Music with a double bachelors degree in Music Education and Vocal Performance. In Louisville and beyond, Precious is quickly becoming known as the “reggaetonera ciega” – the “blind reggaeton singer.”

Reggaeton is a genre of Latin music that originated in Puerto Rico and mixes Latin rhythms, hip-hop and dancehall.

It is hard to keep up with Precious! On the activism front, she is the president of Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (RAMPD). From their website, RAMPD is a “professional platform equipping the music and live entertainment industry with disability tools, programming and strategy.”

As an author, this past December, she was featured at Carmichael’s for a book-signing of her latest book,“Vision: My Story of Strength”, about her journey to become a professional musician and disability advocate.

And as an artist, she had her debut in Washington DC on the Kennedy Center’s prestigious Millenium Stage this past June. Precious is also lead vocalist in her husband Shane Lowe’s band Midair Decision, and is also the lead singer in a local Louisville party pop cover band Sight Unseen that made their debut at Vernon Lanes this past November.

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And just when one thinks that is a full career and life, she also had a great role (as an actress!) in a recent episode of “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” the Paramount Plus mini series.Oh yeah, and if that is not enough, Precious has attended the Grammys as a Recording Academy member for the past two years. So my advice to all readers is to catch an upcoming Louisville show soon before she gets booked to open for Taylor Swift or to do some other global tour! Look for a late 2024 collaborative release from local labels Black Rainbow Records and our sonaBLAST! Records.

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In the Style LOUp By: Ashlea Spears Photos by: Dan Dry-Price Weber

A Look that Lasts Forever

Hello loves! How is this new year treating you so far? I’m sure most of you dove into the decluttering stage that a new year always brings. I continue to hope that you gain some insight and inspiration from these monthly articles and apply the tips in your own way.

Last month we touched base on timeless styles and how that starts with menswear silhouettes and the like. Securing those strong, tried and true pieces of quality that can really stand the test of time. I’ve also talked about elevating your personal style and pushing your style limits a little to find that “magical mix” that is truly your own. Now, let’s apply those together for a concept that I think all brides should consider.

Becoming a bride is invigorating, euphoric, and exciting. Pinterest boards have started, or dare I say finally applied and added to, date and venue secured, and hopefully that all aligns with a vision you’ve imagined all along. Now, it’s time to find THE dress. Some may luck out and the dress of their dreams is the perfect fit; others, (most brides), come to find that what you envisioned isn’t what’s best for you. We also consider, hopefully, that these pictures…these moments will last forever; therefore, we want to reflect on the special day and not totally be unhappy with the look that was chosen.

When styling this bridal shoot, I considered the location first, then focused on why brides would choose this place and how their styles and visions may be different. How are they going to apply their dream and their vision in a place full of so much character, history, and attention to details? I visualized this in different ways.

The character of the Louisville Palace first and foremost being a theater made me think of the rockstar bride. For me, this transcends to slimming silhouettes that are glitzy glam, or eighties-esque lace, strong shoulders, and sequins. Both of course must have some drama, which you can achieve with strong makeup, or a veil with extreme detail.

The entrance reminded me of an old castle, so of course I had to have some “princess” moments. A voluminous romantic ball gown, and a princess who would prefer to get married in a forest or garden. The latter would have a floral, tulle, whimsical style and a tiara rather than a veil.

Louisville is an eclectic city. We are creative and modern, but we also value history and tradition. Enter the modern bride and a simple romantic. The attention to details for this bride would exude a “less is more” approach. Minimal jewelry if the dress is dramatic, and the opposite if the dress is simpler and more subdued. Think about adding color if you lean on the latter.

In a year where the trend of weddings and all the traditions seem to be going by the wayside, the one thing that will always stay the same is the importance of the bridal moment. More and more brides are seeking out stylist consultations, not only for the big day, but the events that go along with getting married. Whether your venue is full of 200+ or you’re choosing a more intimate setting, the bride is the one standout everyone can’t wait to see. So, you have to make that moment memorable. Make it really count!

As you say “yes” to YOUR dress, I encourage you to stay true to yourself and who you are as a couple, as well as keep in mind how your look will stand the test of time. There are many ways you can make your wedding your own, and I can’t wait to see how you make yours special.

Toasting to a Look that Lasts Forever, Ashlea Spears

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For her, a symphony of colors in bloom: fragrance that dances, flowers in bloom. Jewels that sparkle like stars in the night, or a journal where her dreams take flight.

For they, a gift that bridges worlds; inclusive and warm, where love unfurls. A shared experience, a memory to hold. A story in silver, or a blanket woven in tones of gold.

Gifts that speak a language of the heart; a canvas for emotions, a work of art. Wrapped in ribbons of thought and care, tokens of love that eternally share.

Let’s embark on this gifting spree: celebration of love, pure and free. For him, for her, for they, with glee, in the tapestry of gifts, forever be.

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A Comfy and Cozy Retreat Bedded Bliss Owner Donna Osif shares her advice on how to create a luxurious and relaxing bed for Valentine’s Day and Beyond

By: McKenna Graham Photos by: Matt Johnson

February can feel like some of the coldest and most brutal days of winter here in Louisville. Thankfully, Donna Osif, owner of Bedded Bliss at 3936 Chenoweth Square, has you covered (pun intended) with some expert advice on how to put together the perfect bed for Valentine’s Day, and make these last days of winter not only survivable, but luxurious.

Crafting your sacred restful retreat begins with the basics.

Any well-made bed consists of a mattress pad, sheets, coverlet, quilt or duvet cover, pillows and shams.

“I prefer a down comforter with a duvet cover,” says Osif.

Although, she notes many people feel this can look sloppy and thus opt for a lighter weight coverlet or quilt with a warm blanket underneath.

Bedded Bliss offers a variety of gorgeous matching custom bedding sets, many made with cotton percale sheets. Percale refers to a type of weave with a simple “criss cross” pattern. The tight-knit structure makes this fabric smooth, breathable and durable, with a “crisp to the touch” feel. Better yet, percale is known to get softer with every wash. The Callista and Daphne designs are lovely, romantic options for Valentine’s Day and early spring. Both feature a botanical, vining motif that is delicately embroidered and offered in more than five different colors, making them adaptable to nearly any décor. For those who prefer a more clean, contemporary feel, the Bergamo design may be a preferable option. It is a phenomenal silky, light, percale made of 100% Giza Egyptian cotton yarns, and meticulously woven in Italy.

Osif also said that a warm cashmere or baby alpaca throw is an essential, particularly when one person in a couple runs cold and needs another layer on their half of the bed. Cashmere throws have always been a favorite, but baby alpaca wool has been increasing in popularity in recent years, no doubt because of its myriad benefits such as being as soft as cashmere, three times as warm as sheep wool, hypoallergenic and breathable enough for all four seasons.

“When one half of the couple sleeps cold,” explains Osif, “the easiest way to stay warm is by investing in a decadent throw to put on top of whoever is cold. I’m talking about a really beautiful throw, not the kind you throw on the chair for looks, or when you catch a chill reading — a really great throw!”

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like to see them behind decorative European, standard, or king-size shams. A trend that has made many people quite happy is then putting one large lumbar pillow in front of those shams and enough … no more decorative pillows.”

These lumbar pillows can also be quite nice for when time is spent in bed lounging as opposed to sleeping, helping to support the lower back and relieve spine pressure.

Once these bedding basics have been attended to, it is truly time to indulge in the little details that will make it into an intimate space for Valentine’s Day or any other occasion. Whether you are relaxing solo or with a significant other, having crisp, clean and pressed sheets is the foundation.

“I love a turned down bed for your loved one. It’s so inviting!” said Osif, expanding upon what can turn the daily sanctuary of your bedroom into a retreat.“New ‘sexy’ lingerie, flickering candles, soft music, wine, and champagne, are all special things we don’t use every day. Any or all of those treats, creates a sensual environment. For those lucky enough to have a fireplace, that is a must.”

If you plan to purchase a gift for friends or loved ones to enhance their boudoir experience this February 14th, Osif suggests you skip the ‘tired’ trope of flowers, and invest in something a little longer lasting.

“When I was younger,” she said,“I of course wanted the dozen long-stemmed red roses that died in 48 hours. They never bloom, and never have a scent, so I’m very much against throwing away money on flowers for Valentine’s Day. Gift boxes with different lotions and potions are nice, a romantic dinner with dessert in bed would be romantic. Finding some decadent chocolate that is not easy to find is always wonderful. Scented linen spray for the sheets is another great gift idea.”

Bedded Bliss has a number of items suited to these needs such as Kiran robes, Lafco candles, LeBlanc laundry wash, foaming bath salts, plush towels and gift sets.

In the end, the best place to spend these wintry days is nestled up in a lusciously cozy bed, complete with all the accouterments of relaxation. Soft lighting, fluffy pajamas, the ambience of a scented candle, and if you’re like Donna Osif, a few kittens with whom to cuddle. It’s worth remembering that a well-made bed can be a unique type of self-care. Whether you’re spending your time in the bedroom alone or with a special someone, it can be a sacred retreat for the body and mind to heal, recharge, and dream.

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Elias Feghaly: Meet the Creator of Louisville’s Newest Fragrance

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Grounding, earthy and floral, Kulli Parfum is one of the newest locally created lines of aromatic products created in our hometown. Below, owner Elias Feghaly discusses his business, and the signature scent that launched Kulli Parfum.

How long have you been in business? Why/how did you decide to start Kulli?

Elias: Kulli Parfum is only eight months old, with a soft launch at Story Louisville in Nulu on May 10th, 2023. Rooted in the Arabic term meaning “All Me,” Kulli is more than a fragrance; it’s a captivating celebration of self-expression and individuality. Crafted as a reminder to always stay true to yourself, Kulli Parfum encourages embracing every facet of your authentic self, no matter the moment.

As a designer and artist with over a decade of experience representing major brands, I’ve always dreamt of creating a product that truly reflects me.

This dream became a reality after seven years of playful experimentation with aromas, guided by three years of mentorship from Angie Andriot at Vetiver Aromatics. After a trip to Costa Rica and discovering the flower Ylang Ylang, I remember coming back to Louisville, and the first thing I did was write it and finalize the formula. That’s when Kulli Parfum was born.

Tell us about the products you offer and any future products you plan to introduce.

Elias: The fragrance opens with a burst of freshness from the top notes of Bergamot, Lilac, and Blood Orange, which create a bright and citrusy aroma. As the fragrance settles on the skin, the heart notes of Gardenia, Ylang Ylang, and Vanilla emerge, providing warmth and luxury. Finally, the base notes of Cedarwood, Fresh Dirt, and Bourbon provide a grounding and earthy foundation to the fragrance, balancing out the sweetness of the heart notes. This perfume is for everyone and will smell different on everyone. I always tell people when you spray perfume, don’t ‘run’ to smell it, just let it come to you. My next project is candles, and I already have a prototype that smells amazing, inspired by Kulli Parfum of course. The product should be released just in time for Valentine’s Day. The candle in the prototype is in a metal tin but the final product will be in a glass jar.

What separates your business from others?

Elias: “As an artisan, I am proud to say each bottle is hand-blended and poured in Louisville, Kentucky. Not Paris, not Milan, right here in our home. And what makes it more special is that Kulli enhances our connection and rootedness to the earth, while also providing a warm and inviting scent that is both masculine and feminine. So this is a perfume for everyone, when you put it on it becomes part of you, and helps you embrace ‘you.’”

Tell us about your pop-up space over the holidays. What was the reception?

Elias: “Thank you so much for asking! I had a three-day pop-up shop at Oxmoor Mall and the reception was great! We spoke to so many people and everyone loved the perfume, even kids! It was an incredible feeling getting to connect with the Louisville community and bring the passion of perfume making into our town. I also saw many people that I recognized and that made it even better.”

How can our readers reach you to make a purchase?

Elias: “You can explore and purchase the parfum at www.kulliparfum.com.”

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NOIR Five: Sustainably Crafted Goods Infused with Love

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From rustic and classic to high-end luxury soap and shampoos, NOIR Five Owner Shona offers something from everyone, with new products continuously on the horizon. Below, she shares her business story.

How long have you been in business? Why/how did you make the decision to start NOIR Five?

“I started making soap as well as shampoo and conditioner bars during Covid; I wanted to create 100% natural and chemical-free products that were pretty. I’ve been a licensed hairstylist for over 30 years.”

Tell us about the products you offer. Additionally, tell us about your decision to introduce a men’s products line.

“I began dehydrating fruits, and flowers to add to my mixtures for zero waste. As of late, I have been using French clays and powders to give beautiful natural color while adding texture to my scrubs.”

“All of my products can of course be used by anyone, but guys would always ask which were the most masculine so I created a few soaps just for the fellas. My Bluegrass Tobacco, Double Oaked Bourbon, and Kentucky Toasted Rye were born. Double Oaked Bourbon and Watermelon Martini have been my number one sellers two years in a row.”

Tell us about your decision to become a luxury/small batch business and include largely organic ingredients and essential oils.

“I love finding hand painted paper and vessels for my candles, which are easily repurposed.

I’ve been playing around with a more upscale look and took inspiration from Chanel for my new Moonbeams soap. I’m so excited to get feedback on my body oils and beard oils. With festival season on the horizon, I can hardly wait to interact with my customers.”

How can our readers find your products? shopnoirfive.com noirfive.etsy.com

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Embracing Romance and Fun at The Forum at Brookside A Conversation with Dr. Leonard and Terry Riley

By: McKenna Graham Photos by: Matt Johnson Dr. Leonard Riley, 89, and wife Terry Riley, 87, love a good time and recently sat down with me over their nightly happy hour drinks at The Forum at Brookside to tell me about their 68-year romance and how they keep fun and adventure alive.

M: How did you meet each other?

Dr. Leonard Riley: “We met because she was dating my very best friend, and they kind of broke up, and I said do you mind if I take her out, and he said ‘no,’ and so it all started right then and there from that point on.”

M: What was your first date?

Dr. L: We went dancing to a big band at a pavilion outside the Detroit area and that was our first big date.

Terry Riley: “He asked if he could take me out, and the deal was, I wasn’t going to go with him unless he knew how to dance. So, he went down to Arthur Murray [Dance Studio] and took some lessons and then asked me out.”

M: Do you all still like to dance?

Dr. L: “That’s one of our favorite things at The Forum. New Year’s Eve, they have a big deal here. They bring in the live music, a band, put up a dance floor and we have a fabulous meal and dance.”

T: “We had lobster and filet mignon and we had the band and decorations and it was great… of course our New Year’s ends at 8:00!”

M: Do you have a favorite Valentine’s Day memory?

Dr. L: “We have one that sticks out in our mind. We were on vacation, we used to winter down in Hilton head South Carolina and a bunch of our friends down there surprised us with a big Valentines party, and we had the champagne and the party.”

T: “And that went to midnight! And we have a Valentine’s Day party every year here. They make a big deal out of Valentines here. They have drinks, thank God, and live music… and Jerry’s making his mother’s lasagna this year. Our chef [Jerry] has been here for 17 years.”

M: What were your early years of marriage like?

T: “When we were first married we were in college and we moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and I started having babies — one, two, three — and so [Leonard] dropped out and the only way to stay in school and find a part-time job was to work at Arthur Murray teaching dancing, so we ended up owning two Arthur Murray studios… And we moved from Albuquerque to California, and we owned two studios there. It was fun. We didn’t finish our education until he graduated from dental school.”

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Dr. L: “We decided after ten years that we better do something a little bit more productive so I went back to school, with a family now, and finished my education in California, at Cal State, and was accepted to dental school at Louisville. That’s what brought us to Louisville.”

T: “At the age of 36.”

Dr. L: “Oldest guy in my dental class! They called me ‘Pops!’ And I finished school, and we loved Louisville so much that when I had a chance to go back and practice in California I turned it down and stayed here, opened an office and practiced here for 25 years…and then turned the office over to one of my sons, who then became a dentist.”

T: “I’m really proud of [Leonard]. He had a tough road to hoe. When he graduated from dental school, we were really broke. I was working three jobs, and the kids were in high school, and my oldest son was graduating from high school when [Leonard] was graduating from dental school. So I went up to the high school and I asked them if they could bring their band down… Leonard would come home and then he’d go to back to work where he bartended part time. So this day, which was also Mother’s Day, the band kids came down and formed the letters “DMD” (Doctor of Dental Medicine), and someone called WHAS11, and we got 11 minutes on the nightly news. We’ve had a charmed life. We still have a lot of fun.”

M: Final question! What’s your happy hour beverage of choice?

Dr. L: “I’m a bourbon and water man.”

T: “I like chardonnay, but I drink anything! Except beer;I don’t like beer or bourbon.

M: Cheers to you both and congratulations on nearly seven decades of life together! Here’s to many more years of dancing through life.”

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Making a fashionable impression as the mother of the bride

By: Remy Sisk

When gearing up for your daughter’s (or son’s!) wedding, there can often be months of meticulous planning to take part in – and at times, seemingly insurmountable to-do lists to work your way through to help make the big day go off without a hitch. Amidst the cakes and caterers, be sure not to let one important detail slip through your fingers: your wedding outfit! Jeff Hunter of Glasscock Boutique is helpfully here to offer some insightful tips toward making a fashion splash at this unforgettable occasion.

“Now this one’s for all of the mothers out there shopping for the perfect mother-of-the-bride/groom dresses for the big day: Good news, there are plenty of options that will make you feel beautiful and confident,” Hunter assures.“Gone are the days of matronly dresses for mothers; nowadays, it’s all about feeling fashionable and confident in a look that reflects your personal style.”

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It can certainly be intimidating to begin the task of curating what to wear to your child’s wedding, walking the difficult line of making an individualized statement and splash without pulling focus from the newlyweds. But that’s where Hunter and his team at Glasscock come in.“With over 40 years of business, Glasscock Boutique – along with lead bridal consultant Paula Browne and staff – are here to guide you through the latest mother of the bride/groom dress etiquette,” he says,“helping you choose an outfit that will make you feel fabulous while still adhering to wedding customs.”

While it could be tempting to select a look suited to your personal taste, Hunter explains that several established factors should go into the process of planning the perfect ensemble. For example, the venue plays a part – are we talking formal? Semi-formal? Casual?

Additionally, pay attention to the wedding party’s color scheme.“Use the couple’s set wedding dress code as a guide to finding color,” he shares.“Wear colors that look nice on you and complement the wedding colors; however, this doesn’t mean you’re supposed to wear the wedding color theme – you want to stand out and not blend in with the backdrop.”

Should you decide to make an appointment with a consultant, he enumerates some considerations to keep in mind, and coming prepared with these details and preferences will help make the process as efficient (and successful) as possible. Such factors include the date of the wedding, venue, budget, any colors in mind, going with a dress or separates, and desired length of what you’ll be wearing. He also encourages bringing shoes and undergarments to the appointment.

It’s a lot to take into account, admittedly, but Hunter assures that putting in a bit of work up front will yield some much-needed peace of mind as you get closer to the big day.“Ideally the to-be-weds get their outfits early in the process – one year to nine months out – and the mothers should plan to find theirs shortly after,” he offers.“This ensures that everyone has plenty of stress-free time to get alterations if necessary.”

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VOICE-TRIBUNE February 2024 Wedding Inspiration By: Ashlea Spears Photos by: Dan Dry-Price Weber

This month, wedding fashions grace our pages as we travel downtown to Louisville Palace Theatre.

We adorned our glamorous “rocker” bride, a “princess” bride,“classic and traditional” bride, a “bohemian dreamer” bride, our “modern” bride, and our simple “romantic” bride. All are timeless looks, and we hope the following pages inspire all you “brides to be.”

The Louisville Palace really brought these looks to life as we set out to create timeless moments while equally touching upon trends and creative expression in a place that truly holds so much character in its own right.

A special thanks to Sophia’s Bridal, Rodes, and Aesthetics in Jewelry for providing all the fits, and to the Louisville Palace for opening their doors to us to create this wedding experience for our readers.

Also, thank you to our models for bringing these looks to life; Jamie, Vanessa, Ariel, Christie, Chris, Logan, Daemond, and Rodney.

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NuptSocial

How long have you been in business? Why/how did you make the decision to start NuptSocial?

“I officially launched NuptSocial in July of 2023. I was a 2021 bride, and pretty much from the moment that we started planning in 2019, I kept telling my now husband that I wanted someone following me around all day with an iPhone. I had the best photographer and videographer, but I so badly wanted this other viewpoint as well. I also wanted to be able to relive the day as soon as possible, and knew it would take a while to get our photos and videos back. I didn’t want to ask one of my bridesmaids to do it, because I obviously wanted them in everything and to stay present.I also didn’t want to ask guests to take photos and videos because I wanted them to be present as well. Not to mention, I didn’t want phones in every single professional photo we got back, especially since the majority of guests wouldn’t have ended up getting photos and videos that would have made it worth the headache. I realized that I was in a ‘catch-22’ situation. I wanted the iPhone content, but I didn’t want the down sides that came with all the options I had. I figured that if I was wanting this service, then someone else probably was too. I thought about it and talked about it for a few years before I finally took the leap. I woke up on that day in July and decided that it was the day I was going to do it. I got started right away and haven’t looked back.”

Tell us about the services you offer.

“I like to market myself as a tech-savvy bonus bridesmaid/long lost friend. I offer different packages as jumping off points, but I am completely customizable to the wishes of my clients. At the core, I follow [the wedding party] around all day and take photos and videos focusing more on the ‘behind the scenes’ and ‘in-betweens’ of the day. Within 24 hours, I deliver all of the raw photos and videos to the couple, so they have a camera roll full of memories to look through the very next day. People love to have something to post the next day to social media, but even clients who aren’t social media people have loved this service because of the quick delivery and differing viewpoint.”

“I also offer hourly rates for occasions leading up to the wedding. Take me dress shopping, take me cake tasting, take me to your bachelor/bachelorette party, take me to your rehearsal dinner.

The options are really limitless. If it’s an occasion that my client wants captured, I’ll be there. I love that clients can still get tons of photos and videos of these moments that don’t usually get well documented.”

“For those who do love social media, I offer a lot of options. I make reels, TikToks, planned Instagram posts, and I’ll even log in to my client’s account to do an Instagram takeover for the day if they want certain moments posted on their story in real time. I love that social media is always evolving, because that means that I am too.”

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wedding, they can send it to me and we’ll make it happen. If they just want to wake up to hundreds and hundreds of photos and videos and stare at them with their partner in wedded bliss, I love that just as much.”

What separates your business from others?

“Even though there are very few people offering this service in the area, I think in general, my personality really sets me apart. As far as the content I produce, I’m super detail-oriented and refuse to produce anything less than amazing. I’m really prideful in my work and it shows.

Most wedding and event content creators send every single thing that they capture during the day. I actually sit down and watch every single clip I record, and I’ll trim what needs to be trimmed, or delete anything that ends up not being great quality. It makes it way easier for clients to go through when they aren’t seeing a 2-second clip when I decided to change from x1 to a x0.5 lens.”

“I also bring a fun energy to the day. I have a way of making people feel like they have permission to be their authentic self. That is so important in this job because I want to capture those raw, candid, authentic moments, and that won’t happen if they’re not comfortable. My goal is for them to feel like I’m a ‘bonus’ bridesmaid who just so happens to be exceptionally good at working an iPhone.”

“One of my brides wrote this in her review and she described how I am as a vendor better than I ever could myself:” ‘Kya was a blessing to have on our wedding day from the moment she walked in the door. Her smile was absolutely glowing and she brought in all of the good vibes. She blended in perfectly with the bridal party and I instantly felt like she was just ~supposed~ to be there on my wedding day. She was absolutely supposed to be a part of it. While ‘content creator’ was her official position on the day of, Kya served so many other purposes. Throughout the day, she was (obviously) a content capturer, she was an official hype woman, she was a drink bearer when the nerves were kicking in, she was a tear-catcher when moments got sentimental, she was a dress-plumper and hider when the photographer was capturing, and she almost had to be a bouncer to kick people out when we were trying to capture the day. In terms of the experience that I had with her there, I can undoubtedly say that Kya was one of my favorite guests.’

Since starting this business, what has been the reception?

“Overall, it has been amazing. I am so thankful for the vendor community in Louisville for embracing me with open arms, and even hiring me to capture content for their marketing (yes, I offer services for vendors as well)! I had heard some horror stories from wedding and event content creators in other parts of the country who had other vendors being really nasty to them and essentially blocking them from getting hired by couples. Most of the time it has to do with exclusivity clauses in vendor contracts, but I haven’t had any pushback from anyone here. I also make sure to send the other vendors clips of them from the day and will even put together reels that they can use on their socials if they want.”

“I am all about working together and putting a priority on community over competition. Since this is a new service, I always make sure to educate people on what it actually is that I do. I will scream from the rooftops that I am not a wedding photographer or videographer. I don’t replace anyone and I actually work in conjunction with these vendors as another member of your media team.”

“There are still some people who don’t ‘get’ what I do or don’t think that there’s a market for it, but the number of people who are excited to have a service like this in Louisville greatly outweighs them.”

How can our readers reach you to book an appointment?

“You can find all of my information on my website, www.nuptsocial.com, and fill out an inquiry form to start the process of booking with me. I would love to work with you!”

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Recovery Café Louisville: Divining Divine Love Photos By: Matt Johnson

On October 4, 2023, Recovery Café Louisville opened its doors at 930 Mary Street in the Shelby Park Neighborhood. Originating in Seattle, Recovery Café was founded by Killian Noe and Ruby Takushi in 2004. They created a model of recovery that was, at the time, and remains to be, an alternative, therapeutic approach to healing.

At its core is the belief that every individual, regardless of their past trauma, mental health struggles, addictive behaviors, or mistakes, is inherently precious and deserving of love. Recovery Café Louisville holds this belief and is there to meet individuals at various stages of recovery, emphasizing holistic well-being, and empowering people to realize their full potential. This community is not anonymous.

Members are encouraged to come to the safe environment to find solace, support, and a sense of belonging.

“A big problem for those in recovery is the issue of isolation. We’re committed to being an antidote to that. We don’t exist without people walking through our doors and taking advantage of a community designed to be a support system,” said Sarah Charmoli, Recovery Café Louisville co-director.

Recovery Café Louisville is membership based. There are no fees to belong, but an active commitment is required. This entails commiting to show up every week, participating in recovery circles, and upholding the guiding principles (which can be found at recoverycafelouisville.org).

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Every Monday, the doors are open to serve coffee, provide a space for sharing struggles and successes, and to enjoy a communal meal. The café transforms into a dynamic space during the day, fostering a “coffee house culture” ambiance with co-working space, socializing, and wellness initiatives such as workouts, yoga, breathwork, and meditation.

Recovery Café serves as more than a physical space; it’s a lifeline offering not only support and resources but also a genuine community of care and love. The hope is to impart skills to manage mental and physical health, maintain sobriety, build community, and guide individuals in reclaiming their lives and identities. At the heart of the philosophy is the conviction that every person is on a journey of recovery and possesses wisdom to share with others.

Crucially, the members are the lifeblood of the cafe. Bridging the gap between formal treatment facilities and daily life, the community provides an alternative that fosters productivity, happiness, and fulfillment. The doors are open every Monday at 10 AM, with a transformative recovery circle beginning at 10:30 AM. The cafe doors remain open until 6PM, followed immediately by an all-abilities workout. The vision is to expand the offerings, adding more days and diverse circle times, ensuring the community has ample opportunities for connection and healing.

“Recovery Cafe has been the first safe place I have found to be vulnerable about my trauma and addictions,” said member Oliver Anders*.“It’s intimate and supportive and feels comfortable for me as an alternative [to Alcoholics Anonymous] because it is not rooted in religion, but in love for humans. I look forward to the feedback from folks in the group because it makes me feel less isolated and gives me tools to take home and use.”

Recovery Café Louisville exists not just as a physical space, but as a way to honor the resilience and strength inherent in every member on their path to recovery. Together, the organization and its members embark on a journey of healing, transformation, and recognizing that divine love in each other. *Name has been changed for privacy.

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Saturday, March 2, 2024 The Speed Ball is the most significant annual fundraiser for the Speed Art Museum, providing critical support for the mission of the Speed: At the Speed Art Museum, we invite everyone to celebrate art forever. We do this through world-class exhibitions, engaging and relevant community programs, and impactful education and outreach work.

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By: Bill Doolittle Photos by: John Nation ` A Walk in the Winter isn’t about challenging the elements of a brutal February blizzard or scrunching yourself up under an umbrella.

It’s more about getting outdoors on a decent day and seeing what there is to see.

It’s heading along a trail through a silent forest, or down to a creek that’s getting a little frozen edge near the bank. Or forging out on a brisk walk through the neighborhood to a warm destination.

For the VOICE-TRIBUNE Operations Manager and artist, Mary Zoeller and her walking pals, a walk in the winter combines exercise and beauty of place in regular treks in the Parklands of Floyd’s Fork. The crew parks near the Parklands’ north entrance off Shelbyville Road and sets out along the Louisville Loop.

“There’s usually four of us,” says Zoeller.“Sometimes we go through the woods, and sometimes, because of the weather, or who’s got a bumped knee or whatever, we need to walk some place ‘flat.’ Sometimes both, where we start off on the main trail, and branch up into the hills.That park is nice, because it has everything.”

At that end of the Parklands, there are formal gardens and planted flower beds. The landscaping isn’t so pastel in winter, but there are other colors that catch the eye.

“I like the winter trees, and their bark,” says Zoeller.“I like when it’s a gray day and the trees have a reddish, brown bark, and you see the form of the trees against the gray of the sky.”

One thing about deciduous trees is when they drop their leaves for winter, a walker may suddenly gain a new vista. Iroquois Park has its well-known north and south lookouts, open in any season. But when you walk up the old road (now closed to cars) in winter, you can see through the forested hillside to the industrial heartland of Louisville: the airport and expressways, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, and some of the huge UPS operations. The Iroquois Amphitheater is nestled right below, and across the valley streets and homes climb up Iroquois’ companion, Kenwood Hill.

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And all around, the woods in Iroquois are said to contain every variety of tree native to Kentucky.

The Sounds of Silence Away from the city, my brother Dave and I head out into a forest in Harrison County, Indiana – beyond Corydon. It’s a cold day, following a light snow the night before. The ground is white, but the sky overhead is blue, blue — a beautiful winter’s day.

We park at a neighbor’s house and start out down an old logging road through the woods. I’ve especially got my eye out and ears open because it was right here at the edge of the woods that I once scared up a bunch of wild turkeys – suddenly sending them flop, flop flopping their wings in a noisy escape. Not very far. Even wild turkeys can’t fly very far. Just enough to get out of sight – fast. I can’t remember if they whooped up any turkey cries (or whatever sound a spooked turkey makes), but it was a very sudden thing. A flap-flap flash of brown and tan feathers. One thing I can tell you: I was probably more startled than they were!

But, no turkeys today. In fact, those first steps into the forest; it’s like there’s nobody home, period. The snow is only about two inches, but the temperature is in the 20s. I’ve got on two pairs of wool socks inside my old L.L. Bean boots. Dave has this ugly old olive drab hat. He reaches his hands up and pulls the flaps down over his ears.“I’m good,” he says.“Won’t be cold now.”

We clomp along down the two worn tracks of the road, with “volunteer” cedar trees alongside.

The road levels off for a moment and there’s a little clearing. We stop and listen. Standing still. Then really standing still. Not sliding coat sleeves or shuffling boots. Listening …

Silence.

The snow is like a covering of cotton, damping down the acoustics. Softening the cold edges of winter.

Of course, it is not silent at all. We’ve just eased off the high pitches our ears are attuned to the racket of everyday life. Here, there’s a bit of wind that has sound, whistling through bare tree limbs. Maybe somewhere a few miles away is an indistinct hum of highway.

Kind of a subsonic for our ears. But, in general, it’s so quiet we can hear each other breathe.

Then a tiny twig snaps.

Some critter, not being quite as careful as it should.

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still melts snow.

Of course, there is hardly any snow anymore. But whatever there is part of a rainy river of late winter precipitation in the Ohio Valley.

And it’s all on a grand mission. Seeping into the ground and finding cracks in the limestone to reach passageways below. Then gathering up to come flowing out of springs, tumbling clean down hollows into creeks below. Karst geology. This is the beauty of the Eastern United States, where there’s plenty of rain to be soaked up by the ground and cleaned through natural stone filterways.

All that is described in the belief system of the Cherokee Indians, and others. The Underworld and Overworld. Not underworld like Frank Nitti and the Teflon Don. This is the underworld of rain and rocks and spring branches that is a part of the renewal of life.

Pretty cool to think about it that way.

Ironwood?

We take off from the road and travel through hardwood forest. The forester’s category is “oak-hickory forest,” which includes many hardwood species we know (and use): white and red oak, hickory, butternut. And poplar, ash, maple, cherry, walnut. The hard woods of baseball bats and fine furniture.

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watch out for occasional stickers and bend back crooked little ironwood trees as you walk. So far as I know, ironwood has no real use, and you can push it aside easily. But you can’t snap off a limb.

Samson, himself, couldn’t break ironwood. But Delilah could brush it away with her fingertips.

Just when I’m congratulating myself on what a knowledgeable woodsman I am, a low limb flips my hat off and a fluff of snow falls on my head and sprinkles down the back of my neck. Paleface does not watch where he goes.

A creek running clear – and cold Down at the creek, the banks are lined with whiteCreeks draw every kind of critter. faced sycamores. There are well-traveled paths on either side, with all sorts of footprints of little animals. Fox and squirrels, for sure.

Probably some neighbor’s dog. Of course, deer. Maybe coyotes. Someone who knows wildlife prints could take a census.

Above a fast-running riffle, we can see all the details of a rocky bottom in a long, clear pool. Don’t see Mr. and Ms. Bass out swimming around. Too cold. But they’ll be busy in a month. Really busy, and the boots of fishermen will be tracked along the path.

Here’s the most important thing to know about walking along a creek in the winter: Don’t fall in!

We climb up from the creek, taking holds on gnarly old sycamore roots and reach the top of a little bluff. We’ll follow this path, then another we call Reindeer Downs, back to the logging road. When we get to a clearing, we spot a silver-white plane way up in the sky. A passenger jet cruising at maybe 15,000 feet. Gliding noiselessly on the well-flown old TWA route west from Louisville — to St. Louis, Denver and California.

We count seconds to give the plane’s sound a chance to travel sonically over a distance … not a whisper.

Perfect.

Beethoven’s scarf Back in the city, it’s a different kind of walk at night in the winter. Daylight punches off the clock at about the time most people get home, so it’s not so much about what you can see on a walk, but the destination. Like a friendly neighborhood spot. Maybe with a fireplace.

I’m reminded of a story about Ludwig van Beethoven, told by bassoonist Matt Karr. Karr is giving a little talk about Beethoven’s famous Septet before a performance of the piece by the NouLou Chamber Players. The Septet – for seven players, different instruments – was premiered in 1800 in Vienna, when Beethoven was just finding stardom as a composer. Karr sets the scene: “It’s a cold night and Beethoven twirls a big wool scarf around his neck as he leaves the concert hall,” said Karr.“It’s cold and he walks fast over the cobblestone streets of Vienna, probably headed for a favorite tavern with a warm glow.

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“The Septet is Beethoven’s first great success,” says Karr.“But I’m imagining he’s not dwelling on that as much as he’s looking ahead. In the next two years he’ll finish his second symphony and other works. But I’m thinking, as he’s walking he’s already projecting the third symphony in his mind. The Eroica.”

So that’s a good idea, thinking ahead to something really great coming up. Twirl a scarf around your neck and take off!

There aren’t many spots with real fireplaces, burning real firewood. A few. But many places these days have gas log fireplaces going. The Village Anchor has one in a big stone fireplace. The restaurant is near the start/finish line of the Anchorage Trail – a neat two-mile loop. And there’s a big old fireplace at The 1894 Lodge in New Washington, IN. That’s up Indiana Highway 62, toward Madison. A little far to walk, of course.

Downtown, there’s a modern round glass fireplace unit at the new Moxy Hotel, in the bar off Washington Street near the KFC Yum! Center. Looks like fun.

But I really like the smaller gas log units in quaint old iron fireplaces. Like at the Irish Rover, in a 19th Century brick building on Frankfort Ave. Or the Chik’n & Mi restaurant in the old southern-style inn on the corner of Mellwood Ave. and Brownsboro Rd. The best thing about Chik’n & Mi is they’ve got not just one, but three fireplaces in the first-floor dining rooms.

More fireplaces to warm more faces.

Hiking the Ohio River Greenway in New Albany.

A fireplace warms the conviviality at the Village Anchor, in Anchorage.

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Take Action to Support Louisville’s Tree Canopy Volunteer with Trees Louisville and Cindi Sullivan to Help Our Community Breathe Better and Combat Urban Heat

By: Gill Holland

You may not realize it, but Cindi Sullivan is one of the people most responsible for helping folks breathe better air here in Louisville. It sounds funny, I know … but our trees are the “lungs” of the city, and Cindi is the head of Trees Louisville. I want to highlight her good work with Trees Louisville this month, since they are looking for volunteers to help develop an Urban Forestry Master Plan (UFMP). The UFMP is a community-driven plan to invest in the long-term well being of Louisville’s trees and its people. So please read more and check out their website and hopefully get inspired to join this good cause! Trees Louisville is seeking 100 individuals to participate in the Urban Forestry Advisory Group that will hold three workshops in late spring/early summer 2024 to delve into current conditions, challenges, and future goals for Louisville’s urban forest.

Many folks recognize Cindi’s name and voice from her long-running show on WHAS radio where she talked about and dealt with questions about horticulture, the environment, and even lifestyle. But most don’t know that Cindi studied horticulture at UK and grew up with a father who was an avid gardener. She loved helping him out whenever he was working in the garden, despite the fact he didn’t always give her the easiest jobs. As she says,“That’s when I discovered my love for all things plants, soil and nature!”

She specialized in fruit and vegetable production when she was at UK, and then got hired as a Community Garden coordinator, helping Brightside and Open Space maintenance with the city. That’s when her interest in urban trees really started to consume her. So, she took and passed the ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) Certification exam in the early 90’s and became one of the first officially certified arborists in Kentucky.

When asked about the impact and importance of the number of trees planted yearly and their location or density, Cindi responds,“I don’t think that concentrating on the numbers is as important as making sure that we are planning and planting in areas that need trees in an equitable and inclusive fashion. We know that a robust tree canopy will improve the health and quality of life of the people in this community. That is the impact we are striving to accomplish. I think what’s important about our methodologies at Trees Louisville is when we are working in a neighborhood, we give residents choices. We understand that there are legitimate reasons that a person wouldn’t want a tree in their yard or in the ‘right of way’ in front of their home. We understand that there are some trees that people like and don’t like. Hearing voices and providing choices is crucial to our mission.”

The Japanese concept of “Shinrin-yoku” or “forest bathing,” has always fascinated me, and Cindi assures me that “you can bathe in an urban forest! There is a concept promoted by one of our urban forest colleagues from the Netherlands, Cecil Konijnendijk; he calls it the “3-30-300 rule” for healthier and greener cities. Paraphrasing, it goes like this: You should be able to see at least three trees from a window in your home; your neighborhood should have at least 30 percent canopy coverage, and you should live within 300 meters of a park or open space. Isn’t that a lovely, lofty goal for us to pursue in Louisville? For ALL of us! Because the basis of Shinrin-yoku is all about connecting with nature, whether it involves one tree or a forest.”

So the next time you walk under the shade of a tree, or drive down a lovely tree-lined parkway or worry about the urban heat island effect, please think about Cindi and Trees Louisville and get involved!

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Natalie & Jordan Clemons Music lovers Jordan and Natalie Clemons met as students during college. Years later, the pair dated for two years before Jordan asked her to be his “permanent concert partner.” Now, married with young twin children, the couple reflects back on their proposal, wedding, and the moment they decided to spend their lives with one another.

How did you meet?

Jordan: “We met at the University of Louisville in 2007. We both came from small towns; I’m from Leitchfield and Natalie is from Bardstown. Moving to Louisville was such a big step into the unknown for each of us. We had no idea what was in store for us, least of all what would ultimately transpire from our meeting while living at Community Park on campus. Our relationship began as friends all those years ago, and it’s matured into the foundation of our marriage and family today.

Tell us about the proposal, or the moment you decided marriage was the next step.

Jordan: “We knew within a year of dating that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. The thought was always in the back of our minds; it was just a matter of when. I had been working with Merkley Kendrick on a custom-designed antique ring using two diamonds that came from Natalie’s grandmother’s earrings. Our date nights always included live music, so I knew the occasion would center around a concert. When Lindsey Stirling came to The Louisville Palace in October of 2016 — a venue we had not been to together — I knew I had found the perfect moment.”

“I wanted to give Natalie a hint that it was happening and let her enjoy the anticipation all day. With that in mind, I started the day with champagne (there were two bottles, so she knew something was up) and breakfast burritos. We went out and spent time at Work the Metal, cruised the walking bridge, and had a picnic lunch on the Waterfront at the spot where we fell in love, Forecastle 2014. The weather was picturesque. I could tell she was expecting a proposal at any moment, but I kept her waiting.”

“We had a midday nap and went to have dinner at Encore (now Black Jockey’s Lounge) before the show. I could feel Natalie’s anticipation building, and my nerves were out of control. I had given the ring to a friend of mine who worked at the Palace, and after we walked across the street, I got my ring from her outside the original box office. I bent down on one knee and proposed in the middle of the crowd and had a photographer waiting to take pictures of us under the marquee.”

“She said ‘YES!’ Natalie spent the rest of the evening looking down at her left hand and Lindsey Stirling was the encore to our show…that was just beginning!”

Where and when did your wedding take place?

Jordan: “The wedding was on September 30th, 2017 in Bardstown. The venue was Whiskey Craft Estate (now Preservation Distillery.)”

Who were your vendors?

Natalie: “We live a thrifty lifestyle, and our wedding day was no different. Our top budget priorities were a live band, my dress, and our venue.

With the help of my mom, who also has a creative and colorful vision, we turned my bohemian dream wedding into a fun-filled night of love.

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My mom and I designed and created all of our decorations.

From the arbor to the band’s stage and backdrop; from the chandeliers to the center pieces; from the hand-painted dessert display to our photobooth; we couldn’t have done it without her!”

“What made our wedding even more special was my dad officiated the wedding and my brother gave me away.”

Vendors included: Band, Zach Longoria Project; Wedding Dress – Martina Liana from Rebecca’s Wedding Boutique; Photographer – Cheryl Marie Photography; Florist – Bardstown Florist; Caterer – Connie Nalley (Susie Q’s of Bardstown); Wedding Planner – Jamie Miracle (family friend).

Where did you honeymoon?

Natalie: “I had never been out of the States, so what better excuse to go to the farthest country for our honeymoon – Thailand! This was our grandest adventure yet, on the opposite side of the world.

We waited a bit for hurricane season to be over and spent eleven magical days on the islands of Thailand in November of 2017. Being the planner that I am, I researched, booked, and arranged the entire trip. And it was MAGICAL.” “We landed on beautiful Phuket where we visited an elephant sanctuary (my favorite part of the trip!), toured the Big Buddha, ate authentic Pad Thai, and got massages on the beach.

Then we traveled by ferry to Phi Phi Island, where we got bamboo tattoos: “ ”, took a private longtail boat tour, saw the best fire spinners in the world, and partied non-stop with the wildest people we had ever met!”

Did you incorporate any family legacy, honorary memories, or significant heirloom pieces into the event?

Jordan: “Natalie’s wedding ring was custom-made using diamonds from her grandmother’s earrings.”

What are some of the details that made your engagement and wedding experience unique?

Natalie: “We never understood having separate bachelor/ bachelorette parties, so we did a joint celebration by inviting all our friends to get down with us at Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati. To us, becoming one should be celebrated together with everyone.”

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“A New Life 9-30-17” on the inside of the band, signifying the importance of the day and immortalizing that special day forever.”

Natalie: “Between our signature cocktails, J’s Clemonade and Nat’s Nectar, we totally forgot about cutting the cake!”

Natalie: “In keeping with the music theme, we had guests sign Jordan’s guitar that we still have hanging up in our house today.”

Tell us more about your “crazy” life with twins.

Jordan: “Once we were home from our honeymoon, we were ready to start a family. We tried getting pregnant for over a year and learned we had to go a non-traditional route. After undergoing IVF and lots of prayers, we ended up doubling our family in November 2019! Sylvia and Saylor are now four years old and the life of the party. Since they were born, Natalie has been a rockstar stay-at-home mom and twin DJ. She gets a lot of requests to play Billy Strings...”

Natalie: “When I became pregnant with twins, the life that we once knew was forever changed. The challenges of getting pregnant, carrying two babies, delivering at 31 weeks, and then becoming a NICU mom for 47 days were no easy feat. But that was just the beginning of another adventure in our lives. We may not go to as many concerts and festivals as we used to, but now we have two mini versions of us, who tag along and dance by our sides every step of the way. You’ll catch us four at Playthink, The Big Stomp, Bourbon & Beyond, and any other family-friendly festivals. I could not be more grateful for this beautiful song that God has created for us — The Clemons Crew.”

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Chase Jennings & Vinicius Clemente Louisville, Kentucky native Chase Jennings and his husband, São Paulo, Brazil native Vinicius “Vinny” Clemente married on June 20, 2023. The couple met in New York City, where Jennings, a bicoastal talent manager for Station 3 Entertainment Company has lived for more than 20 years; Vinny, a hair and make-up artist who recently open his own salon space (VI Beauty, across from the Whitney Museum), has lived in the city for nearly three years. Below, Jennings shares their story and details of their recent nuptials.

How did you meet?

“We connected on a dating app and then ran into each other at a restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.”

Tell us about the proposal, or the moment you decided marriage was the next step.

“Marriage was decided following a trip to Louisville to introduce Vinny to Chase’s family.”

Where/when was your wedding?

“Wedding Ceremony was on June 20th, 2023 at New York City Hall.”

Who were your vendors?

Reception vendors included: A beautiful wedding cake as a gift from a friend, Matt Laukhuf. Flowers by Anna-Lina Olsen, Owner & Creator, Wishflower Botanika; Photographer, friend, Kelly Gold Where did you honeymoon, and/or plan to honeymoon?

Honeymoon in Palm Beach this month and then Italy and Greece this summer.

Tell us about your reception.

My parents hosted a reception at Audubon Country Club over the holidays and we were thrilled that Vinny’s mother Rosana Ferreira da Silva flew in from SãoPaulo, Brazil for the celebration.”

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Kya and Daniel Wence Carter “Bumble success story” Kya Wence Carter and her husband, Daniel Carter, texted for almost a month before going on their first date. While originally planning Sunday dinner at Mesh, the two wound up in St. Matthews the Friday before, and met at Saints. They kept the Sunday date and “we were inseparable from that point on,” said Kya. Below, Kya discusses the proposal, the wedding, and how her creativity made the day a little “extra.”

Tell us about the proposal, or the moment you decided marriage was the next step.

“I feel like we both knew we wanted to be together pretty quickly. We always say that it just felt very easy and natural. We never really had to try. Obviously we had little issues, just like everyone else, but 99% of the time, it’s so easy and fun.”

“My ring is an antique (cir. 1895) piece from a store in Los Angeles, Trumpet and Horn, that specializes in antique and vintage jewelry. I kept seeing it in Instagram posts with other rings, but they never linked it and I could never find it. One day it was finally listed. Daniel and I had only been together for about six months. I knew that I wanted this exact ring and there is only one, so I texted him and told him that it was posted and I didn’t care if he didn’t propose for years, he should probably go ahead and buy it.”

“Daniel proposed in 2019 on a trip to Tucson, Arizona. We love to travel, so it made sense that it would happen while we were on a trip. We had never been to Tucson before, but we wanted to do a weekend getaway and landed on it. It became one of our favorite places to visit, and I even had my bachelorette party there.”

“We drove up to the top of Mount Lemmon and he proposed just before sunset at about 9,000 feet elevation. He hired a photographer to capture it all, which was huge to me, because I don’t remember any of it at all. I also love that he put in the extra effort to plan a proposal somewhere we had never even been and did the research to hire a photographer across the country. We went to dinner after, but the real treat was eating Whataburger in bed as an engaged couple that night. I definitely sent out a ring selfie while holding a chicken tender.”

Where and when was your wedding?

“Our wedding was October 16, 2021 at The Speed Art Museum.”

Who were your vendors?

Vendors included: Wedding Planner: Ellen Fox, ShaFox; Venue: Speed Art Museum; Catering: Wiltshire Pantry; Dress: Custom Design from Lee Petra Grebenau; Bride “Getting Ready” Gown: Catherine D’Lish; Tuxes: J Alan Formalwear; Daniel’s Shoes: Christian Louboutin; Kya’s shoes: Miu Miu; Bridesmaid Dresses: Revelry; Save The Dates: Viki Roman Art; Host Hotel: The Galt House; Band: Queen City Band (Charlotte, NC); DJ: Music in Motion; Photographer: Aesthetiica Photography, Alicia Fierro; Videographer: Brooke Colburn, Colburn Films; Florist: Wayne at In Bloom Again; Décor & Design: Millennium Events; Cake: Sweet Surrender; Transportation: Xtreme; Hair and Makeup: Beauty Patrol; Louisville Chocolate Fountain; Mr. C’s Cheesecakes; Ceremony Musicians: SMT Music.

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beyond the call of duty. If I had any advice for couples, I would say to choose vendors you trust wholeheartedly and genuinely like as people. I wanted every single one of my vendors to stay and hang out for the entire wedding, because they were all that great. It will make your day so much more enjoyable if you like their work AND their personality.”

Where did you honeymoon?

“We did a two week honeymoon in Seychelles. We toyed around with a few other options, but I have always wanted to go there so we kept going back to it. It was absolutely perfect. We’re both beach people and it was perfect of us to just relax for two weeks. We did split it up so we were at one resort for one week and a different resort for the second week. Having to come back to reality was the worst bout of ‘Sunday Scaries’ that I’ve ever had.”

“We also took a GoPro from our amazing videographer, Brooke Colburn, and she compiled all of our footage into a honeymoon video. It was so fun and I’m so glad we have that to look back on.”

Did you incorporate any family legacy, honorary memories or significant heirloom pieces into the event?

“I wore jewelry to the rehearsal dinner and the wedding that belonged to one of my best friend’s (and bridesmaids) mom who passed away in 2018. Even though we were teenagers and she was a mom, I always thought she was so cool and seriously envied her closet. It was so special to be able to pick out some pieces to wear on these big days and have part of her there with us. I just know she would have loved all of the elements of our wedding. She was so unapologetically over the top, like myself.”

Tell us about how you transformed the wedding space.

“One of the elements of our wedding that people always comment on is the mirrored aisle. It completely transformed the space and took an already exceptional space to the next level. It’s funny, because I decided to add the aisle just a few weeks before the wedding. I texted Ellen, my planner, and said “hey I know it’s getting close to time, but I just decided it’s imperative that I have a mirrored aisle”. No questions asked, she made it happen. Paired with my dramatic staircase descent, the mirrored aisle ended up being the perfect amount of extra.”

Describe your experience selecting your dress.

“I didn’t have the typical dress shopping experience. I actually went to a few places by myself to get an idea of what I liked without having the pressure of friends and family giving their opinions. I had a vision but couldn’t find anything that compared to what was in my head. So I ended up designing it.”

“My dress was completely custom and designed by Lee Petra Grebenau and myself. She’s based out of Tel Aviv, so we met twice over zoom and that was it. I had to send her over 30 different measurements in March and just hope I didn’t gain or lose more than a centimeter anywhere on my body over the next seven months. They actually created a mannequin form from my measurements that was a replica of my body and used that as the base to hand sew my dress, over skirt, and veil. I didn’t try the dress on until about a month and a half before the wedding for the very first time. I had only ever seen a sketch of it and one fabric swatch. It fit perfectly straight out of the box and didn’t require a single alteration. It was amazing to see something I had imagined in my head come to fruition with such perfect execution.”

Finally, tell us how you included your beloved basset hound, Beau.

“Beau is the center of our world. He was obviously not allowed into The Speed for the wedding, but I wanted him to be part of our day. I couldn’t figure out the best way, so I had all but given up. When we went to In Bloom Again and met Wayne for the first time, we walked into his office, and he had a life-sized basset hound statue. I asked him if there was any possible way that we could rent him for our wedding. After they flipped the ceremony space into our “Brady Bunch” living room-esque lounge area, the basset hound was sitting there, and it was perfect. I told Ellen how much I loved it and how happy I was that it worked out, and she let me know that Wayne had actually decided to gift it to us to keep. This was the one time I almost cried all day. He now lives in our Brady Bunch-esque sunken living room in our new house.”

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Mutual friends introduced newlyweds Carolyn and Grayson in May 2020, during the initial COVID shutdown. Their first date was in Cherokee Park, and it was “love at first sight.” Below, Carolyn shares their story.

Tell us about the proposal, or the moment you decided marriage was the next step.

“I think if you asked us both, we would both say we knew right away we would get married. However, the big question was when. I was surprised on Christmas Eve morning 2022 with the ring box hiding in my stocking over the fireplace. It was just the two of us. It was perfect! Then, we got to celebrate with all our friends and family over the holidays.”

Where and when was your wedding?

“Our wedding was here in Louisville, KY, where we both grew up. We wanted to get married in less than a year, so 12/9/2023 was the date we chose. The wedding mass was held at St. Boniface Catholic church, led by our Holy Trinity parish priest, Fr. Shayne Duvall.

The reception took place a few blocks away at The Pendennis Club of Louisville. I really wanted an elegant, timeless, traditional wedding here in our hometown.”

Who were your vendors?

“I was all about trying to find local vendors. Many were actually our family and friends. Amy from Susan’s florist did our florals for the weekend. She is amazing and made my vision come to life. The cake and cookies came from Taylor Ekman, Taylor’ed Goods & Company. I think the desserts were consumed in under 90 seconds! Amanda Thurman, Amanda Karis Photography, is the daughter of my mother’s college roommate. She may be the nicest person I have ever met, and her photos speak for themselves. The day would not have run smoothly and perfect without Lorrie and Melissa, LM Detailed Events. And lastly, I must mention Emerald Empire Band.

The best wedding band I have ever seen!”

Other Vendors include: Hair: Beheld; Make-up: Ashley Meadows; Rentals: Southern Classic Rentals; Invites: Minted; Dress & Veil: Rebecca’s Wedding Boutique; Rings: Jordan Clines Jewelers.

Where did you honeymoon?

“Our dream honeymoon was on a relaxing beach. A small all-inclusive resort, Galley Bay, in Antigua was the perfect spot. We have multiple friends who had been there and loved it. The food and staff were top notch! We already want to go back.”

Did you incorporate any family legacy, honorary memories or significant heirloom pieces into the event?

“Fabric from my Mamaw’s 1949 wedding dress was wrapped around my wedding bouquet, along with my mother’s. My older sister did the same thing for her wedding in 2014. It was special to repeat the tradition.”

Describe the significance of having your mom by your side on your special day.

“I want to give a shout out to my mom. She was diagnosed with advanced carcinosarcoma of her pelvis in August 2023 after a huge surgery. Since then, she has been undergoing treatment including chemotherapy and radiation. Not only was she there for me every step of the way planning my wedding weekend, but never complained. She has lost her hair and is wearing a wig in all the pictures.

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January 5, 2023

RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY

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ellspring and the Mellwood Art Center Hosted the opening reception for Resilience and Recovery: A Wellspring Art Therapy Exhibit. The Show displays the hard work that Wellspring clients have put into their mental health recovery through art. Wellspring’s mission is to promote mental health recovery and to support individuals in creating healthy and hopeful lives.

Allison Bartholomew, Bill Friel and Jessie Bartholomew

Marybeth Orton, Mackenzie Gilliland and Claire Nelson

Dwight, Lori and Linda Montgomery

Alexis Mills, Steve Perkins and Kim Johnson

Maureen Hagerman and Mellwood Arts Coordinator Tracy Pennington

Kathleen Garcia and CEO Kathy Dobbins

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Scott Robertson, Steve Perkins and John Robertson

Justin Owens and Amanda Riff with Wellspring

Alexis Mills, Linda Rosie and Board Member Rolandas Byrd

Kim Johnson, Rolandas Byrd and Kathy Dobbins

Anna Mackey with Kevin, Jules and Renee Johnson

Shay and Missy Hellinger with Kathleen Garcia

Laura Albovias and Debra Peffer

Linda Stout and Judy Callaway

Meredith Hayden and Elizabeth Malley

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January 7, 2024

CANYONS

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uests gathered for the closing reception of Kris Thompson’s art exhibit at Capacity Contemporary Exchange titled Canyons.

Gina Del Negro, Jed Hayden, Lee Middendorf

Kris Thompson, Ron Gurgop, Wendy Cudmore

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Licia Priest

Joe Wolek

Vian Sora & Gina Del Negro

Stephanie Wafzig & Brian Oliver

Rob Womack

Kris Thompson and Gina Del Negro

Mae Daughtery, Mariah Katz, Sally Daughtery, Kris Thompson and Susan Linville

Ron Gurgop

Annette Baylon and Casey Dressell

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December 13, 2023

JUDGE ERICA LEE WILLIAMS RETIREMENT CELEBRATION

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olleagues, friends, and family of Judge Erica Lee Williams gathered at the Jefferson County Circuit Court for her retirement celebration.

Due to her ongoing battle with cancer, Judge Williams made the decision to focus on her health. Kind words and messages of love and friendship were shared by many, and attendees signed a poster of Judge Williams at the end of the event listing a word that each person felt best described her.

Cheryl James, Judge Melissa Moore Murphy and Kimberly Moore

Jacqueline and Jason Williams

Judge Erica Lee Williams

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Judge Melissa Moore Murphy

Judge Tanisha Ann Hickerson

Judge Sara Nicholson, Judge Kristina Garvey, Judge Anne Delahanty and Judge Jessica Moore

Judge Erica Lee Williams and Jason Williams

Christy Trout Van Tatenhove

Jacqueline Williams

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Judge Erica Williams and her colleagues

Judge Jessica Moore

Cassie Bone, Jan Wagner, Aaron Weathers and Josephine Buckner

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Judge Jessica Lee Williams and Judge Jessica Moore

Mayor Craig Greenberg

Brad Garpetti, Misty Chapman and Angela McCoy

Judge Erica Lee Williams and Jacqueline Williams

Judge Erica Lee Williams with her family

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December 15, 2023

AFTER HOURS AT THE SPEED

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uests danced the night away at the Speed Art Museum’s December After Hours event. The theme of the evening was prom night and attendees dressed the part.

Chris Reitz, Julie Reitz, Tiffany Calvert and Josh Azzarella

Anthony Woods, Kennedy Miles, Quentin Gentry, Koryn Smith and Jaden Smith

Alexis Jones and Sam Nwosu on the dance floor

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Riley Pfeiffer and Erin Pieragowski

Andrea Schultz

Casey Clemens and Jake Ackley

Christian Dospil and Hollie Collins

Joey Richardson, Selena Crady, Rick Williams, Amanda Richardson, Shawnda Mosson and Gordon Mosson

Lenni Agosto and Allen Hathcock

Sierra Shields, Cammi Miller and Mira Claire

Athena Wells and Margaret Baker

Johanna Valencia and Elizabeth Beavers

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Koryn Smith and Jaden Smith were amongst those on the dance floor during DJ John Q’s Dance through the Decades set

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Sydney Stalcup and Amy Goforth

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DJ John Q

Lacey Dannenberg and Kate Dixon

Candace Weber, Clarity Hagan, Maria Villares and Landon Steele

Justy Engle and Meredith Yelton

Ian Floro and Susan Lugo Floro

Speed Art Museum’s Donyalle Jackson

Jamie Adams and Christine Beshara

Adrianne Blair and Jennifer Noel

Speed Art Museum’s Amanda Haas

Djenita Pasic

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December 15, 2023

YULETIDE AT YEW DELL

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osted by the Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, Yuletide is an annual holiday event. The Yew Dell Botanical Gardens were transformed into a winter wonderland with Christmas lights throughout the grounds and families even got a visit from Santa

Cameron, Andy, Kevin and Collins Trager

Santa Clause handed Casey Owens a gift as Colt Owens and Ashton Turpin watched.

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Rich and Andrea Eisenbrei with Callie Hausman and Gregg Patten

Annie and Jacob Bickel enjoyed the craft table.

Juliette, Liam, Robert and Colette Lepley

Sue and Stacy Sylvester

Luke,Kendra and Layla Barnes

Jason, Colin, Morgan and Christian Fegett

Sloane and Bri Asher with Joyce McCaffery

Marcus Combs, Donna Glass with Lyndsay and Donny Combs

Ezra, Chelsea, Alex and Oliver Carden

Jake Garrison, Ben,Cameron and Mallory Munson

Carl, Lincoln, Alexandra and Amanda Mudd

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December 17, 2023

JAZZ AT THE FILSON A HOLIDAY JAZZ PARTY

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he Filson Historical Society hosted Jazz at the Filson: A Holiday Jazz Party. The jazz presentation was curated and directed by internationally renowned vibraphonist and composer, Dick Sisto. The evening featured songs by Tony Bennett performed by the original Dick Sisto Seelbach Trio, the Tri-Tones, made up of Sisto, Tyrone Wheeler on bass, and Jason Tiemann on drums. The trio was joined by jazz vocalist and longtime friend, Owley Brown III.

Laura Lee Brown, Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Gastis

Owsley Brown III, Dick Sisto, Tyrone Wheeler and Jason Tiemann

Steve and Julie James, Becky Poe and Ann Towles

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Christie Brown, Richard H C Clay and Tod Sedgwick

Carolyn and Ed Lewis

Kasey Meier, Woo Speed and Joyce Ogden

Ken Clay and Carolle Jones-Clay with Bernadette and Ed Hamilton

Phillip and Paula Schad with Robert Strohman

Sharon Owens, Peter Dennis and Kevin Wilson

Joyce Ogden, Kevin Wilson, Jake Ford, Woo Speed and Kasey Maier

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December 20, 2023

A CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH JP DAVIS

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JP Davis and Natasha Cummings

Maiza Hixson and Hannah Drake

Rebecca Mattingly and Ladonna Nicolas

Cullen Leege and Corinne Keel

Madison Essex and Mo McKnight Howe

Gill Holland, Suyun Son and Larry Shapin

Stephanie Renner and Amy McKeen

Derika and Eloise Mercer

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December 31, 2023

NEW YEARS EVE WITH TONY AND THE TAN LINES

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Ceci Rush, Lydia Rush, Brynna Walthers and Phekran Kong

Roxanna and Lance Edwards

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Marla and Mark Highbaugh

Hannah West and Brady Pace

Braeden Cadrera and Kathryn Beiter

Lori Fryrear and Bob Richardson

Caanan Bush and Brittany Quick

Phillip and Suzy Clark with Lisa and LeRoy Jewell

Mike Wood, Brandy Snider and Brittany Conner

Miranda Blandford

Anna Applegate, Zach Jonhnson and Claudia Piercy

Britney Groneck, Kim Dues and Kelly Reeves

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Chris Gay and Nic Smith

Heather Shake and Tiffani Rynes

Hannah Glasscock and Alyssa Milburn

Chesney Kirchner, Heather Barton, Deborah Vazquez Batista and Linda Shaw

Lena Waiz, Barrett Crone, Patrick Murray and Emma Erskine

Zack Gregory and Katie Holzhause with Alex and Lucie Williams

Sarah Schmetzer and Bob Popeck

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Joey Wagner of J Wagner Group and Blair Johnson

DJ Optimix and Jamie Lynn

Elizabeth Heuser, Elizabeth Gardner and Ellie Masterson

Leah Rafferty, Laurie Jonhatan and Andrew Cawood

Leanne Coleman, Kelly Cooper and C.J. Richards

Taylor and Kay Zee Sitshebo

Tony and the Tan Lines

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