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Modern Living

Exit Strategies

Futuristic, with a Past

Breakout Games

New book chronicles the work of Richard Isenhour, Lexington’s first contemporary architect

New business offers a unique way to escape

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Profile of a Southern Chef

On Our Table

Recipe for Success

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Drink of the Month

Arts & Entertainment

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Michelle Aiello (“Futuristic, with a Past,” page 6) is a Chicago-born writer, editor and indie publisher. She founded and co-organizes the Kentucky Fried Zine Fest (formerly known as Ephemera Fest). Her interests include living room karaoke, snail mail, and all things vintage.

She lives in downtown Lexington with her husband, Scott, and a lanky black cat named Basil.

Hailing from Eastern Kentucky, Shayne Bates (“Drink of the Month,” page 25) is the bar manager for the new campus area bar Best Friend Bar, which he partnered with several of his best friends to open last last year. Recently awarded second place in Lexington’s Restaurant Week Makers Mark Cocktail Contest, his libation of choice is George T. Stagg bourbon.

Jon-Michael Brothers (“Exit Strategies,” page 13) is a writer from New York City. After graduating from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in writing, literature, and publishing, he moved to Lexington amid his newfound hatred of big cities.

He prefers cats to dogs but will never admit it.

Steve Coomes (“Profile of a Southern Chef,” page 19) was a middling restaurant chef in the 1980s who eventually figured out he’d rather write about the industry than work in it. Since then, he has edited and written for dozens of national trade and consumer publications, including Nation’s Restaurant News and Southern Living. After recently publishing the book, “Country Ham: A Southern Tradition of Hogs, Salt & Smoke,” he now spends too much time consuming that salty delight and washing it down with bourbon.

Ryan Filchak is an art history graduate student at the University of Kentucky who also works for the new City Gallery at the Downtown Arts Center. A digital assistant for tadoo.com, he contributes to our monthly “tadoo list” (our Arts and Entertainment calendar, page 27).

Sarah Jane Sanders (photography for “On Our Table” and “Drink of the Month”) is a freelance food and editorial photographer based in Lexington. Her work can be seen in various publications such as Bravetart.com, Food & Wine’s blog, and Cake & Whiskey Magazine. Visit Sarah Jane at the Bread Box Studios behind West Sixth Brewery or www.sarahjanesanders.com. ss

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Built in 1958, this Breckenwood Drive home utilizes postand-beam construction, a typical design method used in early Isenhour houses.

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New book chronicles the work of Lexington’s first contemporary architect

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en Richard B. Isenhour began designing and building Lexington homes in the early 1950s, no one was using the term “midcentury modern” to describe an emerging design style that emphasized simple lines, open floor plans and large windows and walls made of glass. Today, however, the late Lexington homebuilder is recognized as one of the first – and finest – architects to introduce that contemporary style to the area, and thanks to a new book, “The Houses of Richard B. Isenhour: Mid-Century Modern in Kentucky,” nearly two decades of his work is now detailed and documented in print.

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Born in 1924 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Isenhour began his professional career as a chemical engineer for DuPont in Newburgh, New York, a job he left after a few years, desiring more challenging and creative work. In 1952, he and his wife, Lenora, moved from New York to Lexington, her hometown, where Lenora’s father, builder A.R. Henry, still lived and worked. In Lexington, Richard worked with his father-in-law – who developed several Lexington streets, including Arcadia Park, Glendover and Jesselin – on a number of building projects. Taking the www.southsidermagazine.com www.southsidermagazine.com

knowledge he gleaned from his work with Henry, along with influences that included architectural tours of northern California, Europe and Mexico in the 1950s, Isenhour soon began building unique homes of his own design, which became referred to as “Isenhour houses.”

By the time Isenhour became a registered architect in 1974, he had already built nearly 100 unique homes in Lexington, many of which are considered iconic and dozens of which are detailed and documented in the book.

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Located in The Colony subdivision, this Standish Avenue home was built in 1963, a time when Isenhour’s influences from UK’s College of Architecture started to appear in many of his works.

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Below: Built in 1972 for his own family, this Bridgeport Drive home (front and rear views both shown) is perhaps the design most synonymous with Isenhour’s name. The rear wall is 100 percent glass, providing an unobstructed view of the backyard and lake from the majority of the home’s interior.

“From the beginning, we knew that this was going to be a local book. It was not going to be a bestseller, but it would appeal to the people who know about these houses.”

AUTHOR LARRY ISENHOUR

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The book was written by Richard’s oldest son, R.L. “Larry” Isenhour, a retired architect, and its design is almost as striking as the houses themselves.

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“I had never written a book before, but as an architect, I had definite ideas about how I wanted it to look,” Larry said.

Like his father’s original plans, Larry’s 10.5-by-10.5-inch book is organized by job number, along with addresses and original owners’ names. Each house is presented in a two- or four-page layout, with Richard Isenhour’s interior and exterior photographs appearing alongside modern photos; the book also includes site and floor plans, expository text written by Jan Isenhour and a foreword by architect Graham Pohl.

Working closely with his wife, Jan, the retired director of the Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, along with a handful of local designers and printers, Larry selected 43 Lexington homes built by his father to detail in the book.

Arranged in chronological order, the book starts in 1956 with Richard Isenhour’s 11th Lexington project, a 310 Blueberry Lane home where he and his family lived for 16 years.

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“We decided early on to present the houses the way the current owners lived in them,” Larry Isenhour said.

As the book progresses, it’s easy to see the architect’s emerging style and self-assurance.

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This Lamar Drive home was so beloved by its inhabitants, the Proffit family, they commissioned Isenhour to build homes for them in both North Carolina and Florida after leaving Lexington.

“We decided early on to present the houses the way the current owners lived in them.

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“He was studying at the new College of Architecture in the early ’60s, and it’s fascinating to see those ideas take shape in his work,” Larry Isenhour said, noting that around that time, elements such as cathedral ceilings, partial walls, natural materials like Kentucky limestone and other now iconic mid-century modern elements started to appear in his father’s work.

During the year-long process of writing his book – which was the second best seller of 2014 at local bookstore Morris Book Shop – Larry Isenhour started a file system with information

gleaned from public records and his father’s archives. He then contacted the current owners to ask for permission to feature their homes in the book.

“Everyone I talked to was wonderful,” he recalls. “Whenever someone told me anything about a house, it went into the file.”

“From the beginning, we knew that this was going to be a local book,” Larry Isenhour added. “It was not going to be a bestseller, but it would appeal to the people who know about these houses.”

Some common features of mid-century modern architecture • Open floor plan: living roon, dining room and kitchen flow together • Simple low, sloping, and cathedral ceilings for open visual space • Post-and-beam construction, partial walls and glass walls • Openings circulate air and natural light • Solid front for street privacy • Use of newer materials, such as plywood, Formica, plastics and aluminum, as well as natural materials such as wood and stone • Multiple outdoor views for appreciation of healthy living

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Many of the architects who designed the houses believed that the progressive style could inspire social change. An emphasis on glass windows and doors, for example, encouraged healthy living and harmony with nature – whereas traditional window heights, which averaged four to five feet, made it difficult for children to see outside, walls of glass encouraged children to become engaged with their environment in a different way.

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The Breakout Games partners, l-r: Aaron Martinez, Jeremiah Sizemore, Bryce Anderson (seated), Jason Thompson (standing), and Evan Morris at their headquarters. Not pictured: Viktorija Martinez, Nathan and Audra Cryder.

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New “reality escape� business brings breakout games concept to Lexington

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STORY BY JON-MICHAEL BROTHERS PHOTOS BY SARAH JANE SANDERS

Nothing encourages teamwork like a quick and clean escape from a group kidnapping experience That’s the premise behind The Breakout Games, a new live-action adventure game company that opened in Lexington in December with a business model built on challenging customers to get away. Put simply, participants are locked in a room together for one hour. By analyzing their surroundings, deciphering planted clues and figuring out a series of puzzles, they work together to break out of the room before time runs out.

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Owner Audra Cryder first encountered the idea while researching tourist attractions for a trip to Singapore, where the “reality escape room” concept is relatively

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Creating the company’s escape scenarios has been an experience in teamwork as well. Together, the ownership group built and tweaked the company’s first option, The Kidnapping Room, in which participants are blindfolded and handcuffed (easily removable, of course) to a sparse metal bed frame in a room designed to mimic a dimly lit basement.

Participants work to escape by tracking clues left by the kidnapper’s “previous victim.”

The Derby Heist room resembles a horse-race player’s study, complete with a desk and typewriter, bookcases and shelves riddled with empty bourbon bottles and thick volumes of Thoroughbred almanacs. Upon locating the pilfered objects, participants will have the means to break out, though it’s not an easy road to get there.

Along the way, lock combinations must be discovered, brainteasers must be deciphered – and they might have to do a little math.

They also developed the second of the two “escape rooms” currently open to the public, The Derby Heist. Before the Kentucky Derby begins, participants must find three stolen objects: the $2 million purse, the roses and the trophy.

Breakout Games currently has two Derby Heist rooms available, and large groups can use them to split up and face off simultaneously.

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about the concept,” Sizemore said.

“It’s just something different that registers with a lot of people, and it might really fill a niche that didn’t exist before.”

The owners have seen a wide range of ages come to play, from a group of 12- and 13-year-olds (who performed better than expected), to a group of middle-aged pharmaceutical sales representatives on a teambuilding exercise, to the occasional grandmother or two accompanying her family on a night out.

For Nathan Cryder, it was an easy decision to join forces with Sizemore and Anderson, who, interestingly, had already been throwing around the idea of launching their own reality-escape business concept when they heard that Breakout Games had opened in December.

At The Breakout Games, teams are locked in a room and must escape before time runs out. To win, team members must work together to decipher planted clues and solve a series of puzzles and clues.

“In my mind it was an absolutely dream partnership,” Cryder said.

“They’re very community-minded and so am I. That’s what I liked about these guys: They’re all about Lexington.”

Two additional room concepts – Casino Royale and Island Escape – are currently in the works, scheduled to open later this month. And Breakout Games management team already has tentative plans to try expanding into the Louisville and Cincinnati markets.

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As far as difficulty goes, not even half the teams break out in time, but the game is designed for the players’ enjoyment, regardless of the result.

“Anything that you put this much effort and time and money into, you just really want people to enjoy and be excited about,” Sizemore said.

“So for us, that’s always the challenge: Making sure it’s a great experience for everyone that comes in.” ss

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ProďŹ le of a Southern Chef

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STORY BY STEVE COOMES PHOTOS BY SARAH JANE SANDERS

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hen chef Jeremy Ashby was hired to help lead Azur Food Group in 2005, the young restaurant needed help. Despite a profitable first year, its partners knew the business needed someone with his energy and experience to refine its systems and put an edge on its culinary identity.

“When I came in, the partnership structure wasn’t working as well as they wanted, but it wasn’t for lack of trying,” Ashby said. “So they had this idea to bring me in as Azur’s executive chef and general manager.”

Only that job description created another problem: “There’s no such thing such thing as a GM and executive chef position,” Ashby said. So he kept his focus on the food, creating a menu mash-up of Southern U.S. and Latin cuisines that was wholly unique to the city’s restaurant scene. Many

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“I really feel like Azur awakened what restaurant chefs could get away with in this town. I think it was and is a trailblazer restaurant.”

AZUR EXECUTIVE CHEF JEREMY ASHBY

believe the repositioning of Azur even helped jumpstart the growth of similarly progressive restaurants in Lexington.

Bernie and Sylvia Lovely had opened Azur Restaurant and Patio, a 100-seat upscale casual restaurant in Beaumont Center, in late December 2004. Designed and permitted to open in a little over three months, the plan for the restaurant came together quickly. It took more time for Azur to find its footing, however, with obvious food and service inconsistencies.

At the time, Ashby was executive chef at The Merrick Inn and its sister restaurant, Murray’s (which closed in 2010). His restaurant pedigree also included valuable externships at Magnolia’s in Charleston, South Carolina, and Norman’s in Miami, in addition to a University of Kentucky business degree and a culinary degree from Johnson & Wales University, also in Charleston.

Azur’s owners brought Ashby on board, believing that his broad operations knowledge would help focus their staff on essentials and hoping his experience overseeing high-volume restaurants would help Azur grow.

“I knew we had to push the envelope more with our food to be noticed in what was mostly a meat-andpotatoes town,” Ashby said. “I had to learn to delegate a lot of things in order to be in the kitchen more.”

Ashby added dishes such as grilled rack of elk and braised rabbit to the menu, and increasingly infused

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“I really feel like Azur awakened what restaurant chefs could get away with in this town,” Ashby said.

“I think it was and is a trailblazer restaurant.”

Today, Ashby and the other Azur partners continue to blaze the trail of new restaurant opportunities.

Recognizing a shortage of Latin cuisine options in Lexington, the group opened Brasabana Cuban Cuisine on Lane Allen Road about a year ago, tapping on Miguel Rivas – a Dominican Republic native who had worked with Azur early on and departed amicably to take a position at Georgetown College – to return to the fold and captain the kitchen. And just last month, the Azur Group announced a merger with Dupree Catering. The merged catering company, which operates under the name of Dupree Catering and Events, is headed up jointly by Azur Catering’s general manager, Tom Evans, and Dupree’s founder, Harriet Dupree Bradley, with Ashby giving opinion and guidance on menus. Maintaining Dupree Catering’s Delaware Avenue facilities, the partnership will open new opportunities to combine the experience and creativity of both organizations.

Meanwhile, Ashby has been both humbled and stimulated by the success of Azur, and is excited by the prospect for continued growth and new possibilities.

“You might see another Brasabana — hint, hint — but expect to see variety from us,” Ashby said. “Our partners want chef-driven concepts, which is exciting for Miguel and me.” ss Another version of this story appeared in this month’s edition of this magazine’s sister publication Business Lexington.

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Lowcountry Boil RECIPE BY JEREMY ASHBY PHOTO BY SARAH JANE SANDERS

Chef Jeremy Ashby says his first taste of Lowcountry cooking was life changing.

As a young culinary student at Johnson & Wales, he became entranced with the lighter Southern fare of Charleston, which contrasted to the heartier traditions of his native Kentucky. He fell in love with the city – the smells wafting from each restaurant, the small-town feel, the local culture and the access to fine ingredients. Ashby soon nabbed a coveted spot in the kitchen at Magnolia’s as a prep cook, learning the elegant and airy recipes of one of Charleston’s best chefs.

Now executive chef at Lexington restaurant Azur Restaurant & Patio, chef Ashby will return to Magnolia’s this month during the Charleston Wine & Food Festival to reunite with chef Donald Drake for a signature dining event. He plans to bring a few tastes of Kentucky – bourbon and country ham, to name a couple – to the table to merge with the magical flavors he remembers from his years in South Carolina, including this recipe for Lowcountry boil.

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Lowcountry Boil Servings: 8 Start to finish: 2 hours • 1/4 cup Azur Bay seasoning or Old Bay Seasoning (see recipe of Azur Bay seasoning below) • 3 cups seafood boil broth (see recipe below) • 16 new potatoes • 1 tablespoons garlic, chopped • 2 yellow onions, quartered • 1 1/2 pounds Andouille sausage • 6 ears of corn, cut in thirds • 3 pounds whole crab, broken in half • 2 pound bag of mussels, cleaned • 4 lobster tails, halved (optional; use if you’re feeling fancy) • 2 1/2 pounds shrimp (13-15 ct.), peeled and deveined, reserving shells for boil broth In a five-gallon stock pot, add Azur bay seasoning, seafood boil broth, potatoes, garlic, onions and three cups water. Bring to a rolling boil for 10 minutes. Add the sausage and bring back to a boil for 10 minutes.

Add the corn and crab and return to a boil. Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot and cover with a lid. Steam for three to five minutes or until mussels open and shrimp is cooked through. Use a slotted spoon to evenly portion ingredients in bowls for eight people. Spoon a little broth over each portion. For picnic style, pour the entire pot into a colander; discard liquid and serve “family style” on newspaper.

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The Floozies. March 4. The Floozies are producer/guitarist Matt Hill and drummer Mark Hill, two brothers from Lawrence, Kansas, who bring a fresh approach to electronic music and live performance, using a combination of cutting edge electronic production and party-rocking funk. 10 p.m. Cosmic Charlie’s, 388 Woodland Ave. www.cosmic-charlies.com.

tarist Joseph Allred. Food from Wild Thyme Chef Allison Davis, cocktails (specially crafted by Brandon Judd using Jack Rudy Cocktail Co. mixers) and craft beer will available for purchase.

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Scott Carney (Wax Fang), Niles Foley, Nativity Singers.

March 6. Scott Carney is the front man of the popular Louisville rock group Wax Fang. He will be joined by Niles Foley, the inventive and standout fiddle player from rural Kentucky, and fellow genre-crossing group, the Nativity Singers. 9 p.m. Al’s Bar, 601 N. Limestone. www. alsbarlexington.com.

Kronos Quartet: WWI Chronicles. March 19. A multi-media performance featuring America’s preeminent chamber quartet, the program will feature a new work for string quartet commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the beginning of World War I, as well as a video component, documentary audio and neverbefore-seen archival footage from the era. 7:30 p.m. EKU Center for the Arts, Hall Drive, Richmond. www.ekucenter.com.

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March 12. Hosted at the headquarters of Smiley Pete Publishing, this regular happyhour-style event is free and for all ages, with live music from Lexington’s Bear Medicine (and an official celebration of the vinyl release of their album “The Moon Has Been All My Life”) along with Knoxville-based gui-

ZZ Top. March 21. The sharplydressed men of legendary rock band ZZ Top bring their signature mix of Southern rock, blues and boogie to the Norton Center, as guitarist Billy F. Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard tour the country in support of their first studio album in nine years, “La Futura.”

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March 3. Ryley Walker is a unique alt-folk artist from Chicago with a ’60s psych folk feel hearkening back to Cat Stevens’ heyday. Walker will be joined

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For over 40 years the group has kept traditions of Western swing alive, carrying the traditions of Bob Wills across generations and into the 21st century. The show is the 800th live taping of local staple turned national treasure Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. 6:45 p.m. Lyric Theatre, 300 E. Third St. www.woodsongs.com.

ATTEMPT. March 23. ATTEMPT is the songwriting concern of Trevor Tremaine (Hair Police, Resonant Hole, Eyes & Arms of Smoke, etc.).

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March 24. Juan Wauters is a New York indie/folk singer songwriter who will be touring his new record, “North American Poetry.” Longtime Lexington skater party scene staples The Butchers and local jangle-pop collective Shawnthony Calypso share the bill. 9 p.m. Al’s Bar, 601 N. Limestone. www.alsbarlexington.com.

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Kentucky Crafted: The Market.

March 7-8. Presented by the Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Crafted: The Market is one of the only state-sponsored shows of its kind to showcase traditional and contemporary fine art and craft along with Kentucky-related books, musical performances, films and specialty food products. 9 a.m.7 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Lexington Convention Center, 430 W. Vine St. www.artscouncil.ky.gov/ KentuckyArt/2015Market.htm.

LexArts Gallery Hop. March 20.

Presented by LexArts, this periodic “choose your own adventure”-style event encourages attendees to explore the offerings of local art gal-

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The hops typically run from 5-8 p.m., with many galleries opting to stay open later. 5 p.m. Various venues. www.galleryhoplex.com.

T.A. Hay “Farm Works.” Through March 21. Organized in collaboration with the Tanner Hill Gallery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Institute 193 presents the works of late rural Kentucky artist T.A. Hay. Titled “Farm Works,” this exhibition features Hay’s abstracted images of the everyday, culminating into a haunting memoir of raw aesthetics and great emotional toll. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Institute 193, 193 N.Limestone. www.institute193.org.

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Through April 12. Three dedicated studio practitioners bring their commitment to both process and product to the newly renovated University of Kentucky Art Museum. Michelle Grabner, Simone Leigh and Russell Maltz utilize the changed architecture to present powerful pieces in a unique exercise of installation. UK Art Museum, 405 Rose St. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; noon-8 p.m. Fri. www. finearts.uky.edu/art-museum.

“Landscape Dreams.” On display March 20-May 10. In a continued effort to feature the work of visual artists from Kentucky, the City Gallery at the Downtown Arts Center presents an exhibition featuring the work of two Louisville painters, Charles Ellis and Anne MacCracken Borders. Opening reception: March 20, 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 10 a.m-2 p.m. Sun. The City Gallery, 141 E. Main St. www.lexingtonky.gov/dac.

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“38.05°N, 84.50°W: Large Format Photography by David Zurick.”

Through March 22. A deeply spiritual exhibit with a provocatively technical title, “38.05°N, 84.50°W,” explores the topic of sacred geography through black-and-white, large-format photographs recounting artist David Zurick’s photographic pilgrimage across Tibet and the Himalaya.

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“Beauty & the Beast” March 28-29. With a cast of nearly 60 dancers, KBT’s original production of the contemporary classical ballet features all the enchanted characters played by academy students and guest dancers from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. 2 p.m. Sat.; 2 and 7 p.m. Sun. Lexington Opera House, 401 W. Short St. (859) 252-5245. www.kyballettickets.com.

UK Opera Theatre: “The Tales of Hoffmann.” March 5- 8. A first in UK Opera Theatre history, Jacques Offenbach’s French fantasy “The Tales of Hoffmann” will be presented

by David Lefkowich, director of Kentucky Opera’s November 2013 production of “Simon Boccanegra.”

The production will feature Gregory Turay and Jonathan Parham. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. Lexington Opera House, 401 W. Short St. www.lexingtonoperahouse.com.

Broadway Live!: “The Great Gatsby.” March 13-15. The poetry and grandeur of America’s most celebrated novel is brought to life on stage by the Montana Repertory Theatre, adapted by Simon Levy. 8 p.m. Fri.; 2 and 8 p.m. Sat.; 1 and 6 p.m. Sun. Lexington Opera House, 401 W. Short St. www.lexington operahouse.com.

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Balagula Theatre: “Bernard and Bosie.” March 13-15. This play explores the complex relationship between literary giant George Bernard Shaw and the poet Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas – the intimate friend of Oscar Wilde – through their own letters to one another in the 1930s and 1940s. 7 p.m. Fri.; 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Farish Theatre, 140 E. Main St. www.balagula.com.

Transylvania University: “The Dying City.” March 18-22 and 26-28. A year after her husband’s death in Iraq, a young therapist confronts his identical twin brother, who shows up at her apartment unannounced, in this play written by Christopher Shinn and directed by Sullivan Canaday White. 7:30 p.m.

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1210 Alexandria Dr. $105,500

3601 Timberwood Ln. $225,000 4805 Brennen Dr. $220,000 3601 Old Oak Way $181,500

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1229 Kenesaw Village Dr. $175,000

3228 Sebastian Ln. $380,000

4720 Cypress Creek Cir. $170,000

2829 Ashbrooke Dr. $245,000

1168 Four Wynds Trl. $157,500

2184 Allegheny Way $216,500

979 Jairus Dr. $122,531

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HIGHEST PRICED PROPERTY: 1201 PLYMOUTH ROCK CT. $437,555

Recent arm’s length residential sales for this magazine’s distribution area.

Information compiled by Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator David O’Neill. For more information on any of these properties, or others, please visit www.fayette-pva.com. ss

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