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The anticipation surrounding the always-magnificent signature fundraiser for Speed Art Museum is reliably buzz-worthy. But this year, expectations are elevated even further as co-chairs Laura Benson Jones and Woo Speed McNaughton bring Louisville’s premier black tie event “Back to the Ball.” The return of a seated dinner format within the halls of the museum itself intends to harken back to the original spirit of the grand affair. The legacy of that essence is in good hands with the two women who have assembled a national planning committee with a bit of an unconventional twist—the group is composed entirely of men. Together the team launches an effort to establish the event as a desired social appointment for those within Louisville and beyond. Similar to the first Saturday in May, the first Saturday in March will soon be a date reserved for those in search of the Southern hospitality and smashing good time that only the Derby City can deliver.

If it is indeed hospitality that you seek, Chef Michael Crouch of Bistro 1860 has perfected the art yearround, but never more apparently than during his monthly dinner series. When I first learned of his innovative approach to hosting the ultimate themed garden parties, I knew it was a story that must be told in the visual way that only he can. His creativity in the kitchen and in front of the camera is notable, delectable and endlessly amusing. Go ahead, see for yourself.

With respect to our city’s thriving creative and burgeoning fashion community, contributor Janice Carter Levitch questions why a viable Louisville Fashion Week has yet to be established. Using the success of Fashion Week Columbus as a comparison, she shares her observations and declares her hope that our own is within reach. However, the realization of such may be sooner than imagined with the revelation of a KMAC Couture Fashion Week (details to be announced) by the organizers of the museum’s signature fashion show and performance art ensemble. The reveal of their official poster image is a promising reminder that spring, with all the fashion, fêtes and fun that accompany it, is coming.

Until then, winter is the time for comfort and I hope, as you settle in with this special issue of The Voice-Tribune, preferably in front of a toasty fire, that you are surrounded by the serenity of home, the happiness of the holidays and the warmth that can only be provided by familiar friends and family.

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his year marks the 100th anniversary of Metro United Way, the local arm of the national organization that transforms lives across the country and in our community. To commemorate the occasion and further their support of the citizens of Kentuckiana, they have set the goal of raising $1 billion through an ambitious community campaign.

At the helm of this monumental effort is Theresa Reno-Weber, Metro United Way’s president and CEO, and campaign chair Matt Thornton, the successful and philanthropic CEO of Thornton’s, Inc. Matt has been involved in some capacity with the organization for over 20 years but joined as the campaign chair this year in preparation for the 100 Year Gala, an elaborate celebration which was held on November 11 at Louisville Marriott Downtown. He and wife Fran share a passion for the work of the organization and expressed excitement to be an integral part of the ongoing $1 billion efforts alongwith Theresa. “[Metro United Way] reaches so many people and they offer a multitude of services,” explains Fran. “Their work really affects everyone in the community so it was easy for us to want to engage in a meaningful way.”

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“As I was working with the team on the campaign,” she explains, “I was advised from a lot of different people, ‘Don’t set a goal that’s too big or ambitious in your first year; just get your feet under you.’ But I couldn’t let the 100th year pass by without trying to elevate our profile and do something really big and groundbreaking.”

“Not only is this a notable birthday for the organization, but having a new CEO in Theresa just brings a fresh energy and a renewed vision to it all,” Matt says.

Theresa was named president and CEO of Metro United Way in January of this year, having previously served as the chief of performance and technology for Mayor Greg Fischer’s Office, where she led a staff of 200 Metro Government employees in human resources and information technology efforts. While learning her new role with this institution, she didn’t shy away from the challenge of making a big impact for their 100th anniversary.

“As I was working with the team on the campaign,” she explains, “I was advised from a lot of different people, ‘Don’t set a goal that’s too big or ambitious in your first year; just get your feet under you.’ But I couldn’t let the 100th year pass by without trying to elevate our profile and do something really big and groundbreaking.”

Upon researching, Theresa and her team discovered that they were only $36 million shy of having raised $1 billion since the organization’s inception in 1917. Thus, the idea to cross the $1 billion mark was born. She pitched the idea to Matt at their very first meeting and he immediately agreed that the goal, while formidable, was worth pursuing.

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Way’s 2016 campaign raised $24.7 million.

The campaign to reach the goal has occurred effectively but rather quietly for the last several months, taking place through private donor commitments and by way of corporate partnerships.

Now, the team is on the home stretch and poised to cross the finish line at the end of the year in hopeful victory. With fundraising efforts in full swing and the celebratory gala in the rear view, there is still plenty of time to be a part of this massive mission by individually contributing to Metro United Way. The easiest way to do so is by logging on to metrounitedway.org and clicking on the red “Donate” button.

The existing donor base of over 50,000 has generously committed to helping them carry out their objective. Their reach was also extended by establishing over 100 work-force campaigns, which allow employees to donate and have their funds matched by their company or employer.

Over the last few months, Metro United Way leaders and their enormous volunteer base have contacted and collected donations from an extended roster of businesses around town, increasing the impact on the community and bringing further awareness to the exceptional and far-reaching work that they do.

While most everyone has a casual awareness of the United Way, many don’t know what

the actual mission of the group is. Locally, Metro United Way works to ensure children succeed in school, neighborhoods are strengthened and every citizen has the chance to live a healthy life. They focus on early childhood development and kindergarten preparedness, outof-school time and mentoring programs, improving high school graduation rates and much more.

Their efforts assist people in Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham and Shelby counties in Kentucky and Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties in Indiana, and they partner with nonprofits and agencies around the community to further their reach.

“We recognize that no one agency or nonprofit or government sector will be able to solve all of the issues and challenges that we see in our community today,” explains Theresa.

“Whether it’s violence or homelessness or the opioid addiction crisis that we’re seeing, no one organization or person is going to have the answer to that. It has to be a collective effort. So for an organization like United Way to have 100 years of experience uniting the private sector with government, nonprofits and individuals to make change is a huge component of why I think folks want to support us.”

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“What attracted my wife and I and what attracts a lot of donors is the ability to leverage your dollars. They do such a wonderful job of obtaining grants and matching grants so you can double and sometimes triple the money that you’re giving to United Way and the impact it has.”

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resources to make an immeasurable impact. And since each group they support has been properly researched, local philanthropists and businesses have a better understanding of where and how their donations are being used.

“What attracted my wife and I and what attracts a lot of donors is the ability to leverage your dollars,” says Matt. “They do such a wonderful job of obtaining grants and matching grants so you can double and sometimes triple the money that you’re giving to United Way and the impact it has. They have incredibly low administration costs for all the work they do, and knowing that every agency and every program they’re supporting has been fully vetted, that’s homework that a lot of donors don’t have to do.”

Metro United Way is also working to increase awareness of some of their lesser known programs from which a number of people can benefit. One example is the 2-1-1 Referral Service, which connects individuals who

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need assistance with nearly 800 services and resources around the community. By dialing the number 2-1-1 or texting your zip code to “898211,” anyone can receive information or help with a number of issues. Their specialists can guide people through dealing with domestic violence issues, finding quality childcare, preparing taxes, job training services and more.

This service is completely free and available to connect people 24/7, 365 days a year.

Additionally, Metro United Way and their partners have invested in a program called Ages and Stages, providing questionnaires to new parents and young families about their child’s development. This helps parents understand where their child, whether six months or six years old, should be developmentally and how they can stay on top of their child’s physical and mental growth.

“If you take your child to the pediatrician often, they will check for these things,” says Theresa.

“But for people who don’t have access to or don’t go to a pediatrician as frequently, this is a really

quick and easy questionnaire that parents can use to check on whether or not their child is on track. We can then connect them with resources from nonprofits and partners in our community to help them address any issues.”

The significant impression that Metro United Way has left on local individuals and families is immeasurable, and in many ways, just beginning since their work will continue long after the $1 billion mark has been reached. Matt and Theresa are excited to explore how they can further shape the lives of others while reflecting on the astounding progress that has already been made.

“When you look at the outcomes we’ve been able to achieve in the areas we’ve invested in, it’s truly remarkable,” says Theresa.

“We’ve helped people become financially stable and meet their basic needs. We’ve made sure children were ready for school, college and careers. It’s hard to fathom what the community would look like without Metro United Way having been here for the last 100 years.”

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or years, the Speed Art Museum was renowned for its annual Speed Art Museum Ball, its largest annual fundraiser and most sumptuous formal affair. Following the museum’s three-year closing for a $60 million renovation and expansion, the event was hosted in 2016 as the Speed Art Museum Opening Gala, celebrating the grand reopening of the museum. The 2017 iteration of the event was also branded as the Speed Art Museum Gala, but this year, the grand event is going back to the ball. Led by Co-Chairs Laura Benson Jones and Woo Speed McNaughton and a planning committee of dedicated gentlemen from around the community and beyond, the 2018 Speed Art Museum Ball will return to a seated dinner format and re-solidify the Speed Ball as the preeminent event of Louisville society.

The Speed Ball, which will take place March 3, 2018, will be held at the same time that the exhibit “Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism” will be on display at the museum, which, as Speed Art Museum Interim Director Stephen Reily points out, is particularly appropriate given the Ball’s two women co-chairs. “The Speed Ball is going to take place during this blockbuster exhibit, and I made a plan with our curators to extend that into a long season of celebrating women at the Speed to show at the beginning of the year coupled with works from our permanent collection,” Reily relates. “So Laura and Woo took this idea—and the idea that the Speed is both 90 years old and 1 year old—to let the Ball express that.”

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As this acclaimed exhibit will be able to be seen during the event, Jones elaborates that there is something of an unofficial theme to the Speed Ball. “There is a soft theme of celebrating women,” she says, “celebrating your mother, your wife, your daughter, your friend, your neighbor, a woman that’s meant something to you. And we realized this might be a really great opportunity to lift up all those women in your life.”

But it is not just Jones and McNaughton who are pulling off Louisville’s party of the year. There’s also a robust committee of men supporting them and ensuring every detail of the Ball goes off without a hitch. For example, Patrick McLane, who works in corporate finance, has been involved with volunteering at the Speed for years. McLane is looking forward to the revamped Ball and even more so to seeing it elevated like never before, thanks in part to the leadership’s commitment to pulling in planning committee members from outside of Louisville.

“I think this year they have invested a lot of effort in bringing people in from outside the city,” McLane affirms.

“And those of us who have been at the museum for a while have been cultivating a relationship nationally to put the museum in the spotlight. And I think with the guest list and Laura’s effort to involve people from other cities, we are successfully positioning the museum on a national level.”

Indeed, committee member Richard Garner, who works in consulting, is a transplant from Washington, D.C., and emphasizes that the Speed Art Museum is a genuine treasure and consequently deserves to be celebrated as such.

“There are more museums than you can image in a city like Washington, and moving to some place like Louisville, there’s concern that you’re going to leave some of those things behind,” he admits. “But the Speed is an absolute gem. It’s not every city this size that can boast this type of museum, and I don’t know if the people here really appreciate how special that is. I think this whole celebration is about creating that awareness and further making this community appreciate what we have and how lucky we are.”

The Speed Art Museum is of course rightly renowned for its locally unparalleled art collection, but it is so much more than a space to see spectacular works of art. Its educational facet has incredible impact with a resounding significance.

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Committee member and former U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Rob Givens remembers being mesmerized by the museum when he first visited as a child.

“The Speed Art Museum has always been a kind of representation of how you can do something through different experiences in your education that make an impact on you,” Givens emphasizes. “There are so many negative perceptions of Kentucky, and we all have to do what we can to beat those down. The Speed Art Museum is certainly one of those things. People don’t realize what they’re going to walk into and see when they come visit. Anything we can do to help that is great. Plus, you know what other lives can we touch? There’s a number of youth out there that could use a different path, and hopefully by getting education out within the state and the city, maybe that will have some sort of impact.”

But the magnitude of impact the museum has on the community cannot sustain itself; rather, it requires the hard work of each of these committee members to make it continue, as put forth by committee member and artist/gallery owner Trace Mayer: “This is another way to appreciate and help problem solve from a different direction that’s going to hopefully be at least as effective as it has been before, especially for the long-term goals of the museum because obviously the sustainability is what everybody’s looking for as it does continue to reach out and inspire others within the community and create a sanctuary that is much needed.”

Bringing all of these deeply important aspects as mentioned by the planning committee members to the forefront of the minds of the community is the Speed Ball, an occasion that annually re-emphasizes the vitality of the museum. And as the event will be returning to the Ball format for the first time since reopening, Co-Chairs Jones and McNaughton are especially looking forward to the early spring affair.

“Now that we’ve returned to this interesting format of the dinner in the galleries,” explains Jones, “a friend of mine said, ‘You know, definitely this is a great time to bring my friends in from out of town because it’s not the Derby, but it’s kind of like the Derby because it’s a big Kentucky experience.’ And only in Kentucky can you have this kind of beautiful evening with your friends in these stunning

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Left: Stephen Reily, Interim Director.

Below: Speed Ball Committee: (Pictured) Trace Mayer, Stephen Reily, Patrick McLane, Robert Givens and Richard Garner.

(Not pictured) John Alagia, John Bajandas, Owsley Brown III, Todd Klein, John McCarthy, Andy Vine, Woodford Webb and Ron Wolz.

Photos by Clay Cook.

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galleries listening to this incredible music, dancing the night away and really celebrating life in a way that we typically don’t get to do often. You know, we have the first Saturday of May, but we can also have that first Saturday of March, and we hope that people will think about inviting their friends and their family and their colleagues from outside Louisville.”

Jones was raised in Louisville and has been going to the museum all her life. Meanwhile, McNaughton is the greatgreat-great granddaughter of Hattie Bishop Speed and JB Speed and thus carries the foundational history of the Speed in her very name. Together, these two women have formed a truly remarkable team that is well equipped to take on the challenge of hosting the 2018 Speed Art Museum Ball.

“We’ve known each other our whole lives and we have a lot of the same interests in art and design and creativity,” explains McNaughton. “But we make a good team because we bring two very different specifics to this. I brought Laura’s name up and said she would be a wonderful person to work with and let’s see if we can get her, let’s see if she’ll say yes because she has a lot of talents and works with other arts organizations. And my devotion really comes with the Speed, but I’ve wanted to put that energy into this building.”

And what that energy will yield come March will without question be nothing short of stunning. Featuring a sitdown dinner by Wiltshire Pantry in the galleries, it’s sure to be the best edition of the Speed Ball yet. Jones in fact points out that the decision to revert to the previous format was not a decision made in a closed room but rather an obvious choice based on feedback. “It wasn’t just an I – we got it from the community, this, ‘Please, let’s go back to a ball, let’s go back,’” she maintains. “And then I mentioned we should go back to the original spirit of what the ball was, which is a thank you. And really it’s not trying to make it any more; it’s trying to make it grand in its own right because we’re having dinner in a museum that is all of ours as a community.”

McNaughton echoes Jones’ assertion that the event is not a fundraiser – yes, it raises funds in its ticket sales, but it is

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much more than that. “It’s not a fundraiser,” McNaughton contends. “It’s a thank you. It’s a social event, a beautiful dinner party to say thank you to the community-at-large for coming in here every day and every week and supporting us.”

The passion shared between the two is eminently evident, which of course has made them the perfect pair for this project. “We got the two best co-chairs ever,” Reily enthuses. “I couldn’t be luckier because Woo just keeps us grounded in the spirit of the place and the spirit of what this party is meant to express, and Laura keeps us pushing beyond our limits and making these amazing connections.”

In addition to the concept planning and overall development, there is also a host of logistical elements that need to be considered for the Ball, which is where Speed Art Museum Special Events Coordinator Evan McMahon comes in. “Having the dinner in these galleries is a challenge as you can imagine,” he says. “We have to protect the art first and foremost so we are having to meet those challenges, but we know we are going to give people a beautiful evening. We’re going to be in a place where they can look at art and the art will be safe so you get the best of both worlds. Outside the dinner, we’re going to be having all kinds of fun in the new north building.”

Without question, the 2018 Speed Art Museum Ball will be a celebration to remember. With two passionate co-chairs at the helm and a team of dedicated individuals rounding out the planning committee, the event will undoubtedly be a monumental success. And at the end of the day, it’s about much more than the event – it’s about sustaining a critical institution for our community and illustrating gratitude to those who embrace it every day. “This is a museum that is a life changer for the youth of our community, for the youth of our state and for the youth of our region,” Jones asserts. “But this museum is also an economic development engine for our state and for our region and it’s really important for the people of our community who care about our community and care about economic development to stand up and say yes when it comes to the Speed Art Museum.”

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he annual party for Speed Art Museum’s Patron Circle has been long regarded as one of the most creative fêtes of the year, each capitalizing on an artistic and original theme. Where the Speed Ball calls for tuxes and evening gowns, the Patron Circle Party calls for absolute creativity in wardrobe. At the 9th annual affair guests were encouraged to dress like the gods or mere mortals and both made lasting impressions.

With festive live music, a memorable silent disco and revelry beyond compare, it was an epic soirée

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9. Ladonna Nicolas, Sarah Shaheen, William Morrow and Larry Shapin.

10. Dr. Stephanie Altobellis and Mindy Beard.

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ashion Week in Columbus, Ohio is a first-of-its-kind nonprofit organization focused on providing a platform for local and emerging fashion designers to showcase their work and to expand their network in the fashion business.

Scholastic achievement is supported by offering scholarships to talented and deserving fashion design students in the central Ohio area and providing yearround programs that benefit the fashion community.

Since 2010, Fashion Week Columbus has held over 50 events and featured over 100 designers and 500 models, making Columbus the host of the largest Fashion Week in the Midwest.

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The founder, Thomas McClure, was working as a director of a Columbus talent agency in 2010 when he began researching other major cities that were creating their own fashion weeks, all the while askng himself why Columbus didn’t have its own. With his client and model connections he launched the idea to immediate success, growing from a fourday Fashion Week in 2010 to a seven-day event in 2017. Notably, it was launched as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which is a rare status for any fashion week organization in the world. His careful guidance has cultivated an impressive following. I tip my beret in approval to his motivation and passion for his work in the creative community as a whole.

As I prepared for the evening of the 2017 Grande Finale Runway Show, I carefully planned my outfit, head to toe in anything black. Inspired by the chic fashion vibe in Columbus, I realized the boutiques in the Short North District, much

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like our trendy Bardstown Road area, were calling my name. I heard it loud and clear, so I had no choice but to answer the call. An elegant storefront caught my eye so I strolled into a women’s clothing and accessory boutique. The architecture and decor appealed to my sense of interior design, with exposed brick interior walls that looked ancient juxtaposed by the gleamingly modern display of accessories and jewelry. I clipped up the makings of something new to wear for the evening and quickly changed, confidently knowing we had a winner. I suddenly felt like Anna Wintour on my way to an exclusive runway event.

Approaching the venue I thought about my own city. Why doesn’t Louisville have something like this? We’re a fiercely fashionable city that knows how to pull off highly acclaimed events—after all, we host the Kentucky Derby annually which is of international regard. Attended by everyone from royalty to rock stars, the

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spirit of the race is in the local patrons who have Thoroughbred racing in their blood simply by osmosis.

Maintaining my Anna Wintour persona and a touch of James Bond, I arrived backstage. It was dusk and the light had a golden hue enveloping the large white tent set up at the stagedoor, reminding me of the open air markets of North Africa.

As I walked closer, I could hear the hum of upbeat music, models shuffling about, makeup artists and stylists rolling out their color palettes on the long tables preparing for the evening. I had walked directly into the tent housing the makeup and hair team working feverishly in an assembly line. Model after model rotated in front of the artists, makeup brushes moving swiftly from face to face—extraordinary beauties of all sizes and ethnicities. It was exhilarating and I reveled in having chosen the perfect entrance.

The entire crew was in production mode. They maintained an air that was

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professional and polite, yet seemed to be on roller skates gliding effortlessly from one spot to another. The show’s director, Erin Maloney, introduced herself and gave me a quick tour of backstage, giving me an up close view of rack after rack of beautiful sumptuous designs. From floor length gowns embellished with thousands of hand sewn floral epaulettes to leather fringe vests with an Aboriginal motif. I imagined how each distinct design would light up on the enormous runway waiting on the other side of the curtain wall. Spotlights at the ready, guests were beginning to flood into the main entrance, which resembled, in set up alone but also in vigor, Great Market Hall in Budapest.

As I made my way through the curtain and gave my regards to the attendants securing the backstage, I found the front room lively with anticipation.

As guests were taking their seats before the first beat of music that would direct the rhythm of the first model’s walk, I proudly took note of my media seat assignment to cover my first story for The Voice-Tribune—the best in the house, dead center at the end of the runway, how apropos.

In a short few minutes the guests would be allowed to take their seats.

The music would start and the models would flow down the runway. Here I was, sitting in the best seat in the house!

My lifelong love affair with fashion is no secret, so I felt right at home as I snuggled comfortably into my seat to prepare for the runway spectacle.

New York-based by way of Buenos Aires, Alex Vinash channeled his experience as an Argentinian professional ice-skating national into fashion design.

Vinash’s elegant designs have resonated well in the industry and were of stunning visual appeal for the runway show.

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appeal, communicating a consensus that fashion is art and self expression at its finest. Included were Gerardo Encinas (Encinas Alex Vinash and one of his designs.

Designs), Esther Sands (Amammre), Jonathan Marc Stein, Joan Madison (Signature longer be classified as “emerging.”

Collection Joan’s Bridal Couture), Similarly to Columbus, Louisville is Jessica Deluca (Deluca Designs), Juan a city that excels at identifying needs Jose Saenz-Ferreyros (Ferreyros by Juan within the community and addressJose Saenz Ferreyros), Kyoko Seki (Mrly ing them with an innovative approach.

Brand), Olivia Dorado (Midnight Ink), There have been attempts at versions Sika Inme (The Kingdom Fashion) and of Louisville Fashion Week in the past, Zuri Greer (Persona Custom Clothiers). but with the success of Columbus as Using Columbus as a comp city to our guide, I think is time we look at this explore the possibilities of a Fashion with a fresh set of smokey eyes. Creating Week in Louisville—and I am far from change through the lens of inspired art the first to promote this potential, and and design is something our city is ready hopefully not the last—is helpful in for; in fact, it’s something for which it is predicting the likelihood of our future desperate. We live in a city that employs success. While Columbus may have a its own identity through fashion—ecleclarger population than the Derby City tic and untethered from any rules. It’s (2 million MSA as compared to our 1.27 what I love about our city—first class million MSA) I believe a dedicated and attitude and vision. Now let’s channel talented few could effectively click their that to the runway. heels together and say “there’s no place like home” for a an effort similar to this.

As much as I enjoy Columbus as a destination for art and fashion, Louisville is my love, and I aspire to show the world, while perhaps even proving to ourselves, that we can sustain a formidable fashion industry. From a fashion perspective, we certainly are home to the creative Janice talent, and our design community here Carter has established itself in a way that can no Levitch

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Paig and Robert Trinkle wait until December 1 to begin decorating their Greek Revival house for Christmas.

For the next week, as beloved decorations are brought out of storage and a few new items are added to the holiday collection, the New Albany home is filled with merriment that becomes Christmas magic.

Their daughters, nine-year-old Scarlet and thirteen-year-old Pennelope, are active participants in the family ritual. Tradition abounds, but Paig, a floral designer at Lavender Hill Flower Shop, twists the expected with delights and charm.

The house is a resplendent backdrop for seasonal dĂŠcor. It was built between 1852 and 1855 and separated around 1901 from the adjoining residence by owner and architect Paul Moosmiller, who is credited with designing the New Albany Carnegie Library and portions of the Seelbach Hotel. The home has period details such as an open staircase with a 1901 newel post, woodwork

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and hardware dating from the 1850s, a turn-of-the-century fireplace mantel on the first floor, strip oak flooring and cast-iron floor grates throughout the house, and an 1870 marble fireplace mantle on the second floor.

Robert, a partner in PriceWeber advertising agency, points with fondness to the marriage license for Moosmiller and Mary Day who were married on April 25. The Trinkles were married on that date 102 years later.

When they were considering purchasing the home a couple years ago, they knew the “bones” were great but had reservations about what a renovation would entail. They invited Barry Wooley and his partner, Jude Loew, Paig’s brother, to offer their opinions. Wooley and Loew are New Albany residents who own the Louisville interior design firm Barry Wooley Designs.

Barry pulled off wallpaper to have a look at the plaster underneath, and walked through the home to inspect details large and small. “I told Paig and Robert the project would involve a lot of work, but the house would be extraordinary after the restoration,” says Barry.

Today, the Trinkles’ art collection is a distinctive feature of the home.

Several of Paig’s paintings hang on the walls as do pieces the couple have collected. Robert traded a snow blower and an antique cash register to acquire a work from the personal collection of New Albany artist Dave Thrasher. “He wouldn’t sell it to me for over a year, then I realized he is just more into trading,” says Robert. It is believed to be a close-up view of the inner workings of a mid-century radio. On the back of a piece by an unknown artist are decoupaged pages from 1960s editions of The Courier-Journal. The collection is also populated by the art of Joseph Meert, Jerome Seckler, Orville Carroll and Harold Laynor.

Christmas decorating is another type of art the Trinkles covet. Paig and Robert approach Christmas decorating with a sense of adventure and a shared passion for the holiday. “We love decorating our home for the holiday because it’s such a special time to let people feel our personality,” says Paig. Robert adds, “We fill our home with things that make us happy.”

The Trinkle home will have five Christmas trees this year: one each in the study, the master bedroom and tea room. Scarlet’s will be in the den.

Pennelope’s will be in her room.

Scarlet has been collecting rocks and antique glass from the banks of the Ohio River. “New Albany was the largest manufacturer of plate glass in America during the late 1800s. Who knows how old the glass is that she finds?

To a nine-year-old, it looks like a real treasure,” says Robert. Scarlet and Paig wrapped paddle wire around the green, amber and clear glass that became unique Christmas ornaments.

An accomplished knitter, Pennelope and her Nana knitted squares to serve as folk ornaments while braided wool yarn serpentine down a “Charlie Brown” tree.

At Lavender Hill, Paig creates holiday arrangements for at least thirty clients and will decorate as many as ten Christmas trees for those who would rather leave the task to a professional. She also makes many custom tablescapes, mantel décor, tree toppers, wreaths and swags. But that isn’t the extent of her decorating for others. She volunteers to be in charge of Christmas floral arrangements at her church, St. Mary of the Knobs.

“Everything I learned in art school at Indiana University—balance, composition, subject matter, focal point—I apply to floral design,” she says. Her expertise coupled with that of Barry’s made them a pair of décor dynamos when she worked with him at Barry Wooley Designs. This season, they are collaborating on the Christmas décor for her house.

“I used to say that no ledge should be left uncovered when decorating for Christmas. But, with high quality materials, not as much is needed to make

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an impact. Still, I do love drippy, I can’t deny it,” says Barry. “And remember, spray paint goes a long way. Gold it up, honey.”

As he and Paig recalled the budget-tight, early days of Barry Wooley Designs, they described a simple decoration that had high-powered wow factor. They filled empty coffee cans with gravel, then inserted branches spray-painted gold and silver. Wiring on Christmas lights was the final touch.

Paig and Barry offer a few décor ideas to add sparkle and character to your home: Look to family members’ hobbies as inspiration for a themed Christmas tree.

When you’re able to display more than one Christmas tree in your home, go all-red with a non-traditional aesthetic that allows color to play a celebrated role.

In the Trinkles’ study, red lights, vintage red ornaments and red velvet bows serve as the tree’s foundation while loud patterns of red ribbon cascade from the custom topper.

Think outside the vase. For a local, hometown connection, Paig and Barry clipped magnolia branches to fill Art Deco soda bottles, circa 1930, from the Renn Bottling Works in New Albany.

Let it burn. Nothing is more traditional than decorating with candles for the holidays. To avoid candles looking pristine, light them for visual and literal warmth.

In a room full of architectural details, keep decorations to a minimum. But, in a room where less is more, ‘tis the season to snazz it up with holiday cheer.

Rather than single scattering, cluster ornaments or greenery for instant lush.

Don’t decorate alone! Turn on the carols, pour the eggnog and invite friends and family to join in the fun.

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he creation of Bistro 1860 has transformed a turn-of-the-century, Mellwood Avenue farmhouse into a French-American fusion restaurant.

Executive Chef Michael Crouch has crafted a delicious menu, but his creative gifts also manifest themselves in another way: a series of themed dinners that have quickly become renowned throughout Louisville’s independent restaurant scene.

“It’s all community-suited,” Crouch explains. “It’s really all about people getting together and meeting new people who enjoy and appreciate innovative cuisine.

It’s absolutely a creative outlet.” He started his themed series two years ago with a dinner he dramatically titled “Death Row,” which included a menu full of his favorite foods. “It was 12 courses - what I would have for my last dinner,” he says. “Everything from chicken wings to lobster lasagna; my mom’s biscuits and gravy, my dad’s peanut butter pancakes, my grandmother’s red velvet cake. It was a lot of family things, and other stuff that I

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like.” The seemingly random assortment was tied together by his controversial theme choice. “Each course also had a drink menu,” Crouch says, “so you did the full dinner and you could have champagne, whiskey on the rocks, gin and tonic, beer or a shot of tequila. It was ridiculous, but if you go out,” he jokes, “you might as well go out right.”

This first themed dinner was a hit so he decided to continue. “It was a one-time dinner, but I sold out and then had a lot of requests,” Crouch explains, “so I did two days of it. I did a Thursday and a Friday evening, and those sold out.” He continued to plan creatively, expanding his dinner themes to include a garden party, a carnival night and even a creepy Halloween dinner with fog machines and sirens.

“I don’t stop, I go further every time,” he says.

“Most dinners are four, five, six courses, but then I just did the Titanic dinner – I did the exact last dinner they had on the Titanic, which is eleven courses.” He took care to perfectly recreate the details. “I did everything from the same color lens they had on the ship that went down to the same flowers they used, and we had a string quartet.” Guests could even participate with costumes: “That one was actually a dress-to-the-era event,” Crouch says, “although, I mean, you could dress up in torn jeans and a t-shirt and be a peasant.”

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g ro u p that comes, but we also get a little bit more diverse,” Crouch says of his regulars. “We shut the restaurant down and cap off at about 70 people.” His dinners are always the last Thursday of the month, so any weekend diners can expect their usual fare, but coming in for a special Thursday-night theme has extra benefits. “It’s not just coming in for dinner,” Crouch says, “it’s more than that. I did a Honolulu Luau with a pig roast one time, so we had people around the patio, fire throwers, people walking around with ukuleles and gift certificates and dinner. It was like a circus out there.”

Crouch arrived at Bistro 1860 after a long series of creative adventures. “I grew up in Shelby County and left to go to school. I jumped around; I actually didn’t go to college as soon as I got out of high school because I hated school with a passion, but I went.”

His original plan was artistic. “I thought I was going to pursue art,” he says frankly, “but I just liked to draw on canvas and not on computers so I didn’t think I would make any money painting until I was dead. So I started a job cooking at a country club.” Luckily, he wasn’t afraid to make the leap into something new. “I had never cooked before, so I just started out making some salads,” he says.

“I was promoted to sous-chef after maybe a year.”

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learn more about working in the culinary arts. “I moved to a French restaurant that closed, and the owners moved back to Geneva. So my buddy and I flew into Paris and got a car and drove through France and up in Geneva; we messed around with some of their restaurants for a little while. Then I came back.” Crouch moved into work at local cafés and bistros, working around Louisville for over 10 years before finally finding his way into a partnership that would create Bistro 1860. “I put my notice in on 12-12-12, and we spent seven or eight months working on this place before we opened it up,” he says. “It was crazy.”

As the head chef, Crouch now has complete autonomy over his menu, and he is taking advantage of it. “I have full control food-wise,” he explains. “The other restaurants I’ve been at, they’ve established what they were going to do, so I came in and had to absorb the menu, the style and the ambiance they were trying to produce. Coming in here, I was offered the chance to start from scratch with the feel of the food, and the ambiance – what I wanted to do.” Having his own agency has allowed him to take creative control. “You can tell that my food from the past, my innovation levels, have been pushed a little further than before,” Crouch says. “I’m constantly creating. That’s why I have 10 or 12 specials on the menu at a time; I just have too much stuff that I want to execute.”

Although Crouch’s creativity may seem unusual, it’s actually an integral part of his background. “I got my degree in commercial art and graphic design, and I write,

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and play instruments,” he says. As a chef, Crouch is relishing the artistic experience. “I’m trying to do innovative food, offering a variety of portions so people can explore my flavors and enjoy my view on food – not just sit down and eat to fill their void. My head’s always spinning, so I’m always trying to create.”

His dinners are also notable for their accompanying posters, featuring Crouch in a detailed, relevant costume. “We have a lot of fun with them,” Crouch says with a laugh, recalling the first Death Row promotion. “I called the photographer one day and I said, ‘How would you shoot me in this jail outfit? Ripping a lobster in half, sitting on a metal table in the studio?’ And he goes, ‘Yeah, come on down.’ So he did it, and we haven’t stopped since.” Without a doubt, their creative partnership has helped promote the dinners.

“We’ve done one every month since then,” Crouch says.

“I’m grateful that he does them for me, and at the same time I think he enjoys them too.”

Each poster is different and is sometimes a labor of love for the chef. “For the ‘Steak’ poster, it was a hundred degrees that day, and I was dying in that coat!” he says.

“Obviously, ‘Titanic’ was a great one. That was a trueto-period uniform from the era that I got at the costume place around the corner here on Story.” His other posters, which appear online at bistro1860.com, include titles such as “Rosé Soirée,” “Tomato Tomatoe,” and “One Fowl Dinner.” They feature Crouch wearing everything from friendly overalls to an eerie clown costume for Halloween.

The ideas are all his own: “Some shoots are a little crazier than others,” Crouch admits. “It’s a lot of work, but they’re fun to do.”

Themed dinners aside, Bistro 1860’s menu is creative in itself. Dishes are offered in the classic à trois niveaux style, meaning guests can select from bite-sized, appetizer and entrée portion levels. Instead of ordering a single entrée, customers can sample a variety of dishes, or share with friends and family. Bistro 1860 also offers an extensive wine list for sommeliers, as it houses one of the largest cruvinet systems in the country. By infusing its wines with nitrogen, this amazing system can keep up to 54 bottles as fresh as if they had just been uncorked. Additionally, Bistro 1860 offers a variety of speciality cocktails ranging from classics like margaritas and sangria to the more modern “This Drink Needs a Name.”

Between its unique menu and its innovative dinner series, Bistro 1860 has firmly established itself as a must-see in the Louisville restaurant scene. Chef Michael Crouch’s creative vision has led the French-American restaurant into a perfect position. “I’m a creative person, and I need an outlet,” he explains. “This feeds into it.”

For more information on Bistro 1860 and the dinner series, call 502.618.1745 or visit bistro1860.com. Bistro 1860 is located at 1765 Mellwood Avenue in Louisville.

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he request for an architect or interior designer to blend the styles and personalities of two people, each of whom articulates a clear vision, into one home summons imaginative skill and adroit diplomacy.

Alix and Denis Littrell, she a designer with Moloney Smith Interiors, and he an architect/ builder/ developer of Denis Littrell and Associates, accomplished the feat with exquisite results. The twist to the project was that they were their own clients. “Having two artists trying to collaborate in the home they shared could work or not work. For us, it works. We bounce ideas off each other. If we

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both weren’t in the industry, we wouldn’t understand the process we go through, but since we are, it gives us a vernacular most couples don’t have,” says Alix. “But, it can be hard at times because both of us have educated opinions.”

In 2007, Denis designed and built the French Tudor Home in Cherokee Gardens. “I wanted it to fit into the neighborhood and to look timeless, as if it had been here for decades,” he says.

Fast forward to their wedding and starting a family that now includes son Alexander, who is almost a year old, and canines Maggie, a Jack Russell, and Stella, a King Charles Spaniel. “Denis did the house before I came along. I had the privilege of moving in,” says Alix.

She and her husband have similar aesthetics, but she admits that “there are compromises everywhere. We’re both very attached to our own things that we have collected

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over the years, so it was important that both of us be represented. Each of us has had to step back on certain elements. Whoever has the strongest opinions wins, but it’s always a blend.”

Such compromising has led to more appreciation for each other’s expertise, which extends to their businesses. She turns to him when she needs advice about architecture and he consults her about interior design.

She says his architecture speaks for itself, adding that the layout and flow of the house are wonderful and that she didn’t want to interfere much. With her interior design, she tries to be as true as she can to the style of the house. “I like to bring in fun details I have collected over the years in my travels, as well as my family heirlooms. Then it’s about having a good time. I don’t take myself too seriously and I like being playful and having juxtaposition.”

Key West was the inspiration for the décor in the sunroom that overlooks the patio. All the Littrells enjoy the space, but Alix says the room “is Denis’s baby.” He “searched high and low” for the Chinese toile chartreuse fabric for the slipper chairs that belonged to his mother. Placed on a table is a small “Monkey School” painting that mesmerized Alix as a little girl. “This room is so quiet and peaceful, perfect for relaxing with classical music. It is somewhere between inside and outside, with the light being beautiful almost all day,” she says.

Toys are a reality of life in a house with a child.

They are a winsome presence in the living room where an Oushak rug, silk taffeta plaid pillows

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and a Rose Canton lamp set a formal tone. Club chairs upholstered in white Sunbrella fabric that can be cleaned by a spray of bleach and water are a nod to practicality.

Additional seating is provided by a blue linen sofa and salmon-color embossed Hepplewhite chairs. One of Denis’s prized pieces of art, a painting by Fang Xiang, shares space with works by Chagall and Picasso and an Italian watercolor given to Denis by his mother-in-law Susan Moloney.

Of the Schonbek chandelier in the dining room, Denis says, “I refuse to sell it. It was my first major home purchase.” Alix shares his sentiments about the chandelier: “It’s the only one that will go with us when we move.” The room is an example of how she integrated her husband’s decorative items – a rug, dining table, chairs and silver, with hers – an old English hunt board and Rose Canton.

Denis purchased the lowboy in the master bedroom to give Alix for their first Christmas together. Above the bed Alix hung a Raoul Dufy painting of Venice as a remembrance

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of Denis’s time spent studying in that city. Other pieces in the bedroom of which the couple are particularly fond are an antique Louis Vuitton trunk, a painting by Josh Smith and a chest-on-chest that has been in Alix’s family for many years.

Alexander’s room on the second floor is decorated in a safari theme, with a Campaign-style crib, chest and side table. Lively colors are brought into the room through animals painted on a large armoire and canvas draperies with red and white ticking and striped trim.

Also on the second floor are a den and the bedroom for Parker, Denis’s older son. The Littrell’s appreciation for fine art is evident in works by Picasso and Pissaro.

Downstairs is a comfortable retreat that spares no design detail. A camelback sofa that’s slipcovered in canvas, built-in cabinets painted in French green, and two Art Deco 1920 leather chairs found at an estate sale in Beverly Hills suggest a cozy informality.

In the cabinet is a collection of every “Architectural Digest” dating to 1970.

As she surveys from the foyer the living room and master bedroom, Alix says, “Our home combines a bit of formality with the casualness of the way we live. We are a family and we utilize every room. As an interior designer, I’m now in a different place in my life now that I have a child. The house doesn’t have to be perfect. There’s no way to do that with a child. Now it’s perfect in a different way.”

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On Margarita: Sun Kim black dress, Stone and Stick bangle, Uno de 50 choker.

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Couture: Art Walks the Runway is more than a fashion show and more than a fundraising event. Over the years, it has become an undeniably sensorial and all-encompassing experience. Originally conceived in 2013 as a fundraiser for Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) as a renewed effort to keep their events as mission-driven as possible, it precisely and perfectly showcases that mission by supporting and promoting excellence in art, craft, applied arts and design.

With a focus always on identifying and exhibiting contemporary artists, KMAC Couture commits to that intent even from the invitation, which includes a gentle wardrobe suggestion aimed at guests to arrive in shades of white or neutral, creating a virtual canvas upon which the original couture pieces, wearable art and conceptual fashion designs can be displayed. Leading up to the extraordinary presentation in April, excitement for the event is effectively generated each year through the launch of a poster image used to market the event and communicate the ingenuity and innovation that is paramount to the effort.

KMAC board member and member of the event’s marketing and communications committee Robert Bertrand explains, “One of the biggest challenges is: How do you convey in a still image that this is not just a fashion show? It is a live art performance that includes fashion. It is about art and it is about a process. Our images in the past have all been stunning, but I don’t know that we have done a terrific job of telling the complete story.” Last year’s image was the result of months of planning and required a full work day to capture. This year, the committee found themselves with only 10 days to conceptualize, coordinate and execute the image in order to have it ready for the launch of ticket sales.

Under the wire, Bertrand pitched the idea of creating an image that would convey action. “The goal,” he describes, “was to show someone who may have never heard about this event what it is all about in one image. To do that, we needed to showcase an artist and their work, and we needed to include the hair and makeup artists that really contribute to this performance piece. Another challenge was in selecting a piece for the image. Some of the designs featured in the show each year are incredibly elaborate while others are beautiful in their simplicity. We needed to find a design WINTER 2017

that met the median of that spectrum.”

Within 48 hours of selecting artist Brent Drew-Wolak, scheduling with Joseph’s Salon & Spa and coordinating with photographer Gary Barragan, the team was ready to visually tell their story. Aside from hair and makeup prep and lighting set up, they were able to capture the image in an unprecedented 15 minutes and 23 shots. “We all unanimously agreed on the final poster image,” Bertrand recalls. “It was a fun and successful artistic collaboration which is really what the entire event is about. Despite the months of stress that can go into planning an event of this magnitude, the weeks of labor that the artists pour into their creations and the hours of models in hair and makeup, it is a collaborative process that is incredibly rewarding and fun.”

The fun experience that is KMAC Couture is not something easily captured in words or in an image, but it keeps people coming back year after year. This year promises all the thrill you’ve come to expect from the tradition with some added excitement. For the first time, the projected 600 guests will be able to select their own seats with ticket purchase including VIP front row (complete with premium swag bag). Tickets are on sale now (and consistently sell out) at kmacmuseum.org/kmaccouture2018 with proceeds directed to support the educational exhibition programming of KMAC Museum. Approximately 40 couture designs will come to life on the runway while contextualizing them within the local and global conversation and design submissions will be accepted through December 8 at midnight. We’re told an official announcement is soon to come that will introduce KMAC Couture Fashion Week April 7-14. You can stay apprised of those developments and get a preview of this year’s show by attending the KMAC Couture Launch Party on January 25 from 6 to 8 p.m.

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“Waitress” SERVES UP SLICE OF LIFE

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By Tonya Abeln

NC Broadway in Louisville experienced record-breaking season ticket sales upon the reveal of their 2017-2018 season, based in part by the announcement that the national tour of “Hamilton” would make its debut in the Derby City. That electrifying announcement served merely as punctuation to the already pleasing and palatable lineup that would fill Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in the coming year.

With the perfect balance of classic and contemporary, the season delivered something of interest, intrigue or sweet familiarity to even the most casual theater-goer: “Les Miserables,” “Chicago,” “Rent”—all meaty and meaningful shows that are satisfying to the senses time and again.

And then there was a little something new on the menu that appealed to my sweet tooth and made me yearn to skip straight to dessert—a whimsical and sentimental musical called “Waitress” that had made its Broadway debut in April 2016. My appetite for the show developed accidentally when I happened upon its signature song “She Used to Be Mine.” “She’s imperfect, but she tries. She is good, but she lies. She is hard on herself. She is broken and won’t ask for help.”

I was deeply moved by the soaring melodies and immensely touched by the lyrics. Something about the honest musical storytelling resonated with me in that moment and I pulled over to the side of the road instantly to identify what I had just heard so that I could binge-listen for the next several weeks and subsequently force feed it to everyone I knew.

I was fully addicted to every note by the time I discovered that it had been written by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles for the stage adaptation of “Waitress.” Having seen the unremarkable movie during its theater run in 2007, I only recalled that the plot centered around a woman with a gift for baking pies and was skeptical of how that would translate to the stage (and how

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on earth it would justify my new musical anthem).

Prior to seeing “Waitress” for the first time in New York at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, I had the opportunity to meet with Diane Paulus for a private interview. The Tony award-winning director of the show supplemented my memory by reminding me that “Waitress” is a story that urges the audience to pursue their dreams. “When you’ve given up, when you feel like maybe you don’t deserve something better,” she explained, “it’s never too late to pull that dream off a shelf and know that you matter in the world.”

“What I love about ‘Waitress,’ and why I think the audience will respond to it, is that it is not about perfection,” Paulus continued. “It’s about real characters who are flawed. People often see the show and say, ‘Gasp! That’s my friend or my sister.’ You are able to empathize with the struggles the characters face.”

Paulus went on to explain that the element of whimsy is what initially made “Waitress” a desirable adaptation for stage, the tone perfectly cemented by the incredibly contagious score by Bareilles. “The lead character, Jenna, is an extraordinary pie baker and she has an incredible fantasy life that she expresses through her pies, but her journey is in figuring out how to direct those dreams in her real life.”

Warmed by Paulus’ prediction, I settled in, captivated from the first syncopated sounds of, “Sugar, Butter, Flour.” Ingredients floated as if in a dream as Jenna created the first of her inventive pies using unusual titles inspired by her life. If I were baking my own, it surely would have been “raw-emotional-overload pie.” Ingredients: a dash of post-partum and a heaping helping of double white wine (variety not specific). What I’m trying to say is…I cried…a lot.

Set in the working-class American South, I identified with the struggle of dreaming beyond a small town. As a new mom, I connected with the lead character when she questions her maternal capacity.

Most of all, I rejoiced in the empowering message of female friendships and the family we find and create in unexpected places. By the end of the show, as the intensity and comedy of “Contraction Ballet” opened up to the sweeping number, “Everything Changes” (“Today’s a day like any other, but I am changed, I am a mother…”) I let an audible sob escape and was politely comforted by the stranger to my left.

You don’t have to take my weepy word for it. You can experience the perfectly irresistible concoction for yourself when “Waitress” plays for a limited

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one-week engagement in Louisville June 26 through July 1 (individual tickets go on sale December 7 at kentuckycenter.org).

I had the occasion to speak to Desi Oakley by phone as she assumed the lead role of Jenna when the national tour kicked off in October. “From the first time I saw ‘Waitress,’ I knew I wanted to help tell this remarkable story,” she said of her excitement to share the musical with new audiences across the country. “What I love about the show is that each character has their own journey. It’s an incredible story about connection so each individual narrative supports the other. Even though Jenna may be the lead, the world doesn’t revolve around only one human—everyone has a story to tell.”

When pressed on her musical interpretation of my beloved “She Used to Be Mine,” she responded in good nature that she is always careful not to listen to original cast recordings so as not to mimic their choices. “Sara Bareilles is so incredibly hands-on with this show and has been like a big sister and mentor to me. She has fueled my performance and given me the freedom to artistically go where I want to go.” Primarily a pop singer in her own right, Oakley says she identifies with this music more than her previous show credits, which include “Wicked,” “Les Miserables,” “Evita” and “Annie.”

While details for the Louisville casting of Jenna’s stage daughter, Lulu, have not yet been revealed, the tour has seen great success in casting a child in the city in which they are performing. According to Oakley, “It’s been very special to connect with a new child actor in each city and make sure they feel safe and comfortable.” The ideal young actress for the part is approximately five-years-old and of a specific size since she is to be passed around from person to person in the closing scene.

Oakley assures that audiences are in for a treat with this touring cast, revealing, “Every single one of my castmates is a literal dream. My waitress gal pals are exquisite and a blast to be with on stage.

Our connection is real and alive onstage and off. It is incredible to feel supported by them every day.”

“Waitress,” Oakley concludes, “is a universal story of love, self-acceptance and finding happiness. Even if you don’t typically like musical theatre, this is a story you will find yourself in and you’ll go home humming a tune. You will laugh, you will cry—I know the cast is doing a lot of both together, too. It will be a night you’ll never forget.”

I’m definitely up for a second helping of that.

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2. John Key, Lori Key, Jamie Campbell and Alex Campbell.

3. Al Shands and Jill Cooper.

4. LuLu Davis and Carroll Kennedy.

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6. Sarah Kennedy Dolce and Catherine Kennedy.

7. Lee Robinson, Isabel Bringardner and Jeffrey Bringardner.

8. Joan Sutcliffe and Joey Seay.

9. Merida Orr, Clark Orr, Ann Wells and Mary F. Glasscock.

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2. Lindy Street, Mark Wouras and member of the event planning committee Patty Johnson.

3. Wendy Swisher, President/CEO of Gilda’s Club Karen Morrison and Lesley Schmaltz.

4. Ray Carcione, Carla Sue Broecker and Bill Shewciw.

5. Keith and Susan Inman.

6. Douglas Riddle and Stephen Lewis.

7. Kevin Dunlap and Gerina Whethers.

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9. Henry Sanders with Maria and Andrew Beck.

10. Kathleen and Russell Smith.

11. Dr. Kaveh Zamanian, Dr. Heather Bass with Terri and Steve Bass.

12. State of Kentucky Secretary of Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Don Parkinson and Libby Parkinson.

13. Earl Dorsey, Taffy Beam, member of the event planning committee Lynne Meena Rapp and Tyler Beam.

14. Madeline Abramson and Steve Bass.

15. Rodes For Her manager Annette Grisanti, Christen Boone and Karen Lawrence.

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2. Lisa Leet, Michael Gomez-Hidalgo, Cherie Perez and Christine Gosney.

3. Mary Wilson, Dr. John Gamel and Jessica Schumacher.

4. Mary Moseley, Michael Buckman, J.P. Davis, Christen Boone and Sam Moseley.

5. Lisa Cofer La Rocca, Robert Curran and Diane Davis.

6. Joseph and Sherry Feldpausch.

7. Jane, Jim and Marianne Welch.

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9. Monica Murphy, Betsy Frentz, Jacqueline Brill and Leah Schmiedt.

10. J.P. Davis.

11. Steve and Elizabeth Campbell and Jon and Tess Gifford.

12. Veronica Riggs, Lisa and Byron Leet, Diane Davis and Robert Curran.

13. Mike Puckett and Mary and Sam Moseley.

14. Aaron Yarmuth, Sarah Tate, Erin Trager-Kusman and Michael Kusman.

15. Jim Preston and Alynn Sherman.

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Lobster Feast 2017. Bob Jones, Wendy Sirchio, Jennifer Kramer, Debrah Greenwald, Stewart Lusky and Annie Fitzgerald.

CALENDAR When the temperatures fall, the Louisville social calendar heats up with some of the best events of the year. Make your list of what to attend and check it twice to assure you are ready to dine and dance your way into the Derby season.

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Carnevale 2017. Marita Willis and Susan Moore.

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Twisted Pink Masquerade Ball

For: Twisted Pink Where: The Seelbach Hilton Hotel When: 6 p.m.

Info: twistedpink.org

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When: 6 p.m.

Info: actorstheatre.org

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Carnevale For: Kentucky Opera Where: Louisville Marriott Downtown

When: 6 p.m.

Info: kyopera.org/carnevale2018/

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Science with a Twist

For: Kentucky Science Center Where: Kentucky Science Center When: 7 p.m.

Info: kysciencecenter.org

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For: American Heart Association Where: Louisville Marriott Downtown When: 6 p.m.

Info: heart.org

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For: The Center for Women and Families Where: Louisville Marriott Downtown When: 6 p.m.

Info: thecenteronline.org

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For: VOICES of Kentuckiana Where: The Brown Hotel When: 6 p.m.

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For: Ronald McDonald House Charities Kentuckiana Where: Louisville Marriott Downtown When: 6 p.m.

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For: Family Scholar House Where: The Henry Clay When: 6 p.m.

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For: Colon Cancer Prevention Project Where: The Olmsted When: 7:30 p.m.

Info: coloncancerpreventionproject.org

This holiday season visit our campus and help us celebrate our 150th anniversary.

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For: The Speed Museum Where: The Speed Museum When: 7 p.m.

Info: speedmuseum.org

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For: American Red Cross Where: Louisville Marriott Downtown When: 6:30 p.m.

Info: redcross.org/local/kentucky

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For: The Animal Care Society Where: Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center When: 6 p.m.

Info: animalcaresociety.org

Speed Gala 2017. Laura Melillo Barnum, Ron Wolz, Karen Hunt and Cheri Collis White.

Enjoy an array of holiday lights and decorations during a self-guided tour through our historical campus while listening to memories of the holidays from those who have called our campus home over the years.

Visit mhky150.com/holidays

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Happy Holidays Weekday Breakfast, Lunch, Catering, Carryout and your home for Made-to-Order Desserts

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