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Lindsey Hoehn’s Love of Yarn

By Lucy M. Pritchett Lindsey Hoehn has used A Yarn Crossing as a way of supporting other knitting groups in the community. Photos by Patti Hartog While some of us might spend our days simply spinning our wheels, Lindsey Hoehn spends her days spinning yarn.Lindsey is the owner of A Yarn Crossing on Frankfort Avenue, which she and friend Tina Taylor opened three years ago. The shop sells yarns, knitting and crocheting supplies, and spinning fibers. It is a place of vibrant colors and good feelings.Lindsey started knitting 10 years ago when she was in college. “I was [...]

By April Allman|2017-09-04T08:30:00-04:00September 4, 2017|What Works|

Three Shows You Should See This Month

By Gioia Patton/Arts InsiderSmokey Joe’s Café CenterStageOften referred to as “the soundtrack of the 1950s,” Smokey Joe’s Café is jam-packed with 38 rock ’n’ roll and rhythm & blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, including Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, and Stand By Me.“This show is an amazing journey,” says Frank Goodloe III, the show’s director. “The characters start out young, as teenagers, and end up in their adulthood. The themes of the songs grow from simple to more complex. This is just a fun, fun show. It’s music everybody knows.”The original [...]

By April Allman|2017-09-03T08:30:00-04:00September 3, 2017|Entertainment|

She Chose Louisville Part 3: From a Vision Board to the Runway

By Marie Bradby Why We Chose Louisville They have seen the world. They have successful careers. They could live anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are three transplants — tops in their fields — who are making Louisville their forever home and stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is RaeShanda Johnson's Story. From a Vision Board to the Runway Models of all shapes and sizes walk the runway at the Second Annual Derby Scholarship Fashion Show at the Olmsted, wearing body conscious but elegant and sophisticated clothes locally designed [...]

By April Allman|2017-09-02T14:30:00-04:00September 2, 2017|Explore Louisville, Featured, Today's Woman Now|

She Chose Louisville Part 2: From New York to the Heart of this City

By Marie Bradby Why We Chose Louisville They have seen the world. They have successful careers. They could live anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are three transplants — tops in their fields — who are making Louisville their forever home and stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is Lisa Zangari's Story. From New York to the Heart of this City For 12 years, Lisa Zangari traveled the world (Europe, Asia, and North, South, and Latin America) for her job as an innovation consultant based in New York City. [...]

By April Allman|2017-09-02T11:30:00-04:00September 2, 2017|Explore Louisville, Featured, Today's Woman Now|

She Chose Louisville Part 1: From the World to Kentucky

By Marie Bradby Why We Chose Louisville They have seen the world. They have successful careers. They could live anywhere. They chose Louisville. Here are three transplants — tops in their fields — who are making Louisville their forever home and stitching themselves into the quilt of life that is the Bluegrass. This is Kathy Stearman's Story. From the World to Kentucky “My job was amazing, especially when I got to work overseas,” says Kathy Stearman, who was an FBI agent for over 26 years. “I would meet people (counterparts in allied countries) and they [...]

By April Allman|2017-09-02T08:30:00-04:00September 2, 2017|Explore Louisville, Featured, Today's Woman Now|

Going Inside the West End School

By Megan SeckmanWhen I toured West End School, located at 36th and Virginia Avenue, it had been Debbie Blair’s third tour that day. Despite the typical end-of-the-school-year-chaos — boxes of binders ready for storage, loads of laundry needing a wash, and hundreds of partial paint cans poised in military precise formations waiting to be purged — and even despite her retirement being only six weeks away, Debbie’s enthusiasm did not wane. This space, a gift from the community, has been a labor of love, and her literal home, since 2005 when her husband Robert Blair, [...]

By April Allman|2017-09-01T19:30:00-04:00September 1, 2017|Today's Family Now|

Lindsey Hoehn’s Love of Yarn

Three Shows You Should See This Month

She Chose Louisville Part 3: From a Vision Board to the Runway

She Chose Louisville Part 2: From New York to the Heart of this City

She Chose Louisville Part 1: From the World to Kentucky

Going Inside the West End School

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