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Before Whitney Adkins Goes to the Theatre

By Brittani DickWhitney Adkins, 32, is the director of marketing for StageOne Family Theatre on Main Street. To ensure her motor runs efficiently throughout the day, Whitney enjoys a warm, decadent Caramella latte from Heine Brothers before she heads into work. “I usually grab one from the Main Street location,” she says.At StageOne, Whitney oversees all digital, print, and social media marketing and advertising, as well as public relations.When she’s not promoting an upcoming theatrical performance at StageOne, she’s undoubtedly trying out a new Louisville restaurant, or hiking in Cherokee Park with her husband, Ryan. [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-07T09:30:00-05:00February 7, 2017|Before She Goes|

Three Things that Work for Rachel Brewer

By Lucy M. PritchettBookseller Rachel Brewer received a holiday bonus this year from an unexpected source.Author James Patterson, a generous supporter of independent bookstores, gave $250,000 in holiday bonuses divided among 149 deserving independent bookstore employees. Rachel was one of two booksellers from Carmichael’s Bookstore to receive a bonus. (Shout-out to Jason Brown, the other bonus recipient.)“I had no idea I'd even been nominated, and I still don’t know who sent in the entry essay as to why I deserved a holiday bonus,” Rachel says. “One day I just got an email from the American [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-06T09:30:00-05:00February 6, 2017|What Works|

Three Shows You Should See This Month

By Gioia Patton/Arts InsiderOur arts insider, gives you a sneak peek at a few performances worth attending this month.The MikadoKentucky OperaGilbert & Sullivan take on the Victorian-era British Establishment in The Mikado, (or The Town of Titipu), a pointed satire in two acts that employs comedy and absurdity to tackle the themes of death, cruelty, and the failings of the British government. Thinly disguised by its setting in Japan, audiences will immediately recognize the pompous officials, prudish etiquette rules and other absurdities. Since its 1885 premiere The Mikado has gone on to become one of [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-05T09:30:00-05:00February 5, 2017|Entertainment|

She has traveled to 20 Foreign Lands: But Suggests You Try Lisbon, Portugal

By Megan SeckmanErica Bachelor is not one to let the grass grow under her feet. At 31 she has traveled to at least 20 foreign lands. She graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California; did a stint interviewing celebrities on the red carpet for E! News in Hollywood; landed the “head of marketing” position for the Hard Rock Cafe enterprise in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she worked with the company’s Seminole CEOs and medicine men; and cured herself of medically-induced lupus (by learning about food while becoming a certified raw foods chef) at 20 after [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-04T09:30:00-05:00February 4, 2017|Travel|

My New, Improved Brain

By Mary CartledgehayesFunctioning with an ADHD brain is like trying to forge a path through a rain forest. You have to chop back the vines of thought that threaten to trip you up, fight off the mosquito-swarms of ideas that pester you, conquer the black mambas of distraction, and hold a map directly in front of your face to have any hope of staying on course.When I was in ninth grade, everybody in the school got to skip class one day to go stand in line for a vision screening. I learned that day that [...]

By April Allman|2021-12-11T09:48:52-05:00February 3, 2017|Wellness|

“I’m the least qualified and least likely person to succeed, but I put one foot in front of the other, no matter what,” says this local owner of two businesses. She gives her 10 rules of survival.

By Megan S. Willman When I walked into DBS Interactive, a Louisville company specializing in web design and programming, to meet with CEO and Founder Cyndi Masters, I was greeted by both Cyndi Masters and her dog Super Cooper Masters. This warm welcome set the tone for an engaging conversation about the ups and downs of business and life, as well as Cyndi’s unfailing efforts to live out her values in all she does. It sounds like a tall order, but Cyndi is up to the challenge. A survivor of a traumatic brain injury from [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-02T09:30:00-05:00February 2, 2017|Survival Skills|

Before Whitney Adkins Goes to the Theatre

Three Things that Work for Rachel Brewer

Three Shows You Should See This Month

She has traveled to 20 Foreign Lands: But Suggests You Try Lisbon, Portugal

My New, Improved Brain

“I’m the least qualified and least likely person to succeed, but I put one foot in front of the other, no matter what,” says this local owner of two businesses. She gives her 10 rules of survival.

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