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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|

Try This Fun Caregiving Tip for Your Loved One

If you are caring for someone who has a form of dementia, here's one way you help them improve their well-being.Tune into happiness - With many positive health benefits, music may be the best tool a caregiver can use. “Music has the ability to improve social interactions, enhance mood, increase communication in individuals with dementia or Alzheimer's as well as reduce anxiety and stress,” says Elisabeth Knight, MSSW with Caring Excellence. “Music also has the ability to affect physical health by improving nighttime sleep, reducing pain, increasing mobility and coordination, or lessening the need for medication.”Here [...]

By April Allman|2017-08-19T08:30:00-04:00August 19, 2017|Caregiving|

Another Organization Builds Houses

I imagine you have heard about one of the most internationally known nonprofits, Habitat for Humanity. But not-so-common knowledge is that the founders of the homebuilding charity — Millard Fuller and his wife Linda — decided to cut ties with the organization after continual disagreements with new leadership. Their split with Habitat for Humanity gave birth to The Fuller Center for Housing in 2005. Built on the same philosophy, The Fuller Center offers a grassroots approach to building and renovating homes, extending its services to 16 countries and several pockets of the United States.One of [...]

By April Allman|2017-08-12T08:30:00-04:00August 12, 2017|Giving Back|

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

Try This Fun Caregiving Tip for Your Loved One

Another Organization Builds Houses

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