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Three Ways to Help Home of the Innocents Right Now

By Megan Schreiber Willman A Home of the Innocents volunteer plays with one of the residents. As I drove onto the Home of the Innocents’ sprawling campus at 1100 East Market Street in Louisville, I admit I was surprised by its size. I had heard about this agency in bits of conversation over the years but I had no idea about the range of services they provided. When I expressed this to Julie Spry, volunteer services manager for Home of the Innocents, she smiled and explained my reaction is a common one. “I hear that a [...]

By April Allman|2018-05-23T13:32:54-04:00November 6, 2016|Giving Back|

A Play, a Comedian, and a Musician Not to Miss

By Gioia Patton/Arts Insider Detroit ’67 by Dominique MorisseauActors Theatre of LouisvilleIt’s the summer of 1967, and the irresistible music of Motown is breaking records and breaking down barriers. Siblings Chelle and Lank make ends meet by running an unofficial nightclub in their Detroit basement, a risky business as police crack down on after-hours joints in black neighborhoods. When Lank offers shelter to an injured white woman, tensions escalate both in their home and in their community — and they find themselves caught in the middle of the ’67 Detroit riots. Dominique Morisseau’s deeply-felt drama [...]

By April Allman|2018-05-23T13:32:54-04:00November 4, 2016|Entertainment|

How You Can Help Someone With Cancer

By Megan S. WillmanEach signature Hope Scarves bow is tied by a volunteer. I never cease to be amazed by the strength of others and the ways in which one person can start a movement toward positive change. Lara MacGregor is one of those people. She has stage IV metastatic breast cancer and is also the founder of Hope Scarves, a non-profit organization that has touched cancer patients in our community and around the world.When Lara started treatment after her first diagnosis in 2007, a woman she didn’t know sent her a box of beautiful head [...]

By April Allman|2016-10-23T08:30:00-04:00October 23, 2016|Giving Back|

Plan a Night Out at One of These 3 Places

Three events coming to Louisville you don’t want to miss.By Gioia Patton/Arts InsiderThe fall season is full of entertaining shows to see. Here are a few recommendations from our arts insider.Dial M for MurderDerby Dinner PlayhouseTony’s plot to murder his cheating wife Margot for her money goes awry when Margot kills her would-be assailant in self-defense. Although Tony quickly comes up with a diabolical ‘Plan B,’ which would frame his wife for premeditated murder, can Margot’s ex-lover Max solve the mystery and discover the truth before she is hanged for the crime? Dial M for [...]

By April Allman|2016-10-08T08:00:00-04:00October 8, 2016|Entertainment|

How This Way to Go Woman! Winner Made a Difficult Start in Louisville a New Passion

Lenae Price is married to Jordan price, and has a daughter, Billie age 4. Way to Go Woman! Winner Lenae Price is the director of Philanthropy & Outreach at the Jewish Community of Louisville.Lenae and her husband moved from New York City to Louisville to work for a nonprofit, which didn’t work out, but they decided to stay in Louisville. “With no support system and our first child on the way, we were in an incredibly difficult situation,” she says.“However, we didn’t let that stop us from making the best of our new life in Louisville. [...]

By April Allman|2018-09-10T11:45:52-04:00September 15, 2016|Way to Go Woman|

I Started With No Experience, Says this Way to Go Woman! Winner

Anne Shadle, co-owner/general manager at the Mayan Cafe, won the entrepreneurial category of the Today's Woman Way to Go Woman!Anne Shadle opened and co-owns the Mayan Cafe with her brother-in-law Bruce Ucan. Since 2007, she has helped run the dining room, beverage program, marketing, human resources, and finances, all without previous experience in a restaurant environment — and she strives to make it different than the norm.What are some obstacles you have overcome?“I started this business with no restaurant experience or business experience in general. I was very young and had literally everything to learn.I [...]

By April Allman|2018-09-10T11:45:10-04:00September 8, 2016|Way to Go Woman|

Three Ways to Help Home of the Innocents Right Now

A Play, a Comedian, and a Musician Not to Miss

How You Can Help Someone With Cancer

Plan a Night Out at One of These 3 Places

How This Way to Go Woman! Winner Made a Difficult Start in Louisville a New Passion

I Started With No Experience, Says this Way to Go Woman! Winner

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