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[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]By Carrie Vittitoe  ‘I Threw a Dart, and It Landed in Kentucky’ Kelsey Fox’s decision to move to Kentucky in 2014 says a lot about her bucket list mindset. She lived in California and says, “I threw a dart on a map, and it landed in Kentucky.” She had been doing freelance writing but felt the need to change her life, in part because of the high cost of living in San Francisco.  Upon moving to Kentucky, she landed a job at Highlands Latin School, where she taught fifth [...]

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]By Carrie Vittitoe Be Open: “Having a plan can be detrimental to your happiness.” "Failure is never fun, but failure is not the worst thing that can happen to you,” Christy High says. “Even though things crashed and burned, I was able to start over. It didn’t kill me.” An acceptance of risk has led Christy to opportunities that she wouldn’t have had if she’d had a rigid plan and stuck to it. During the day, Christy is a senior product management analyst at Neustar, but when she isn’t [...]

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]By Carrie Vittitoe  Listening to Her Own Voice "I’ve never really had clear goals,” Jessie Browning says. “I’ve been inspired by something in the moment and done that.” She started saying she wanted to be a police officer in the eighth grade, although her father, who had been in law enforcement, expressly warned her against it. After graduating from high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jessie became a police aide in an internship program that helped people under age 21 get their foot in the door so they could [...]

This dress from House of K Boutique was the perfect pick for our cover model. Photo by Melissa Donald Marie Riggs has come up with a clever idea for helping people improve their health. Read about what she's doing here. Marie is in the winterization lab weighing out the materials necessary for molecular filtration of cannabinoid solutions. Photo by Sunni Wigginton  Marie is preparing a sample for the gas chromatograph to assess the CBD potency in a batch of hemp extract. from Blogger https://todayswomannow.com/2018/05/on-cover-and-in-lab.html

By Gioia Patton/Arts Insider Jessica Lang Dance The Kentucky Center New York-based Jessica Lang Dance is dedicated to creating and performing the work of Jessica Lang (a former dancer with Twyla Tharp), who was hailed as "a master of visual composition" by Dance Magazine. The recipient of a 2014 Bessie Award, Jessica Lang Dance makes its Kentucky Center debut with a repertoire rich with stunning movement, compelling visuals, and beautiful cinematic composition. The program is set to include Lang’s Thousand Yard Stare, a work embodying the incredible pride, honor, and searing loss experienced by military [...]

By Gioia Patton/Arts Insider Giselle Louisville Ballet One of the most beloved and beautiful ballets in the classical canon, Giselle closes the Louisville Ballet’s 2017/18 season. Giselle is the classic tale of love, betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption. It begins with the budding love between Giselle and Albrecht, only to be followed by his heartbreaking betrayal, which drives Giselle mad and sends her to her grave. Ultimately, though, the power of true love prevails, allowing Giselle to forgive Albrecht and save him from death at the hands of Myrtha, the Queen of the Wilis. This adaptation [...]