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Pandemic, be damned. Louisville Beer Week is happening this year starting Oct. 23 with oh-so-appropriate theme “Resilience.”
It’s a damn shame, but it was probably an easy thing to predict: There won’t be a NULUFEST this year. The NULU Business Association made the announcement on Monday.
Back in the 1950s, the drive-in movie theater was an American staple, and Louisvillians fondly remember Kenwood Drive-in, Preston Drive-in and others. They’re gone, but there’s still one more drive-in nearby that is operating.
Today Soccer Holdings, LLC released schematic designs for its practice facility located on the grounds of Champions Park on River Road. The plan will provide training facilities for its USL Championship club Louisville City FC, the new NWSL franchise launching in 2021, and youth academy.
Today, it’s a place to get some delicious Nashville-style chicken, but the building that now is home to Royals began in the early 1900s as a “penny theater,” a small neighborhood landmark called the Empire Theatre.
As distilleries around the state make plans to begin reopening to the public, Danville’s Wilderness Trail Distillery has a new release ready for its June 8 return to being open to the public.
You’d blindly drive by it if you didn’t know about it. It’s not visible from busy Shelbyville Road in Middletown. In fact, you would have already placed your order for an Oreo blizzard at the neighboring Dairy Queen before you even batted an eye at this tasty little secret.
When you’re the top dog of Louisville neighborhoods, even a global emergency doesn’t slow you down. Nulu presses on with new openings including Nulu Marketplace, West 6th.
Louisville is well known today as a strong river city, but started in the 1770s as a small island on the Ohio River which was used as a makeshift military post established by George Rogers Clark.
Fasten your seatbelts, Louisville. Restaurants and some other businesses that facilitate gatherings will be able to reopen tomorrow, Friday, May 22. But not every business plans to reopen right away, mostly citing safety and health concerns amid a pandemic that still poses a threat.
A curious statue stands in an odd, out-of-the-way place in Jeffersonville. What’s the truth behind the legendary ‘Hubcap Lady’?
It’s mostly covered by the trees today, but there’s a crashed airplane suspended from the hillside behind Headliners Music Hall. Here’s the back story.
Bulleit Bourbon this spring launched a new product in Blenders’ Select No. 001, a limited-edition release that is already making waves.
The mint julep is synonymous with the Kentucky Derby — but that wasn’t the case until 1938, and in fact, the drink originally traces to Virginia farmers and was typically made with rum or brandy.
More and more options keep emerging for getting through our lost Derby Day on May 2. Some bourbon experts have one that all the whiskey fans out there are going to love.
With widespread unemployment in the U.S., including plenty in Kentucky, it’s perhaps ironic that a familiar term in the English vernacular has roots in Louisville. That word, of course, is “workaholic.”
May 2 is going to be a day of disappointment for many who look forward to celebrating the Kentucky Derby. Woodford Reserve and Churchill Downs are here to help.
It’s a question almost as familiar to Louisvillians as, “Where did you go to high school?” The question, of course is, “What are you doing for Derby this year?” the Kentucky Guild of Brewers may have the answer.
Everyone loves a good comeback story. Vinyl records has one of the best right now. A new documentary, “Vinyl Nation,” will not only chronicle that comeback but will help local record stores in the process.
The 16th president of the United States and face of the five dollar bill, Abraham Lincoln’s connection to Kentucky sometimes goes forgotten.
Just as Passover comes to an end, a new tradition begins: Buffalo Trace Distillery announced this week it will release what it believes to be the first authentic Kosher whiskeys. Three of them, in fact.
One of our favorite oddities in Louisville is hidden away in the Clifton neighborhood: The Chicken Steps. It’s a local landmark with a nebulous history that still serves a purpose.
Pretty much everyone in Louisville has been to Water Tower Park – or just “The Water Tower” – for an event, be it the annual Memorial Day blues festival or the Buy Local Fest. But those who haven’t taken the time to tour the museum within may not know the significance of the structure on River Road at the foot of Zorn.
Imagine if there were a bourbon version of “The Voice” or “America’s Got Talent.” That’s sort of what’s happening with the recently announced World’s Top Whiskey Taster competition.
Beaches, NBA and NFL teams? We could of had it all. We’ve received all 49 offers and we’re happy to announce Governor Andy Beshear is keeping his talents right here in bluegrass.
You can give your favorite server or bartender a tip from afar with a recently-launched Virtual Tip Jar. Not a bad way to help your local pub or restaurant during these difficult days.
When the first cases of COVID-19 hit Kentucky, an unexpected hero rose to the occasion, taking a firm leadership role that has brought with it a certain amount of celebrity. we’re talking, of course, about Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and “Andy Fever.”
In most of our lifetimes, the Kentucky Derby has run on schedule without a hitch on the first Saturday of May. This year, that will just be another Saturday. But this isn’t the first time it’s happened.
False Idol Independent Brewers is becoming Chimera Brewing, and the grand opening happens this weekend.