Category Archives: Juice

(Author’s note: updated 10:47 p.m. The American Cancer Society contacted us to let us know that the May 30 event will be from 8-10:30 p.m. instead of 7-9:30 p.m.) The American Cancer Society’s 100th anniversary luminaria ceremony has been postponed from tonight until May 30 because of the threat of bad weather. The event which [...]

(Note: this post was updated May 20 to reflect lower acceptance rates and higher tuition as per the Kentucky Center for the Arts.) For the past twenty-five years, The Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) has provided rigorous summer instruction in the arts to more than 200 Kentucky students a year. GSA was established in 1987 as a [...]

According to an infographic that we published earlier this week, most Americans live within five miles of their workplace. Louisville has recently been named to a list of the top 50 bike-friendly cities. Humana has been offering its “Freewheelin‘” bike share program for more than five years now. The University of Louisville has offered a [...]

We love a good infographic, but we don’t get nearly enough. And they’re seriously expensive to do. However, Stephanie Averkamp in San Diego sent us a really cool infographic about the benefits of cycling to work. Looks like Averkamp is owner of Fitness for Weight Loss and a national weight-loss coach. Typically, IL plays closer [...]

According to Marsha Weinstein, there are over 2,400 historical markers in the state of Kentucky. Sixty of them commemorate the lives and accomplishments of women. A quick search of the database of historical markers in the state finds that Weinstein was probably being generous in her estimate. Of all the public memorials and artwork in downtown [...]

To quote the esteemed sociologist and philosopher Alice Cooper, “School’s out for summer …. ” Well, almost. Jefferson County Public Schools classes end June 5, and some private schools are out before that. So, we meant to run our first installment of summer camps much earlier because the best programs, such as the Speed Art [...]

Good news for you Highlands-to-downtown/NuLu commuters. The Phoenix Hill NuLu Farmers’ Market is scheduled open for its seventh season on Tuesday, May 7 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 1007 E. Jefferson St. The market takes up the corner of Jefferson and Baxter, and is set up in the parking lot behind Fresh Start [...]

After decades of market dominance by national chains, is the mom-and-pop, neighborhood green grocer headed for a resurgence? Sean Reynolds thinks so. Reynolds plans to open Reynolds Grocery Store at 1813 Frankfort Avenue by May 31. Reynolds’ model is closer to an indoor farmers’ market/Paul’s Fruit Market model than a full grocery. Think the successful Root [...]

What are we going to do today? That’s a tough enough question when you’re a grown woman with a driver’s license and a little (very little) expendable income. But it’s a really tough question when you’re a parent with a kid or with a couple of kids who are too young to fend for themselves. There’s the [...]