Made You Look

What’s your high schooler doing during her summer vacation? Does it include writing the Great American Novella? Did your college student knock his creative writing professor’s socks off with a story he wrote? If so, you might want to forward this article along to your kid or to any teenager you know who has great [...]

IdeaFestival has added six new speakers to the 2013 lineup. They will be joining already announced speakers including GE’s Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock, architect Lance Hosey and food artist Elaine Tin Nyo. IdeaFestival brings together thought-leaders across many disciplines for a three-day event that explores how ideas shape our future. This year’s IdeaFestival will [...]

Forecastle released its schedule, and unlike most mega-fests,  Forecastle goers won’t have to make too many tough decisions when it comes to time conflicts at the 2013 event. In fact, the most difficult decision for many Forecastle goers will be leaving the Bourbon Lodge for live music. Sure, you may have a few tough decisions, [...]

With at least five major art galleries including the Zephyr Gallery cooperative, NuLu has aspired to be the center of Louisville’s art scene. Now, with the relocation of the Speed Art Museum offices, NuLu is the center of Louisville’s art scene … at least for the next couple of years. Thirty-seven staff members from the [...]

Earlier this month we told you about a new music venue in the works from music promoter Hunter Embry and engineer Dave Chale. On Wednesday, May 29 New Vintage will celebrate its grand opening by kicking off a “12 Days of Music” event with headliner Spirit Animal. For the first twelve days the new music [...]

Normally, it’s annoying when someone– especially someone from a different generation–  thinks they can finish what you’ve started. But for an upcoming exhibition at the Jewish Community Center’s Patio Gallery called “Pairallels,” that’s the point of the entire show. Curator Stacey Reason is bringing together twenty-two artists, 11 representing artists from the Artists’ Breakfast Group [...]

If you’ve been to, say, the Apple Store at Oxmoor Center lately, you noticed a lot of the Shelbyville Road mall is missing. That would include the demolition of center escalators and the second floor including where the mall’s food court once was located. What we didn’t know until this afternoon was, Oxmoor is about [...]

We literally just got off the phone with Oxmoor Center General Manager Jacob Sapperfield about huge changes at the Shelbyville Road mall. Then, we checked our email seconds ago and saw a confirmation from the Hennes & Mauritz media people in New York: The Stockholm, Sweden-based apparel retailer is opening a huge store at Oxmoor. This [...]

Sadly, innovation doesn’t find a home in Louisville as often as we might like. At least, where it’s rewarded with National attention. But things might be changing on the real estate front with the launch of a new, eco-friendly development called Magnolia Farms, just 35 minutes South of Louisville. Our story begins with Bowling Green [...]