In this week’s LEO, I wrote a news piece about the Mint Jubilee, the Derby Eve party. Originally, I had intended to write simply about the fact that University of Louisville organizers had chosen to exclude from the financial beneficiaries of the event the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, and that as a result, only […]

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We’re pretty excited about celebrating LIVESTRONG Day at Slugger Field tonight. Jeanine will be throwing out the first pitch at about 6:45 p.m., and we hope some of our ‘Ville Voice friends will turn out.
It’s one of more than 500 events being held around the country to raise awareness for cancer, which affects 12 […]

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Next Tuesday, May 13, there will be more than 500 events held nationally to celebrate LIVESTRONG Day. It’s the brainchild of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, one of the most professional and efficient charitable organizations in the country.
In Louisville, the celebration of cancer survivors will take place at Slugger Field during the Louisville Bats game with […]

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We may seem like heartless critics of politicians and media types, but we do like to contribute something of value to our world. So we’re jumping at the chance to promote something that does some good.
Especially when the beneficiary is a cancer research organization, given that our families have been touched in many ways by […]

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It’s about time someone stepped up to the plate.
PNC Bank says is it will pitch in $15,000 to keep the lights on at Little League parks around the city. The crisis, brought about the the Parks Department’s goal of cutting its budget by more than a half-million bucks, seemed to me like an easy one […]

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OK, gang, while Steve was looking the other way, I took control of the ‘Ville Voice Eats keyboard so I could play food critic for a day. Usually, Steve’s doing a much better job than I keeping up with all things culinary. Here’s some stuff to fill you up for the weekend…. Rick
Even Iowa […]

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This morning, I was reminded that this is the weekend for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation annual fund-raiser at Fourth Street Live!. Brooke Pardue, who works in Rep. John Yarmuth’s office, along with Six Flags’ Jim Kunau, were on the CW’s Louisville Live show this morning touting the event. It benefits children’s cancer. A good cause.
On […]

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What this country needs. . . is another holiday, one that comes every four years, like Leap Day!!
Trying to keep up:
We’re BAD, and We’re MANY: Kentucky leads the nation in incarceration, not something we’ll be advertising in our city’s “Possibility City” campaign. It’s also breaking the budgets of local governments. The local jail houses 2,100 […]

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Yes, it was quite the black-tie weekend.
The only officially-sanctioned local event celebrating the Oscars was the ninth annual Oscar Night America fete at The Olmstead, benefitting Family & Children First.
We went as guests of Bonnie Hackbarth of Guthrie Mayes Public Relations. At the door, we were accosted by paparrazzi, of the pre-teen variety, a comical […]

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The American Heart Association’s Crystal Heart Gala was a rousing success Saturday night, as hundreds of members of the city’s upper crust spent freely for a good cause. So what were we doing there?
Jeanine is a member of the event committee, and we donated advertising from Full Signal Media. We also secured lunches with Billy […]

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UPDATED: Turns out the original spot sent to me was without a voiceover. The folks running the campaign got back to me late yesterday with this version, airing now on WHAS-TV, that includes sound. So here you go:
Speaking of the Hughes Family and WHAS-TV, here’s a look at a new spot you can expect to […]

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Nothing critical to say in this post about the Celebrity Dinner Party with Coach Denny Crum, held Friday. It’s a great charity event that’s stood the test of time — Friday’s was the 40th annual — and is successful because the Coach does a lot more than attach his name to it.
He actively recruits celebrity […]

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Apron-Clad Celebs: The V.V. will be in attendance tonight at the 40th Annual Celebrity Dinner Party, hosted by Denny Crum, at the Olmsted. Money goes to Cystic Fibrosis. Coach Crum took the hosting duties over a few years back from the late, great Pee Wee Reese. Usually there’s a few local TV stars in aprons […]

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This is part of the invite for the March of Dimes Signature Chef event, slated for Nov. 28 at the Galt House. It’s one of the most-anticipated celebrity events of the year - and not just for the chefs. That’s Ambassador Chef Todd Richards, from the Seelbach, holding his son, below on the right.
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Here’s a news release for an important charity event I’m involved in.

Sixty Five Roses Gala Featuring More Fun!
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 20, 2007 – Try to get a child to pronounce Cystic Fibrosis, and you’re likely to hear something sounding a lot like “Sixty Five Roses.”
So the folks at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation decided […]

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