Get thee to Frankfort tomorrow to rally for equality. It’s maybe your final chance to scare the bejeebers out of Gary Tapp. [Page One]
One of the many reasons I like First Lady Jane Beshear, even if I dislike her husband for the most part: She’ll be speaking at the Kentucky Association of Food Banks [...]

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The second annual Derby City Film Festival is kicking off on February 19th at 7:00 P.M. and finalists for each category in the festival have been selected. The winners will be judged by a group of film professionals.
Features

“Deadland” – California
“Blue King” – Louisville filmmakers Kevin & David Flores
“Sam Steele & the Junior Detective [...]

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The second annual Derby City Film Festival is around the corner – February 19th through February 21st at the Clifton Center in Louisville.
The group has just announced the selection of 45 films to be screened. Judging them based on promotional posters and descriptions (because judging a book by it’s cover always makes [...]

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Jefferson County Public Schools enrollment is down a bit. [Toni Konz]
IBEW Local 369 along with IBEW Local 2100 endorsed Greg Fischer yesterday. [Press Release]
Louisville music festivals could be missing the point. [Loueyville & More Loueyville via WFPL]
Wow: who would have thought opera was sung there? [Broken Sidewalk]
Buy a bike for someone in need and get [...]

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A celebrity chef dinner series will feature Kentucky Proud products at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. ['Ville Voice Eats]
2010 Halfway to Forcecastle lineup has been announced: Kid Sister, LA Riots, Trash Yourself (DJ set), Jesse Jamz, Lady Foursquare, Kid Color, DJ Amtrak, OK DeeJays, The Disco Aliens, Jason Clark (of SKL), Sam Gracie. [...]

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Just in (okay, so it came a couple hours ago) from Bob Henderson’s press release:
The Southwest Festival, scheduled for Saturday, October 10th, has been cancelled due to the rain and the potential damage to the park grounds because of ground saturation.
Just wanted to pass along the info.
UPDATE:
Please read this comment from Jon Reiter of Louisville [...]

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Political communications analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson will discuss money and media in Barack Obama’s 2008 victory at the University of Louisville. October 19, 6:00 P.M. in Speed Art Museum Auditorium. [Press Release]
East Market Street’s newest street art installation wants to build a relationship. And it is amazing. Be sure to watch [...]

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by John LaFollette
The ‘Ville Voice correspondent
This year’s Idea Festival is just barely more than halfway finished, and the presentations so far have been far-reaching, well-attended, and largely topical.  If you haven’t made it down yet—it’s one of Louisville’s most interesting annual events, after all—you’re due for a check-in.  Here’s a redux run-down of the ideas [...]

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Well, that was fun. I missed the hair-hanger guy at the LEO Readers Choice Awards last night, but arrived in time to bask in some glory and do the shakey-howdy thing with some nice folks. And got to see Nappy Roots. So here’s some video of Chris Lemon, who amazingly hangs by his hair. [YouTube]
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The 48-Hour Film Festival gives local aspiring filmmakers an opportunity to strut their stuff under some rather trying conditions. Imagine if you were a pretty good tennis player, then were asked to play a match at Wimbledon with a shovel.
The 40+ teams of filmmakers got their assignments Friday night — turn in a feature film [...]

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