As one of six American non-profit regional theatre companies named to the "Leading National Theatres Program" on December 15, Actors Theatre of Louisville received a $400,000 challenge grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, it was announced by Marc Masterson, the theatre’s Artistic Director.

Dr. Timir Banerjee, 62, walked across the Second Street Bridge on May 10 with a wooden cane, a backpack and a mission. His mission: to walk 2,600 miles from Louisville to Portland, Ore., and raise awareness and funds for SPAVA, a nonprofit organization he founded that stands for the Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence among Adolescents.

On a day when Kentucky Derby records fell by the wayside, it was only fitting that record producer Jerry Moss, along with his wife Ann, would take center stage in the winners circle after their colt, Giacomo, rallied from 18th-place to win the 131st Derby.

As a record-shattering Oaks Day crowd of 111,243 looked on, the Steve Asmussen-trained Summerly turned the tables on heavily favored Sis City, whose three-race winning streak included a romp in the Ashland Stakes (GI) at Keeneland in which she had trounced Summerly by nearly 20 lengths.

Imagine reading a Super Bowl wrap-up that detailed how every player on the field fared during the game. That's the type of synopsis - written in a jargon-studded, sometimes cryptic style - Kentucky Derby information junkies can find each year on that "How the Race Was Won" page of the  Courier Journal's Sunday-after-Derby special section.