Once upon a time the author and these other ambitious young Kentuckians were eager to leave the Bluegrass for big cities in the East and West, but kids, their  professions and a measure of homesickness led them  to conclude that you can go home again.

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You have to hand it to a chef who can make roasted octopus a must-try menu item. I would venture to say that octopus is a tough sell anywhere outside southern Italy, or Greece, or Japan, but chef Michael Paley put it on the Proof on Main opening menu in 2006 and hasn’t been able to take it off since.

Really, it is a legitimate form of exercise — there is even a push to include it in the 2012 Olympic

“The intimacy of a 140-seat theater is something that’s magical,” Tossmann says.

New York transplant's first book, Nice and Mean, finds critical acclaim

The community of St. Francis of Assisi elementary school and other Louisville residents can help hungry children learn better and have happier and safer lives by donating just $0.80 on Oct. 1.

Although not quite Shakespearean in its various acts, intrigues, subplots and human frailties, it has become a great and ongoing farce that Kentucky, of all places, can’t get its gambling laws straight.

Enjoy drink specials and free appetizers. As always, this event is free and open to the public