My friends at Greater Louisville Inc. will be heading down to Tampa, Florida at the end of the month and they'd like to buy your friends and family in the area a drink. While technically a "reunion" for Louisvillians we're a friendly, sociable bunch so we'd like to invite any in the Tampa area who is interested in tasty food and beverages and learning more about Louisville to come on out and join us.
GLI will be hosting their 2008 "Louisville Reunion" event on July 24 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza. Louisville Reunions invite guests with a relationship to Louisville - such as attending school in the area, working here previously or having locally-based friends and family - to a free reception to reconnect with other former Louisvillians, meet new "friends of Lou" and find out what is happening in "Possibility City."
Reunion guests will be treated to an evening of complimentary hors d'oeuvres, libations and a distinctive networking opportunity. Leaders from Metro Government, the regional business community and GLI will be in attendance to welcome guests and provide insight into our community's outstanding quality of life and affordable cost of living as well as updates on job opportunities.
In addition, those attending will be eligible to win Louisville-themed prizes such as tickets to the 2008 Ryder Cup being played at Valhalla and the 2009 Kentucky Derby. Invitees are welcome to bring along friends that may not even have a direct connection to Louisville.
Tell them that Imagine Louisville sent you and enjoy a cocktail for me.
IdeaFestival, that bastion of innovative ideas and big thinking that happens each September in Louisville has announced that a brand new $100,00 design prize will be given away at the 2008 festival.
The Curry Stone
Foundation (CSF) has just announced the establishment of the
Curry
Stone Design Prize, an ambitious annual award of $100,000 for
"...exceptional emerging designers with extraordinary design projects or
ideas that contribute positively to living conditions for broad
sections of global humanity". This international award will be
presented beginning in 2008 at the annual IdeaFestival in Louisville, Kentucky. The Prize, developed in partnership with the University of Kentucky College of Design,
is being supported through CSF established by UK alumnus Clifford Curry
and his wife H. Delight Stone, of Oregon. IF is excited about the
establishment of the Curry Stone Design Prize, it's
involvement with the Festival and the opportunity it presents to
greatly expand the international design content at the event.
Continue reading $100,000 Global Design Prize to Be Awarded in Louisville.
If there is a single event that I can endorse whole heartedly, without reservation it would have to be the
Southern Foodways Alliance's field trip to Louisville this July.
Louisville: Blue Grass and Brown Whiskey
We'll pay homage to Kentucky farmers, fry fish in Germantown, learn to play the game of dainty, and cook from the Blue Grass Cookbook.
July 11-13, 2008
An event called Blue Grass and Brown Whiskey? Come on. That's just too easy to get on board with.
Details on the event are few and far between thus far but be sure I'll share them as soon as I get them. If you're coming to town for this event I'll also share some other ideas for making the best of your time in Louisville including lots of foodie recommendations.
Oh and did you notice the dates for this event? Yep, it's the same weekend as
Lebowski Fest. I don't mean to brag but I love living in a city that has
Lebowski Fest and a
Southern Foodway Alliance big deal field trip the same weekend. It's almost too cliched to say but I'm going to say it anyway, we really do have something for everyone.
F ar be it from me to be a traditionalist stick in the mud but if you haven't been to
Lebowski Fest in Louisville then you can't really say you've been to Lebowski Fest.
The 7th Annual Lebowski Fest will be rolling into Louisville July 11 & 12. Tickets will be going on sale soon. Normally I'd be a little miffed that there's no date given to as when tickets will actually go on sale but when dealing with a festival revolving around The Dude I find my self cutting all kinds of slack. I mean come on how can I be all harsh when "
This aggression will not stand, man."
What do diners in Paris, Zurich, New York and Los Angeles have in common with diners in Louisville. If you said "hunger" you win nothing, if you said "dining in the dark" you win the imaginary grand prize.
Each September
IdeaFestival brings world renowned speakers, thinkers, creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders from many fields and disciplines to Louisville. IdeaFestival isn't just a once a year event though. The organization offers interesting and thought provoking events throughout the year. The latest is a series of
Lights Out Dinners.
The daring diners who attend the Lights Out Dinner at chef Peng Looi's Asiatique Asian Fusion restaurant on
Bardstown Road will be asked to try something more than a little out of
the ordinary: enjoying a multi-course meal without seeing it.
Diners
will be blindfolded as they enter the darkened room reserved for the
dinner, and enjoy a series of imaginative courses paired with wines and
other spirits, all without setting eyes on them.
Chef
Looi is not revealing the menu ahead of time, but assures
participants he'll personally present each course and explain his
approaches to scintillating ingredients, spices, sauces, temperatures,
techniques, and the fine balance between sweet and savory.
Since I'm a bit of a picky eater I personally am a tiny bit afraid of the concept but I'm going to get over and head to one of these. I'll report back on my experiences.
