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Axios
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
Scoop: Music venue 3rd & Lindsley extends lease
The independent music venue 3rd & Lindsley has signed a lease extension that will keep it operating for the next several years. Why it matters: The club is a cornerstone of Nashville's music industry, providing a stage to local and touring artists. State of play: Just a few years ago, 3rd & Lindsley was pondering relocation as its site south of Broadway was up for redevelopment. Those plans didn't advance, opening the door for the venue to extend its lease. The big picture: 3rd & Lindsley celebrates its 35th anniversary early next year. That's especially meaningful since independent music venue operators have endured a gritty few years since the pandemic. What he's saying: "We want the community to know we're not going anywhere, we're doubling down on what it means to be an independent venue in today's Nashville," 3rd & Lindsley owner Ron Brice says. "This lease is a promise — to our incredible musician family, to the fans who've created countless memories in our room, and to the next generation coming up." What's next: To celebrate that anniversary next year, the club is planning a slate of special concerts by artists who have performed there in the past. Zoom in: 3rd & Lindsley will also be expanding its successful daytime programming with family-friendly performances. The club will also kick off Bluegrass on 3rd every Thursday starting July 3 at 12:30pm. 💭 Nate's thought bubble: One of the first concerts I saw after moving to Nashville many years ago was singer-songwriter Mindy Smith, who gave a mesmerizing performance. My friends and I watched from the second floor balcony overlooking the stage.
Reuters
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Kentucky newcomer Jaland Lowe withdraws from draft
May 22 - Kentucky guard Jaland Lowe, a transfer from Pitt, has withdrawn from this summer's NBA draft. "Can't miss this opportunity," Lowe posted Thursday on X along with photos of himself in a Wildcats uniform and a message to Kentucky fans: "Big Blue Nation See you soon!" As a 2024-25 sophomore, Lowe averaged 16.8 points, 5.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 31 starts for the Panthers. He earned a spot on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team. Lowe averaged 13.1 points, 4.3 assists, 3.5 boards and 1.3 steals in 64 games (50 starts) over two seasons at Pitt. "I love his ability as a playmaker," Kentucky coach Mark Pope said earlier this offseason, per "He's going to be surprised, and he knows it, by having a chance to actually get an open catch-and-shoot once in a while, and have guys that demand space on the floor. "I expect he's going to take a massive jump also in his efficiency and his leadership. We're really excited about him. I think he's got a huge upside." --Field Level Media
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Somerset tattoo shop declared total loss after storms: ‘We're going to believe'
Video note: Despite this article's time stamp, the above video is the latest forecast from The Weather Authority. SOMERSET, Ky. (FOX 56) — From Friday night into the early hours of Saturday morning, devastating tornadoes and hazardous storms swept the Bluegrass. Emergency management teams worked with first responders to save lives and bring victims to safety while power crews began working to restore power to over 100,000 statewide customers who had lost it. According to the Somerset Police Department, Highway 27 was closed on Saturday between stoplights 19 and 25. All side roads in the path of the tornado have been closed 'due to downed power lines, building damage, and hazardous conditions.' RELATED l Beshear confirms at least 14 dead after storms Parkers Mill Road is reportedly open from the 914 bypass to Koger Circle, but there is no through traffic to Hwy 27. Quality Custom Tattoos, one of many businesses in that area, said the shop was lost overnight. The studio posted images of the damage on social media, showing flash tattoo designs covered by debris, with a collapsed ceiling where an artist's station had been. Despite the loss, Quality Custom's staff said that a sign above a doorway that resonated with the artists stood through the storms. 'As you can see from the first picture, the storm couldn't shake our 'believe' sign,' tattoo shop staff wrote. 'That's us in a nutshell. We're going to be okay. We're going to survive. We're going to believe.' Austin Kane, master barber at Shriner's Barber Shop and Shave Parlor, another Somerset business, recalled on Facebook that he had gotten his first tattoo, and many after it, at Quality Custom. Laurel County fire major killed in line of duty during storms Somerset tattoo shop declared total loss after storms: 'We're going to believe' Lexington toy shop donating portion of weekend sales to Pulaski County tornado relief 'It's been a home for incredible tattoo artists in our town,' Kane said. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the owner of Quality Custom Tattoos rebuild after the shop's total loss. Organizers of the fundraiser said they know many community members have already given to someone in need, but asked folks near and far to join them in helping a friend and mentor. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Kentucky school officials warn community of ‘dangerous' TikTok trend
PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A dangerous social media trend involving school-issued Chromebooks has reportedly made its way to Kentucky. Perry County School District officials posted on Facebook on Wednesday, asking the community to be aware of a social media trend 'encouraging students to attempt to short out' the laptops. 'In some cases around the country this has led to injury and even caused electrical and fire damage to homes,' district leaders said. Rowan County superintendent announces new protest policy Across the district, PCSD wrote that seven Chromebooks had already reportedly been damaged by students trying out the trend. 'Please remind your student how dangerous these trends can be, and the financial consequences of destroying a $435 Chromebook,' district officials said on Facebook. 'Additionally local enforcement will be notified of any damage to school district property.' Hardin County Schools posted a video on Facebook on Wednesday featuring an officer with the Elizabethtown Police Department to warn the community about the dangers with damaging essential student equipment. In the video, the officer said that damaging a Chromebook is a crime that could lead to a fire and personal injury. Experience the sound of the Bluegrass at Southland Jamboree: 2025 lineup announced Trump's anti-DEI push doesn't stop Black Kentucky grads from holding an off-campus celebration Kentucky school officials warn community of 'dangerous' TikTok trend On Thursday, the Leitchfield Police Department (LPD) asked parents in the community to talk to their kids about viral TikTok challenges. 'You should know that if any of these 'challenges' result in property damage, personal injury, or other adverse effects your child could be charged with misdemeanor or felony offenses and through prosecution you may be responsible for paying restitution for damages,' the department warned. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Kentucky Derby tradition not at Churchill Downs: Burgoo, a Bluegrass staple
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If you're hosting a Kentucky Derby party this weekend, you might be planning to serve food and drinks traditionally associated with the 'Run for the Roses.' Derby pie, hot browns, Benedictine sandwiches, bourbon balls and, of course, mint juleps are the morning-line favorites. But if you wanted to dive deep into Bluegrass culture — especially if you're expecting an infield-sized crowd — consider four words on your invitation. We're having a burgoo. What's a burgoo? Technically, it's a meat-and-vegetable stew enjoyed in several areas of the South, widely believed to have originated in rural Kentucky. But no two burgoos are the same, and no standard recipe exists. Think vibes more than vittles. A post shared by Tim Farmer (@timfarmerscountrykitchen) It began as a meal made by and for common folk, using whatever meats and vegetables they could scrounge up around the farm. That often meant mixing wild game such as venison, squirrel, rabbit, wild turkey and even pigeon or possum into a pot with carrots, onions, corn and okra. Throw in some Worcestershire sauce, maybe a dash of cornmeal and other spices, mop it up with cornbread or crackers and … baby, you got a 'goo going. Advertisement 'When I think of burgoo, I think of it as the one recipe that is truly a reflection of Kentucky,' said Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, a prominent attorney, former state cabinet secretary and board member of Louisville's Frazier History Museum who has researched and written about some of the state's signature foods. 'It organically grew out of our state and its history. It didn't just start because of a party or something. And, it's got longevity.' However, burgoo claims only a tangential connection to the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs will not sell it on the grounds this week or most weeks. Outside of a few barbecue joints, you won't find burgoo on many Louisville restaurant menus. But a horse called Burgoo King won the 1932 Kentucky Derby. He was named in honor of Lexington, Ky., grocer J.T. Looney, whose burgoo was so famous that his obituary ran in The New York Times when he died in 1954. Burgoo and thoroughbred racing have long been stablemates. The stew's true debut is unknown, but it gained popularity alongside the spring livestock and horse sales in central Kentucky after the Civil War. The sales attracted large crowds of people from all walks of life who came to gamble on races, sip corn whiskey and fill their rumbling tummies. Gus Jaubert, a Frenchman who cooked for Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Confederate raiders, supposedly fed hundreds at these events and became known as the father of Kentucky burgoo (his kettle pots are still on display at Buffalo Trace Distillery). Freed former slaves also traveled to horse farms across the region, selling the dish. Burgoo culture in Kentucky is strongest in western Kentucky as part of the barbecue scene and in horse country, including Anderson County's long-running annual burgoo festival. Burgoo remains a staple at Lexington's Keeneland Race Course, and the recipe remains mostly unchanged since the track opened in 1936. Keeneland makes 160 gallons of burgoo per day during the racing meets in April and October, with kitchen workers beginning to cook at 4 a.m. to get the batches ready by noon. Keeneland burgoo. Perhaps the best sporting event food item in existence. — Cameron Drummond (@cdrummond97) April 7, 2025 When Keeneland executive chef Marc Therrien first arrived at the track in 2016 from California, he saw the burgoo recipe and decided to add his flair: veal stock and some different succulent meats. He watched as that initial cup of his new concoction was served. 'That didn't go over well. A lady was really upset,' Therrien said. 'I was like, 'Holy s—!' We had the (original) stuff, so I said, let's just put that out. 'When families came here or someone came here with their father, they probably celebrated with a cup of burgoo together. When you try something like that and it's still the same, it brings back memories. We want to make sure we keep that sacred.' A post shared by Erica Bivens TV (@ Keeneland's famed stew sometimes sells out of all 160 gallons, especially on chillier race days. Mass consumption comes as a built-in feature of burgoo. 'It's the crowd dish,' said Sarah Fritschner, the former food editor at The (Louisville) Courier-Journal who has written two Derby cookbooks. 'You can make it in a vat the size of a Volkswagen and feed a Catholic church picnic or the Kentucky Colonels' reunion. Advertisement 'It's always a great choice because it's very Kentucky-ish, and it feeds a lot of people. And, it's very filling, so it can soak up whatever beverages you happen to be enjoying.' Though you can make burgoo on the stove, traditional preparation involves tending a massive cast iron kettle over an open fire, stirring for hours with a wooden paddle until the meat falls apart and becomes indistinguishable from the veggie broth. You can't rush the process. That's part of the appeal. 'As a hostess, it's a wonderful dish to serve because it sits for hours and you don't have to worry about taking it off at a certain time to serve your guests,' Glisson said. 'The longer it sits, the better it is. It's ideal at an event, particularly a Derby party, where everybody is having fun. It's usually not a sit-down thing; it's more of a 'stand and eat it at a party' dish.' Modern versions ditch the road-kill aspect for more mainstream proteins such as beef, chicken, pork and, on occasion, mutton. 'Over time, it became more refined because people don't hunt squirrels much — or as much,' Fritschner said. Ouita Michel, a central Kentucky author, restaurateur and guest judge on Season 16 of 'Top Chef,' is viewed by many as the keeper of Kentucky's burgoo flame. She has hosted large-scale boils the past couple of years, using a recipe inspired by her friend, Rick Caudle, who'd studied at the cauldron feet of Jim Conway, who was known as the burgoo king of Frankfort, Ky. Caudle's recipe, which he made for friends at a fishing camp on the Kentucky River, accounted for 25 gallons and included squirrel, rabbit and dove breast. When he'd leave out the wild game for folks in town, he called it a 'city 'goo.' 'They'd been making that particular recipe for 75 years, and it probably goes back more than a century,' said Michel, whose seven restaurants include the flagship Holly Hill Inn in Midway, Ky. 'It's sort of like a hand-to-hand, generation-to-generation exchange. Advertisement 'It's also just the culture, the history. Sometimes we evaluate recipes versus recipes instead of thinking, 'Hey, what makes a recipe?' All the provenance, all the people and the culture and the region and the geography that's in the recipe's history — that's what makes it burgoo.' Michel plans to hold another giant burgoo cook this fall and has hunters who have volunteered to supply some small wild game to give it more of a traditional feel. Whether that suits everyone's tastes misses the point. The act of production — the hours spent around a fire with friends, most likely with a choice Kentucky bourbon at the ready — powers the heritage. It escapes no one that burgoo can only be produced in an actual melting pot. 'When you say, 'We're having a burgoo,' it means we're getting together. We're having some fun together,' Michel said. 'It's not just that we're having a burgoo to eat. We're having a gathering. We're having a throwdown kind of thing. It's like the name for the party is a burgoo. It brings people together.' 1. Cover the chicken quarters in chicken broth and simmer until tender. Reserve the broth; pull the meat from the bones. 2. In a large, heavy-bottomed kettle, add the pork and beef. Cover with water or stock. Simmer over low heat for an hour or until the meat is fairly tender. 3. Add soaked beans and continue simmering for another hour. Add the chicken meat and the reserved chicken broth. 4. Add all the vegetables — potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, turnip, beans, peas, corn and tomatoes — then add the V8, the A.1. and the Red Hot. Simmer another hour. Keep the heat low and stir periodically to keep from sticking. The vegetables and meat should cook into each other. Adjust seasoning with salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. (Top photo of chef Ouita Michel, center, and actor Steve Zahn, far right, making burgoo courtesy of Ouita Michel)
