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Downtown block party Friday to celebrate Kentucky's win

UK fans celebrate following the team's win in the NCAA championship on Limestone St. in Lexington, Ky., Monday, April 2, 2012. Photo by Matt Goins 13743

If you're still feeling the fever of Kentucky winning the national men's college basketball title, the Big Blue Block Party will keep your team spirit alive.

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BUSINESS

Final Four: A game-day guide to food and drink specials at Central Kentucky bars and restaurants

With the University of Kentucky men's basketball team in its second consecutive Final Four on Saturday, Lexington bars, restaurants and other venues are pulling out all the stops to help patrons cheer the Wildcats past the University of Louisville Cardinals to Monday's championship game.

60 days ago
BUSINESS

Lexington comic event wildly exceeds expectations

Lexington's first major comic and toy convention filled to capacity faster than a speeding bullet Saturday, drawing about four times more visitors than organizers expected.

65 days ago
FOOD

Lexington pastry chef makes Food & Wine 'best' list

Stella Bussey Parks, the 30-year-old pastry chef at Table Three Ten on West Short Street, is one of Food & Wine's Best New Pastry Chefs in America. Parks started her career in restaurants at 14. She graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 2002.

96 days ago
PARTIES

Roots and Heritage Festival: sunshine and 'the fellowship of it all'

Good food, lively music and vendors selling everything from sunglasses to African artwork are the staples of the annual Roots and Heritage Festival, which is going on this weekend for the 23rd year.

261 days ago
PARTIES

Derby Eve party releases celebrity guest list

Country star Miranda Lambert tops the lists of celebrities who will be attending the 2011 Barnstable-Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala in Louisville.

405 days ago
TV AND DVDS

Lexington woman says being bad on TV is good for her

Lauren Spears is a proud member of The Bad Girls Club . On her Facebook page promoting the reality show, she has written: "Come at me with a smile, and ill smile back. Come at me with attitude, and i'll take off your f------ head." | Ted Turner's daughter takes love of weeding to public TV

484 days ago
TRAVEL

Centre grad helped clown troupe bring message of hope to Haiti

Clowns Without Borders, an international troupe of performers, works to encourage earthquake victims. Its slogan: 'No child without a smile.'

503 days ago
STAGE AND DANCE

Restored Lyric Theatre hosts first concert since 1963

After standing in silence and darkness for nearly 50 years, Lexington's historic Lyric Theatre came alive again Saturday night with lights, music and love.

576 days ago
PARTIES

Lyric Theatre plans October reopening celebration

Extensive renovations on the historic Lyric Theatre, once a bustling entertainment center for Lexington's black community, are near completion, and a four-day reopening celebration will be Oct. 28-31, the Lyric's board announced Tuesday.

643 days ago
HOME

Home tour will raise money for Philharmonic Guild

The Lexington Philharmonic Guild is counting on voyeurism — getting an inside look at how other people live — to make its first holiday homes tour a smashing success.

906 days ago