FashFood gift guide: Shop local, without limits
You don't have to step outside of Central Kentucky to complete your Christmas shopping
By Harriett Hendren hhendren@herald-leader.com,
You don't have to travel far to find fabulous gifts for the holidays. Why not put a Kentucky spin on this year's gift list? There are loads of cool items available at locally owned businesses or products inspired by the Bluegrass. Here's are a few ideas to get you started.
Interesting move by Actors Guild
The headline in the news that Actors Guild will put on a production of The SantaLand Diaries at the old Portabella restaurant space was, of course, that Actors Guild will put on a show at all.
Flavor and flair set Panda Cuisine apart
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that most local Chinese restaurants are dull one-noters?
Local travel writer publishes her first book
Contributing travel writer Patti Nickell has written her first book, about one of the great passions of Central Kentucky: horses.
Win tickets to see "The Drowsy Chaperone" at the Opera House
You could win tickets to see “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical within a comedy, Friday, January 22, 2010, at 8 p.m. at the Opera House in Lexington. Complete and submit an entry form by noon Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Duplicate entries will be expunged. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 to enter. Winners will be notified by telephone. Other restrictions may apply. Read the rules, and then enter today! Click here to enter the contest
Walter Tunis' music gift guide: A stocking full of songs
After I'd been doing this for nearly 30 years, the right idea finally presented itself.
'Fantastic Mr. Fox': Ingeniously sly
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a magical mixing of two ingenious sensibilities. Marry the dark, "scare the little darlings" playfulness of children's novelist Roald Dahl to the quirky, comic warmth of filmmaker Wes Anderson, assign it to ever-so-patient British masters of stop-motion animation, and you get a movie of whimsy, wit, warmth and wackiness, a Dahl parable (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) brought to animated life.
Sayre, John Wall to get shout-outs on Wednesday's 'Cougar Town'
Sayre School, one of its former basketball players and a University of Kentucky freshman will get shout-outs on national television Wednesday from one of Sayre's most visible alums, Cougar Town co-star Josh Hopkins.
Abuse survivors bear 'witness'
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