Derby celebrities can chill in a special place
By Beverly Fortune bfortune@herald-leader.com
LOUISVILLE — Don't try to crash this party. You're not nearly famous enough to get through the door.
Beaux Arts Ball back in Distillery District
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
A 40th anniversary of an event would seem to be a logical time to look back and celebrate the heritage that has brought the enterprise that far.
10 years on, Fark retains its snark — and makes money
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Fark.com was born 10 years ago in a dial-up world, when a cell phone was only a phone and twittering sounded kind of naughty. Today, the way Fark readers consume and read the clever news aggregation Web site has changed radically. And, by the way, there are a lot more people reading it.
Be the life of the party, knowing about the life of Lennon
Staff, Wire Report
John Lennon's famous ode Imagine is the theme of the Living Arts & Science Center's annual fund-raising bash, H'Artful of Fun. This weekend's event will offer a chance for patrons to walk down “Penny Lane” on their way to the main festivities and groove to Eight Days a Week, a Beatles tribute band.
New Year's Eve parties get crunched by recession
By Mary Meehan mmeehan1@herald-leader.com
The big ball will still drop and champagne will still flow, but even New Year's Eve, the biggest party night of the year, is getting squeezed by tight economic times.
Derby party to boost UK project
By Jim Warren jwarren@herald-leader.com
The University of Kentucky plans to develop a new center to research and fight diabetes and obesity, thanks to millions of dollars in donations from Derby party hostess and UK alumna Patricia Barnstable-Brown of Louisville.
Charity benefited on night when 100 parties rolled into one
Last weekend was like Derby all over again — parties everywhere. The weekend's big event, "Justice for All: A Revolutionary Evening of Dinners and Dancing," wasn't just one party — it was a hundred dinner parties in homes and businesses across the city to benefit JustFundKY.
Geeks Night Out: How geeks pick up girls
By Amy Wilson awilson1@herald-leader.com
OK, so the idea was to get all the entrepreneurs, innovators, techies, engineers and people who know what "xml messages" are together in some networking event. But nobody wanted to call them "geeks" or call the get-together "networking."
Ky. State Fair: Backstage at the ‘cow wash'
By Amy Wilson awilson1@herald-leader.com
LOUISVILLE — It's not like they aren't used to it. They are show cows, after all. (A loose definition of show cows: cows that bathe.)
Guests set for Derby Grand Gala
By Mary Meehan mmeehan1@herald-leader.com
Comedian Chris Tucker, Dr. Ian Smith of Celebrity Fit Club, basketball greats Julius Erving and Michael Jordan, and American Idol winner Taylor Hicks will be among those attending the Grand Gala 2008 Derby party in Louisville.
