Plant, Krauss performance sublime and surreal

By Walter Tunis Contributing Music Critic

Near the halfway point of their sublime and, at times, stylistically surreal performance last night, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss hoisted up the full fruits and colors of their near yearlong roots music sojourn for all 4,100 fans on hand at Rupp Arena to see.

 
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Pablo Alcala | Staff

Fascinating 'Lord of the Flies' asks questions of humanity

Long before we watched Oceanic Flight 815 crash onto a mysterious island on the TV show Lost, or pondered the truces, alliances, and backstabbing of Survivor, there was another island whose stranded inhabitants fascinated readers around the world.

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Peter Mountain

'Mamma Mia!': An ABBAlanche of silly fun

Mamma Mia! is a pajama party of a musical, a stay-up-too-late, sing-in-front-of-the-mirror, giggle-with-your-girlfriends, worry-about-the-mess-afterwords romp. It gets by on the featherweight golden oldies of ABBA and the treat of seeing and hearing some of cinema's golden oldies break character and belt out a song.

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Howard M. Snyder | staff

Clamato's: Seafood makes a standout

A few years is a respectable, if tragically short, lifespan for any restaurant these days. Clamato's, near the corner of Versailles Road and Alexandria Drive, has already made it to five years. The Mexican eatery's specialty remains mariscos, or seafood, and ­Clamato's longevity is probably best explained by this niche focus, and attention to detail, rather than simply delivering the city's three most familiar dimensions in mainstream ”Tex-Mex“: sugar, salt and fat.

Rocking the scouts camp

WELLINGTON – It's 10 a.m., and the kids are just starting to stir, pouring milk over cold cereal to try to reignite their senses after a late night watching movies.

 

Drink specials

What’s on tap for cheap at Central Kentucky bars and restaurants

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Charles Bertram | staff

Classic cars compete at Keeneland show

It's shaping up to be a high-gear weekend for car fanciers with the fifth annual Keeneland Concours d'Elegance scheduled for Saturday at Lexington's Keeneland Race Course.

Copious Notes

CULTURE+MORE

By Rich Copley

Fash Food

SHOPPING+FASHION

By Harriett Hendren

Musical Box

MUSIC

By Walter Tunis

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By Cheryl Truman

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