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Week ahead: NBA draft, Pride Festival, more

This years Lexington Pride Festival will take place on Saturday.
This years Lexington Pride Festival will take place on Saturday. Herald-Leader

Monday

It’s official: Summer is here

Keep those sunglasses out; it’s officially the beginning of summer and the “longest” day of the year, the summer solstice. That’s when the sun reaches its farthest point north of the celestial equator.

 

Thursday

Ex-Cats look to get picked in NBA Draft

Another year, another NBA draft littered with former Kentucky players. Find out where Tyler Ulis, Jamal Murray and Skal Labissiere will lace it up in the pros. (7 p.m., ESPN)

 

Saturday

Standing proud

The ninth annual Lexington Pride Festival, a celebration of Central Kentucky’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, features food and drink vendors, dancing and live entertainment. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza, 120 North Limestone. (Lexpridefest.org)

This story was originally published June 20, 2016 at 6:52 AM with the headline "Week ahead: NBA draft, Pride Festival, more."

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