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Autumn Magic Festival

2008-10-10T09:51:00.001-07:00

Fall is in the air and the leaves are changing. Come to the Autumn Magic Festival to enjoy all this season has to offer. Fall foliage tours, pumpkin painting, fall crafts and so much more! Now through November 1st.

French Lick Resort
Now - November 1
Boat, plane, and train fall foliage tours
Pumpkin painting, hay mazes, fall crafts, & more!

Dare to Care Hunger Walk & Run

2008-10-10T09:50:00.004-07:00

Help fight hunger just by walking - take part in the 30th annual Dare to Care Hunger Walk and Run. It all takes place on Sunday, October 19th at Waterfront Park's Festival Plaza.

5K Course
Sunday, October 19, 2:00pm
Waterfront Park's Festival Plaza
www.thehungerwalk.org

Mayor's Healthy Hometown Fall Hike

2008-10-10T09:50:00.003-07:00

Come hit the trail with Mayor Jerry Abramson for the Healthy Hometown Fall Hike. There's children's activities, hay rides, music, and more! Saturday, October 18 at Jefferson Memorial Forest.

Saturday, October 18
10:00am - 2:00pm
Jefferson Memorial Forest
Children's face and pumpkin painting!

Noogiefest

2008-10-10T09:50:00.001-07:00

Gilda's Club Louisville is hosting Noogiefest, a "spooktacular" party for kids with a connection to cancer. There'll be trick or treating, pumpkin decorating, face painting, and more! Saturday, October 25th.

Saturday, October 25, 11am - 2pm
Gilda's Club Louisville
633 Baxter Avenue
Trick or treating, pumpkin decorating, & more!

Jeffersontown Pumpkinfest

2008-10-10T09:49:00.001-07:00

Pumpkins mean fall and you can come to a festival all about pumpkins! The Jeffersontown Pumpkinfest is Saturday, October 25 and will feature live music from the Wulfe Brothers!

Saturday, October 25, 10am -1pm
Featuring the Wulfe Brothers
Jeffersontown Farmers' Market Pavilion
10434 Watterson Trail

St. Matthews Halloween Festival

2008-10-10T09:48:00.001-07:00

Celebrate Halloween with the whole family at the St. Matthews Halloween Festival. There'll be trick or treating and family fun Saturday, October 25 at Brown Park.

Saturday, October 25
11:00am - 2:00pm
Brown Park, Kresge Way at Browns Lane
Trick or Treating, Free Family Fun!

Local Happenings

2008-10-03T09:05:00.000-07:00

There's lots of local happenings coming up and lots of crisp, autumn air to breathe in so get on out there and enjoy!

Week in the Highlands 2008

A very Louisville event with lots of sub-events going on this weekend and through next. Here is a sampling of some of them:

Highlands-Douglass Big Rock Jazz Fest

Sunday, October 5 2:00-7:00pm

Cherokee Park, Big Rock Area

Steve Allee Quintet, Juggernaut Jug Band & More!
Saturday, October 4 2:00 pm

Environmental Fair

Bardstown Road & Alfresco Place

Music, food, interactive events
5K Run/Walk & Pancake Breakfast

Saturday, October 4 8:00am

Douglass Blvd/Bardstown Road

www.highlandsweek.org
Derby City Brass Band Benefit

Sunday, October 5 6:00-7:30pm

St. Paul United Methodist Church

2000 Douglass Blvd., Louisville

Guest Soprano: Eva Marie Morse
14th Annual Belknap Festival

Friday , October 10 6:00-10:00pm

Saturday, October 11 10:00am - 7:00pm

Walker & Kays, John Gage, Earbone, and more!

Douglass Loop & 2200 Bardstown Road
Empty Bowls

Thursday, October 9 5:30 - 8:30 pm

Bellarmine University, Frazier Hall

Meal & Handcrafted potter's bowl, $5-$30
Farmington Harvest Festival

Bardstown Road at Watterson Expressway

Sunday, October 12 Noon - 5:00pm, Free

Music, food, crafts, produce,

Characters in costume, and more!

Groove & Dance Festival

Saturday, October 11 8:00pm

10 stages, over 25 acts

Wristbands $10 and sold in the

BBC Parking Lot

Shelbyville Road, St. Matthews

21+ event

Garvin Gate Blues Festival

Oak Street at Garvin Place, Free

Friday, October 10 6:30 - 11:00pm

Saturday, October 11 2:30 - 11:00pm

Eddie The Chief Clearwater,

Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, and more!

Octoberfest Octoberfeast Louisville

Friday, October 10 4-11pm

Saturday, October 11 1-11pm

4th St. between Broadway & Chestnut

Live music, entertainment, 100% German food

Admission is Free!

"The Story"

U-of-L Department of Theatre Arts

October 1 - 5

Thrust Theatre, 2314 S. Floyd St.

Tickets: $8 - $12

Win an American Girl Doll & Tickets

2008-10-01T06:07:00.001-07:00

Win an American Girl Doll and tickets to the October 10-12 Fashion Show at Churchill Downs! Just watch The CW Louisville Live This Morning weekdays on WBKI-TV at 10:00 a.m.

American Girl Fashion Show

2008-09-30T12:41:00.001-07:00

Benefiting Kosair Children's Hospital
October 10-12
Churchill Downs
Tickets: (502) 629-KIDS

90210 Ringtone

2008-08-15T05:26:00.000-07:00

The Shelbyville Horse Show

2008-07-31T07:58:00.000-07:00

At the last horse show before the World Championships, nerves run high at the Shelbyville Horse Show. People from all over the state and even further come together for four nights of horses, music, fashion, people, food and so much more. Shelbyville's very own "Derby-esque" event, we have our own celebrities such as William Shatner. He is known to show up at the event, and I was lucky enough to attend opening night, last night, and the host of the new Lifetime show, "How to Look Good Naked" Carson Kressley was in attendance last night with a whole entourage of people along with him. Carson was also most recently a judge on our own CW's show "Crowned".

The Shelbyville Horse Show runs tonight through Saturday, Aug. 2. The Horse Show starts at 7 p.m. each night held at the Shelbyville Fairgrounds. Hope to see you there!
This is a picture of my friend Elizabeth, Rachel and I at the horse show last night. Looks like we are having fun right??

American Idol Auditions

2008-07-22T08:12:00.000-07:00

Okay...so I know American Idol is a Fox Network show, but I am not here to promote the show, I simply would like to share with everyone my experience at American Idol Auditions yesterday.

Schedule for the day:
3:30- Wake up
4:30- Waiting in stand still traffic on Watterson
5:00- Arrive at Fair and Expo Center and wait in a line that seemed to be a mile long
7:00- We are now able to enter Freedom Hall and are told to leave outside our outside food, umbrella, and blankets, the items we were told we were allowed to bring initially. Leaving my Coach umbrella at the front entrance of Freedom Hall is not an easy task, especially since I knew it would get stolen as soon as the first person left the auditions....and it did.
8:00- Everyone has filled the arena and we now begin filming little saying like" Welcome to Louisville" and "Getting Lucky in Kentucky"...yeah....
10:30- The auditions finally begin with people on the lower floor and they work their way around the lower level. The audition consists of groups of 4 going up to a producer or two in a section and singing only about 10 seconds of your song.
1:30- Becoming a little bit restless, I have taken several uncomfortable naps at this point, and become a little delusional and start to read the "Readers Digest" I packed along, all the while becoming light headed and shaky from lack of food since I had breakfast at 4 this morning.
3:00- You really only can hear some many versions of Whitney Houston songs before you go a little nuts.
5:00- My section is finally called down and I am put into a group of 3 others and as we step up in front of the judges the first girl is told she sang too soft, the second person is a guy and he is told he should have sang something in English( he sang an Italian opera...bad choice) and the girl next to me is told she should have sang a girl song (she sang Frank Sinatra) and I sing Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About". I am told I had a strong voice and had good song choices, but just "not what they are looking for".

A very long day, an incredible experience, but one I will never do again. I really would have beaten myself up if I didn't go to the auditions, especially since they were right here, but I am not like the other people who auditioned with me, I can't sing any louder, any more feminine, and you can't really get anymore American than Bonnie Raitt. I already did what I could do, I really can't change what they are looking for, or how I appear to them. I am not sure if the other thousands of people that were there will realize this or if they will go to the next audition site and try again, just like I heard some many already planning to do as we walked out the hall of shame.Here is a picture of the people filing in. This is not even half of the people there.

ACL Fan Fest

2008-07-16T12:32:00.000-07:00

Join the CW Kentuckiana Motorsports gang at the 2nd Annual ACL Fanfest tomorrow (Thursday) at 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Jeff Boat. NASCAR Drivers Jack Sprague and Ron Hornady will be there to sign autographs and hang out with the fans. There will be food, fun, music by Leigh Ann Yost Band, pit crew demonstrations and much much more. But the best part is......it's FREE!!!!!

Join us tomorrow at Jeff Boat in Jeffersonville, IN!

Who Will Be Next On Top?

2008-07-16T11:08:00.000-07:00

Held at French Lick Resort & Casino this past weekend, our Casting Call for America’s Next Top Model was modelicious!!! More than 150 women from the area came up to see if they had what it takes to be ANTM. As it turns out, many of them did which will make the final selection very difficult. As personable as she is beautiful, The CW Louisville’s local winner, Seema Sheth, more than wowed the judges. We were fortunate to have her on our morning show this week (7/28) where she signed our cafe's signature wall and worked out details regarding the trip she won and other CW promos and events! Her application and video from the casting call, as well as the rest of the contestants’, will be sent to the West Coast for further review by Tyra and the gang. Click on Seema's photo to see more footage from the casting call and make http://www.cwlouisville.com/ a bookmark.

What do you crave?

2008-07-10T13:04:00.000-07:00

Thursday is our designated White Castle day. Drive up to the station at 9:30 on Thursday morning and wait in our Crave Zone. All you have to do is be one of the first five in line and tell us what you crave. Since it is Thursday afternoon and you can't wait until next Thursday to get your White Castle fix, I will randomly choose one winner if you comment on this blog entry. So make sure you comment with what you crave the most today and make sure you leave your email address as well and you will win a free crave case of White Castle Hamburgers!

Birthday

2008-07-03T10:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my birthday.....I am now 21 years old.

About 9 million other people in the world had a birthday yesterday as well. That doesn't make me feel so special. But I feel special because I got a electric ice cream maker, earrings, ebay gift card(I love ebay!), a painting, and more.

Do you remember what you got on your 21st birthday?

Lost a Camera?

2008-07-01T07:52:00.000-07:00

I found a really neat website yesterday. If you have lost a camera on a road trip or while you were just having a night on the town, you may be in luck. A blog entitled "Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures" is a place where you can search for your lost camera. If anyone finds a camera they email four pictures found on the camera to this website and they post the pictures and where the camera was found. I loved the idea of being reunited with pictures that some may think are gone for good. The pictures on this website aren't just fun friend photos, there are wedding pictures, family portraits and unique travel landmarks. You may even recognize someone you know and help them get back their pictures. A camera may be a replaceable item, but the photos they contain are moments in your life you can't recreate.
Check out the website: www.ifoundyourcamera.net
Let me know what you think, and if you have any unique websites that you think others need to know about!Camera Picture courtesy of Google Images

America's Next Top Model Casting Call

2008-06-24T13:23:00.000-07:00

Do you have what it takes to be America's Next Top Model? Well you don't have to answer that, just come to our Casting Call for Cycle 12 of America's Next Top Model at French Lick Resort and Casino on July 12th from 11 AM to 6 PM to show us what you got. You have to be at least 5'7" in height (so I guess that counts me out) and between the ages of 18 and 27. You don't have to have any prior experience in modeling.

Bring your completed application (which you can download off our website) and three pictures of yourself and your driver's license or passport and social security card or birth certificate.

Links to Eligibility Forms and the Application along with directions to the resort can be found here.

Hope to see you there!

Oh, Wednesday!

2008-06-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

We had another great show on the CW Live this Morning, every Monday thru Friday at 9:30! We had appearances from Cabo Wabo's Glenn Smith, LEO's Editor Stephen George, Larry Powers from White Castle and Jeff Miller from Miller Mowing. Yesterday Patrick, one of the other interns, and I got a chance to do a story at Kentucky Kingdom and we even got to ride the Ferris Wheel to end our story. Very cool! Be on the look out for more information on when that story will air.I will leave you with this picture of the interns(Patrick, Ellie and Me) in front of the station. We decided we needed a photo shoot to encourage other college students to do internships because internships at the CW are so much fun!

No Need To Venture Out of Town This Weekend!

2008-06-12T08:59:00.000-07:00

With so much happening this weekend, along with skyrocketing gas prices, why hang around anywhere other than Louisville?

Art Gallery Exhibits
Out of Sound – Zephyr Gallery http://www.zephyrgallery.org/
Hanging Together – Pyro Gallery http://www.pyrogallery.com/

Enüf is Enough – Gallery Nulu http://www.gallerynulu.com/
Raw Loop – Speed Art Museum http://www.speedmuseum.org/

THURSDAY
Indiana Colts FanFest @ 4th Street Live Tonight – 5p.m. – 7p.m.Come down and meet some of the cheerleaders, players, and enjoy a FREE concert Jon McLaughlin.

FRIDAY
Brass Band Festival Begins

Kentucky's free, non-profit brass band extravaganza held annually in June!

SATURDAY
Farmers' Market www.fruitstands.com/states/kentucky.htm
Jeffersontown 8:30a.m. – 1p.m.
J-Town Pavillion – Watterson Trail & Taylorsville Road 502.267.1674
Bardstown Road 8a.m. – 1p.m.
Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church 812.843.4724
Farmer’s Alternative Markets III 6:30a.m. – 9p.m.
St. Louis Betrand Catholic Church 812.968.3693
Farmers Alternative Markets IV 10a.m. – 1p.m.
St. Francis Episcopal Church 812.968.3693

Greek Festival
11a.m. – 10p.m.
http://www.assumptionlouisville.org/

The Asian Water Festival Family Day
10a.m. – 2p.m. Waterfront Park
http://www.cranehouse.org/

Great American Brass Band Festival

100 Years on the Ohio River
Come celebrate 100 years on the Ohio, riverside and the Farnsley-Morement Landing this Saturday & Sunday from 10a.m. – 5p.m. The celebration will commemorate the found of the Falls, educate you on history, and there will be a real-life timeline enacted to represent the different periods of time. Admission: $6 for Adults; $5 for Seniors; $3 for Children. Visit http://www.fallslanding.org/ for more information about location and more.
http://www.riverside-landing.org/

Kentucky Pride Festival
Miss KPF at The Connection @ 7p.m.
http://www.kentuckianapridefestival.org/

Juneteenth Jamboree of New Plays hosted by Actors Theatre
6 days, 7 plays, 30 hours and much, much more to heat up your June http://www.juneteenthlegacytheatre.com/

Louisville Fire vs. Green Bay Blizzard @ 7p.m. http://www.louisvillefirefootball.com/
Military Appreciation Night Two FREE tickets with military I.D. ($5 Tickets)

SUNDAY
100 Years on the Ohio River (cont.)
Great American Brass Band Festival (cont.)

Colts Visit!

2008-06-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

We had an exciting visit today from the Indianapolis Colts Choreographer, April Smith. She came to promote the Indianapolis Colts Fan Fest being at 4th Street Tonight with autographs from the cheerleaders and players.

Also a concert from Jon McLaughlin starting at 5 p.m. So Go out to 4th Street tonight and party with the Colts.

I was lucky enough to get a picture with April before she went on the air. I will say I was quite jealous of her bling-bling Super Bowl ring she wore to the show.

Remember...4th Street tonight....you might even see Peyton. And you still have two days to get your Father his father's day present. I wouldn't suggest a tie.

Cuban Cuisine In St. Matt's?

2008-06-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

Havana Rumba
My co-worker, Erica (a.k.a. Thursday's CW LIVE "Castle Queen" - yes, I dine with queens these days), and I were wanting to try a new restaurant in Louisville and, because we had fallen behind in our pact to have a lunch date each week, we decided to have dinner last Friday evening after work. She suggested Havana Rumba as she had only heard about it so I cluelessly agreed to hit it up. Here's what we found:

Atmosphere:
Upon entering, I noticed there were only about four tables for outdoor seating with the rest of the seating indoor (no bother to us, it was steaming outside). We arrived around 6:30 and, to our stomachs' approval, were seated right away. Warmly-washed walls, natural lighting from the shaded windows and candlelight on each table provided an inviting and comfortable setting.

Menu:
Thankfully Hector brought us out a basket of good ol' white bread with a zesty, garlic butter to curb our hunger pains. Erica and I quickly decided on our drinks and appetizer for which we chose Tostones con Pollo; this involved "green, fried plantains topped with Monteray Jack cheese, grilled chicken and salsa fresca." The plantains resembled the flavor of a potato, which may sound odd to those who know a plantain to taste sweet, however, because they cook it with green (not yet ripened) plantains the consistency is thicker and more neutral. With the cheese, grilled chicken, and salsa fresca atop, this Havana Rumba created a tasty, zero-calorie (I wish) appetizer to pair with the wonderful drink selection!
More quickly than expected our meals arrived: Ropa Vieja for me and Fricase de Pollo for Erica.

Ropa Vieja involves shredded steak cooked with bell peppers, onions and olives in a Creole tomato and wine sauce and served with rice, black beans and sweet plantains.

My entree had the look and texture of shredded b.b.q. I greatly enjoyed the marinade of the steak's sauce; it was sweet and the tomato Creole did not overpower the flavor (I have a love-hate relationship with tomatoes - fresh, cooked, sauced). Additionally, the black beans were exceptionally good, as I expected them to be bland and flavorless, and the plantains, always a delight, were a great match for this meal. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a fresh spin on the traditional, American BBQ.

Fricase de Pollo is made with boneless chicken, potatoes and carrots slow cooked in a wine, tomato creole sauce and served with rice, black beans & sweet plantains.

Appetizers, Entrees, Desserts, Drinks

Looking to stay on track?
While it seems to me that Cuban cuisine, according to H.R., involves pretty hefty meals, the venue does offer items for those who are looking for a lighter option. They have a fair selection of salads, grilled chicken and fish, vegetarian items, soup of the day and more. Because I was mostly interested in getting the full experience (no pun intended) of H.R.'s Cuban cuisine, I chose against the path of light (aka - a salad).

Our Drinks:
Passionpolitan & The Original Cuban Mojito=>

Service:
Hector provided us with excellent service by humoring us and being timely with water, drinks, and orders. We experienced nothing but the best service - only there when you need it.

Bang for your Buck?
The servings were so large that I invited Hector, our waiter, to have a seat and join us. I'm not quite sure what Erica and I were thinking when we ordered an appetizer, two full meals, and drinks, (with a derailed action-plan of having dessert, too). In the future, we plan split everything (appetizer, entree, dessert) but drinks.

Overall, I enjoyed my experience and look forward to dining again with Havana Rumba.

**All images you see on my blog are either mine or are linked to the website in which they were borrowed**

Anyone need pictures?

2008-06-10T12:09:00.000-07:00

Well Hillary is going to support Barack and Big Brown didn't win the Triple Crown....but it is still HOT!

My friend, Elizabeth Lauer, took my photos on Friday in a wheat field in Shelby Co. She does a wonderful job and is available for Senior Year Photos for you high schoolers, and she also specializes in weddings. You can contact her on http://www.lizzieloo.com/. I will share with you a few of my favorites:

I will share more later. Elizabeth also made me this fancy new signature. I'm impressed!

Watch the CW Louisville Live this Morning at 9:30 on Thursday to see my story on Father's Day!

Get Out and Experience Louisville

2008-06-06T11:36:00.000-07:00

Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art @ Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. The Opening Reception was Thursday, formally presenting, the opening of the new exhibit which will be open through August 23rd. Giving you a glimpse of more than 50 artists from the southern region of the U.S., this exhibit is sure to please the senses. One featured ceramic artist is Fong Choo, a professor at University of Louisville, who has a collection of interestingly, petite teapots. Check out the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft’s website: http://www.kentuckyarts.org/

THIS WEEKEND
FRIDAY
Free Vertical Horizon Concert @ 4th Street Live

Trolley Hop TONIGHT on Frankfort Avenue

http://www.firstfridaytrolleyhop.com/

SATURDAY
Bardstown Road Farmers’ Market 8a.m. – 1:00p.m.
Come out to support local farmers and your personal health by purchasing FRESH veggies, fruits, poultry, bakery goods, flowers and more! Located off of Bardstown Road (no joke) in the parking lot of the Presbyterian Church. You can also park at Deer Park Baptist Church across the street if necessary. To find more information on area agriculture visit: http://www.kyagr.com/

American World Festival, 11a.m. – 9p.m., Americana Community Center

SUNDAY
St. Matthews Community Fair 12-6p.m.

Cherokee Triangle Summer Concert Series

The first of many summer concerts is being held this Sunday from 7-9p.m. at Willow Park featuring Zydeco Bon (Cajun). Admission is free, but donations of canned goods will be accepted and appreciated for Highlands Community Ministries’ Dare to Care Food Pantry.

Questions of the week

2008-06-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

Hello All! This is Allie, one of the interns at the CW Louisville this summer! I have a few questions running through my head this week:

Can Big Brown win the Triple Crown? ( I hope so)

Will it cool down before it gets even hotter? ( I hope so)

What are you going to get your father for Father's Day? ( Not sure, definitely not a tie)

Is Hillary Clinton going to support Barack Obama? (Hmmm...)

Reply to this entry with your answers to the questions. And watch the CW for Louisville Live this Morning Monday thru Friday at 9:30, and if you are still unsure about what to get dad for his big day watch the CW Live this Morning on Thursday for the best and worst Father's Day gifts.

Here and Now at the CW.
Allie