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BUSINESS

  • Buzz

    Bourbon a hit at French garden party

    Jim Jordan

    It's a tradition at the U.S. Embassy in Paris to hold a huge garden party on July 4 to celebrate our independence and the French role in defeating the British.

•  READ: Jim Jordan's blog "The Buzz"
ENTERTAINMENT

  • Copious notes

    Philharmonic conductor search update

    Rich Copley

    This week, we'll see Alfred Savia of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in Indiana, the fifth and final candidate this season for music director of the Lexington Philharmonic. The two-year search will end next spring after another season with up to six auditions.

•  READ: Rich Copley's blog "Copious Notes"

  • The Musical Box

    A father of inventiveness

    A visit by Zappa's widow is a good reason to reflect on his musical genius

    By Walter Tunis

    Gail Zappa and the University of Kentucky Chamber Winds

•  READ: Walter Tunis' blog "The Musical Box"
LIVING

  • Legacy in a major key

    By Merlene Davis

    If Lutisha Coleman-Morton had her way, more young musicians would learn to read music, especially those in black churches.

•  READ: Merlene Davis' blog "What's Up? with Merlene"
•  READ: Sharon Thompson's blog "Flavors of Kentucky"
NEWS

  • Political NOtebook

    Williams and Beshear at odds again?

    Ryan Alessi

    It's hardly news that Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican State Senate President David Williams don't get along — or as Williams puts it: ”I don't have any relationship with him.“

•  READ: Ryan Alessi's blog "Pol Watchers"
•  READ: Tom Eblen's blog "The Bluegrass and Beyond"

  • Beshear forgot to pack frugality

    Larry Dale Keeling

    FRANKFORT — This and that as Gov. Steve Beshear's ”Please Help Me My Ratings Have Fallen“ tour gets under way:

•  READ: Larry Dale Keeling's blog "KY Kurmudgeon"
SPORTS
•  READ: John Clay's blog "Sidelines"

  • UK Football Notebook

    Phillips tapping pipeline from Louisville Central

    Chip Cosby

    The University of Kentucky pipeline that UK offensive coordinator and future head coach Joker Phillips has established to powerhouse program LaGrange (Ga.) has been well-chronicled.

    Now Phillips may be on the verge of building another pipeline, this one a little closer to home at Louisville's Central High School.

  • HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

    Deciding when to play your aces never easy

    Mike Fields

    ”Who's on first?“ was the question posed by funny men Abbott and Costello. ”Who's on the mound?“ is the question posed by coaches serious about winning the state baseball title at Applebee's Park this week.
•  READ: Mike Fields' blog "Fields Notes"

  • Legends hitting coach goes for the gold in Beijing

    By Mark Maloney

    Stubby Clapp has done what he can to instruct the Lexington Legends. Now, the hitting coach gets his chance to show the last-place Legends — and the world — how to do things. Clapp, 35, is about to take leave from his job as coach to play for Canada in the Beijing Olympics.

  • Uk basketball notebook

    Basketball notebook: Horn sounds good to Downey

    Jerry Tipton

    Pickup games in a driveway told Ralph Willard that Darrin Horn knew how to play basketball. Willard, who coached Horn at Western Kentucky, liked to talk about their one-on-one games before either got to Bowling Green. Willard was an assistant coach at Kentucky and Horn a player for Tates Creek High.
•  READ: Jerry Tipton's blog "Jerry Tipton on UK basketball"
•  READ: Maryjean Wall''s blog "Galloping Out"
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