Woven through the tapestry of our humble city, coloring our land-locked valley are countless immigrants that call Louisville home. Often-times we step outside our doors and casually wave to the mono-chromatic neighbors that surround us, but rarely do we have the pleasure of celebrating the beautiful diversity of our city.  Only at my day-job, in the public school system of Jefferson County am I reminded of the cultures that call this area home.  

A final summer picnic. One last day at the pool. The UofL-UK game.

These are all great ways to celebrate the long holiday weekend, but how do you want to kick it off? At the usual Friday happy hour? Dinner and a movie? Bowling?

No!

Rock it out at the Westport Village shopping center! They are hosting the final night of their Summer Concert Series this Friday, and it promises to be a big one!

By Josh Cook

The University of Louisville men's basketball team has taken a double hit.

Friday UofL announced that neither former Memphis guard Roburt Sallie nor 2010 signee Justin Coleman will be eligible to play for the Cardinals in the 2010-11 season.

According to the announcement Sallie, who had signed a financial aid agreement with UofL in June, won't play "due to the timing requirements of meeting the matriculation deadline for graduate school."

Sunday, August 29th, will bring major delays to River Road & SR 42 due to the commencement of the 2010 Ford Ironman. There is signage everywhere advising residents to find alternate routes due to the predicted delays. Personally, I'm thinking this the perfect excuse to not drive anywhere and settle in for a nice day of Netflix. For route information see the Ironman Louisville site here.

Photo by Tarsha Stith

Sometimes the only place to go for answers is the State Fair. There have been times when I've wrestled with, what felt like, the questons of the world. What I loved about this exhibit is the simplicity of the question posed. Really, who hasn't ever thought about what one can do with a llama (ahem..Michael Jackson)? 

Photo by Tarsha Stith

When I first moved to Louisville, just three days shy of a year ago, a new friend took me to a sports bar where everyone was talking about, you guessed it, sports.  After listening to talk of the Cardinals for what seemed like an eternity, I very stupidly asked, “Do you have any real sports teams?”  I did make it out that bar alive, clearly, but it was not easy.  Eyes lit up, fists struck tables with furious... let's call it explanation.

By Josh Cook

Another night, another grand slam for Devin Mesoraco, another victory for the Louisville Bats.

One night after hitting a walk-off, grand slam in his Triple-A debut to beat Syracuse, Mesoraco hit a second-inning granny to lead Louisville to a 6-2 victory over the Chiefs on Thursday night at Louisville Slugger Field.