The Highlander Neighborhood Monthly

A Lifelong Pilgrimage

“Pilgrimage” – the word seems out of place in today’s world. Maybe your mind flashes to a Monty Python sketch or you have uneasy memories of reading “Pilgrim’s Progress” in high school. But millions of people across the world still go on pilgrimages – for example, the sturdy souls who hike the 500-mile Camino de Santiago in northern Spain.   Lou... Read more...

Pioneering pARTnerships

At a recent Louisville Visual Art Association luncheon, quilt expert Shelly Zegart, one of Louisville’s most admired residents, reflected on her 30-year journey to international fame. “At what point do you say ‘enough’?” she quips, eliciting a swell of laughter from an audience of her peers in a gallery at the organization’s riverside tower.   Zegart, of Cr... Read more...

Community Calendar - January

SPOTLIGHT: NANA LAMPTON AND MATTHEW WEIR EXHIBITION The work of Nana Lampton and Matthew Weir will be on exhibit at The Gallery at Actors, January 3 – February 5 (Tues.-Fri., 5 p.m.-10 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 1 p.m.-10 p.m.). Nana Lampton’s show “Farmland, Seashore, River and Mountains” is comprised of 25 oil paintings and at least 12 watercolors, some depicting her native Kent... Read more...

Crosses by the Road

While driving through rural Kentucky recently, I was shocked by the number of roadside crosses marking the sites of traffic fatalities. Always crosses, never anything else. I was saddened and then annoyed, because according to the anecdotal evidence along the nation’s byways, Christians are by far the worst drivers in America.    That raised my hackles because I was raised a Methodist ... Read more...

Your News and Notes - January

North End Cafe Opens Bardstown Road Location North End Cafe, known for organic, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free menu options at their Frankfort Avenue location, recently opened a second location near the Douglass Loop, at 2116 Bardstown Road.    Their menu highlights traditional items made with a health-conscious approach using seasonal vegetables and fresh herbs from local growers.   ... Read more...

The End of the World

In case you’ve been sleeping under a Mayan temple, I should remind you that it’s now officially 2012 and R.E.M. is no longer around to belt out the theme song. There’s no turning back the clock to the good old days of Harold Camping’s Bible thumping about the rapture – or any other doomsday scenario that keeps cropping up only to pass with little or no fanfare.  �... Read more...

Sole Music

Chad Haverly remembers MTV when it played music videos – those expensively produced, jumpily edited promotional clips designed to get the word out about the next big band dreaming big. And he didn’t leave his love of video behind; these days, Haverly co-owns Sole Solution Studios with David Boone and Christopher Lavelle.   Boone and Lavelle remember those days, too. Lavelle and Ha... Read more...

Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

Identity theft has become the single largest and fastest-growing crime in the United States. In 2009 alone, it claimed 11.4 million victims (an increase of 37 percent over 2007) and cost consumers $54 billion, an average of $4,841 per victim.   Identity theft occurs when a thief steals key pieces of personal identifying information – which may include your name, address, date of birth, So... Read more...