Hello Wednesday.
April 24 2024
If we haven’t made this abundantly clear, we love our Louisville community. Seriously, we think y’all are the coolest, and because we think so highly of you, we want to hear your stories.
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✍️ How to submit a story
- Write a story about a topic you love or know a lot about. We want the full story when you submit, not the idea or the outline.
- Go here + fill out the form with your name, social media handles (if you have ‘em), and upload your text and photos. Please be sure you have permission to use the photos you send us. If you didn’t take them, let us know who to credit.
- Give us 5 days to get back to you — we’ll let you know if we decide to publish it, when it will go out, and if any edits need to be made.
✍️ Stories we want
- We’re looking for passion pieces. Maybe you’re a cyclist and you have ideas for how to make the metro a friendlier place for bikes. Maybe you have a booth at The Flea Off Market and want to share which veggies are in season and how to use them in a recipe. Or maybe your great-grandma passed down a story about Louisville that needs to be told.
- Please include links in your story so readers can click out for more context. See our newsletter for examples of how this is done.
- We loooove photos + videos, and the more the better. Just please make sure we know who to credit.
- Keep your story to 500 words or less. This doesn’t mean we won’t publish longer stories. Just be conscious of your word count.
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What stories do you hope to read most on LOUtoday this year?
Today
- Trivia Night | Mondays | 7-9 p.m. | Gravely Brewing | Free | Battle between ABV and IQ at this weekly trivia night.❓
Tuesday
- Sublime with Rome | Tues., Sept. 14 | 7 p.m. | Great Lawn at Waterfront Park | $25+ | Bring your own chair to the lawn or reserve a premium seat.
Wednesday
- Tiki Time Beer Bar Crawl | Wed., Sept. 15 | 5-10 p.m. | Nachbar | Free | Drink and crawl your way to 5 different bars to celebrate the release of Tiki Time Tropical Sour beer from Atrium Brewing + Hi-Wire Brewing.
- Master Distillers Series: West of Ninth | Wed., Sept. 15 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Frazier History Museum | $49 | Get an autographed bottle of Brough Brothers Bourbon for $30 as part of this new exhibit highlighting Kentucky’s booming bourbon and craft beer industries.
Thursday
- Kentucky Southern Social | Thurs., Sept.16-18 | All day | Omni Hotel | $785+ | Experience a bourbon lovers weekend stay at the Omni with special events with the best names in the bourbon industry. 🥃
- Three Dog Night | Thurs., Sept.16 | 8 p.m. | Iroquois Amphitheater | $29+ | Momma told me to go — don’t miss this legendary Grammy-nominated band. 🎸
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
- Kentucky Bat Festival | Sun. Sept. 19 | 4-7 p.m. | Robards Barn, 4435 N. Preston Hwy. Shepherdsville, KY | $15 | Support the Second Chances Wildlife Center, learn about bats, and enjoy beer + BBQ. 🦇
We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.
Weather
- 90º | Sunny | 5% chance of rain
Biz
- Against the Grain Brewery is expanding to a fifth location this October in the former Odeon bar and music venue. The brewery plans to continue the live music and bar concept, but are naming it the Whirling Tiger after a tornado that came through the Butchertown area in 1890. 🌪️ (Louisville Business First)
Coming Soon
- A California-based gourmet hot dog, sausage, and burger restaurant is coming to Louisville + plans to open 5 locations in the area over the course of 4 years. Dog Haus will serve a menu featuring their signature all-beef dogs with unique toppings served on King’s Hawaiian rolls. 🌭 (WDRB)
Community
- Sheppard Park, near Central High School, is now home to 2 backboards designed to celebrate the city’s basketball history with the McDonald’s All American Games. The boards feature images of players who played in the boys and girls games at Freedom Hall in 2007. 🏀
- Forage Plants Old Lou is hosting an Old Louisville scavenger hunt on September 18 to highlight local businesses in the neighborhood. Hunters can grab a map from Forage starting at 11 a.m. then visit all 5 listed locations for 15% off at Forage. 🪴
Film
- A new documentary about Muhammad Ali is set to air at 8 p.m. on September 19 on the Kentucky Education Channel. The 8-hour film by Ken Burns will be shown in 4 parts. This week, the public is invited to virtually participate in events to celebrate the film’s release. 🎞️ (WDRB)
Drink
- It wouldn’t be September without Oktoberfest. The annual event in Munich, Germany starts in mid-September + Louisville isn’t missing out. Check out these 9 events to celebrate the holiday. Prost! 🍻 (LEO Weekly)
Sports
- UofL football won its home game over the weekend against Eastern Kentucky 30-3. The win comes after losing the season opener to Ole Miss on Mon., Sept. 6. The Cards have another game Friday against the UFC Knights at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. 🏈 (The Courier-Journal)
Cause
- The Louisville Water Foundation is accepting donations for the Drops of Kindness program that helps families cover their water bills. You can donate anything from a cup of kindness to a reservoir of kindness. 💧
Survey
- Hey, have you taken our demographics survey yet? We’d love to learn more about you (to better serve you in this newsletter) by having you complete this quick, 2-min. online survey. Thanks in advance.
Since 1989, Olmsted Parks Conservancy has been keeping 17 historical parks in Louisville vibrant and healthy. This Friday you can help them keep up the good work by making a donation during the Give for Good campaign.
Donations will help plant and care for native trees, pollinator gardens + maintain trail systems.
DYK: Frederick Law Olmsted, the Father of American landscape architecture, was commissioned in the early 20th century to design a park system for Louisville. He’s famous for his work on Central Park in New York City, the Capitol Grounds + the Biltmore Estate Grounds.
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