EVENTS

Today

• Michter's Bourbon Dinner by Swizzle Dinner & Drinks | Thurs., Jan. 13 | 7-9 p.m. | Swizzle Dinner & Drinks | $150 | Chow down on a 5-course dinner with hand-selected bourbon + Swizzle favorites as the restaurant slowly rotates. 🥃

Friday

• Savor the Season: Embracing Winter at Bernheim | Fri., Jan. 14 | 12-12:45 p.m. | Virtual | $12+ | Fill your lunch hour with this adult educational series where you’ll learn about winter wildlife + trees. 🌳

Saturday

• Harlem Globetrotters | Sat., Jan. 15 | 6 p.m. | KFC Yum! Center | $23+ | See jaw-dropping moves + slam dunks from this globally-recognized team. 🏀

Sunday

• OLB Sunday Run Club | Sun., Jan. 16 | 2 p.m. | Old Louisville Brewery | Free | Get your Sunday run + beer in one clean sweep.

Monday

• Brunch N Bingo Party | Mon., Jan. 17 | 12 p.m. | 1619 Gathering Place, 1619 W. Main St. | $20+ | Spend Monday playing bingo and singing karaoke with complimentary wings. 

Tuesday

• Nita Strauss | Tues., Jan. 18 | 7 p.m. | Diamond Concert Hall | $22 | Hear the touring guitarist for Alice Cooper with support from Black Satellite, Abby K + Julius. 🎸 

Wednesday 

• Patty Griffin | Wed., Jan. 19 | 8 p.m. | Old Forester’s Paristown Hall | $30+ | This guitar player + pianist brings a stripped-down style of folk music that gives listeners a new love for the sound. 🎤

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.

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NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 44º | Cloudy | 10% chance of rain

Coming Soon

• The soft opening of Louisville’s latest brewery, Noble Funk, is slated for Friday + Saturday from 4-10 p.m. The brewery is located in the former 28,000-sqft Kroger on 2nd Street in Old Louisville — now called The 922. They will serve beers from 24 taps and sling craft pizzas. 

Open

• There’s a new shop to say yes to the dress or tux in. Sophia’s Bridal & Tux is open in St. Matthews as part of an expansion from its Indiana headquarters. The 6,000-sqft boutique will also be the only store in Derby City to offer The Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Collection. 👗 (The Courier-Journal)

Community

• The Russel neighborhood is getting a $180 million investment program thanks to a partnership between Fifth Third Bank and Interapt, a technology services firm. Interapt will train 100 people in tech skills to be used within Fifth Third Bank’s career paths. (WDRB)

Travel

• There’s something about a truck. According to a study by ISeeCars.com, the Ford F-150 was the best-selling vehicle in Louisville last year. The pickup truck accounted for 3.9% of new sales + 4.3% of used sales. With all those trucks on the road, we gotta ask, what are you picking up?  🛻 (Louisville Business First)

Sports

• Babe Ruth’s official endorsement of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat is up for bid. The agreement — made in 1918 — allowed Slugger to produce bats with his signature on the barrel. Ruth was only paid $100 for the endorsement + the bid for the aged letter is currently $179,584. ⚾ (WLKY)

History

• Fall down the chicken hole. According to the Hustle, the FBI’s FOIA Library has official files you can browse at whim — including one on our very own Harland David “Colonel” Sanders. The file includes docs from 1967, correspondence between Sanders and the FBI + a 1974 extortion threat against him. Happy sleuthing. 🕵️♀️

Eat

• Get your checkbooks ready, it’s Girl Scout Cookie season and there’s a new cookie in town. The Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana are now taking orders and have released “Adventurefuls,” a brownie-inspired treat with caramel-flavored creme and sea salt. Order boxes online + support troops impacted by the December tornado here. 🍪 (WHAS11)
• Eat your hearts out all you hopeless ramen-tics. Renshoku Ramen, a pop-up noodle shop, is selling vegan ramen kits this Friday at V-Grits from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. The kits feature a faux chicken stock, temomi noodles + spiced seitan for $13. 🍜

Holiday

• Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Celebrate the Baptist minister and civil rights leader at these events — including tree planting, a peace walk + a screening of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Did you know when Martin Luther King Jr. visited Louisville, he stayed on Southwestern Parkway where his brother lived? 🎂 (WHAS11)

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Editor's Pick: On Tuesday I learned that Fun Tea on Bardstown Road was ranked as one of the best boba tea spots in the US. At that moment I realized, I’ve never had one. 

Since I’ve never sipped giant tapioca pearls through a straw, I figured I better give it a go. Any suggestions are welcomed. Stay tuned for my first sip.

 

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