Success hasn't spoiled best-selling author Kim Edwards
By Cheryl Truman ctruman@herald-leader.com
No sign announces that one of America's best-selling authors lives at Kim Edwards' house. There are no McMansion trappings, no Mercedes, no gardener manicuring the lawn.
Ballet brings out the stars
Twilight trickles through the branches of the trees in Woodland Park onto a group of sprites whose purple dresses flutter as they twirl into the shadows.
'Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2': Better than the first
Too, too long, these traveling pants. They're dragging on the ground, wearing out and wearing out their welcome.
But that's the only big hole in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, a sequel that actually improves, slightly, on the boy-crazy original.Entertainment video
In the Drink: Marikka's keeps the beers coming
Almost 18 years ago, Doug Tackett, an Army veteran previously stationed in Germany, decided that because Lexington had no beer he wanted to drink, he would open his own bierstube, or beer bar.Send Us Feedback
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Critic's pick: Townes Van Zandt
About a quarter of the way through Live at the Old Quarter, the folkish surrealism of Townes Van Zandt's music begins to take hold. The tune is Fraternity Blues, the mere theme of which seems freakish. Just imagining one of Lone Star country's most distinctive songsmiths in the conformist confines of a fraternity is pretty outrageous. But within the song's talking blues narration, Van Zandt, who died in 1997, displays a disarming sense of cunning and a matter-of-fact storytelling demeanor, traits that always underscored the human (albeit, the darkly human) side of his music.
A roaring race course benefits children
Just when you'd think the parties are over — the horses haven't been running here for months — Keeneland throws its annual Concours d'Elegance and Darley's Gainsborough Farm in Woodford County goes to the dogs, literally. Oh, dahlings, isn't it wonderful to be rich and famous in the Bluegrass.
