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Photo courtesy Go to Louisville/Steve Crider
Welcome to the Artsy Side of Louisville
Baseball bats, bourbon and horse racing. Sure, Louisville, Kentucky, is known for all these things, but it’s also a city rich with culture.
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Sins of the Father
The year is 1955, and at a fishing camp on a lake straddling the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, a man is murdered. Written on the wall in dripping red are the words, Sins of the Father.
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Thoughts on Saving Broken Things
“One of these days this bowl is going to break apart,” my husband said while placing it on the counter. “I can feel it shifting. One day, the bowl will just let go.”
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Bruce Ingram photo
Third Generation Cherry Enthusiast Celebrates the Sweet & Sour
“Quaker hippy” is how Frank Levering describes his Grandfather Ralph, who in 1908 founded an apple orchard in the mountains of Carroll County, Virginia, not far from what would become the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Monte Sano
Imagine being in the middle of nature where wildlife and a canopy of hardwood forested trees abound. Now envision this scene just a few minutes from the center of Alabama’s largest city.
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Photo by Christopher Cannon
Wait, Don’t Kill It!
Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids play key roles in balancing our ecosystem by keeping herbivorous insects in check.
Regional Content:
Savory Soups
As a youngster growing up in the Smokies, soup was an integral and important part of my family’s foodstuffs, and on a bitter winter’s day a big bowl of one of Momma’s many types was sustenance for the body and uplifting for the soul.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
The Right Sauce
I’ve always been intrigued by words and their suggestions of multiple layers of meaning. Consider the word “sauce.” If you’re from the south, this might mean gravy; perhaps a sawmill gravy with chunks of sausage in its floury creaminess.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Juliana Bernstein photo
Chain Yer Dragon
In October 2020, about halfway through the first set of the sold-out Goose drive-in show at the Smoky Mountain Event Center, a friend turned to me and said with a smile, “We’re probably going to follow this band around for the next few decades."
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Photo by Holly Kays, courtesy of Smokies Life
Word from the Smokies
Backcountry rangers Lydia Williams and Jordan Gibeault have almost reached their destination, Kephart Prong Shelter, when they purposefully veer off-trail.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
On the Trail in the Smokies
Yes, there really was a Rocky Top before the catchy tune was written in the 1960s and later became the Tennessee Vols’ unofficial fight song as well as a designated state song.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Photo by Christopher Cannon
Wait, Don’t Kill It!
Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids play key roles in balancing our ecosystem by keeping herbivorous insects in check.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Bruce Ingram photo
Third Generation Cherry Enthusiast Celebrates the Sweet & Sour
“Quaker hippy” is how Frank Levering describes his Grandfather Ralph, who in 1908 founded an apple orchard in the mountains of Carroll County, Virginia, not far from what would become the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Thoughts on Saving Broken Things
“One of these days this bowl is going to break apart,” my husband said while placing it on the counter. “I can feel it shifting. One day, the bowl will just let go.”
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Sins of the Father
The year is 1955, and at a fishing camp on a lake straddling the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, a man is murdered. Written on the wall in dripping red are the words, Sins of the Father.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
Her Favorite Coat
My mother didn’t like to discard clothes. Our house, built in the late 1940s, had a few small closets: one in my parents’ bedroom, one in my bedroom, and an alcove with a hanging rod at the top of the stairs.
Jan 25, 2026
12:00 AM
What’s A Meal Without Gravy?
In my Smoky Mountain boyhood, and even more so in earlier generations, high country cooks like my Grandma Minnie would have considered a hot meal without gravy something approaching culinary sacrilege.
Dec 1, 2025
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Tajines for All Tastes
Say the word “tajine” and see color, spice, shadowed desertous hills, white flowing robes and bare feet and bright sunshine on sand. See markets and earthenware dishes and silver pots of tea with fresh mint and sugar cubes.
Dec 1, 2025
12:00 AM
