With just over a week to go, there’s still time to get tickets for the Halloween 2021 version of Tailspin Ale Fest, which is happening Oct. 30.

Everyone in the Kentucky brewing scene had a Scott Hand story or two. Let’s face it, he was an iconic personality in a circle teeming with interesting personalities. His passing on Sept. 1 left a giant hole in the brewing community, one that can’t be filled.

Twenty years ago, I met a local music legend at Twice Told Coffee Shop in the Highlands. It was a dark, humid summer evening — July, 2001, to be as precise as I can. Johnny, of course, had a stint touring and recording as the lead singer for Foreigner. My story was about him surviving California and getting back to his roots.

Today marks the Belle of Louisville's 107th birthday. The riverboat, which has gone by several different names over the course of its “life,” is a National Historic Landmark and is the oldest operating Mississippi River-style steamboat in the world.

Hog Father Pizza Shop closed. Papalinos posted an address change. What’s going on here?

You can help Mile Wide Beer Co. decide what will go into their fifth-anniversary beers.

I wrote this piece on Oct. 14, 2006, back when I did in fact work in dreaded Corporate America. Thank goodness that’s over.

Back in April, well before my new book, This Used to Be Louisville, was published, the Louisville Free Public Library did a Q&A author spotlight with me. Thought I would share it here.

Before the Coronavirus came and ruined everything, one of my favorite meals in town was Hilltop Tavern’s chicken tacos. They went away. But Hilltop has launched a rotating weekly taco special, and the first round made for some mighty good eating on a recent weeknight.

The Old Louisville Holiday Home Tour will return this year, offering visitors a rare look around inside Victorian-era residences and historic buildings, fully decorated for the holidays.