Holiday season kicks off in Louisville this weekend

Holiday season kicks off in Louisville this weekend

The U.S. Department of Veterans Af- fairs is going to build a new Louisville VA Medical Center. The question, however, is where. According to Bob Morey, facil- ity planner at the VA, the locations be- ing considered are the Zorn Avenue site that is home to the current hospital a downtown spot near the University of Louisville’s Health Sciences Center, which has 50 faculty members employed by the VA (it also funds some of the university’s faculty research and 100 of its 600 resident positions) a green field site where there has not been any previous construction and, therefore, has less chance for pre-existing environmental issues.

In rejecting a motion by Giles’ attorneys to exclude the death penalty because of his low IQ, [Jefferson County Circuit] Judge Martin McDonald ruled that under state law, Giles, 41, would have had to have taken an IQ test when he was still a child…

Veterans' Day, the holiday on which we honor those who've sacrificed so much for us--unless we choose to sacrifice the holiday itself in exchange for getting off the day after Thanksgiving. Honor, duty and freedom are great, but they won't get you 25 percent off at early bird specials. Here are some area venues that are honoring our veterans--mostly through free admission.

The mood and vibe of Roger Daltrey and his touring band is fun, relaxed and good-natured. The tour has just said goodbye to Southern Indiana and is heading towards the windy city. "The positive reviews are merited," says Zach Everson in louisville.com. "They're not just critics giving a sop to a teenage idol!"

21 Museum Hotel is one of the few urban hotels where you’ll want to spend more time in the common areas than in your room–or even the rest of Louisville. The lower two floors of the 90-room boutique hotel house a free 9,000 square foot museum of provocative contemporary art. Most of the pieces change regularly, with a few exceptions.

A conversation I had at lunch Saturday afternoon in Shenzhen, China, which, at 12 time zones away, is literally the other site of the world: "Why have I heard of Louisville?" "It hosts the Kentucky Derby." "Of course." If Louisville were not home to the world's most famous horse race, how would I have answered that question? Mostly likely the question wouldn't have been asked.