#kentucky exposition

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From shelbydavis.7 on instagram:

Being really venerable and posting my bad screaming ☝️ JSSJHDHDBS BEST DAY EVER. JVB WAS AMAZIN. SWS WAS SO GOOD. LS DUNES WAS CRAZY I GOT FRANKS PIC AND THE LEAD SINGER MOSHED W US TWICE.

Snippet of bombsquad at louder than life fest 2024

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he's so sweet 🖤

posted 29/09/2024

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Guys, that comment broke my heart ☹️😭

I'm glad he's doing better. If you happen to go to PopCon tell him we're glad he's doing better. 🥹

But onto the main issue...

PopCon Louisville

Friday, Saturday and Sunday

June 16 - 18, 2023

At the Kentucky Exposition Center

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Without Booze Or Ballyhoo, The Fall Festival Thrilled Cincinnati A Century Ago

Way back in 1976, Cincinnati’s Downtown Council announced a brand-new event. With less than a month’s notice, the Council decreed that Oktoberfest would occupy Fountain Square and Government Square for a weekend that October. The Enquirer editorialized support for the idea but noted that the proposal was “overdue.” Northern Kentucky, the Germania Society, and Kings Island had all entered the gemütlichkeit market years earlier. Today, of course, we know that Zinzinnati now hosts America’s largest Oktoberfest with attendance surpassing 700,000 revelers annually.

Hardly mentioned at the time, in fact, not mentioned at all, is that Oktoberfest filled a gap in the Queen City calendar that was once occupied by a major annual celebration known as the Fall Festival. Long ago, when Cincinnati was still warily warming up to its Teutonic inhabitants, autumn was capped each year by the city’s largest extravaganza, the annual Fall Festival, which filled Washington Park for a couple of weeks at the end of September and beginning of October.

Cincinnati’s Fall Festival grew out of a tradition of autumnal celebrations. The Saengerbund, one of the choral organizations that helped create the May Festival, sponsored a Fall Festival as early as the 1870s and annual events to benefit the Catholic and Protestant orphanages emerged about the same time, but these were all confined to a single day or single evening. The Ohio Mechanics Institute sponsored a number of very successful industrial expositions from the 1870s through the 1890s to highlight the city’s manufacturing prowess.

Community spirit really ramped up in 1900 when the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce got involved. In January of that year, the Chamber announced plans for a fall festival and exposition of several weeks duration. The word “exposition” maintained a link to the previous industrial showcases, but the emphasis was on festival and festivities. Every year from 1900 to 1906, grander and more spectacular carnivals blossomed at Washington Park and Music Hall, drawing visitors numbering in the hundreds of thousands. The financial panic of 1907 placed those celebrations on hold until 1910 when a brief revival of the old industrial galas, the Ohio Valley Exposition, entertained the region for most of September and featured the premier of a specially commissioned opera, “Paoletta,” by Pietro Floridia.

One hundred years ago, Cincinnati again endeavored to revive the autumn celebrations of the past by staging an elaborate Fall Festival, again centered on Music Hall and encompassing the old City Hospital grounds across Central Parkway and the entirety of Washington Park. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer [6 January 1923], a major emphasis for the revitalized festival would be electricity:

“Superb electrical illuminations and ornamentation of the jewel and flood light types will be among the features of the display. Washington Park will be devoted in great part to this electrical display and multicolored beams will be thrown into the heavens at that point.”

The Cincinnati Post [27 August 1923] echoed this theme in its coverage of the first day of the Fall Festival:

“The children who visit the electrical display in Electric Hall will be fortunate. Electricity has just begun to make great strides in everything. The fact that these boys and girls will be able to see how electrical appliances are manufactured, how to operate them and to keep them in working order, will be of great benefit.”

At the center of the exposition was a $50,000 “Tower of Jewels” erected in Washington Park, bathed in colored floodlights throughout the evening hours and surrounded by miles of tinted party lights in celebration of the electrical age.

There was one huge component missing from the 1923 Fall Festival – beer. This was the dawn of Prohibition and the newspapers were full of breathless reports of raids on scofflaw saloons, including a Cincinnati establishment that had converted one of its gas fixtures into a moonshine dispensing spigot. Previous Cincinnati fall festivals trumpeted their selection of fine local brews, served up in booths decorated to look like British pubs or German Bierhäuser. Also absent were any of the unsavory sideshows associated with prior festivals:

“There will be no ballyhoo or carnival shows or other objectionable features of a festival, according to W.C. Culkins, who is Secretary of the organization.”

Despite Mr. Culkins’ assurances, the Law and Order Committee of the Cincinnati Federation of Churches announced that they would lodge official complaints against any sort of entertainments on Sundays during the two-week run of the Fall Festival because, well, this was Cincinnati and of course someone had to object if anyone was having fun.

The 1923 Fall Festival kicked off inauspiciously when a major storm blew through the city on opening day, with hail “the size of walnuts” reported. Nasty weather plagued the two-week run of the exposition. In spite of the almost daily rain showers, the crowds were good-sized and appreciative, even folks who were deaf and blind. Samuel Dean, of 1228 Vine Street, was, in fact, both sightless and hearing impaired, but reportedly enjoyed the exhibits described to him by his wife tapping details onto the palm of his hand.

Crowds thrilled to high-wire and trapeze acts at the hippodrome built on the vacant lot left by the demolition of the old City Hospital across Central Parkway from Music Hall. The formal garden planted by nurseryman William Natorp got a lot of traffic, as did the electrical train system set up by the Southern Railway to illustrate the 3,000 miles of track served by that system. The Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company presented a series of “playlets,” starring actual operators demonstrating how to make telephone calls. Concerts by local singers and musicians including Helen Kessing, Helen Nugent, Richard Pavey and Herbert O. Schatz filled the Music Hall auditorium and the Hippodrome theater.

The Cincinnati Post, while dutifully promoting the Fall Festival along with all the other Cincinnati daily newspapers, managed to deflect most of its coverage to its own entrant in the new Miss America competition. The Post selected Olga Emrick, age 22, of 913 Vine Street, as Miss Cincinnati. Miss Emrick spent most of her time before traveling to Atlantic City at the Fall Festival, giving the Post the opportunity to promote her and the exposition in the same articles. (Miss Emrick lost to Mary Katherine Campbell, the only Miss America to win the title twice.)

With no beer or booze for sale, there were no arrests for public drunkenness, but the pickpockets were out in force. A special detail of plain-clothes detectives led by Cincinnati’s celebrity sleuth Cal Crim escorted a dozen or so to the hoosegow almost every day.

When the Fall Festival ended, attendance topped 300,000 and included the governors of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Plans were announced for a repeat of the Fall Festival at some future date, which never arrived, with or without ballyhoo.

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Louder Than Life 2023

Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center

September 24, 2023

Photos by Steve Thrasher

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(09/29/24)

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Garba Night in Kentucky with Santvani Trivedi, Umesh Barot, and Palak Rao | Kentucky's Biggest Garba Night - 2023

Get ready to immerse yourself in the vibrant and energetic world of Garba, as Endless Event, a renowned event organiser, brings you a mesmerising Garba event in the heart of Kentucky. With the backdrop of colourful attire and energetic beats, this event promises to be a night to remember!

Date: 28th Oct 2023 to 29th Oct 2023

Location: Kentucky Exposition Center East Hall A & B Louisville, 937, Phillips Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40209

Garba, a traditional folk dance form originating from Gujarat, India, has exceed borders and captured the hearts of people worldwide. Kentucky is about to witness an unforgettable Garba night, featuring three immensely talented Gujarati folk singers: Santvani Trivedi, Umesh Barot, and Palak Rao.

Santvani Trivedi, known for her soulful performances of Garba classics, will grace the stage with her melodious voice. Her ability to infuse traditional Garba songs with a modern twist is sure to get the crowd on their feet and dancing the night away.

Umesh Barot, a name identified with Garba celebrations, is set to bring his exceptional performance to Kentucky. His powerful vocals and charismatic stage presence have made him a favorite among Garba fans across the globe.

Adding a touch of grace and elegance to the evening will be Palak Rao, a talented Garba singer known for her soothing and melodious voice. Her Garba songs will transport you to the heart of Gujarat, where this beautiful dance form originated.

Endless Event has gone above and above to create a true Garba experience. The location will be decorated in a traditional manner, and mouthwatering food will be served to tempt your taste buds. Dandiya raas, a well-known Garba dance that involves dancing with sticks, will also be performed at the occasion, adding still another level of excitement to the evening.

This event is open to everyone, whether you're an experienced Garba dancer or someone who's hoping to discover the charm of this folk dance for the first time. This event celebrates diversity, culture, and the universal joy of dance.

Don't miss this unique cultural opportunity. Make a note of the date in your calendars and get ready to celebrate Gujarati culture here in Kentucky!

Book your tickets

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Events 9.6 (before 1940)

394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. 1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world. 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) 1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. 1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth. 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807. 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification. 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. 1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world. 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) 1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. 1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth. 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807. 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification. 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. 1914 – World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins. 1915 – World War I: The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, was completed and given its first test drive. 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established. 1939 – World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire. 1939 – World War II: Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.

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This might be my favorite bit of unnecessary exposition ever.

Both because I'm not sure the READER needs the explanation just because of how. Fucking common Judas as a literary shorthand for traitor is in English literature, if there is any allusion you can assume someone would get culturally, it's that.

But also. The characters don't need that. They're fucking Catholic! Explicitly! Like Tess took her daughter to first Communion and went to a parish school growing up in Kentucky. Danny is her cop partner and was at her daughter's baptism and the other person in the scene is her husband who was, again, at the communion.

All of you know what Judas means, it would be hard not to. You don't need to ask clarification, at least not in this way.

This is breaking my brain a little it's. Such a choice

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Garrett Morgan House Site

5202 Harlem Ave.

Cleveland, OH

Open land on the southern side of the 5200 block of Harlem Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, was formerly the location of the Garrett Morgan House, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Garrett Augustus Morgan was an African American businessman and prolific inventor of devices that made people's lives safer and more convenient. Born on March 4, 1877, in Claysville, the Black segregated section of Paris, Kentucky, Morgan migrated north first to Cincinnati and then Cleveland in 1895. He lived and worked in this house at 5204 Harlem Avenue. In 1906, Morgan started the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company to market the hair straightener he had invented. The following year he opened a sewing machine repair shop. In 1908, he and his wife Mary opened Morgan's Cut Rate Ladies Clothing Store.

In 1910, Garrett Morgan invented the curve-toothed hair-straightening comb, and four years later patented the safety hood protection device after seeing firefighters struggling from the smoke they encountered in the line of duty. He was able to sell his invention around the country, sometimes using the tactic of having a hired white actor take credit rather than revealing himself as its inventor. It was patented and awarded a gold medal two years later by the International Association of Fire Chiefs. The hood became the forerunner of the gas mask used in the 1916 Lake Erie Crib disaster and further developed and used in World War I. He also invented the traffic signal and sold his patented rights to General Electric Company. He was a founding member of the Cleveland Association of Colored Men and served as treasurer. He continued to invent tools, gadgets, and devices well into his 70s. He died in 1963 while preparing an exhibition of his life's work for an exposition in Chicago.

The Garrett Morgan House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1982; although since destroyed, it has not yet been removed from the Register. A Garrett A. Morgan Marker was located here but has been moved from 5202 Harlem Avenue, to a location just around the corner on East 55th Street near Harlem Avenue, on the right when traveling south, as to be more visible, since the house is no longer there.

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From frankieromustdie instagram stories on September 28th, 2024

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Snippet of permanent rebellion

L.S. Dunes @ Louder Than Life Fest

(via Daniel P Carter's insta story on IG)

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Bourbon & Beyond 2024

Sting To Make Long-Awaited Debut At Bourbon & Beyond Festival World’s Largest Bourbon & Music Festival Features Top Music Artists, Along With Elevated Bourbon & Culinary Experiences September 19-22 At Highland Festival Grounds At Kentucky Exposition Center In Louisville, Kentucky …..PRESS RELEASE….. Bourbon & Beyond 2024 ….. LOUISVILLE, KY — 17-time Grammy Award winning icon Sting is set to make…

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PopCon Louisville • Friday, Saturday and Sunday • June 16-18th, 2023 • At the Kentucky Exposition Center

Get your tickets!

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“Bourbon and Beyond” is Bringing More Beyond in Its Sixth Year

“Bourbon and Beyond” is Bringing More Beyond in Its Sixth Year @bourbonandbeyond @americanahighways #americanafestivals

“Bourbon and Beyond” is Bringing More Beyond in Its Sixth Year Kentucky music, bourbon, and culture festival, “Bourbon and Beyond,” is celebrating its sixth year this fall over four days on September 19, 20, 21, and 22. The “World’s Largest Bourbon & Music Festival” is held at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Danny Wimmer Presents, the…