Last Minute Inspiration for the Track

Brook Vernon, Jamie Pylon, Jenny Kline and Tracy Geller. 

Need to see what people actually wear to the track?

Who Will Win the Boat Race?

It is tonight at the river — so head down to cheer on the Belle of Louisville.

All these Kentucky Derby Festival events are so much fun — check here for more that is happening this week.

What to Wear to WineFest

Head to the Belvedere to join Today’s Woman in sampling Kentucky and Indiana wines today or tomorrow. Buy tickets here.

Seven Derby Things You Can Do If You Haven’t Made Any Plans Yet

Carrie Cooke Ketterman encourages us to go to Dawn at the Downs. 

Celebrate Derby By Attending a Concert

Photo: Sarah Teeple Swain photographed by Chet White

If you are not going to Opening Night at Churchill Downs tonight, you can head to the Waterfront to hear Hunter Hayes — and several other concerts in the next week.

This Runner Goes the Extra Mile to Look Her Best

By Brigid Morrissey

Yvonne Austin creates a theme to live by at the beginning of each year. This year, her theme is passion and compassion. One of her passions is running, and she loves connecting with new people. As a former race ambassador for the Kentucky Derby Marathon and a current Bourbonite for the Urban Bourbon Half Marathon scheduled for October, Yvonne found the solution to combining both. “Running is defined as ‘anything you do at a faster pace than walking.’ I am compassionate about meeting people where they are, which means I run at their pace, starting and ending with them. It’s more of a hardship while I’m actually running, but the feeling I get when I cross the finish line is incomparable. To cross with others and to understand where they’re coming from is really energizing. I get to see the joy and the sense of accomplishment, and in some small way I played a part in that.”

Who’s Keeping Track of the Marathon Data?

Kay Russell is wearing: Hat by Dee’s, $279, 5045 Shelbyville Road, 502.896.6755; dress, $149 available at Talbot’s 194 N. Hurstbourne Parkway, 502.423.9445; necklace, $42, bracelet, $18 available at Magnolia & Fig 12621 Shelbyville Road, 502.253.4567. Kellen Russell is wearing: Hat by Christine A. Moore Millinery, $730 available at Rodes For Her 4938 Brownsboro Road 502.753.7633; dress, $46, belt, $16, earrings, $16, bracelets $16/ea. available at Magnolia & Fig, 12621 Shelbyville Road 502.253.4567.

Kay Russell started working with the Kentucky Derby Festival 26 years ago, and took her baby girl with her. “I’m what they call a ‘Festival Baby,’” says Kellen Russell, who is graduating from University of Kentucky this spring.

The KROGER FEST-A-VILLE on the Waterfront opens today!

You can find lots of fun, games, a large disco ball, drinks and food everyday until May 5.

Five Ways to Use the Rainy Thunder Day

If the rain is keeping you away from Thunder, you can still kick off Derby with these ideas:

Kathy Bingham’s Survival Skills for Running the Fillies

By Megan S. Willman

With more than 100 women at The Fillies’ meetings, I asked Fillies President Kathy Bingham if she found it difficult to step in as its leader. “When I agree to do something, I give it all I have. I love to talk to people and am willing to explore all sides of an issue. Sometimes, though, I do have to put on my warden voice,” says Kathy with a laugh.

What Works for Lisa Stevenson

By Lucy M. Pritchett

If you happen to be at any one of the Kentucky Derby Festival events this year, look for a small woman with a big smile, bursting with enthusiasm and energy. That will be Lisa Stevenson, the 2017 chairman of the Kentucky Derby Festival. Please stop her and say ‘hello.’

A New Event at the Derby Museum and Zoie’s Tips for Derby

By Brittani Dick

Zoie Wilson, 27, is originally from southeast Tennessee, but growing up within a semi-close proximity to Louisville meant she had gained some Kentucky Derby knowledge before she ever made the move to our great city.

Arts Insider: Lucie Arnaz, An Original

”I’ve never been to the Kentucky Derby before and am very excited about attending this year’s race! And as a matter of fact, as I’m talking to you for this interview from the lobby of The Carlyle Hotel, I’m standing directly under a beautiful portrait of a racehorse.” -actress/singer Lucie Arnaz

By Gioia Patton

I can’t help but be impressed by the show business career Lucie Arnaz has forged for herself in the 45 years since she began acting professionally in 1962. She started acting at age 12 with a recurring role on television’s The Lucy Show opposite her mother, Lucille Ball, followed by six years as a series regular on Here’s Lucy during its 1968-’74 run.