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Events
Watch Our New Video
By Knox van Nagell | July 8th, 2011 | See all in Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events
Paint for Your Supper Featuring Artist Sandra Oppegard, July 7th
By Knox van Nagell | June 30th, 2011 | See all in Events, Fayette Alliance Blog, Past Events
Sandra Oppegard Painting | Photo courtesy of Cross Gate Gallery
Join The Fayette Alliance to watch artist Sandra Oppegard paint for her supper!
Portofino
Thursday, July 7, 2011
7:00-9:00 p.m.
A special menu will be prepared by the renowned Portofino kitchen.
Reservations required, call Portofino, (859) 253-9300 and mention Paint for Your Supper.
Attendees will be responsible for their food and beverage
This series features well-known artists “painting for their supper.” Watercolorist, Sandra Oppegard, moved to Lexington in 1999. She received her art education at the Art Center College of Design and worked as an illustrator in Los Angeles for 23 years. Race horses and show horses, rural scenes and the urban scene in Lexington are captured in her colorful washes and gestural drawing.
Upon completion of this series, an auction of works by the featured artists will be held to benefit The Fayette Alliance.
Previous Paint for Your Supper events featured Thomas Coates, Andre Pater and Kelly Brewer.
Special thank you to Cross Gate Gallery for sponsoring the Paint for Your Supper series.
Please contact Charlene Mingus (859) 281-1202 or Charlene@fayettealliance.com if you have any questions.
Veggin’ Out at the Pool
By Knox van Nagell | June 22nd, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog
Veggin' Out at the Pool
It’s a sellout: Lexington, Kentucky’s first fresh, local foods dinner at a city pool
07.15.11, EatLocalAmerica.coop
More than 200 people came, and another 50 had to be turned away, when a new local partnership offered a local foods dinner at the largest public pool in Lexington, Kentucky. Veggin’ Out at the Pool, part of a larger effort to improve food offerings for Lexington’s children and youth, featured locally grown and processed meats, vegetables and fruits, most provided by grower members of the Lexington Farmers Market, one major partner in the coalition.
More then 200 people came out for a night of swimming and a summer dinner of local foods
from Lexington Farmers Market prepared by Good Foods Market & Café chefs… Read more at EatLocalAmerica.coop
Due to the rain the event was moved to
Saturday, July 9, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Southland Aquatic Center, 625 Hill-n-Dale Road
Tickets: $10 adult/$5 child includes meal and pool admission after 5 pm.
Tickets were available in advance at the Lexington Farmers Market, Good Foods Market & Café, and Southland Aquatic Center.
For more information please visit www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.com and www.goodfoods.coop
Or download the official flier.
“Carbon Nation” Screening at the Kentucky
By Knox van Nagell | June 6th, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog
Carbon Nation: A new Climate Solutions Documentary
Tuesday, June 7th, 7 PM
The Kentucky Theatre
$10 at the door
Kentucky Energy & Innovation Roundtable & 2011 IdeaFestival® present a one night only screening of Carbon Nation, a powerful, new climate solutions documentary created by Kentucky native Peter Byck. Director Peter Byck will be present for the screening and will host a question and answer session after the film. For more information about this event please visit Carbonnationmovie.com
Bike Lexington 2011
By Knox van Nagell | May 31st, 2011 | See all in Community Events, Events, Fayette Alliance Blog
May is Bike month! Visit BikeLexington.com to learn more.
Bike Lexington
Bike Lexington Celebration
Monday, May 30th, Memorial Day
Courthouse Plaza, Main & Limestone Street
Join us downtown on Memorial Day when over 3,000 cyclists will reclaim the streets to celebrate bicycling. Keep an eye out for The Fayette Alliance outreach booth where we’ll be giving out free Alliance t-shirts!
Some of the activities planned include a bike safety rodeo for kids at 10 am, a family fun ride at 12 pm, and bike races starting at 2:30 pm. There will also be a performance by Professional Trials Rider Mike Steidley. Registration for the fun ride begins at 10am and continues through 11:45am. Email tamara@downtownlex.com for more information or check out Bikelexington.com
To learn more about The Fayette Alliance’s participation in bike month activities check out our post on the Bike Lexington Commuter Challenge.
Who We Are
The Fayette Alliance is your voice at city-hall advocating for sustainable growth in Lexington…to achieve a world-class city in our world-class Bluegrass landscape.
Since 2006, the Alliance has worked with local government to usher over 50 major land-use policies into law that promote farmland preservation and our signature agricultural industries, responsible development, and improved water quality and infrastructure in Fayette County.
We are charting Lexington's future by positively impacting local zoning and policy decisions—the very building blocks of our community. Although many challenges still remain, we are accomplishing sustainable growth in Fayette County for a better quality of life, economy, and environment for all of us.
