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DOING UNTO OTHERS
A well-ordered community has to have its high-profile movers and shakers — its political and business leaders, its big philanthropists and gifted fund-raisers.
by Joe Ward

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
The holiday season is a time of celebration through fellowship, food and music. In anticipation of these holy days, we went to a variety of local houses of worship to see how each expresses joy through music. It is our gift to you.
by John Nation

PERSONS OF THE YEAR — DAN JONES AND DAVID JONES SR.
Top honors for 2006 go to a father-son team that raised millions of dollars and now has boots on the ground leading the massive effort to expand Louisville’s parks system.
by Bruce Allar

END INSIGHT: SAFECRACKING YOUR CHEERIOS
I cannot open anything anymore without it turning into a test of wills between myself and General Foods or Nabisco.

CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN
Be forewarned: CPK will be crowded and you’ll have to wait for a table. But you’re also pretty likely to have a reliable, filling meal.

DINING OUT — BLUE DOG BAKERY & CAFE
Frankfort Avenue’s Blue Dog Bakery & Cafe is pleasing patrons with a lot more than its delicious crusty breads.

DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT — GIAMPAOLO BIANCONCINI
“Design is like painting: broad brush strokes of unexpected color on a canvas to create the vision of what a space can become.”

THE CUTTING EDGE — RUG REVELATIONS

TRENDS — UNDERFOOT FASHIONS
The hunt is on for wonder rugs that can, to paraphrase "the Dude" in The Big Lebowski, really tie a room together.

DESIGN FINDS — SLEIGH HEY!
We hail the year’s most romanticized month with these tokens to a winter wonderland.

HOME & DESIGN — MAJORING IN ENGLISH
Dressed for the holidays, this English Cottage-style house in Seneca Gardens exhibits both country-home charm and modern complements to period design.

THE DARWIN OF FLU FORECASTERS
Some experts say we should be dreading the H5N1 bird-flu virus, but evolutionary biologist Dr. Paul Ewald insists the only thing we have to fear is fear-mongering itself.

RADIO FREE NEW ALBANY
New Albany High School’s WNAS-radio connects young DJs with their parents’ generation.

SMILLIE'S PICKS
The "splashy realism" of Polish-born local painter Ewa Perz will be on display at the Kentucky Center starting Dec. 1.

SUDDENLY TINY TIM
In 31 years of staging the production, the theater has seen performers come and go, and on occasion return to reprise a role. But the comebacks are fewer for those who play Tiny Tim, because actors don’t stay tiny very long.

BIZARRE BAZAAR
The shop has a modern feel, but Mathis thinks of it as "urban suburban," carrying home accents that can blend with traditional furnishings.

SPRAY AS YOU GO
Tidwell has excelled in several art genres, including lowbrow, graffiti and body art.

BOOKED FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Whether you are looking for a gift with local flavor, or just want to hide in a corner and escape the chaos of the season, we suggest checking out one of these regionally authored works.

TONY ROBINSON — BOLLYWOOD DANCER
Bollywood is the Hollywood-like film industry in India, whose typical flick is an extravaganza of glamorous costumes, melodrama and elaborate song-and-dance sequences.

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EDITOR'S LETTER: GREEN THUMBPRINT
As with many big decisions — choices of a career or a home purchase or a life partner — it became an issue of searching for identity, in this case Louisville’s true self.