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Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018 Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018 Schedule The Southern Foodways Alliance thanks VisitLEX for helping us document, study, and explore Kentucky foodways. THURSDAY Thursday location is the Lyric Theatre, 300 East Third Street, Lexington. 5:00 p.m. Registration in the Courtyard Beer Cheese and Cocktail Reception 6:30 p.m. LEE Initiative Introductions Lexington’s Literary Family Tree Rebecca Gayle Howell, John Egerton Scholar in Residence 7:30 p.m. Kitchen Lessons Supper Ouita Michel and Freda Raglan FRIDAY Morning location is Keeneland Sales Pavilion, 4201 Versailles Road, Lexington. 8:00 a.m. Keeneland Track Breakfast Marc Therrien, Limestone Café 9:00 a.m. Morning Poetry Frank X Walker Rebecca Gayle Howell 9:30 a.m. What You’re Getting Wrong About Appalachia Elizabeth Catte 10:30 a.m. What You’re Getting Wrong About Bourbon Jan Fernheimer 11:30 a.m. Beans and Buns and Other Kentucky Talismans Ronni Lundy 12:00 p.m. SFA Film Block Souped: The Pinto Bean Story Directed by Ava Lowrey Mexington Directed by Joe York Lunch location is Jesse Higginbotham Neighborhood Center in Valley Park, 2077 Cambridge Drive, Lexington. 1:00 p.m. Alexis Meza de los Santos Invitational Rosa Isela Suarez Guerrero, Casa Blanca Laura Patricia Ramírez, Tortillería y Taquería Ramírez 2:00 p.m. Mangonadas Dessert Walk Montzerrat Centeno and Luis Martinez El Lounge Ice Cream Shop and Snacks 1439 Alexandria Drive, Lexington 2:30 p.m. Choose Your Own Adventure in Lexington Evening location is the Farish Theater at Central Library, 140 East Main Street, Lexington 6:00 p.m. Ale-8-One Welcome In These Fields, a folk opera Dinner location is The Livery, 238 East Main Street, Lexington. 7:30 p.m. Chili Bun Supper Mark Jensen, middle fork kitchen bar Magee’s Transparent Pie SATURDAY Gather for Saturday morning’s market stroll at the 21c Museum Hotel, Gallery 5, 167 West Main Street, Lexington. 8:00 a.m. Anson Mills Breakfast and Farmers Market Stroll Newman Miller, Star Hill Provisions Spalding’s Bakery Saturday morning presentations are at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street, Lexington. 9:00 a.m. Morning Poetry Frank X Walker 9:30 a.m. Macaroni and Cheese Robert Gipe 10:30 a.m. Future Tense Kentucky Edward Lee 11:30 a.m. Land Promises Crystal Wilkinson 12:30 p.m. Black Soil Summit Ashley Smith and Crystal Wilkinson Lunch location is Living Arts and Science Center, 362 North Martin Luther King Boulevard, Lexington. 1:30 p.m. Black Soil Black Table Luncheon Mamadou "Sav" Savané, Sav's Grill & West African Cuisine Angelia Drake, From the Heart Catering 3:00 p.m. Choose Your Own Adventure in Lexington Evening meal is at the 21c Museum Hotel, Main Gallery, 167 West Main Street, Lexington. 7:00 p.m. Cocktail Hour 7:30 p.m. Three Tense Lexington Dinner Samantha Fore, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites Jonathan Searle, Lockbox Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018 Guide to Lexington Lora Smith and Samantha Fore, SFA collaborators and Lexington locals, curated this guide to eating, drinking, and exploring the city and environs on your own. Remember to check operating hours before you set out. All suggestions are choose-your-own- adventure (meaning self-guided) unless otherwise indicated. Food and Drink Crank & Boom Ice Cream http://www.crankandboom.com/ A local favorite, located in the Distillery District. Try the bourbon & honey flavor. (When in Rome…) NAT’s and McCarthy’s Irish Bar https://www.facebook.com/natlexingtonky/ Nat Yuttayong serves Thai dishes inspired by his aunt’s cooking and his own travels in his native Thailand. You can take your order next door to McCarthy’s Irish Bar and order something to wash it down. Kentucky Native Café https://www.michlers.com/ “Florist” doesn’t begin to describe Michler’s, a horticultural wonderland and Lexington institution for five generations. Kentucky Native is the on-site beer garden and café. Justins’ House of Bourbon http://www.thehouseofbourbon.com/ Boasts a dizzying array of vintage and local bottles. Browse. Ogle. Buy. West 6th Brewery https://www.westsixth.com/ Located in the Bread Box, a former Rainbo bread factory turned mixed-use development. Register online for a Saturday tour. (Hungry? Ouita Michel’s Smithtown Seafood is here, too.) Bar Ona https://www.onababona.com/ Dark, stylish, and sexy. Choose from the menu of original craft cocktails, or order a shot- and-a-beer pairing and see where the night takes you. County Club https://countyclubrestaurant.com/ Smoked meat, excellent drinks, and prime people watching. Grab a seat on the patio facing Coolavin Park; if you’re lucky, you might catch a heated bike polo match. Arcadium http://www.arcadiumbar.com/ Impressive bourbon selection, more than 20 craft beers on tap, and a rotating selection of vintage arcade games—just $.25 a play. Ardent supporters of local breweries and pop- up businesses, including Sam Fore’s Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites. West Main Crafting Co. https://www.westmain.com/ Home to the biggest cocktail geeks in Lexington (that’s a compliment). Choose from seasonal creations, classics, and cocktail flights. OBC (Old Bourbon County) https://obckitchen.com/ Bourbon nerds, right this way. You couldn’t ask for a more extensive whiskey selection— or more knowledgeable staff. Old San Juan https://www.facebook.com/Old-San-Juan-Cuban-Cuisine-187517457954272/ Cuban restaurant with a great Cubano sandwich and charming owners. Broomwagon http://broomwagonbikes.com/ A bicycle shop with a café serving coffee, craft beer, and simple, hearty, all-day fare. Winchell’s https://www.winchellsrestaurant.com/ Beloved sports bar serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Literary Lexington Book Benches Lexington http://www.artconnectslex.org/book-benches.html Come take a guided tour of Book Benches Lexington, a 2018 public art project of 37 book-shaped benches installed throughout the city to celebrate Kentucky's literary heritage, encourage reading, and provide a place of rest. Bench designs by local artists are based on works by Kentucky authors including Wendell Berry, Barbara Kingsolver, Silas House, Crystal Wilkinson, George Ella Lyon, Frank X Walker, and many others. Meet your guides in the 21C lobby at 3:45 p.m. Friday for the one-hour stroll. Wild Fig Books and Coffee https://wildfigbooks.net/ Affrilachian writer Crystal Wilkinson and her husband, Ron Davis, who own Wild Fig, describe their shop as a “local/global, writer-owned, black-owned, counter- gentrification bookstore.” T-shirts with a drawing of bell hooks declaring “Feminism is for Everybody” hang on the wall. Brier Books https://www.brierbooks.com/ Appalachian poet Savannah Sipple and partners opened Brier in 2017. Tucked into a cozy corner of Lexington’s Chevy Chase neighborhood, the store is named after Jim Wayne Miller’s The Brier Sermon, a much loved Appalachian poem. Black Swan Books http://blackswanbooks.net/ Specializing in used and rare books and Kentucky authors for more than thirty years. Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning http://carnegiecenterlex.org/ Inductees include Robert Penn Warren, Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason, Gayl Jones, Barbara Kingsolver, and bell hooks. Where the Art Is Institute 193 http://institute193.org/ Embracing the ethos that groundbreaking contemporary art is emerging outside of major metropolitan areas, Institute 193 works to document the cultural landscape of the modern South through visual, performance and sound art. Lexington native Robert Beatty, a nationally recognized digital artist who made a name for himself designing album covers, hosts an experimental evening music series in the space called 193 Noise. Third Street Stuff http://www.thirdststuff.com/ Artist Pat Gerhard has created an art-covered gallery, shop, coffeehouse, community hub and activist hotspot where regulars mingle with students and tourists. Stretch Your Legs McConnell Springs Park https://www.lexingtonky.gov/mcconnell-springs-park Tree-lined hiking trails meander past natural springs. The park is located at the campsite where William McConnell gave Lexington its name in 1775. Farther Afield Kentucky Bourbon Trail https://kybourbontrail.com/ Get your passport stamped at one—or more—of the twenty-five distilleries on the trail. Weisenberger Mills and Midway Bakery https://www.weisenberger.com/ https://www.themidwaybakery.com/ Kentucky’s oldest mill, still in operation and grinding locally grown grains, is a short and scenic 30-minute drive from Lexington near historic Midway. The facility is open to the public and has a tiny gift shop offering cornmeal, flour, grits and a variety of baking mixes, including Kentucky Spoonbread. From the mill you’re a stone’s throw from Midway Bakery, where you can purchase to-go cakes, old-fashioned pies, cookies, and savory scones made with Weisenberger flour. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary https://ravenrun.org/ Easy hikes with beautiful views—meadows, creeks, breathtaking overlooks—just a few miles outside of town. Literature and the Land 2018 Summer Symposium Lexington, Kentucky June 21-23, 2018 Participant Biographies Elizabeth Catte is a public historian, writer, and director of Passel, a socially-conscious historical consulting firm serving nonprofits and unions in Appalachia. She is the author of What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, and her work has been featured on various media outlets, including the New Yorker and NPR. Jan Fernheimer is the director of Jewish Studies and associate professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on questions of identity, invention, and cross-audience communication. Samantha Fore is the owner and chef of Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, a pop-up restaurant housed at Arcadium Bar in Lexington serving Sri Lankan street food and Sri Lankan-inspired Southern fare since 2016.
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