For Release: Sept. 4, 2006
April 9, 2007
Louisville's got plenty of name brands, but can the city itself be branded? Louisville Life takes a look at the issue on next program , airing Thursday, April 26 at 7:30/6:30 p.m. CT and Sunday,
April 29 at noon/11 a.m. CT on KET2. Also featured is an interview with exec Charlie W. Johnson and visit s to Science Hill and the McAlpine Lock & Dam. Candyce Clifft hosts.
First, t here's the Colonel, Louisville Slugger and Papa John, but what about "Louisville?" Louisville Life looks at efforts to "brand" Louisville and discovers how the city is being sold in downtown shops and on the World Wide Web.
Next, young Louisvillians are taking cooking classes at the Young Chefs Academy. There, children as young as three are learning about what they eat and how to prepare it.
Many Louisvillians know Science Hill in Shelby County as a great stop for antique shopping and special lunches. But before it was a tourist mecca, it was a girls school with a remarkable history, during the era when female education was a rarity. Louisville Life explores that history through in terviews with former students.
Next, Candyce interviews Charlie W. Johnson, a former professional athlete with the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Colts and today a nationally renowned entrepreneur. His firm, Active Transportation, has been listed among the Top 100 Black-Owned Firms in the United States.
Louisvillians regularly drive past the McAlpine Lock & Dam system, but they may not always take a good look or think about the system's important role in the city's history. That role is the focus of this episode's final segment.
Louisville Life is a KET production, produced and directed by Gary Pahler. Jayne McClew is content producer; associate producer is Kelli Brodersen. More information about Louisville Life , including streaming video, is available at www.ket.org/loulife . More about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.