Announcements and Events
Preserve Lexington Benefit Show
When: Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m.
Where: Al's Bar (6th and North Limestone)
- This show features The Phat Mavericks, Club Dub, Sans Serif, and Joint Venture. $5 cover benefits Preserve Lexington and helps support our legal fund.
Wake Up Lexington: An Event to Save Our Block"
When: Saturday, March 29 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Where: The Kentucky Theater
What: An event to raise awareness of the consequences of proposed development downtown and to discuss alternative approaches. "Wake Up Lexington" will feature speakers discussing the historic, architectural and cultural importance of this block as well as alternatives to the currently proposed development.
Audience members will screen the DEBUT OF A SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM made especially for this event. This film tells the story of this block through the memories of Lexingtonians young and old.
Audience members will also view a MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION OF RARELY SEEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON from the early part of the 20th century.
An EXHIBIT in the theater lobby will illuminate the issues surrounding this controversial development.
MUSIC and REFRESHMENTS will be provided. All attendees will receive DISCOUNT COUPONS to locally-owned downtown bars, restaurants, and retail establishments.
- Put Your Thoughts on Film - Griffin Van Meter of Creative Downtown is in the process of making a documentary focusing on this downtown block as well as planned development on the block. He and his colleagues are looking for people to share their memories and stories of the businesses and buildings on the block. If you are interested in helping with this project Griffin has reserved space on the second floor of the Downtown Lexington Public Library on Tuesday, March 18 from 9 a.m. until noon and on Friday, March 21 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Refreshments will be provided and everyone who shows up will be filmed. The goal of the testimonies, according to Griffin, are to "add words to the bricks." For more information contact Griffin Van Meter at 859.243.0000 or e-mail memories@preservelexington.org.
- "Preservation in the Bluegrass . . . Connecting the Dots." - Lecture by Lexington Vice Mayor Jim Gray on Thursday, November 8 at noon at the Hunt-Morgan House (201 N. Mill Street). Presented by the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation. Free and open to the public.
Make a Donation
To make an online donation fill in an amount in the box below ($5 minimum) and click the 'donate now' button to make a secure donation to Preserve Lexington. Donations will be used to continue Preserve Lexington's ongoing education and advocacy work.
For more information please e-mail us at donate@preservelexington.org or call 859.229.0075.
Donations can also be remitted to: Preserve Lexington - 838 East High Street, Suite 186 - Lexington, KY 40502





