Btms^ for Sunday, the Fifth of July.
All 6 Liquor Barns, three in Louisville and 3 in Lexington, will be open today from 1 to 9 p.m.
Drink Forecast for Today (DF 4 2day): A Sparkling Mimosa!
Enjoy an adult “Sparkler” on the day after the fireworks with a Mimosa! Add a splash of chilled Orange Juice to a fluted glass filled with your favorite sparkling wine like Graham Beck Brut or Piper Heidseick French Champagne.
Liquor Barn is a proud Season Sponsor of Lexington’s SummerFest 2009 at the Arboretum! Come by the Barns for all your picnic needs before you and your friends and neighbors head out to Lexington’s Arboretum on Alumni Drive starting this week (July 8 through July 26) to enjoy theatre under the stars!
SummerFest opens Wednesday, July 8 with Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part I, and runs through July 12, nightly at 8:45 p.m. The riveting drama Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde performs July 15-19, and SummerFest concludes its 2009 season with the Tony-nominated, family-friendly Caribbean musical Once On This Island, July 22-26.
Visit SummerFest on the web at www.kctcsummerfest.com Adult tickets at the gate are a bargain at $10, an even better bet is their “See All 3 Season Pass” for just $25. For reservations and info, call: (859)608-3805.
On this date in…
1841 – Thomas Cook opened the first travel agency.
1853 – Businessman Cecil Rhodes born, endowed Rhodes Scholarships.
1880 – Writer, director, actor Jean Cocteau born.
1928 – Actor Warren Oates born, in Depoy, Kentucky.
1937 – Joe DiMaggio hits his first Grand Slam.
1944 – Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band, born.
1950 – Heard the News? Singer Huey Lewis born on this date.
1959 – Anybody who’s ever been ”Walking’ in Memphis” knows singer, songwriter Marc Cohn was born on this date.
1963 – Hit the high notes when you sing “Happy Birthday” to actress Edie Falco today! (The Sopranos).
1971 – Playwright Simon Gray’s “Butley” premiered in London.
1973 – “Live and Let Die” opened today.
Btms^
Tags: Graham Beck Brut, KCTC SummerFest, Lexington Shakespeare, Liquor Barn, Mimosa, Piper Heidseick Champagne
