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LOUtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love

Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.

October 24, 2025 01:22 PM

Emily Shea-Owen

Black-and-white photo of a Market Street in Louisville from 1940, showing vintage cars parked in front of a department store named "Bacon's." The storefront has large display windows with mannequins, and neighboring shops include one labeled “Logan.” The multi-story buildings have ornate architectural details above the ground floor.

Culture

Department stores that used to exist in Louisville

This back-to-school history lesson takes a look at five former department + mall anchor stores that used to be in Louisville.

July 31, 2025

Michael Beausoleil

Work

Made in Louisville: 21 things created in Derby City

From brands to bands, LOU can be really inspiring.

June 4, 2025

Staff

Events

Buy Local Fair returns on Sunday, June 8

The annual Louisville event is returning to Lynn Family Stadium.

June 4, 2025

Staff

A hand holding a container of ice cream in front of a Publix Super Markets sign

Business

Publix is supermarket sweeping Kentucky

The popular chain has announced plans for its 13th store in the state.

May 5, 2025

Brent Schanding

A few gifts overlaid on a patchwork background, including a Carharrt lunch box and a jewelry dish.

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A softly lit room set up for a yoga class with green yoga mats.

Business

Shop around the block: LOUtoday’s guide to reader-recommended small businesses

Put your money where your community is and help us create a guide to small businesses by submitting your favorite local spots and sharing this page with a friend.

February 23, 2026

Declan Lowthian

A stage at the Bourbon and Beyond music festival in Louisville, KY, with thousands of fans in the foreground.

Culture

The 2026 Bourbon & Beyond lineup is here

It’s the biggest lineup in the festival’s history

February 18, 2026

Declan Lowthian

A white haired man with glasses wearing black smiling as he raises a conductor's baton

Culture

Tune into the Louisville Orchestra’s 2026-2027 season

From classical music to new compositions and pop music, Louisville’s Grammy-winning orchestra has a little something for everyone this year.

February 17, 2026

Declan Lowthian

Business

Good Brothers Pharmacy brings a local pharmacy back to the community

This Black-owned pharmacy is bringing local care to Russell and beyond.

February 12, 2026

Declan Lowthian

A group of people playing table tennis in a warehouse. There are two people either side of a table, with pickleball being played in the background.

Sports

Is table tennis having a moment? Try it for yourself in Louisville

Move aside pickleball, there’s a new racket sport in town.

February 10, 2026

Patrick Sidwell

Two sets of curling stones lined up and grouped by color on one end of a curling rink.

Where to play Winter Olympics sports in Louisville

Strap on your skates and grab your sweeping brooms, it’s time for the games

February 9, 2026

Declan Lowthian

Business

3 developments we’re watching in 2026

These ongoing projects are all slated to see big updates this year.

February 9, 2026

Declan Lowthian

A group of people packing bags full of menstrual products on card tables outside while the sun sets.

Culture

How Period, Y’all is fighting period poverty across Kentucky

Meet the organization distributing period products to those who need them throughout the commonwealth.

February 4, 2026

Declan Lowthian

Three children of different ages look into a bin of soil at Waterfront Botanical Garden summer camp

Culture

2026 summer camps now open for enrollment

Get the kids out of the house and into these fun and enriching summer camps in Louisville.

February 4, 2026

Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto

Louisville’s lost bookstore with a tie to Kurt Vonnegut

This shop served Louisville bookworms for nearly 100 years — and it gets namedropped in a famous novel.

January 27, 2026

Declan Lowthian