Videos & Recordings
Interested in educational topics like historic rehabilitation tax credits in Kentucky? Or do you like a little history with your happy hour? Check out some of our videos and webinar recordings below! Please reach out to us if you have ideas for future topics!
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Happy Hour History #6
TOPIC: Ghost Stories!
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 @ 5 PM EST via Zoom
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Brian Cushing – Victorian Barroom
Caisey Cole – Belle of Louisville
Devin Payne – Culbertson Mansion
Matt Wallace – Kentucky Shakespeare
Frankie Harris – Louisville Ghost Tours
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
LINK TO WEBINAR : View here on Zoom!
Happy Hour History #5
TOPIC: Portland
DATE: Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 @ 12 PM EST via Zoom
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Mike Neagle – Portland Now
Larry Stoess – The Table Cafe
Katy Delahanty – Portland Museum
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
LINK TO WEBINAR : View here on Zoom
Happy Hour History #4
TOPIC: Historic House Happenings!
DATE: Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 5 PM EST via Zoom
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Brian Cushing – Mixology Historian
Hannah Zimmerman – Historic Locust Grove
Shirley Harmon – Oxmoor Farm
Teresa Lee – Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing
Kate Meador – Conrad-Caldwell House Museum
Farmington Historic Plantation
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
LINK TO WEBINAR (click here to view on Zoom)
Happy Hour History #3
TOPIC: Live from the Archives! (Lost Louisville Map)
DATE: Thursday, July 15, 2021 @ 5 PM EST via Zoom
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Brian Cushing – Mixology Historian
Elizabeth Reilly – Curator, Photographic Archives
Terri Holtze – Head of Web Services
Steve Grider – Architecture Photographer
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
LINK TO WEBINAR (CLICK HERE TO VIEW ON ZOOM)
Happy Hour History #2
TOPIC: Historic Sites Near You! (Metro’s StoryMap)
DATE: Thursday, June 17, 2021 @ 5 PM EST via Zoom
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Brian Cushing – Mixology Historian
Cynthia Johnson Elmore and Savannah Darr – Louisville Metro’s Historic Preservation / Urban Design
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
Charles Cash – Board President, Vital Sites
LINK TO WEBINAR (CLICK HERE TO VIEW ON ZOOM)
Vital In(Sites):
Lunch & Learn
TOPIC: Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits
Do you have a historic house? Find out how historic tax credits might be able to help with your next renovation project! Learn about the state and federal program with Erick Rawlings, architect with the Kentucky Heritage Council. Vital Sites staff also presented the East Broadway Row case study, which passed tax credits through to the homebuyers, as well as Schweitzer Pharmacy, which was recently listed on the National Register.
DATE: Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 12 PM EST via Zoom
SPEAKERS:
Erick Rawlings – Staff Architect, Kentucky Heritage Council
Charles Cash – Board President, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Happy Hour History #1
TOPIC: Victorian Cocktails / Evolution of 1880s Spirits
DATE: Thursday, May 20, 2021 @ 5 PM EST via Zoom
SPECIAL GUEST:
Brian Cushing – Mixology Historian
Heath Seymour – Executive Director, Vital Sites
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites
Charles Cash – Board President, Vital Sites
Vital In(Sites):
Coffee Talk
TOPIC: Portland History + Schweitzer Pharmacy
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 @ 8:30 AM EST
SPEAKERS:
Tom Owen – Archivist, University of Louisville
Jessica McCarron – Coordinator, Vital Sites