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The Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, Frazier History Museum, and the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts – all partners in downtown Louisville’s Museum Row on Main — are teaming up to offer $5 deals for Kentucky and Indiana residents throughout February. The Ali Center, Slugger, and Frazier museums will be offering $5 admission rates to locals throughout the month, and patrons of the Kentucky Center’s SCENE at the Center will receive a $5 off restaurant orders of $50 or more.
The annual promotion encourages locals to explore attractions close to home at a time when the long winter is just about over, but yet the temperatures are still not conductive for most outdoor activities. To take advantage of the museum offer, guests must show proof of residency in Kentucky or Indiana, such as a driver’s license or alternate I.D. while purchasing tickets. Others in the party will also receive the $5 admission, a substantial savings over $12 – $15 regular ticket prices. The offer cannot be combined with other discounts, and does not apply to special tours or events.
Here are special offerings or activities by the Frazier History Museum, Muhammad Ali Center, The Kentucky Center for the Arts, and Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory described below:
Frazier History Museum: The Frazier History Museum is where the world meets Kentucky and in February it’s through outstanding exhibits and exciting programs. Family Gathering: Linda Bruckheimer’s Kentucky celebrates the beautiful, heartbreaking, sometimes funny and always authentic photography of acclaimed photographer and native Kentuckian, Linda Bruckheimer. The Lewis & Clark Experience takes guests on an immersive and educational journey with the Corp of Discovery. A Valentine’s Day themed Second Saturday program on February 10th tackles candy, cards and other crazy Feb’ 14 traditions and on February 23rd our 25,000 Toy Soldiers come alive with a curated conversation and cocktail event celebrating W.Britain’s 125 years in the Toy Soldier business.
Muhammad Ali Center: In January, the Ali Center began major renovations on its Lobby and Retail Store, both of which will provide the Center the opportunity to deliver a better overall visitor experience and more contemporary private event space. Additionally, the much needed upgrades will offer a fresh and modern appearance to its retail store, while also supplying better functionality. A major part of the overall improvements will be a custom designed terrazzo floor in the Main Lobby, which will present a striking and welcoming impression upon entering the Center, and providing better durability for this high traffic area. During this estimated 3-month renovation period, guests must enter and exit the Center at the street-level Group Entrance. Visitors will still have access to the Center’s award-winning exhibits and can still expect an excellent museum experience during Black History Month and beyond.
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: February marks the final month of Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory’s exhibit, Ali & Aaron: United in The Fight. Muhammad Ali and Hank Aaron were both titans of the American sports scene, and have much in common as heroes who endured racism and faced down challenges with conviction. The original art installation explores the historic role both played in the fight for civil rights, and inspires guests to examine their own convictions and beliefs.
All three attractions are also members of Museum Row on Main, which offers seven exciting attractions within four blocks of Downtown Louisville’s historic Main Street. In addition to the $5 February promotion, Museum Row on Main partners offer $1 off admission to guests who show a ticket stub from another member museum that charges admission. A deeply discounted combo admission called The Main Ticket is also available. For more information about the Main Ticket, click here or to purchase your package, click here.
The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts: Before enjoying a performance at The Kentucky Center, celebrate the culinary arts at SCENE at the Center! The Kentucky Center’s small plates eatery offers bar and food service two hours prior to most performances in Whitney Hall and the Bomhard Theater. Throughout February, just mention “Museum Row on Main” and receive $5 off orders of $50 or more. Take a look at SCENE’s menu here.
In honor of what would have been Muhammad Ali’s 76th birthday, the Muhammad Ali Center staff, Youth Programs, and Board of Directors are partnering with Love the Hungry for a service project event on January 17th from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. at the Ali Center. The team will produce 5,000 Nutri-PlentyTM pouches.
Love the Hungry is a local nonprofit organization focused on providing nutrient-rich meals that can alleviate and reverse the effects of malnutrition in young children. The Nutri-PlentyTM meal pouches are fortified with Mathile M+ Micronutrients™ and a combination of rice, soy, and dehydrated vegetables, complete with 21 vitamins and minerals, and 12 grams of protein. Each pouch creates enough meals to feed six children. The service project will provide enough Nutri-PlentyTM servings to feed 700 children every day for a month. 15 percent of the total meals packaged remain to assist Kentuckiana families.
Love the Hungry has distributed meals to 15 different countries, focusing primarily on Central America, Haiti, South Sudan and West Africa. They recently connected with Louisville-based WaterStep and CEO Mark Hogg, who won the 2013 Muhammad Ali Kentucky Humanitarian Award, to begin development of a nutrition center and clean water initiative in South Sudan.
Bellarmine University’s Rubel School of Business and the Muhammad Ali Center are celebrating Muhammad Ali’s birthday with a Muhammad Ali APPreciation Night on Thursday, January 18th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Bellarmine University’s Centro Building. During the APPreciation Night, the Center, along with Rasheda Ali-Walsh and Jamillah Ali-Joyce, Muhammad Ali’s twin daughters, will help launch two new mobile apps focused on continuing the Champ’s legacy of service. There will also be a birthday cake and drawings.
January 17th marks what would have been Muhammad Ali’s 76th birthday. He passed away on June 3, 2016.
The two new mobile apps, called “Generation Ali” and “Hours Against Hate,” are specifically designed to promote and preserve Muhammad Ali’s legacy, and especially to actively engage young people in service to and respect for others.
In attendance will be Donald Lassere, President and CEO of the Ali Center, Dr. Susan M. Donovan, President of Bellarmine University, Rasheda and Jamillah, among others.
“Muhammad Ali used his athletic prowess and his enormous personality to advance an idea of what human greatness really is – confidence, conviction, dedication, respect, giving and spirituality,” said Dr. Donovan. “We are honored to host this night celebrating what would have been the week of his 76th birthday. Students and the community will not only have the opportunity to learn more about Muhammad Ali’s legacy, but also to see what incredible things The Muhammad Ali Center is doing.”
The APPreciation Night is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are encouraged here. It will be held on the first floor of the Centro building, located at 2001 Newburg Rd.
The National Mentoring Partnership and the Muhammad Ali Center are proud to announce the Third Annual International Mentoring Day on January 17, 2018—the date which would have been the 76th birthday of boxing legend and global humanitarian Muhammad Ali.
January 15th – 21st, the Muhammad Ali Center invites mentors and mentees to visit the Center together and receive a discounted rate. Mentors will receive a $5 admissions rate and their mentee will be able to tour the Center for free.
On a larger scale, the international and universal power of mentoring will be recognized and celebrated throughout the month of January, National Mentoring Month.
Leading up to January 17, individuals and organizations are encouraged to share, through social media, photos, video, messages and stories that reflect on the real life power of mentoring and in particular: (1) what mentoring means to you in real life; and (2) how you define and describe mentoring through your experience. Mentors and mentees are encouraged to meet and visit together in real life and to share pictures and stories reflecting on the power of this mentoring relationship.
The dialogue will be captured online through #InternationalMentoringDay, #MentorIRL and #NationalMentoringMonth and on Twitter (@MentoringDay ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MentoringDay/) and on this website:
http://www.nationalmentoringmonth.org
The Muhammad Ali Center will continue its annual tradition to show Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to the community in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The screening of this historic speech is Monday, January 15th at 11:00 a.m in the Center’s Auditorium.
A panel discussion, “Continuing the Dream, Living the Legacy” will follow the showing. Members of the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students will discuss how young people are continuing the work of Dr. King and Muhammad Ali in our community.
Though the screening is free to the public, visitors must pay regular admission prices to access Ali Center exhibits.
This public event follows the Ali Center’s planned closing for renovations January 8-14, 2018. The renovations, announced in November, include a complete redesign of the Center’s Main Lobby, the Ali Center Store, and Group Entrance.
The Muhammad Ali Center is proud to announce its upcoming Daughters of Greatness speaker: Jamillah Ali Joyce, daughter of Muhammad Ali. Jamillah will speak on Friday, January 19th. The event will begin with a hot breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and the program will be from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Throughout the year, the Daughters of Greatness breakfast series invites prominent women engaged in social philanthropy, activism, and pursuits of justice to share their stories with the Louisville community. The Daughters of Greatness series provides a place for dialogue and discussion on current issues of justice, community engagement, and social movements within the Louisville area and beyond.
Jamillah Ali Joyce was raised in the suburbs of Chicago. She attended the University of Illinois where she majored in communications. Upon graduation Jamillah began her career by serving as the primary marketing director for the MARC Corporation in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Heeding a call to public service Jamillah returned to Chicago to work for the State of Illinois under Illinois’ longest serving Secretary Of State Jesse White. Secretary White acknowledged Jamillah’s work ethic and effectiveness in the performance of duties in the office by appointing her to her current position as the sole Illinois Secretary of State Employment Counselor in the City of Chicago.
Oftentimes Jamillah has represented her father at local, national, and international civic and charitable functions. Included among the many charitable endeavors Jamillah has regularly supported the Ed Kelly Youth Sports Program, the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls “For Mercy’s Sake”, Chicago Cubs World Series Champion Coach Joe Maddon’s Respect 90 Foundation, and the St. Baldrick’s Conquer Kid’s Cancer Foundation’s “Fight for a Cure.” Jamillah remains very active in helping worthy causes by making appearances and promoting the Ali “Service to Others.”
Jamillah and her children are active members of the Ephraim Bahar Cultural Center which regularly provides food and hygienic products to the underprivileged and homeless in the city of Chicago.
Jamillah currently resides in Chicago with her husband, attorney Michael Joyce and their three children: Nadia, a senior at the University of Notre Dame; Amira, a freshman at the University of Louisville; and Jake, a kindergarten student at St. Cajetan.
Seating is limited. Tickets are $20 for Ali Center members, $25 for non-members, $15 for students. Tables of 8 and 10 are also available. Information about our 2018 Breakfast Club and Sponsorship Opportunity is available here. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are available here or by contacting Erin Herbert at eherbert@alicenter.org.
Bluegrass Harley-Davidson and the Muhammad Ali Center are happy to announce a unique collaboration that will allow Harley-Davidson customers, cycle enthusiasts and Ali fans the opportunity to show off a piece of Louisville history. This weekend, Bluegrass Harley-Davidson will have on display the custom-made Muhammad Ali Orange County Chopper (OCC) at their facility which has previously resided in the Muhammad Ali Center’s Main Lobby. The public is invited to a special viewing and open house on Saturday, January 6th from 10am-6pm at Bluegrass Harley-Davidson, 11701 Gateworth Way in Louisville and on Sunday, from 12 noon-4pm. Free drinks and appetizers will be available on Saturday.
Due to upcoming Ali Center renovations, the chopper had to be moved and will be placed in secure storage after this weekend until the Ali Center’s upgrades have been completed. Bluegrass Harley-Davidson expedited the transfer of the bike.
The Ali Center’s renovations include a complete redesign of its Main Lobby, the Center’s retail store, and the Group Entrance. These enhancements will provide the Center the opportunity to deliver a better overall visitor experience and more contemporary private event space. Upgrades are expected to take a couple of months.
“We’re extremely excited for the opportunity to show off a Louisville legend’s custom chopper and help the Ali Center with transportation,” said Jordan Monschein of Bluegrass Harley-Davidson.
