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LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 7.15 17 marriottlouisville.com thehealingplace.org/eat Community Focus A single day of awareness in the community about The Healing Place through friendship and food. Making a Difference Participating eateries donate 10% of sales on a specifc date to impact the men and women struggling with addiction at The Healing Place. July 22 Is The Day Make plans to eat at a participating restaurant on Wednesday, July 22. Featured Chefs and Restaurants Visit our website below to see the participating chefs and restaurants. New partner restaurants being added frequently. 10% 22 2 2 Dine Out to Benefit The Healing Place thehealingplace.org/eat 8 A t & Cook U p Some HOPE! S PACE S Photo by Aaron Kingsbury When bands arrive at the Mercury Ballroom on South Fourth Street, they usually enter through the back door, load their gear onto the stage and hit the green room. Oh, and no: It's not green. Painted a purple so deep it almost resembles the outside of an avocado, the space has a Kentucky feel to it: Bourbon barrelheads and artwork featuring Colonel Sanders decorate the walls. The room is sleek, with a mostly gray color scheme, sharp corners and smooth surfaces. Flip the kitchen table, and you're all set for a game of poker. The Ballroom's Matt Schwegman says the TV, freplace, stocked kitchen and several couches make "the bands feel like they're in their own living room versus a dingy green room that might have beer stains on the foor." Though the venue opened in April 2014, the green room wasn't ready until several months after that. Until then, bands either stayed on their tour bus or used the dressing rooms at the Palace, the Mercury Ballroom's sister venue next door. As far as accommodating bands, Schwegman says the days of wild tour riders are long gone. Nowadays, most bands request organic groceries and, this being Kentucky, bourbon. And socks. "You can go awhile with dirty jeans and T-shirts, but socks and underwear are things people are always asking us for," Schwegman says. This month, the Ballroom will host offcial Forecastle after-parties, including Talib Kweli on the 17th. — Ashley Hoff Number of free bike helmets Portland Elementary School students received from U of L Physicians and the Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky during the last week of school. Real estate developer Glenn Hogan covered the $2,300 bill. 303