2020-03-20

Originally posted on Facebook 03.20.2020
by Kurt.

Yesterday, The Kentucky Theater closed as well. And though it rained all day, Kremena and I were greeted everywhere with smiles and offers of hospitality. Because of the corona virus, we turned down both an invitation to a Palestinian lunch (which we would normally never ever dream of doing) and a container of pickled beets: good for the immune system.

Two older men stand in front of a two-story brick home: one (left) has long wavy grey hair and glasses holding a small dog while the other (right) dons a mustache and stands, hands in pockets, with a worn cap and a patterned, loosely fitted button up.

Anthony (Helena Handbasket) and Dean with Mitchell

03.19.2020 1:05 PM

Mitchell is a rescue. Anthony and Dean got him at Wags for

Omar, Abla, Hadeel, Ali, and Hoda

03.19.2020 12:16 PM

Hoda Shalash serves on the programmatic board of CivicLex and on the

Lexington in the Time of COVID-19 is an artwork about people practicing social distancing at a time of a deadly virus. And also offering kindness.

Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova capture photographs at the periphery of American culture, where drag queens, discarded couches, and abandoned motel signs exist.