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To kick off the summer movie season, Robert Downey Jr. is back as billionaire superhero Avenger Tony Stark in “Iron Man 3.”

But things are a bit different this time around. Stark has left his playboy ways to settle down with Pepper Potts. He also is dealing with the memories and emotions of what happened to him while fighting with the Avengers in his last adventure.

Wild Earth Gallery will host an art exhibition by Kentucky artist Victor Sweatt. The exhibit runs through Aug. 4 and features a mixed media exhibit titled “Everyday Heroes.”

A public reception with the artist is from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the gallery at 110 N. Main St. in Elizabethtown.

Sweatt uses pastel, watercolor and charcoal in his realist art.

According to his RoGallery profile, Sweatt strives to create “thought-provoking, emotional moments in time.”

About a year ago, Vine Grove resident Monica de Leon added a little color to her life.

Because Sunday is Mother’s Day, it’s a perfect time to share a few things you may not know about my mom.

Everyone who knows her knows she’s a great cook with artistic style and perfect penmanship, a trait I did not inherit from her.

But she’s much more than that.

In her youth, Mom was a good athlete. She was a cheerleader at Elizabethtown High School and often could be found around her neighborhood playing baseball. In fact, at one point in her childhood, she wanted to be the first female Major League Baseball player.