Friday, April 24 The Pour Haus 1481 S. Shelby St. 637-9611 myspace.com/thepourhaus $TBD; 9 p.m. The nickname for Miami is The Bottom, but their scene is on the upswing. “Over the past decade, bands started to play art galleries more because that’s where everybody congregates,” says MJ, lead singer of Awesome New Republic, one of [...]
Friday, April 24 Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge 1004 E. Oak St. 637-9315 $11; 8:15 p.m. “When we have an all-ages show, the audience can be 12-year-olds who’re afraid to come to the merch table. They stand in the corner … it’s like they think we’re gonna shit on them, y’know?” Without dispelling anyone’s treasured mythology, [...]
April 23-25 Atherton High School 3000 Dundee Road 485-8202 $7; 7 p.m. Atherton High School River City Players present Euripides’ play ”Medea,” translated by Alistair Elliot. The River City Players are a select group of students who do advanced work in theater and this year have participated in the Kentucky Theatre Association’s annual High School Theatre [...]
April 23 & 25 Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. 584-7777 LouisvilleOrchestra.org $25-$75; 10:30 a.m. (Thu.), 8 p.m. (Sat.) The Louisville Orchestra brings to life a staple of the orchestral repertoire and one of the most influential pieces of music ever written, Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, op. 14. Also being performed are Aleksander Raskatov’s Five Minutes [...]
April 23-26 Ogle Cultural and Community Center at IUS 361-3100 www.ius.edu/theater/ $12; 8 p.m. (Thu.-Sat.), 2:30 p.m. (Sun.) Gilbert Lowe once declared that “no one’s really gonna be free until nerd persecution ends,” but what happens when the nerd becomes the scourge? Hard times help comedy thrive, and IU Southeast students laugh in the face [...]
April 22-26 Improv Louisville Fourth Street Live www.improvlouisville.com Capitol recording artist and Bob and Tom’s favorite Tim Wilson has quite a background. Born in Georgia, he was funny in elementary school as a “natural” comedian. In high school, he emceed a talent show, took up the guitar as a teenager and decided to pursue a [...]
Wednesday, April 22 Harbor Lawn @ Waterfront Park Free; 5:30 p.m. Tonight’s WFPK Waterfront Wednesday, the first of the year, features Todd Snider, Extra Golden and Tony Furtado. As always, admission is free and there will be food, drinks and adult beverages for sale.
Tuesday, April 21 Heyburn Building 332 W. Broadway Free; Noon The portraits in this exhibit are by local photographers who donated their time, talent and photographic artistry of Wednesday’s children waiting to be adopted. Hosted by the Arts Council of Louisville Inc. in cooperation with the Kentucky Foster Care and Special Needs Program.
Tuesday, April 21 21c Museum Hotel 700 W. Main St. www.louisvillefilm.org Free; 7 & 9 p.m. In recognition of National Poetry Month, Louisville Film Society will showcase short films traversing a drove of poets, a concourse of poems and a swarm of 16mm film prints. Featuring Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, George Barker, James Broughton, Bruce [...]
Monday, April 20 Spinelli’s Pizza 610 Baxter Ave. Free; 8 p.m. Celebrate 4/20 at Spinelli’s tonight at their monthly Pabst Bingo night. Features $1 beer and prizes.
Monday, April 20 Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium U of L 458-8741 Free; 2:30 p.m. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield will speak today in Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium on “You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism,” which also is the title of his 2008 book. The free talk is sponsored [...]
Monday, April 20 Filson Historical Society 1310 S. Third St. 635-5083 Free; noon Renowned photographer James Archambeault will visit The Filson to present his latest book, “Kentucky Horse Country: Images of the Bluegrass.” Archambeault has more than 20 years of experience as a photographer, much of which has been concentrated on Kentucky nature scenes and the [...]
