May 29-June 20 Gallery Janjobe Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center 1860 Mellwood Ave. 899-9293 www.galleryjanjobe.com “As the weather warms up, we wanted to showcase the work of many of the hottest silver artists in the Louisville area,” says Gallery Janjobe co-owner Jana John. “So Sharon Major, one of our co-owners and our resident silversmith, rounded [...]
May 29-31 Actors Theatre 316 W. Main St. 584-1205 $8; 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.) Escaped Kentucky-born slave and abolitionist Henry Bibb became the first black newspaper editor in Canada when he founded Voice of the Fugitive in 1851. His autobiographical writings provided the foundation of playwright and historian Carrider Jones’s play of the same [...]
Friday, May 29 Headliners 1386 Lexington Road 584-8088 www.headlinerslouisville.com $15 (adv.)/$18 (door); 8 p.m. Outfitted in outrageously bright luchador masks, ornate Aztec medallions and jet-black clothing, the tongue-in-cheek image of Los Straitjackets screams kitsch. Don’t confuse gaudy fashion sense with lack of skill: These faux-Mexican instrumental rumblers inject fresh life into old songs with enviable [...]
Friday, May 29 Lisa’s Oak St. Lounge 1004 E. Oak St. www.projectimprov.net $5 (singles), $8 (couple); 8 p.m. I went on a blind date once and it was tragic. It involved oyster-and-hot-sauce shots at Flabby’s and the drinking of canned beer. It doesn’t take much to woo me, but canned beer? Really? And I had [...]
Friday, May 29 The 930 Listening Room 930 Mary St. 635-2554 www.the930.org $10; 7 p.m. While Jason Wilber may have cut his teeth as an axe-man for John Prine, the Bloomington singer has blazed his own trail of indie rock energy. The countrified influence of Prine can be found throughout Wilber’s new album King for [...]
Thursday, May 28 Derby City Espresso 331 E. Market St. 8-10 p.m. Musician Sarah Elizabeth returns to Louisville tonight for a performance at Derby City Espresso. She will be joined by William Ragland.
Through May 31 Day’s Coffee 1420 Bardstown Road 456-1170 Titillating at best, offensive at worst, Greg Edwards’s multimedia paintings are meant to provoke. Saving the X-rated works for less public spaces, the current show at Day’s Coffee is still edgy. Using dark lines and bold colors, even the PG pieces featuring comedian Sarah Silverman draw [...]
May 28-31 Walden Theatre 1123 Payne St. 589-0084 $6-$12; 8 p.m. (May 28-31), 3 p.m. (May 30-31) For its anniversary season, Jan Street Dance Theatre is presenting five new works in two programs over six performances at Walden Theatre. The focal point of the program will be “Bibliography of Love,” a series of vignettes framed [...]
May 27-31 Improv Louisville Fourth Street Live www.improvlouisville.com $12.50-$15; various times Hypnotist Rich Guzzi’s shows include comedy, drama, characters, role-playing, self-awareness and X-rated content. Woo-hoo! Sunday’s show is titled “XXXtreme Hypnosis Show.” Bring it.
Wednesday, May 27 Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar 230 E. Main St. 582-9945 9 p.m. Featuring Butch Rice, Joanie Mussellman, Brian Knopf and Michael Felker.
Wednesday, May 27 Waterfront Park Free; 6 p.m. This month’s WFPK Waterfront Wednesday lineup includes the bands Broken Spurs, The Features and The Meat Puppets.
Wednesday, May 27 Skull Alley 1017 E. Broadway $10; 7:30 p.m. It’s going to be a raucous good time when Kris Roe brings punk-rock outfit The Ataris to Skull Alley tonight. The band got their big break when Roe, an Indiana native, slipped a demo to a member of The Vandals after a show in [...]
