Tuesday, May 26 Third Lutheran Church 1864 Frankfort Ave. 445-3203 ayutc@aol.com Free; 7 p.m. The As Yet Unnamed Theatre Company will hold auditions for their production “Vanities” by Jack Heifner. Cold readings from the script for (3) female cast members ages 18-30. Head shots, resumes and short comic monologues are helpful, but not required. The show will be directed [...]
Tuesday, May 26 Carmichael’s Bookstore 2720 Frankfort Ave. 896-6950 Free; 7 p.m. University of Kentucky professor and author Erik Reece put mountaintop removal on the national map with “Lost Mountain,” where he followed a single Appalachian mountain through this most devastating process of mechanized coal mining. He follows that spiritual, educational and environmental journey with [...]
Monday, May 25 Happy Memorial Day. Hopefully you’re at a picnic, cookout or on a large body of water preferably in a floating craft of some sort. Be careful, wear sunscreen and remember that you have to go to work tomorrow. Our daily list of events will return tomorrow. Enjoy the day, and don’t do [...]
Friday, May 22 Clifton’s Pizza 2230 Frankfort Ave. 893-3730 Free; 8 p.m. Come hear Grace and Paul play some of your favorite classic rock tunes. And maybe they’ll let you play the shaker.
May 22-July 11 Carnegie Center for Art and History 201 E. Spring St., New Albany (812) 944-7336 www.carnegiecenter.org It’s easy to learn about different religions through the visual arts. For example, stained-glass windows in churches were the illiterate man’s Bible for centuries. Textile artist Penny Sisto is using her medium of art quilts to explore [...]
Friday, May 22 The Rudyard Kipling 422 W. Oak St. 636-1311 www.therudyardkipling.com $5; 9 p.m. When Chicago label Sophomore Lounge sets its dogs loose at the Rud, it’s indie anarchy. In one corner is the goofy juvenilia of Animal City and Giving Up; in the other, countrified Tennessee rockers Only Sons, pulling more from the [...]
Friday, May 22 The Vernon Club 1575 Story Ave. 584-8460 www.vernonclub.com $6; 8:30 p.m. Swagger and stomp will take center stage Friday when Dallas Alice unveils their newest, self-titled album at the city’s bowling-alley-cum-venue. “This record is different than our first record Social in that it is more collaborative and more mature,” principle songwriter Sean [...]
Thursday, May 21 The Rudyard Kipling 422 W. Oak St. 636-1311 $5; 9 p.m. Colonel JD Wilkes (The Legendary Shack Shakers) and his wife Jessica, along with “Slow” Layne Hendrickson, make up the hillbilly/hokum trio The Dirt Daubers. Hailing from western Kentucky, these three hooligans sing loud and proud an ecclectic mix of Appalachian, ragtime [...]
May 21-24 Improv Louisville Fourth Street Live www.improvlouisville.com It’s the dude from “Scream”! Cool.
May 21-Aug. 1 Kaviar Forge & Gallery 1718 Frankfort Ave. 561-0377 www.KaviarGallery.com Journalist and Louisville native Molly Bingham spent more than a year in Iraq documenting the early stages of the Iraq War. On March 25, 2003, Bingham was arrested, detained and interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison by Iraqi security officials while Saddam Hussein was [...]
May 20-24, 27-31 Comedy Caravan 1250 Bardstown Road 459-0022 www.comedycaravan.com Tom Mabe has been nationally recognized for getting revenge on those annoying telemarketers and is now going after junk-email, bad customer service, high gas prices and anything else that ticks off Americans. He has been dubbed the troubleshooter-troublemaker and comic with a cause by several [...]
Through May 30 Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery 828 E. Market St. 584-5353 www.flamerun.com Ireland is a land of storytellers, and Eoin Breadon is no exception. His method of telling a story is not verbal or written, but told through glass. Because he lives in America now, he’s reaching an audience that may be [...]
Wednesday, May 20 Flanagan’s Ale House 934 Baxter Ave. 585-3700 Free; 7 p.m. Chris Holcombe’s website says the singer’s style makes you believe “a ‘Just My Imagination’ riff can support a Chet Baker-like voice singing songs of Southern love affairs.” Honing his skills in the songwriting capital of Nashville, Holcombe strives to meld the countrified [...]
Wednesday, May 20 Carmichael’s Bookstore 2720 Frankfort Ave. 896-6950 Free; 7 p.m. “We’re the buttfuckers of rock-and-roll. We want to sock it to your hole!” So wrote Jon Ginoli — and thus, queercore was born. “Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division” is Ginoli’s memoir about the founding of the out/proud/loud group, looking for acceptance and [...]
