September 24, 2009 – 10:32 am
The Louisville Visual Art Association is unveiling its Open Doors Lincoln Bicentennial Project at Old Walnut/Beecher Park, 904 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. on Friday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. LVAA collaborated with artist Guy Tedesco, videographer William Wallace, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Metro Parks Baxter Community Center on a mosaic mural and short film documentary [...]
September 24, 2009 – 9:32 am
Thursday, Sept. 24 Captain’s Quarters 5702 Captains Quarters Road 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Jill Conley recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. Captains Quarters will be sponsoring an all day/all night fundraiser for Jill on Sept. 24 … Part of Captain’s Quarters sales that day will be contributed so do your part and have lunch, dinner AND [...]
September 24, 2009 – 9:29 am
Thursday, Sept. 24 Strickler Hall, Middleton Auditorium U of L louisville.edu/firstyear/book-in-common Free; 6 p.m. First Year Initiatives, Latin American and Latino Studies and the McConnell Center are bringing acclaimed author Luis Alberto Urrea to campus to discuss his book, “The Devil’s Highway.” Check out: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=114245945687 http://louisville.edu/firstyear/book-in-common
September 24, 2009 – 9:21 am
Sept. 24-Oct. 4 Henry Clay Building 604 S. Third St., 3rd Floor www.PandoraProds.org $15; various times Pandora Productions, intent on producing rarely seen live productions, have chosen a doozy with Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show.” It isn’t simply a story about a young couple and their evening in the castle of a mad scientist. [...]
September 23, 2009 – 9:48 am
Wednesday, Sept. 23 Flanagan’s Ale House 934 Baxter Ave. 585-3700 Free; 8:30 p.m.
September 23, 2009 – 9:41 am
Through Oct. 10 Galerie Hertz 1253 S. Preston St. 635-3727 What some of us may find as decay and ruin, others see as “wabi-sabi,” the Japanese way of finding beauty in the imperfect world. James Doiron is a believer. The works in his exhibition feature large, faded signs as well as smaller plaster on paper [...]
September 23, 2009 – 9:40 am
Through Nov. 28 Kaviar Forge & Gallery 1718 Frankfort Ave. 561-0377 www.kaviargallery.com Death masks and tattoos are not readily found in combination. Yet they’re the sources of inspiration for the paintings and drawing of Kerri Horine. When Horine visited the grave of Realist painter Rudolf Wacker, she saw the site included a bronze death mask [...]
September 23, 2009 – 8:58 am
The Smithsonian Institution is presenting Museum Day 2009 on Saturday, Sept. 26. Participating locations in Louisville and Southern Indiana: Carnegie Center for Art and History, Frazier International History Museum, Historic Locust Grove, Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion and Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. Visit the Smithsonian website for the free admission voucher.
September 22, 2009 – 10:29 am
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, GuardiaCare is sponsoring a juried photography exhibition “The Beauty and Dignity of Aging” on Oct. 29 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the Louisville Visual Art Association. The entry fee is $5 and prizes will be awarded. Deadline: Sept. 30. Actors Theatre invites artists in all media to submit proposals for the [...]
September 22, 2009 – 8:13 am
Tuesday, Sept. 22 Strickler Hall, room 101 University of Louisville 852-0696 Free; 7 p.m. At the intersection of race and sexual orientation, the black LGBT community is trying its best to be heard. The best traction appears to be happening on the University of Louisville campus, where a new student group, dubbed BlkOut, has emerged [...]
September 21, 2009 – 10:27 am
Devin French is conducting a two-day workshop on “Fusing with Powder: Creative Color in Warm Glass” on Thursday, Sept. 24 & Thursday, Oct. 1 at 6:30-8:30 p.m. Glassworks, 815 W. Market, 992-3270. $150.
September 21, 2009 – 8:43 am
Monday, Sept. 21 Clarksville Little Theatre Clarksville, Ind. 228-8204 Free; 7 p.m. Auditions for the comedy, murder mystery, musical “Something’s Afoot” will be held on Monday at 7 p.m. at Clarksville Little Theatre. Casting for 4 women and 6 men, age range 20 to 65. An accompanist will be provided for the vocal audition, and there will be cold readings from the script.
September 21, 2009 – 8:40 am
Monday, Sept. 21 Miller House 832 Lockmere Place, Lexington www.thefoundationforadvancedarchitecture.org $15; 7:30 p.m. The Books are a duo who bumped around the East Coast until making a relatively cozy creative home in the Berkshires area of New England — but they’ll go most anywhere they can find intriguing sounds, appropriate music to connect the sounds [...]
September 21, 2009 – 8:38 am
Monday, Sept. 21 Skull Alley 1017 E. Broadway www.skullalley.net $5; 10 p.m. It’s hard to listen to Brooklyn rockers The States without ticking off every club-ready, dance-rock act they remind you of. But drop the cynicism for a moment, and you’re reminded of the pleasure of an up-and-coming band ready to blow up. The band’s [...]
September 18, 2009 – 10:23 am
Friday, Sept. 18 Zanzabar 2100 S. Preston St. 635-ZBAR $12; 9 p.m. Featuring the Fruit Bats with Iran and Kevin Barker.
September 18, 2009 – 10:17 am
Friday, Sept. 18 Fourth Street Live Free; 8 p.m. Featuring bands Sqeeze-Bot, The Fervor and DJ Matt Anthony.
