October 30, 2009 – 9:56 am
Friday, Oct. 30 The Palace Theatre 625 S. Fourth St. 583-4555 www.louisvillepalace.com $30; 8 p.m. The Avett Brothers didn’t turn to Sony’s Rick Rubin for reinvention (as Johnny Cash did). But the trio knew that a major label would fork over for deluxe string arrangements, so that’s the first difference on new disc I and [...]
October 30, 2009 – 9:55 am
Friday, Oct. 30 Headliners Music Hall 1386 Lexington Road 584-8088 $15; 8 p.m. Between Sarah Bareilles, Regina Spektor and Ingrid Michaelson, the catchy-cute indie-girl-singer/songwriter-with-a-beat-you-can-dance-to might have developed into a genre of its own. The name risks being too long to catch on, though. Whether you heard her on “Grey’s Anatomy,” or through your own musical [...]
October 30, 2009 – 9:53 am
Friday, Oct. 30 Floyd Theater 2100 S. Floyd St. 852-6691 Free; 9 p.m. & midnight Remember back in the 1980s when TBS was colorizing every decent black-and-white film ever made? That was actually, well, not good. But here’s a positive twist on how to enhance a classic film: On Friday, in U of L’s Floyd [...]
October 30, 2009 – 9:51 am
Oct. 30-Nov. 14 Spot5 Gallery 2044 Frankfort Ave. 632-1384 “Think of what holding a flashlight under your chin in the dark did for ghost stories as a kid, then think of an alternate negative alien universe …” says Spot5 Gallery owner Laurie Blayney when trying to describe their latest exhibit, which pairs decorated Styrofoam mannequin [...]
October 30, 2009 – 9:50 am
Oct. 30-Nov. 21 Gallery Janjobe Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center 1860 Mellwood Ave. 899-9293 www.galleryjanjobe.com It’s spooky time. “At this time of year, people think about ghosts and other scary, usually ugly spirits, but we wanted to take a look at all kinds of spirits and the beauty to be found in them,” says Jana [...]
October 30, 2009 – 8:51 am
The Creative Diversity Art Center at 107 S. Ewing Ave. is having its 2nd Annual Chili Supper as part of the Oct. 30 F.A.T. Friday Trolley Hop. Proceeds benefit the Studio. 5:30 p.m. till all the chili is gone. $8 for chili, beverage and dessert. Ceramicist Laura Ross is holding her annual Fall Studio Tour [...]
October 29, 2009 – 9:38 am
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft’s Art Car Weekend is featured on KET’s “Louisville Life” program. It will be shown on KET2 on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. (and again on Sunday, Nov. 1 at noon) and KET on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.
October 29, 2009 – 9:11 am
Through Oct. 31 Starvin Artist Art Gallery 608 Baxter Ave. 338-3908 From the artist: these new works in “family tree” are about relationships … experimenting with industrial and natural materials to unify works … paintings are cut and deconstructed, boxes and frames are constructed and then assembled together again in fresh compositions that become three dimensional [...]
October 29, 2009 – 9:08 am
Thursday, Oct. 19 Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom Library U of L 632-2548 Free; 7-8:30 p.m. Race, politics and the American Dream will be the backdrop of a public discussion featuring a new book on Barack Obama by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary professor and author Johnny Bernard Hill. The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream will take [...]
October 29, 2009 – 9:04 am
Thursday, Oct. 29 Carmichael’s Bookstore 2720 Frankfort Ave. 896-6950 Free; 7 p.m. David Allen Sibley, preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, will visit Carmichael’s to present his newest project, “The Sibley Guide to Trees.” David Sibley has used his formidable skills to compress a huge amount of information into a logical, accessible, and easy-to-use guide with [...]
October 29, 2009 – 8:59 am
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. 584-7777 $27.50-$71.50; various times Presented by PNC Broadway Across America — Murder. Greed. Corruption. Violence. Exploitation. Adultery. Treachery. Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who maliciously murders her on-the-side lover after he [...]
October 29, 2009 – 8:54 am
Thursday, Oct. 29 Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. 562-0100 $25; 8 p.m. The kids of Nickel Creek aren’t exactly kids anymore … but then, they’re not quite Nickel Creek anymore, either. The trio’s “on hiatus,” and each member is now bouncing around the music world like a rambunctious prize puppy just let loose. Come [...]
October 28, 2009 – 9:47 am
Wayne Ferguson is conducting a polymer clay Milagros and Day of the Dead-inspired jewelry workshop on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 12-4 p.m. Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102. $45 members, $50 non-members.
October 28, 2009 – 9:23 am
Wednesday, Oct. 28 ear X-tacy 1534 Bardstown Road earx-tacy.com Free; 6 p.m. The Del McCoury Band will be doing a free in-store performance and signing at ear X-tacy on Wednesday to celebrate the release of their much anticipated album, Family Circle.
October 28, 2009 – 9:19 am
Wednesday, Oct. 28 Ogle Cultural and Community Center IU Southeast 361-3100 $20.50 ($10 for students); 7:30 p.m. Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu are not the likeliest of musical pairings. He’s from Wisconsin and is into guitar. She hails from Ghana, was raised in Nashville and has roots planted firmly in the church. But they are musical [...]
October 28, 2009 – 9:08 am
Oct. 28-Nov. 1 Comedy Caravan 1250 Bardstown Road 459-0022 $10-$15; various times Comedian Steve Hofstetter may not be from Louisville, but as often as he comes through, he might as well be one of us. In fact, he likes it here so much that his last two comedy albums, Dark Side of the Room and [...]
October 28, 2009 – 9:06 am
Through Nov. 8 Jewish Community Center 3600 Dutchmans Lane 459-0660 www.jccoflouisville.org $20 ($16 members); various times CenterStage presents the six-time Tony Award-winning musical “La Cage aux Folles,” transforming their auditorium into the Saint Tropez nightclub. “La Cage aux Folles” is about Georges and Albin, a happy couple who happen to own a nightclub where Albin [...]
