December 23, 2009 – 9:51 am
Wednesday, Dec. 23 Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar 230 E. Main St. 582-9945 $13; 9 p.m. Stevie Ray’s is bringing the Cincinnati-born, Nashville-livin’ Stacy Mitchhart back to town for a Christmas show. It isn’t difficult to imagine Mitchhart adapting his act for seasonal music: This man can and will do anything that’ll keep him onstage in [...]
December 22, 2009 – 10:14 am
Barney Bright’s sculpture “Truth and Justice,” originally in front of the Legal Arts Building for almost 30 years, has been donated to U of L. It will be part of a planned plaza.
December 22, 2009 – 10:01 am
Tuesday, Dec. 22 Dutch’s Tavern 3922 Shelbyville Road 895-9004 Free; 11 p.m.
December 22, 2009 – 9:59 am
Tuesday, Dec. 22 The Back Door Mid-City Mall 1250 Bardstown Road 451-0659 Free; 7:30 p.m. Come early to sign up!
December 21, 2009 – 1:02 pm
Glassworks at 815 W. Market St. is offering a Fused Snowflakes workshop during the rest of December. Pieces must be picked up at a later date or shipped. Appropriate for ages 12 and up. $15-$20.
December 21, 2009 – 10:02 am
Monday, Dec. 21 The Patron Restaurant 3400 Frankfort Ave. 569-BEER $45 (6 courses & 6 beers); 7 p.m. The Patron Restaurant and Louisville Beer Store have partnered to present, A Brooklyn Beer Dinner. Chef Amber McCool and Chef Matt Jones have created a six course menu to compliment selected beers from the Brooklyn Brewery (listed [...]
December 21, 2009 – 9:56 am
Monday, Dec. 21 Diamonds Pub and Billiards 3814 Frankfort Ave. 895-7513 Free; 9 p.m. (open mic begins at 8) Chicks are funny, and anyone who tells you otherwise probably doesn’t menstruate. The weekly “Sub Rosa: The Gypsie Courtyard” open-mic event at Diamonds Pub is leaning toward funny females Monday night. Hosted by Divinity Rose and [...]
December 18, 2009 – 11:16 am
A Very Portland Christmas, presented by artists Hallie Jones and Aaron Conway, is on Saturday, Dec. 19 from 1-8 p.m. at Nelligan Hall, 2010 Portland Ave. Nelligan Hall provides studio space to seven artists and is the “phoenix rising from the ashes” of the LAVA House, which burnt down in January 2008. Payne Street Pottery [...]
December 18, 2009 – 10:48 am
Friday, Dec. 18 Skull Alley 1017 E. Broadway 745-9541 www.skullalley.net $5; 7 p.m. It’s the kind of pop-punk you don’t get anymore, but at the same time, it’s like nothing you’ve heard. Mix the Weakerthans up with some noodly guitar parts and a sense of hope, and you get Good Luck, a band that took [...]
December 18, 2009 – 10:46 am
Dec. 18-27 MeX Theater, Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. 584-7777 $16; various times Fun is to be expected in this zany comedy about a big-city journalist writing a story about the current state of mental health facilities — particularly a hospital populated with a group of quirky inmates who imagine themselves to be crime-fighting [...]
December 17, 2009 – 12:30 pm
Churchill Downs has chosen Linda Le Kinff as the artist for the 2010 Kentucky Derby and Oaks.
December 17, 2009 – 10:10 am
Thursday, Dec. 17 Monkey Wrench 1025 Barret Ave. 8-10 p.m. Brigid says: “I wanted to have a holiday party, and I wanted to play a show. So I thought I’d do both at the same time. Come out to The Monkey Wrench on Thursday, December 17th, and mingle, dance, listen, eat, drink, and most definitely [...]
December 17, 2009 – 10:04 am
Thursday, Dec. 17 Fern Creek Traditional High School 9115 Fern Creek Road Free; 3:30 & 6 p.m. Get ready to rock with the most entertaining golden oldies you will ever meet in the senior citizen’s choir “Young@Heart.” With a show only weeks away, they must learn a slate of new songs ranging from James Brown to [...]
December 17, 2009 – 10:00 am
Thursday, Dec. 17 Habitation The Summit 4288 Summit Plaza Dr 426-0807 habitationstore.com 7-9 p.m. Habitation and Java Brewing Co. will present an evening for Home of the Innocents. Admission is an item for Home of the Innocents “wish list.” Requested items include diapers, batteries, underwear, socks and arts and crafts supplies. For a complete list, go [...]
December 17, 2009 – 9:55 am
Thursday, Dec. 17 Louisville Palace 625 S. Fourth St. 583-4555 www.randyhouser.com $30; 7:30 p.m. Randy Houser has been writing songs since he was 15. He was already tired of playing covers and knew that if he was going to do anything with his deeply soulful voice, he would have to learn to express himself lyrically. [...]
