Jan. 21-22

Various locations
www.goportland.org
Free; 7 p.m. (Fri.), 11 a.m. (Sat.)

As a city blessed with the highest per capita parks-to-people ratio in the nation, Louisville has a storied tradition of neighborhood pastimes. Now, the increasing corporatization of sports as spectacle, coupled with systematic dismantling of urban neighborhoods, has changed the way people live and play. Along these lines, University of Pittsburgh senior lecturer Dr. Rob Ruck will give a series of talks entitled “The Meaning of Sport in Community: Discovering Louisville’s Sandlot Scene Through the Lens of Black Sport in Pittsburgh.” Friday’s lecture will occur at 7 p.m. at the Portland Museum (2308 Portland Ave.), and Saturday’s will begin at 11 a.m. at the Park DuValle Education Center (3610 Bohne Ave.). —Jonathan Meador