October 31, 2011 – 12:00 pm
The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., 583-4100, is showing Robert Shetterly’s portrait exhibit “Americans Who Tell the Truth” through Nov. 20 (closed Nov. 15-16). The 30 portraits are of influential Americans who stood up for the truth, including several Kentuckians. Each portrait is accentuated by a quote from each [...]
October 31, 2011 – 9:00 am
The Speed Art Museum’s new driveway and parking garage entrance is now open and accessible directly from Third Street.
October 31, 2011 – 8:38 am
Monday, Oct. 31 Vernon Club 1575 Story Ave. • 568-3280 www.vernonclub.com $5; 8 p.m. When the Vernon Club opens its doors on Monday, there will be more going on than bowling and music — we’re talking naughty nocturnal spirits here, folks. Lexington’s Rebel Riot Revue will turn the Vernon into a sexy haunted house as [...]
October 30, 2011 – 8:10 pm
Reservations required. Sculptor Matt Weir is the next speaker at the Louisville Visual Art Association’s “Food for Thought” lunch and lecture series. Tuesday, Nov. 1 at noon, 3005 River Rd. $15 members, $20 non-members. Reservation deadline is noon on Monday, Oct. 31. 896-2146, ext. 100.
October 28, 2011 – 2:00 pm
Ceramicist Suzy Hatcher is having a pottery sale on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 308 S. Bayly Ave., 895-7735. The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is holding a Halloween Drop-In Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $6 per person. Open to all ages. The [...]
October 28, 2011 – 11:00 am
The opening reception for “Le Coeur du Cheval,” new paintings by Jaime Corum, is on Friday, Oct. 28 from 6-8 p.m. at The Gallery at The Brown Hotel, 335 W Broadway, 583-1234. With wine, food and Breeders’ Cup Championships “buzz.” And if you come on opening night, you will get a special preview of Jaime’s [...]
October 28, 2011 – 10:00 am
On Friday, Oct. 28, the opening reception for the Carnegie Center’s, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, new exhibit “Powering Creativity: Air, Fuel, Heat” from 6-8 p.m. will be just one of many great events happening in the vicinity that evening. Visitors to the Carnegie Center can walk across the street to the New [...]
October 28, 2011 – 9:41 am
Friday, Oct. 28 Phoenix Hill Tavern 644 Baxter Ave. • 636-0405 www.helmetmusic.com $15; 7:30 p.m. Co-founded by Page Hamilton in New York in 1989, Helmet and its heavy music — call it post-hardcore if you must — married aggression and precision, beginning with its 1991 debut Strap It On. Hamilton wasn’t your average angst-ridden barker/shredder, [...]
October 28, 2011 – 9:00 am
FAT Friday — the Frankfort Avenue Trolley on the final Friday of the month, Oct. 28. Explore the art galleries, shops and restaurants along Frankfort, Story and Mellwood Avenues from 6-10 p.m. There’s free parking, then hop on and off the free trolley.
October 27, 2011 – 11:00 am
The Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 812-949-4238, is presenting “Create & Bloom” on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 6-9 p.m. This evening of art and flowers is at Lavender Hill Floral, 360 Spring St. in Jeffersonville.
October 27, 2011 – 9:05 am
Thursday, Oct. 27 Zanzabar 2100 S. Preston St. • 635-ZBAR www.wearearmynavy.com $10; 9 p.m. You know you’ve arrived when Morrissey gives you a nickname. “’80s Legs” is what Britain’s King of Brood affectionately dubbed Army Navy’s Justin Kennedy when the two met earlier this year. No sulking can be found on The Last Place, the [...]
October 26, 2011 – 10:00 am
Bernheim’s artist-in-resident Heike Endeman will be showing her work on Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 4-7 p.m. in the Education Building. Appetizers and cash bar. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, 2499 Clermont Rd in Clermont, Ky., 502-955-8512.
October 26, 2011 – 9:00 am
Wednesday, Oct. 26 Brown Theatre • 584-7777 www.kentuckycenter.org $15+; 7:30 p.m. Gather up the kids, and get them to the Brown Theatre next Wednesday. Why? Because the place will be crawling with acrobats. Direct from Beijing, the National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China will swarm the Brown with its unique brand of stunning [...]
October 26, 2011 – 8:59 am
Oct. 26-27, Nov. 1-3 Frazier History Museum 829 W. Main St. • 753-5663 www.fraziermuseum.org $15; 7:30 p.m. If you visit Edgar Allan Poe’s gravesite in Baltimore, you’ll likely find a bottle of cognac and a few long-stem roses. Poe’s life was as dark and mysterious as his poetry and short stories. Known as the father [...]
October 26, 2011 – 8:56 am
Through November Swanson Contemporary 638 E. Market St. • 589-5466 www.swansonreedgallery.com Swanson Contemporary has two exhibitions currently on display. Barbara Crawford’s “Four Decades of Photography,” part of the Photo Biennial, covers a span of time, subjects and techniques. The retrospective, with photographs chosen by Crawford, shows an artist growing over the years, from her ’70s [...]
October 26, 2011 – 8:00 am
Arizona State University professor David William Foster will talk about “Founding Latin American Women Photographers” during the University of Louisville’s 10th annual Latin American and Latino Studies Heritage Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The free, public talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library. For more information, contact Rhonda Buchanan at [...]
October 25, 2011 – 9:15 pm
Wil Sieg and Patrick White had their art stolen from The Monkey Wrench after the recent Gonzofest 2011. Contact Sieg at 650-0523 if have any information.
October 25, 2011 – 12:00 pm
IUS, 4201 Grant Line Rd. in New Albany, 812-941-2118, is showing “DIVERGENTPATHS” by David Morrison and Bonnie Stahlecker in the Ogle Center’s Barr Gallery through Nov. 14.
