December 30, 2011 – 2:00 pm
The Speed Art Museum, 2035 S. Third St., 634-2700, will close at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 and will closed all day on Sunday, Jan. 1.
December 30, 2011 – 9:41 am
Friday, Dec. 30 The Bard’s Town 1801 Bardstown Road • 749-5275 louisvillenoise.com $6; 9 p.m. In a recent interview with the blog Never Nervous, Noise Pollution Records co-owner Nathan Smallwood explained the label’s POV thusly: “We put out bands that we think kind of have their own thing going on. Most of the time they [...]
December 30, 2011 – 9:00 am
FAT Friday, the Frankfort Avenue Trolley, is on the final Friday of the month, Dec. 30. 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.
December 29, 2011 – 9:37 am
Thursday, Dec. 29 Brown Theatre 315 W. Broadway • 562-0191 kftc.org $35; 7 p.m. Do you love politely charming music but hate mountaintop removal? Regional music favs Jim James, Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore and Moore’s newest Ol Kentuck Records signing, skilled pianist Daniel Joseph Dorff, join authors Silas House and Jason Howard in trying [...]
December 29, 2011 – 9:34 am
Dec. 29-Jan. 21 The Alley Theater @ The Pointe 1205 E. Washington St. • 713-6178 thealleytheater.org $18-$20; 7:30 p.m. All right, it’s less than a year until we find out if the Mayans really foresaw the end of the world or if they just got bored with calendar making. Between Hollywood and plays like this [...]
December 28, 2011 – 10:02 am
Through Jan. 14 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft 715 W. Main St. • 589-0102 kentuckyarts.org I like it when two seemingly different ideas come together, although I still can’t wrap my head around Trader Joe’s chocolate-covered potato chips. I wouldn’t have put “Lewis and Clark” and “kites” in the same sentence, let alone make [...]
December 28, 2011 – 10:01 am
Through Jan. 17 Kaviar Forge & Gallery 1718 Frankfort Ave. • 561-0377 kaviargallery.com After telling people he works in leather, artist Steven Hughes of Pillywiggins Leather Etc. has gotten some interesting responses, such as, “I don’t go to websites like that.” It must be the masks and belts that make people suspicious. Artistic leatherworking’s heritage [...]
December 28, 2011 – 9:00 am
The Speed Art Museum, 2035 S. Third St., 634-2700, has a new experimental gallery area located on the museum’s main level sculpture court. “Quick Start-Story Gallery” is a new gallery initiative designed to let our visitors have fun exploring stories in the museum’s collection. Open Wednesday, Dec. 28-Friday, Dec. 30 from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Art [...]
December 27, 2011 – 9:17 am
Tuesday, Dec. 27 Charlotte, N.C. 852-5151 • UofLSports.com $70-$90; 8 p.m. What is it about quarterbacks and U of L? Latest in a long line of superlative Louisville passers is freshman sensation Teddy Bridgewater, who has been named to several freshman All-American teams after stepping into the Cards’ starting lineup to beat Kentucky and lead [...]
December 23, 2011 – 2:00 pm
The Speed Art Museum will close at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24.
December 22, 2011 – 12:00 pm
Suggested art resolutions from the Kentucky Arts Council: –I have yet to sign up for an Experience the Arts specialty license plate: I hereby resolve to support my local arts organization by making the commitment to purchase a plate when they become available, or whereas I have reserved an Experience the Arts specialty license plate, [...]
December 21, 2011 – 1:01 pm
Friday, Dec. 23 The Bard’s Town 1801 Bardstown Road thebardstown.com $3; 9:30 p.m. If your holiday season has been too nice, if it needs a little heresy or hardy insults to make it all feel festive, then The Bard’s Town and the “Young, Dumb, and Full of Comedy” crew have a very special performance you [...]
December 21, 2011 – 12:59 pm
Thursday, Dec. 22 Zanzabar 2100 S. Preston St. • 635-9227 facebook.com/the.Elvis.band $5; 9 p.m. Sure, you can also see Big Hang on Friday night at ZaZoo’s, pairing the self-described “premiere Elvis Presley tribute band” with Johnny C“ash”er (aka Johnny Asher, a Johnny Cash tribute act). But a night with the faux-King local super group and [...]
December 21, 2011 – 12:58 pm
Thursday, Dec. 22 Clifton Center 2117 Payne St. • 896-8480 cliftoncenter.org $10 suggested donation; 7 p.m. New Clifton Center executive director John Harris and his wife, Natalie, executive director of Coalition for the Homeless, have teamed up professionally to organize this benefit jam. Many local business owners, chefs, poets and musicians have agreed to donate [...]
December 21, 2011 – 12:56 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 21 Clifton Center 2117 Payne St. • 896-8480 $5 (free for members); 7 p.m. The Wild and Woolly Film Series at the Clifton Center returns with an evening of Laurel and Hardy films. The triple feature opens with “Big Business,” a 1929 silent short that lays out the basic Stan & Ollie template [...]
December 21, 2011 – 12:55 pm
Through Dec. 30 Liberty Tattoo and Art Parlor 2801 S. Third St. • 637-4777 libertytattooandart.com For all you procrastinators out there — and for anyone like me who avoids St. Matthews during the month of December — it’s not time to panic … yet. You can still get great gifts without standing in line for [...]
December 21, 2011 – 12:53 pm
Through Dec. 31 Swanson Contemporary 638 E. Market St. • 589-5466 swansonreedgallery.com The mystical words of “as above, so below” is a phrase simplifying the microcosm and its counterpart, the macrocosm. It’s not us against the world but the opposite; we are connected to the larger universe. Life 101 — understand yourself and you will [...]
