March 26, 2012 – 11:00 am
The following selected have been selected to create outdoor art installations for the 2012 New Albany Public Art Project: Bicentennial Series: Theme: Parks & Recreation Artist: Nathan Smith, Louisville, KY Theme: Neighborhoods & Architecture Artist: Jacob Stanley, Greencastle, IN Theme: Education Artist: R. Michael Wimmer, New Albany, IN
Monday, March 26 Slugger Field honoringourhistory.com Free; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. With the approaching 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, and following a recent report that the last known WWI veteran had died at age 110, “Honoring Our History,” a traveling WWI exhibit, rolls into town Monday at Slugger Field. The exhibit is [...]
Fiber artist Bette Levy is having a gallery talk in connection with her exhibition “Tools of the Trade” at the Carnegie Center on Saturday, March 24, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free and open to the public. 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336. The Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 820 E. Market in New Albany, 812-949-4238, is [...]
Friday, March 23 Zanzabar 2100 S. Preston St. • 635-9227 thejeffreylewissite.com $6; 9 p.m. Best known locally for his song “Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror,” anti-folk singer Jeffrey Lewis faces the local hipsters solo here. Noted lyricists Ben Gibbard, Stephen Malkmus, Peter Stampfel and Jarvis Cocker are fans of this singer-songwriter and comic book artist, prolific [...]
March 22, 2012 – 11:00 am
The 3rd Annual U of L Graduate Conference in the Humanities is presenting “The Phoenix Effect: Regenerations, Rebirth & Reformation” on Friday, March 23 in the Ekstrom Library. Dr. Sena Jeter Naslund is the creative keynote speaker at 11 a.m., with Dr. Morris Beja the critical keynote speaker at 1:30 p.m. Registrations begins at 8 a.m. Free and [...]
March 22-April 1 MeX Theater at the Kentucky Center 501 W. Main St. • 562-7800 pandoraprods.org $16-$18; 7:30 p.m. (plus 2:30 p.m. March 31) Do they have drag shows at that temperamental bar you like? Can I borrow your tutu for the temperamental pride parade? I’m so glad we finally got to see Rachel Berry’s [...]
Artist Hanneline Røgeberg is giving a lecture on Thursday, March 22 at 3 p.m. at Gallery X, Schneider Galleries, U of L. Røgeberg lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Oslo, Norway. Her paintings explore the paradoxes of representation. She is an associate professor of art at Rutgers University and has previously taught at University of [...]
March 21, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Speed Art Museum, 634-2974, 2035 S. Third St., will have Summer Studio Art Camps for children ages 6-13. Members can now enroll, with non-member registration beginning on April 2. Visit their website for more information on the summer camps.
Wednesday, March 21 Rudyard Kipling 422 W. Oak St. • 636-1311 insurgenttheatre.org Free; 7:30 p.m. This play is not for the faint of heart. “In the Belly” graphically portrays the sad realities of prison life in solitary confinement, backed by stories from real inmates, reactions from their audiences, and modern literary voices. Says the cast: [...]
Wednesday, March 21 Zanzabar 2100 S. Preston St. • 635-9227 cloudnothings.tumblr.com $7; 8 p.m. Cloud Nothings is a basement beast — one of those bands formed primarily to kill the boredom of its creator. It was originally a solo effort, originating in Dylan Baldi’s parents’ den in Cleveland. When a concert promoter heard his lo-fi [...]
Wednesday, March 21 Headliners Music Hall 1386 Lexington Road • 584-8088 hootsandhellmouth.com $10 adv., $12 DOS; 9 p.m. How many bands do you know that, in addition to a full tour schedule, manage to run an urban farm on the side? Not many. And yet the Philadelphia-based folk band Hoots and Hellmouth post about it [...]
Ongoing 743 E. Broadway, Suite 215 catapult-mag.com It’s time to stop complaining that we don’t have enough local visual art coverage. Add Catapult Art Mag to the list of publications and online sources. Available monthly in both print and digital download, Catapult is the dream of Thena Cartwright. “Being an artist myself, I know how [...]
March 20, 2012 – 11:00 am
The Artists Syndicate’s Third Thursday event for April falls on Derby Festival kickoff week. They are celebrating all things Derby and paying tribute to the late Hunter S. Thompson with “Gonzo Derby: Your Experience.”Hunter’s 1970 article “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved” is the guideline. The story and style became more about Hunter’s experience [...]
Tuesday, March 20 The Bard’s Town 1801 Bardstown Road • 749-5275 claraengel.bandcamp.com $16; 7:30 p.m. Though this concert is not officially a showcase of American, vocal-heavy female artists, it might as well be. Those similarities aside, the four acts could not be more different in their approaches. Soft acoustic melodies and passionately sung poetry characterize [...]
Tuesday, March 20 Comedy Caravan 1250 Bardstown Road comedycaravan.com $10; 8 p.m. In a world where right-wing blowhards are telling you, “You’re not OK,” Comedy Caravan is stepping up to say, “You are OK.” This Tuesday brings the launch of “90 Minutes of Pride,” a monthly variety show that aims to celebrate the beauty and [...]
Tuesday, March 20 Zanzabar 2100 S. Preston St. • 635-9227 cavemantheband.com $7; 8 p.m. It’s Caveman’s first visit to Louisville — and the band’s first tour, really. The group is fairly new, having just released their first studio album, CoCo Beware, in September. Despite the neolithic connotations that the band’s name might suggest, the rookie [...]
March 19, 2012 – 11:00 am
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens is seeking original, one-of-a-kind pieces constructed for outdoor display for its 5th Annual Garden Sculpture Show, May 18-July 29. The show connects artists with garden designers and garden lovers. The exhibition will be installed across five core acres, offering many distinct environments for display of sculpture including themed gardens and two water [...]
