•‘Fleur de Lez Dance’ Saturday, June 30 The Bard’s Town 1801 Bardstown Road • 749-5275 facebook.com/groups/fleurdelez Free; 10 p.m. What better way to close out Pride month than to jiggle your bits on the dance floor? Fleur de Lez, a local lesbian social group, is hosting its monthly “Lez Dance” Saturday night at The Bard’s [...]
The Annual Summer Pottery Sale by the LOCALS (Living on Clay and Louisville Soil) is Saturday, June 30 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Masonic Home Campus, 3701 Frankfort Ave.
F.A.T. Friday — the Frankfort Avenue Trolley on the final Friday of the month, June 29. 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 tree trolley. The Kore Gallery at Mellwood is showing a special exhibition of polymer clay work by [...]
Pre-registration is required. Beginning July 9, the Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 812-949-4238, will begin offering art classes in its newly renovated Carriage House Classroom, 820 E. Market St. in New Albany. Classes will be available for children (8 -12), teens (13 – 17) and adults (18 and up). Taught by area artists, the classes [...]
Thursday, June 28 Quills Coffee 327 W. Cardinal Blvd. • 690-5553 Free; 7:30 p.m. Quills Coffee is joining forces with Typecast Publishing to present author readings this summer, and Thursday’s lineup of three poets definitely merits some investigation if you’re near U of L and/or looking for more than just a caffeine buzz with your [...]
June 28-July 1 The Improv Fourth Street Live improvlouisville.com $15; various times Ian Bagg has spent the better part of two decades as a road dog, performing weekend after weekend in clubs all over the world, and appeared on Comedy Central and HBO. You may have caught him on the late-night shows of Jay Leno, [...]
The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is extending ”50 Years of Studio Glass” until July 29 (the original end date was July 1). Museum hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am-5 pm, or by appointment. Admission is free for KMAC members, college students (with [...]
June 27-July 1 Kentucky Center for the Arts 501 W. Main St. · 584-7777 kentuckycenter.org $22.75+; various times Dubbed “the best show you’ll ever see” by The New York Post, “Billy Elliot: The Musical” is finally making its way to Louisville. Winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, “Billy Elliot” tells the story of [...]
Through July 24 Patio Gallery Jewish Community Center 3600 Dutchmans Lane • 459-0660 jccoflouisville.org Artist Dennis Shaffner takes a natural approach in his latest installation of more than 50 sculptures. With woven homegrown vines — honeysuckle and aekbia — as well as rattan, Shaffner’s embellished hemispherical and spherical creations draw on traditional Japanese basketry and [...]
Through Sept. 6 Kaviar Forge & Gallery 1718 Frankfort Ave. • 561-0377 craigkaviar.com Sharon Matisoff is an artist who paints artists. She gave herself a mission — paint artists of national and international acclaim who live and work in Louisville. Some of the local heavyweights included in “Rites of Passage: A Celebration of Louisville Artists” [...]
Tickets required. The Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 812-949-4238, will honor artists and supporters with the “Hearts for the Arts” awards on Friday, June 29 from 12-2:30 p.m. in Ogle Hall at Ivy Tech Community College. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Arts Council. The following will be honored with awards: Ed Adams [...]
Emily Church’s “Explorations in Mark Making” is showing at Galerie Hertz, 1253 S. Preston St., 581-8277, through July 28.
The Gallery at the Brown Hotel, 583-1234, 4th and Broadway, is showing “For Love of Kentucky” by Bill Fletcher from June 22-Aug. 3. The opening reception is Friday, June 22 from 6-8 p.m.
The Kentucky School of Art at Spalding University, 845 S. Third St., 618-4600, is having its Second Annual Freshman Art Show from June 22-July 29. It will be in three locations: the Kentucky School of Art Gallery, Spalding University’s Huff Gallery and The Gallery at Whiskey Row Lofts. The opening reception is Friday, June 22 from [...]
Thursday, June 21 Headliners Music Hall 1386 Lexington Road • 584-8088 headlinerslouisville.com $15; 9 p.m. Every couple years, a new guy with a guitar is heralded as the “savior of the blues.” Last year, Gary Clark Jr. became the latest messiah de bleu. He’s from Austin! He’s played with Stevie Ray’s brother Jimmie! Clifford Antone [...]
Work by the Indiana and Kentucky Plein Air Painters are on display at the Jane Morgan Gallery, 4838 Brownsboro Center-Arcade, 592-7835, from June 20-Aug. 11. The reception is Thursday, June 28 from 5-8 p.m.
