•Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zang Dance Co.
Saturday, Nov. 21
Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
501 W. Main St.
562-0100
$20-$38; 8 p.m.
All right, try this on for size: an interpretation of Lincoln. Sounds a little stiff and boring, eh? All right, let’s modify this in an important way: interpretations of Lincoln through dance. And this isn’t just a ton [...]
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Weekender: Nov. 21-22
November 20, 2009 – 10:00 am
‘Little Mary Sunshine’ @ Kentucky Center
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Nov. 20-22, 27-29
Kentucky Center
584-7777
myspace.com/ayutc
$16; 8 p.m. (2:30 p.m. Nov. 22 & 29)
Book, Music, Lyrics by Rick Besoyan, it’s one of the most successful off-Broadway productions.
‘Hansel and Gretel’ @ Brown Theatre
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Nov. 20 & 22
Brown Theatre
315 W. Broadway
584-7777
kyopera.org
$35-$85; 8 p.m. (Fri.), 2 p.m. (Sun.)
The Hansel and Gretel story began in a Grimm Brothers fairytale called “Babes in the Woods.” But the Grimm story is pretty grim, with a mother sending her children off into the woods to lose them. A much happier version — good mom, [...]
Holiday Art Show and Boutique @ Holy Spirit
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Nov. 20-21
Holy Spirit Church
3345 Lexington Road
893-3982
hspirit.org
Features 35 booths this year with a variety of vendors selling jewelry, artwork, pottery, children’s clothing and accesories that are fun and ‘edgy,’ so to speak, home decor items, stationary and also ’off the wall’ items.
Artist Jay Ryan @ Carmichael’s
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Friday, Nov. 20
Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Ave.
896-6950
Free; 7 p.m.
You’ve seen them — underground band posters with cute animals, hand-drawn type and complex, muted colors advertising My Morning Jacket, Built to Spill, The Melvins and others. The artist, Jay Ryan of Chicago, has a new book out called “Animals and Objects In and Out of Water,” and [...]
Gallopalooza Live Auction @ Seelbach Hotel
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Friday, Nov. 20
Seelbach Hilton Hotel
500 S. Fourth St.
www.gallopalooza.com
$50-$100; 7:30 p.m.
Gallopalooza, Inc., the civic pride project that is currently displaying more than 130 life-size horses designed by professional and amateur artists throughout the Louisville area, plans to auction approximately 100 of the horse statues to the highest bidders in Live and Online Auctions next month to [...]
R. Kelly @ Louisville Palace
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Friday, Nov. 20
Louisville Palace
625 S. Fourth St.
583-4555
$57-$97; 8 p.m.
I don’t find nothin’ wrong with a little bump ’n’ grind either, as long as your partner is of legal age and it’s consensual. I also believe I can fly, have been trapped in a closet and remind myself of a Jeep. So when I heard R. [...]
Festival of Trees & Lights @ Slugger Field
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Nov. 20-22
Slugger Field
$5 ($3 for children); 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
HelpKosairChildrensHospital.com
This year’s 20th anniversary Festival of Trees & Lights will herald the start of the holiday season while benefiting the Kosair Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Presented by Republic Bank, the event will be held at Louisville Slugger Field Nov. 20 to 22, and will [...]
‘It’s All Greek …’ @ Walden Theatre
November 19, 2009 – 12:50 pm
Through Nov. 21
Walden Theatre
1123 Payne St.
589-0084
www.waldentheatre.org
$15 ($10 students); 7:30 p.m. (w/ 2 p.m. matinee on Sat.)
In the spirit of the Greek tradition of The Festival of Dionysus, you can celebrate by singing or dancing, or seeing Walden Theatre’s “It’s All Greek …” With this production, Walden continues to provide an opportunity for young people to [...]
Fleur de Lez Happy Hour @ Swan Dive
November 19, 2009 – 9:58 am
Thursday, Nov. 19
Swan Dive
921 Swan St.
www.fleurdelez.com
Free; 6:30-9 p.m.
Some say this place is a little hard to find, others have even said it is in the Bermuda Triangle of the Original Highlands and the edge of Germantown. Just find your way there, either using Kentucky Street and taking a left on Swan, or from Barret Ave [...]
VP of Republic of Ghana @ Speed
November 19, 2009 – 9:54 am
Thursday, Nov. 19
Speed Art Museum
www.louisville.edu/artsandsciences/vpghana
Free; 5:30 p.m.
The vice president of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, will give a free, public talk about “The Challenges of Good Governance in Africa” tonight when he visits the University of Louisville. Mahama was elected vice president last year, and Louisville is the first stop during his first official [...]
Year of Astronomy @ U of L
November 19, 2009 – 9:52 am
Thursday, Nov. 19
Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium
U of L
852-6171
Free; 7 p.m.
The 2009 International Year of Astronomy marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first telescopic view of the heavens. The University of Louisville and Bellarmine University are joining the celebration with an unveiling of unprecedented new NASA images of our galaxy and a panel discussion tonight.
‘Greater Tuna’ @ Actors Theatre
November 19, 2009 – 9:48 am
Nov. 19-Dec. 13
Actors Theatre of Louisville
584-1205
actorstheatre.org
$33-$41; various times
Actors Theatre proudly presents the limited-run engagement of GREATER TUNA by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard and directed by Marc Masterson.
Regina Spektor @ Palace Theatre
November 19, 2009 – 9:44 am
Thursday, Nov. 19
The Palace Theatre
625 S. Fourth St.
583-4555
www.reginaspektor.com
$35; 8 p.m.
When you hear the story of Regina Spektor, you can’t help but root for her. Born in Russia, shipped over to the Bronx as a tween, and all the while her parents made sure she could get to a piano, even when they couldn’t afford one. [...]
Moosebutter @ IU Southeast
November 19, 2009 – 9:42 am
Nov. 19-21
Ogle Center, IU Southeast
4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany
(812) 941-2526
moosebutter.com
$18.50; 10 a.m. & noon (Nov. 19-20), 7:30 p.m. (Nov. 21)
Lovers of George Lucas have likely seen the YouTube clip “Star Wars (John Williams is the Man),” the a cappella parody tune — which garnered more than 6 million clicks — that puts lyrics to [...]
John Rathbone @ Comedy Caravan
November 18, 2009 – 10:58 am
Nov. 18-22
Comedy Caravan
1250 Bardstown Road
459-0022
www.comedycaravan.com
John has worked with the top names in the comedy business. Tim Allen, Paul Reiser, Ray Romano… Jerry Seinfeld called him an “excellent comedian.” David Letterman came to see his show. Drew Carey said “John Rathbone always makes me laugh!” He has a witty humor, an urbane style, fantastic expressions, and [...]
‘Carbon Nation’ @ Carnegie Center
November 18, 2009 – 10:55 am
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Carnegie Center for Art and History
201 E. Spring St.
New Albany, Ind.
(812) 944-7336
carnegiecenter.org
Free; 7-8:30 p.m.
See a special sneak peak of scenes from “Carbon Nation”, an upcoming documentary about climate change. “Carbon Nation” will be an optimistic (and witty) discovery of what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing and [...]
Transgender Week of Empowerment
November 18, 2009 – 10:52 am
Nov. 18-20
Various locations
www.siennatg.org
Friday is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an exercise meant to both memorialize those who have been killed as a result of anti-transgender prejudice and to continue raising awareness about a portion of the LGBT community that is often shadowed in our culture. It began 11 years ago as a response to the [...]
‘As You Like It’ @ Thrust Theatre
November 18, 2009 – 10:50 am
Nov. 18-22
Thrust Theatre
2314 S. Floyd St.
852-6814
louisville.edu/a-s/ta
$12 ($8 students); 8 p.m. (w/ 3 p.m. matinee on Sun.)
U of L’s Department of Theatre continues its season with Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” The play features a young woman, Rosalind, who hides out in a forest after fleeing her home for fear of persecution. There, disguised as a [...]
‘Migrants in Steinbeck Country’ @ Ekstrom Library
November 18, 2009 – 10:48 am
Through Jan. 15
Photographic Archives Gallery
Special Collections, Ekstrom Library
Belknap Campus, U of L
852-6752
www.library.louisville.edu
The treasure chest that is the Photographic Archives houses the Stryker Collection. It contains Farm Security Administration photographs from the 1930s, including the outstanding “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange.
“This is a mother of seven children and the wife of a migrant worker,” wrote [...]