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 [...]
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Artist Jay Ryan @ Carmichael’s
November 20, 2009 – 9:30 am
Author Timothy Keller @ Calvin Presbyterian Church
November 16, 2009 – 10:05 am
Monday, Nov. 16
Calvin Presbyterian Church
2501 Rudy Lane
896-6950
Free; 7 p.m.
In COUNTERFEIT GODS: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters, Timothy Keller helps readers identify the false idols in our hearts, which range from the material – money and homes – to relationships and success, and explains how we can replace [...]
Tori Murden McClure @ Filson Historical Society
November 16, 2009 – 9:58 am
Monday, Nov. 16
Filson Historical Society
1310 S. Third St.
635-5083
www.filsonhistorical.org
Free; 6 p.m.
Tori Murden McClure visits The Filson to discuss the journey outlined in her book, ”A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean.” In the book, McClure details her attempts to be the first woman to row across the Atlantic [...]
Weekender: Nov. 14-15
November 13, 2009 – 2:36 pm
•Viva La Diva: A Celebration of Louisville’s Women Musicians
Sunday, Nov. 15
Jim Porter’s
2345 Lexington Road
452-9531
www.merfbenefit.org
$7; 5 p.m.-midnight
From the Americana of Brigid Kaelin, the blues of Tanita Gaines, the country sounds of Karen Kraft to the rock of The Blue Umbrellas and Kimmet Cantwell, the performers for Viva La Diva! run the gamut of Louisville music. Because this [...]
InKY Reading Series @ The Rudyard Kipling
November 13, 2009 – 10:59 am
Friday, Nov. 13
Rudyard Kipling
422 W. Oak St.
www.inkyreadingseries.com
Free; 7 p.m.
The InKY Reading Series is excited to welcome poet Alessandra Lynch, who will read from her work, Sails the Wind Left Behind and It was a terrible cloud at twilight on Friday, November 13, at the Rudyard Kipling in Old Louisville. She will be joined by Bianca Spriggs, member of the Affrilachian Poets, and musician Sean Hopkins, former lead [...]
‘The Changing Faces of Appalachia’ @ Filson Historical Society
November 12, 2009 – 10:31 am
Thursday, Nov. 12
Filson Historical Society
1310 S. Third St.
635-5083
www.filsonhistorical.org
$5 (free for members); 5:15 p.m.
The Filson welcomes keynote speaker — author, educator and historian Dr. Ron Eller. Eller has spent the last 30 years writing and teaching about the Appalachian region. His recently published book, Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945, “examines the politics of development in Appalachia since [...]
Terrance Hayes @ Ekstrom Library
November 12, 2009 – 10:09 am
Thursday, Nov. 12
Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library
University of Louisville
Free; 7:30 p.m.
Author and poet Terrance Hayes is stopping in town Thursday for a reading and discussion at U of L. Currently a professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, Hayes’s poems blend African-American pop culture with a variety of verse and rhetorical forms. His latest collection, [...]
Jamie Ford @ Carmichael’s
November 11, 2009 – 10:18 am
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Ave.
896-6950
Free; 7 p.m.
Jamie Ford will read from his novel, ”The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” recently released in paperback. Ford won some recent praise from Kentucky’s own Jim Tomlinson, himself an acclaimed novelist, who says: “‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ tells a heartwarming story of fathers and sons, [...]
Jewish Festival of the Book @ JCC
November 11, 2009 – 10:10 am
Nov. 11-22
Jewish Community Center
3600 Dutchmans Lane
459-0660
www.jccoflouisville.org
JCC’s Jewish Festival of the Book features lectures, readings and signings by six authors. While most take place at the Center on Dutchmans Lane, U of L professor Matthew Biberman’s event will be held at U of L’s Ekstrom Library (Nov. 15, 7 p.m.). Biberman wrote “Big Sid’s Vincati: The [...]
Historian Michael Honey @ U of L
November 10, 2009 – 9:41 am
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium
U of L
Free; 5:30 p.m.
Historian Michael Honey, an award-winning author whose latest book examines the final days of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, will give the third annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture tonight at the University of Louisville.
Honey, a former civil rights activist who worked in Louisville with Anne [...]
Sandra Brown @ Louisville Free Public Library
November 10, 2009 – 9:38 am
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Louisville Free Public Library
301 York St.
574-1644
lfpl.org
Free; 7 p.m.
Sandra Brown began her writing career in 1981 and since then has published 72 novels, including 57 New York Times bestsellers. A lifelong Texan, her latest book, Rainwater, is a romantic historical novel that draws on her own family’s history during the Dust Bowl. The book tells the story of [...]
Weekender: Nov. 7-8
November 6, 2009 – 5:00 pm
•Harvest Hootenanny
Saturday, Nov. 7
Willow Park
www.mightykindness.org
Free; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
When I asked Mighty Kindness co-founder Aim Me Smiley what her favorite part of autumn is, I got this: “… the collage of color on the canvas of this dream … a pumpkin patch, the crunch of leaves underfoot on a wooded trail, costumes, the smell of fireplaces, [...]
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Author Tom Kohler @ Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
November 5, 2009 – 10:12 am
Thursday, Nov. 5
Caldwell Chapel
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
1044 Alta Vista Road
417-9585
Free; 6-9 p.m.
Waddie Welcome: Hear this amazing story of a remarkable man and the people who surrounded him to make their community stronger.
Attorney & Author Jeffrey Haas @ Muhammad Ali Center
November 3, 2009 – 9:39 am
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Muhammad Ali Center
992-5315
Free; 6 p.m.
Carmichael’s Bookstore and the Muhammad Ali Center host a discussion and book signing for civil rights attorney and author Jeffrey Hass tonight at the Muhammad Ali Center. Jeffrey Haas is the author of the newly published book, ”The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther.” And [...]
Space Shuttle Challenger discussion @ U of L
November 3, 2009 – 9:34 am
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium
U of L
852-0586
Free; 7:30 p.m.
An engineer who tried to stop the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 will give a free talk at U of L tonight. Allan McDonald, co-author of “Truth, Lies and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster,” will speak at Gheens Science Hall.
McDonald will describe the [...]
Tom C. McKenney @ Filson Historical Society
November 3, 2009 – 9:25 am
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Filson Historical Society
1310 S. Third St.
635-5083
www.filsonhistorical.org
Free; 6 p.m.
Tom C. McKenney will visit The Filson to tell the story of Jack Hinson from his book,” Jack Hinson’s One Man War: A Civil War Sniper.” Hinson was a neutral plantation owner who was motivated by violence against his family to take a stand, engaging in guerilla [...]
Anne Byrn @ Lynn’s Paradise Café
November 2, 2009 – 9:15 am
Monday, Nov. 2
Lynn’s Paradise Café
984 Barret Ave.
583-3447
Free; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
In “THE CAKE MIX DOCTOR RETURNS!” Anne Byrn takes bakers boldly forward with 160 all-new, fast and foolproof recipes to transform ordinary cake mix into extraordinary cakes. Plus she offers up 23 new frostings. There will be Cake Mix specials all day.
Johnny Bernard Hill @ Ekstrom Library
October 29, 2009 – 9:08 am
Thursday, Oct. 19
Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom Library
U of L
632-2548
Free; 7-8:30 p.m.
Race, politics and the American Dream will be the backdrop of a public discussion featuring a new book on Barack Obama by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary professor and author Johnny Bernard Hill.
The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream will take center stage Thursday in the Chao [...]
David Allen Sibley @ Carmichael’s
October 29, 2009 – 9:04 am
Thursday, Oct. 29
Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Ave.
896-6950
Free; 7 p.m.
David Allen Sibley, preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, will visit Carmichael’s to present his newest project, “The Sibley Guide to Trees.” David Sibley has used his formidable skills to compress a huge amount of information into a logical, accessible, and easy-to-use guide with more than 4000 exquisitely detailed [...]
Sarabande Reading Series @ 21c
October 26, 2009 – 8:59 am
Monday, Oct. 26
21c Museum Hotel
700 W. Main St.
www.sarabandebooks.org
Free; 7:30 p.m.
This month’s Reading Series features authors Jericho Brown and Matt Hart (of the super-hip lit mag Forklift, Ohio fame) with musical guest Aaron Craker.