Troubadours
•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, nature’s confetti of falling leaves … the beauty of autumn continues to surprise and amaze.” It is in this spirited joyousness that the Mighty Kindness presents its second annual Harvest Hootenanny, a free event geared toward Earth advocates, peace warriors, union members, social justice workers, eco-conscious business people, artists, healers, dreamers, heroes and heroines. If you fit the bill (who doesn’t fall under one of those? I’m definitely a hero and a healer), then make your way Saturday to Willow Park for food, music, children’s events, info booths and more. Bands include Cascade Hollow, Leigh Ann Yost, Justin Lewis, Alanna, Kathleen Hoye, The Sirens, Sarah Elizabeth Burkey and Troubadours of Divine Bliss. —Sara Havens
•Almost Famous Authors Faire
Saturday, Nov. 7
Archibald Cochran Ballroom
Galt House
www.almostfamousauthorsfaire.com
The Almost Famous Authors Faire will showcase authors from around the region and will bring readers and writers together for a day of sharing the love for the written word. There is a significant void in the venues that ‘almost famous’ authors have available to showcase their fresh writing talents directly to the reading public. The Almost Famous Authors Faire provides the perfect venue to bring these ‘almost famous’ authors together with avid readers that are starved for bright talent in this day of mind-numbing, remanufactured novels from the giant publishing venues that no long seek genuine talent, but only insane profit margins.
•Tori Murden McClure
Saturday, Nov. 7
St. Paul Methodist Church
1000 Douglass Blvd.
$1 plus a dish; 6 p.m.
World-class athlete, author and Spalding University administrator Tori Murden McClure will present her fascinating journeys at the monthly potluck. She’s a vegetarian who boiled the ocean twice.
•Moving Collective’s ‘Dances’
Saturday, Nov. 7
Clifton Center
Clifton Ave. & Payne St.
moving_collective@hotmail.com
$15; 8 p.m.
Moving Collective, a Louisville-based organization designed to promote and keep contemporary dance alive in the Ohio Valley, presents “Dances.” In addition to presenting dance from local choreographers, Moving Collective will once again be importing dance from outside of the region, presenting artists from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Virginia.
•Party for a Purpose
Saturday, Nov. 7
Asiatique
1767 Bardstown Road
www.anightforveronica.blogspot.com/
$25; 10 p.m.
It’s a night for Veronica Paul and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. An 11-year-old girl was diagnosed with Leukemia one year ago, and some friends have decided to help raise money for her recovery. Additionally, 20% of the contributions will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The evening features prizes, food, drinks and more.
Jay Greenberg
•Louisville Youth Orchestra
Sunday, Nov. 8
Brown Theatre
896-1851
www.lyo.org
$13 ($5 students); 4 p.m.
The inspiration for “Skyline Dances,” according to 18-year-old composing sensation Jay Greenberg, was the 1974 highwire exploits of a man who one August day in New York City walked out on a cable strung between the tops of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, then under construction. A policeman almost coaxed the man off the cable, but then, “he ran back to the middle,” said the cop. “He was bouncing up and down, his feet actually leaving the wire.”
The Louisville Youth Orchestra is one of four youth symphonies that will debut “Skyline Dances” this year. Greenberg’s work, consisting of two symphonic movements — one slow, one fast — was commissioned by the Ford Foundation. All three LYO orchestras, and a percussion ensemble, will perform in the concert Sunday at the Brown Theatre. —Bill Doolittle
Constance Merritt
•Constance Merritt & Taije Silverman
Sunday, Nov. 8
Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Ave.
896-6950
Free; 4 p.m.
Carmichael’s is featuring two award-winning poets Sunday afternoon for a reading/signing from their new compilations. Louisvillian Constance Merritt will read from “Two Rooms,” a collection of her poems that explores conflicts of life through the sacral, erotic and creative imagination. And Philadelphia poet Taije Silverman will read from her debut collection “Houses Are Fields,” which follows her family’s dissolution through the death of her mother. Silverman was the recipient of the 2005-2007 Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship. The free event starts at 4 p.m. —Sara Havens
•CONCERT OF BAROQUE MUSIC
Sunday, Nov. 8
Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral
421 S. Second St.
www.christchurchlouky.org
Free; 5 p.m.
Featuring Robert Lee, organ, and Laura Lea Duckworth, soprano. The concert will be followed by Choral Evensong, a brief meditation of music and prayer in the Anglican tradition, which only Christ Church and one other parish in the area offer to the community.
•”The Americana Center: A Local Crossroads of the World”
Sunday, Nov. 8
The Yearling’s Club
4309 W. Broadway
Free; 4-6 p.m.