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Weekend visual art events

May 17, 2013 – 2:00 pm

Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion, 1101 E. Market St. in Jeffersonville, 812-283-3728, is holding its 21st annual “Victorian Chautauqua.” The arts, crafts, garden and antique fair features the Carriage House antique show, book signings, music, mansion tours, herb and perennial sale, and a wide array of arts and crafts booths. Saturday, May 18 from 10 [...]

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Weekender: May 18-19

May 17, 2013 – 12:17 pm

•GARDENZART Saturday, May 18  Hidden Hill Nursery & Sculpture Garden 1011 Utica-Charlestown Road, Utica, Ind. 812-282-0524 • hiddenhillnursery.com Free; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. I’m stating the obvious when I say gardens consist of plants, flowers and shrubs. But any respectable garden should have a bit of stone, metal or glass for decoration … in addition to [...]

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Louisville Loves Mountains @ Green Building

May 17, 2013 – 12:05 pm

Friday, May 17 Green Building  732 E. Market St. kftc.org Free; 4 p.m. The fifth annual Louisville Loves Mountains Festival, hosted by the now 30-year-old Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, takes place at the Green Building this year (due to rain). It provides Louisvillians with many of their favorite things all in one place: beer, food, [...]

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Festival of Faiths @ Actors Theatre & Galt House

May 15, 2013 – 9:15 am

May 15-19 Actors Theatre & Galt House 583-3100 • festivaloffaiths.org Free-$100; various times This year marks the 18th annual Festival of Faiths, hosted by the Center for Interfaith Relations. Because this particular festival is being constructed to honor the Dalai Lama’s visit to the city (May 19-20), it has been aptly named “Sacred Silence: Pathway [...]

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Weekender: May 11-12

May 10, 2013 – 9:37 am

•Buy Local Fair Saturday, May 11 Louisville Water Tower 3005 River Road keeplouisvilleweird.com Free ($5 parking); 2-8 p.m. Louisville is lucky to have an impressive local arts scene and a thriving farm-fresh foods movement, two assets that will be celebrated Saturday at the fifth annual Buy Local Fair. Spearheaded by the Louisville Independent Business Association [...]

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Weekender: April 27-28

April 26, 2013 – 2:50 pm

•Cherokee Triangle Art Fair April 27-28 Cherokee Triangle cherokeetriangle.org Free; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Imagine a massive block party, crank it up a few notches, then throw in the joy of shopping for unique, creative wares. The result: Cherokee Triangle Art Fair, an annual spring tradition now in its 42nd year. More than 200 artists will [...]

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Chow Wagon time! @ Waterfront Park

April 25, 2013 – 9:06 am

Waterfront Park kdf.org Free (w/ Pegasus Pin); various times On the count of three, everyone shout, “Chow Wagon!” Don’t deny your love for the Derby Festival event that serves up deep-fried corn dogs and buckets of draft beer and is set to tunes from bands both local and national. This year’s national highlights on the [...]

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Weekender: April 13-14

April 12, 2013 – 2:11 pm

•‘Federalism: National Power vs. State Power’ Saturday, April 13 Chao Auditorium, U of L’s Ekstrom Library 2301 S. Third St. Free; 10 a.m. “It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.” So said Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in 1787, the year our Constitution was adopted. The fight over federalism has been raging [...]

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Weekender: March 9-10

March 8, 2013 – 3:25 pm

•St. Patrick’s Parade Saturday, March 9 Baxter/Bardstown corridor louisvilleirish.com Free; 3 p.m. One of the first signs that spring is near has nothing to do with our moody weather — it’s time for the 40th annual Ancient Order of Hibernian’s St. Patrick’s Parade to flash its green and stroll down Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road. [...]

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Weekender: Dec. 29-30

December 28, 2012 – 1:17 pm

•Kwanzaa Celebration Saturday, Dec. 29 Catholic Enrichment Center 3145 W. Broadway Free; 11 a.m. With Christmas carols and wrapping paper retired and the hangover of New Year’s yet to come, how about we celebrate a holiday that’s low on seasonal gloss and instead honors three fundamentals: community, family and culture. Kwanzaa, which means “first fruits” [...]

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Weekender: Dec. 1-2

November 30, 2012 – 3:34 pm

•Bardstown Road Aglow Saturday, Dec. 1 Highlands bardstownroadaglow.com Free; 5-10 p.m. The reindeer have the night off, so Santa and his elves will be cruising the streets via the Thirsty Pedaler — you know, that long bike thing that looks like a moving bar. For the past 27 years, the first Saturday of December is [...]

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Festival of Faiths @ Kentucky Center for African American Heritage

November 14, 2012 – 10:47 am

Nov. 14-18 Kentucky Center for African American Heritage 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. festivaloffaiths.org Prices and times vary “Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of the human family, regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed.” Wise words from the Dalai Lama, [...]

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Good Folk Festival @ Kentucky Center for African American Heritage

November 2, 2012 – 2:53 pm

Nov. 3-4 Kentucky Center for African American Heritage 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. junkabillyart.com $10; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sat,), 10 a.m.-4p.m. (Sun.) Now in its fourth year, the Good Folk Festival offers plenty of local and regional culture — as well as a few from parts unknown — from craftspeople to artists to musicians to [...]

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Visual art weekend events

October 12, 2012 – 2:00 pm

The Speed Art Museum will have a booth at the Foxhollow Farm Fall Festival, 8905 Highway 329 in Crestwood on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Children will be able to explore stone sculpture, create their own recycled rain barrel rubbing, and more. Other Foxhollow offerings include a pick-your-own pumpkin patch, live music, old-fashioned [...]

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Highlands Fest? What Highlands Fest??

September 28, 2012 – 3:08 pm

There’s been little publicized about the event this year, but the Highlands Fest is still taking place on Saturday, Sept. 29, on the Baxter Avenue corridor. The street will be shut down, and there will be live music, vendors and a Tap N Run 4K race. All we could find on the event was a [...]

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Weekender: Sept. 29-30

September 28, 2012 – 2:47 pm

•Princess Bride Experience Saturday, Sept. 29 620 S. Third St. thealleytheater.org $10-$15; noon “Princess Bride” fans: This might be everything you’ve ever dreamed of. It’s exactly what it sounds like — an all-day festival dedicated to the cult classic film, just in time for its 25th anniversary. The folks at Alley Theater will have movie-themed [...]

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Louisville Irish Fest @ Bellarmine University

September 28, 2012 – 10:12 am

Sept. 28-30 Bellarmine University louisvilleirishfest.com $8; 7 p.m. (Fri.), 11 a.m. (Sat.), 11:30 a.m. (Sun.) If death and taxes represent life’s two certainties, here’s another one that probably runs a close third: You don’t have to be Irish to love the Louisville Irish Fest. Every fall, traditional Irish food, crafts, dancing, libations, music and more [...]

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Craft Beer Week @ Various locations

September 27, 2012 – 9:36 am

Sept. 26-29 Various locations louisvillebeer.com Forget May, September is proving to be an awesome month to be in Louisville. Not only are we celebrating National Bourbon Heritage Month, but now it’s time for Craft Beer Week! The more the merrier, I say. With several seminars, lectures, tastings and food pairings scheduled throughout each day, it’s [...]

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Weekender: Sept. 22-23

September 20, 2012 – 2:00 pm

•NuLu Festival Saturday, Sept. 22 700 block of East Market nulufest.com Free; 2-11 p.m. Whether you call it NuLu or — if that’s too cutesy for you — simply East Market Street, there’s no disputing this once-blighted stretch has become a bustling epicenter of upscale art galleries, specialty stores and delectable local cuisine. The fourth [...]

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Weekender: Sept. 15-16

September 14, 2012 – 11:43 am

•Irish Hill Roots Fest Saturday, Sept. 15 Gary’s on Spring 204 S. Spring St. irishhillneighbors.org Free; 11 a.m. Phone the neighbors, wake the kids. Because one can never have enough local neighborhood celebrations of music, art, food and drink, the Irish Hill neighborhood has organized its first “Roots Fest.” While the more literal-minded of us [...]

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