Category Archives: historic home

Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop

Registration required. Preservation Louisville at the Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., 540-5146, is conducting a Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop on Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Offered quarterly, these workshops assist property owners with applying for state and federal historic preservation tax credits. The cost is $20 for Preservation Louisville members, [...]

Weekend visual art events

The Bluegrass Art Experience during the Memorial Day weekend is family friendly, multifaceted art festival, which offers a unique environment to showcase the vast variety of art being created in Kentucky and the region. A performing arts stage will be set up for music, dance, theater, spoken word, and comedy. 50-75 individual tented booth spaces [...]

Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop

Reservations required. Preservation Louisville is conducting a Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop on Tuesday, May 29 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. This upcoming workshop is meant for small business owners, non-profits and commercial property owners. The workshop will assist property owners with applying for state and federal historic preservation tax credits. The workshop is held at [...]

Weekend visual art events

B. Deemer Gallery, 2650 Frankfort Ave., 896-6687, is presenting “Landscape Paintings” by Jeffrey Vaughn, the latest series of works by the St. Louis, Missouri artist. The exhibition opens on Saturday, May 12 and continues through June 20. Vaughn will be visiting B. Deemer Gallery on Saturday, May 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The Mellwood Art [...]

Brennan House and Levy Building get historical markers

The Brennan House, 631 S. 5th St., and the Levy Building, 235 W. Market St., have been awarded historical markers by the Kentucky Historical Society. The markers will be dedicated later this month.

Brennan House & Gardens hosting Mother’s Day Tea

Reservations required. The Brennan House & Gardens, 631 S. Fifth St., 540-5145.is hosting Mother’s Day Tea on both Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13 from 2-4 p.m. Catered by Hillbilly Tea and Cake Flour. The house will be open for tours. $36 per person.  

“Greening the Older Home” at Preservation Louisville

Pre-registration is required. Preservation Louisville, Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., 540-5146 next “Hands on History” is on “Greening the Older Home: Myths, Ignorance and Misinformation.” This program will run from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 14. Registration is $20 for Preservation Louisville members and $30 for the general public. Led by architect Gary Kleier, [...]

Meeting for proposed Roscoe Goose House

Preservation Louisville, with support of the South Louisville Neighborhood Council and Goose Family descendants, will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8 to discuss the upcoming Metro Landmarks Commission hearing regarding the home of jockey Roscoe Goose. Goose, one of the inaugural class of inductees in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of  Fame, won the 1913 Kentucky [...]

Hands on History Workshop at Preservation Louisville

Reservations required. Preservation Louisville, located at the Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. 5th St., 540-5146, is hosting its next Hands on History Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 1-4 p.m. The topic is “Renovating Historic Windows.” The cost is $20 for Preservation Louisville members and $30 for the general public.

Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop

Pre-registration is required. Preservation Louisville, Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., is offering a Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. The workshop assists property owners with applying for state and federal historic preservation tax credits. Participants will learn how to properly complete the three-part application and receive one-on-one [...]

Weekend visual art events

Preservation Louisville at The Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., is presenting “Anatomy of a Historic House: Hands on History Workshop” led by architect Gary Kleier on Saturday, Jan. 14 from 1-4 p.m. $20 for Preservation Louisville members and $30 for the general public. RSVP at 540-5146. “Douglas Miller: Old & New Drawings” [...]

Hands on History workshop at Preservation Louisville

Reservations required. The next Hands on History Workshop at Preservation Louisville, 631 S. Fifth St., 5146, is “Researching Your Home’s Heritage” on Saturday, Dec. 10. From 1-4 p.m. $20 for Preservation Louisville members/$30 non-members.

Weekend visual art events

B. Deemer Gallery, 2650 Frankfort Ave., 896-6687, is hosting a Christmas Open House on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., will host a Winter Holiday Camp on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Camp attendees will have the opportunity to create a [...]

Weekend visual art events

On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) will provide high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors with the opportunity to do a “hands-on” arts enrichment opportunity. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a master class, in their particular art form, led by a GSA faculty member or guest [...]

“Roofs, Gutters, Downspouts, Oh My!” workshop

Reservations required. Preservation Louisville at the Brennan House, 631 S. Fifth St., 540-5146, is holding the next Hands on History Workshop “Roofs, Gutters, Downspouts, Oh My!” on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $20 for Preservation Louisville members and $30 for the general public.

“SEEN FROM LIFE” at Howard Steamboat Museum

“SEEN FROM LIFE: People, Work and Steamboats, 1885-1932, photographs by Jim Howard.” This is the theme of the 10th Annual “Fall into Art” exhibition at the Howard Steamboat Museum, 1101 E. Market St. in Jeffersonville, 812-283-3728, through Nov. 20. Each Sunday during the show at 2 p.m. there will be a free lecture. On Nov. [...]

Weekend visual art events

The Carnegie Center for Art and History’s, 812-944-7336, latest Family Fun Workshop is Mini Pumpkin Painting at the Harvest Homecoming Kids’ Tent on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 12-3 p.m. Located over the flood wall at the end of Pearl St. in downtown New Albany. Each participant will paint his/her own real miniature pumpkin to take [...]

Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop

Advance registration is required. Preservation Louisville, Brennan House, 631 S. 5th St., 540-5146, in partnership with the Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office, is presenting the latest Historic Preservation Tax Credit Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Offered quarterly, these workshops assist property owners with applying for state and federal historic preservation [...]

Next Preservation Louisville workshop

Pre-registration preferred. Preservation Louisville, Brennan House, 631 S. 5th St., 540-5146, is presenting “It’s All About Plaster!” at its next Hands on History Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 1-4 p.m. Workshops are $20 for Preservation Louisville members and $30 for the general public.

Weekender: Aug. 6-7

•Louisville LGBT Film Festival Aug. 6-7 Clifton Center 2117 Payne St. www.louisvillelgbtfilmfest.com $7 ($5 students); various times Louisville’s first LGBT Film Festival kicks off this weekend with a party at U of L’s Floyd Theater (at 7:30 p.m.); screenings of the top films begin on Saturday and continue on Sunday at the Clifton Center. Presented [...]