Pre-registration is required. The Cave Hill Heritage Foundation is presenting its next Twilight Tram Tour on Saturday, May 25 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. $35 per person. Call 502-451-5630 or email cavehill@bellsouth.net for more information.
International artist Lily Yeh will discuss her current work in Louisville to commemorate the 1968 Parkland Political Uprisings at 28th and Greenwood. Tickets for the May 17 event are $10 (cash only); a book signing will follow her lecture. From 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kentucky School of Art, 845 S. Third St. From the Village [...]
UofL’s Archives and Special Collections has extended the closing date for its exhibit of items from its Harlan Hubbard Collection. It will now be on display through mid-July. Lower Level, Ekstrom Library.
Pre-registration required. The Carnegie Center, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336, is featuring “Celebrating Emancipation in New Albany and Louisville,” presented by historian Pen Bogert, on Tuesday, May 21 from 12-1 p.m.
Pre-registration required. The Cave Hill Heritage Foundation is conducting a Civil War Historical Walking Tour on Saturday, May 18 from 9-11 a.m. It will be led by Civil War historian Bryan Bush. $15 per person. To RSVP, call 502-451-5630 or email at cavehill@bellsouth.net.
Reservations required. The Cave Hill Heritage Foundation is offering a historical walking tour of Cave Hill Cemetery on Sunday, May 5 from 1-2:30 p.m. $15. More more information or to RSVP, call 451-5630 or email cavehill@bellsouth.net.
April 30, 2013 – 11:00 am
“Preservation Conversation” Grady Clay on Louisville” is at U of L’s Ekstrom Library through May. The exhibition highlights the Louisville journalist and urban design specialist’s work. For more information, contact Peter Morrin at 852-2361.
April 23, 2013 – 11:00 am
The Kentuckiana Heritage Consortium. a network of historical sites in the Louisville metropolitan area that provide educational programming, is proud to present a new program, History on the Move, for young people and their families. Participants visit four member sites of the Kentuckiana Heritage Consortium and participate in a program at each one to receive [...]
Registration required. The Carnegie Center for Art & History, 201 East Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336 is hosting “Lunch & Learn: From Slavery to Civil War Nurse, Lucy Higgs Nichols” on Tuesday, April 16 from 12-1 pm. Author, dramatis and storyteller Judith C. Owens-Lalude will present her first-person interpretation of Lucy Higgs Nichols as part [...]
Pre-registration is required and on a first come, first served basis. The Carnegie Center for Art & History, 201 East Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336 is hosting “Free Family Fun Workshop: Paper Kites” on Saturday, April 13 from 10 am-12 pm. They will be making Paper Kites using a paper lunch bag, crayons, markers, glitter, [...]
Carnegie Center for Art & History, 201 East Spring St. in New Albany, 812-944-7336, is presenting a “Bicentennial Biographies” workshop suggested for children in grades 1 through 5 on Saturday, March 16 from 11 am-12 pm. Participants will learn about the tornado of 1917 in New Albany and make a Tornado in a Bottle. Adults [...]
Pre-registration is required. The Speed Art Museum is presenting “History, Memory, Art” on Saturday, March 16 from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Frazier History Museum. First, journey with us through history as an interpreter helps us honor Women’s History Month. Then, discover local artist, Jacque Parsley, by interacting with one of her contemporary pieces. Next, work [...]
March 8-10 The Ramada Plaza 9700 Bluegrass Pkwy. louisvillearcade.com $15/day, $35/pass; various times It seems like it’s been decades since the angsty pleas of adolescent boys filled the mall with the age-old, voice-cracking debate: Which is better — “Space Invaders” or “Galaga”? But in truth, it’s only been a year, and this weekend it’s time [...]
February 15, 2013 – 2:00 pm
The Brennan House Historic Home, 631 S. Fifth St., 502-540-5145, is having an open house on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 12-4 p.m. for people interested in hosting an event. Brides and others interested in viewing the home for a rental are welcome. The Brennan House is an elegant Victorian mansion is the heart of downtown [...]
January 25, 2013 – 2:00 pm
Lawrence Crutcher will be presented with the Samuel W. Thomas Louisville History Book Award for his book “George Keats of Kentucky: A Life” on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Kentucky School for the Blind auditorium at Frankfort Ave. and Haldeman Ave. Free and open to the public. Call Steve Wiser 523-6799 for more details. In connection with their [...]
December 14, 2012 – 10:44 am
Through Jan. 1 Frazier History Museum 829 W. Main St. • 753-5663 fraziermuseum.org $10.50 I love old sayings like “the cat’s meow,” “bee’s knees” and “that’s top drawer,” although half the time I’m not sure what they mean. “Top drawer” referred to importance and price, as it once meant the place in a chest where [...]
November 16, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Preservation Louisville will host an event on Saturday, Nov. 17 to highlight the inaugural Preservation S.O.S.- Save Our Shotguns project. The event will begin at 2 p.m. at the Habitat for Humanity main office, 1620 Bank St. in Portland. The event will include a presentation about the Preservation S.O.S. shotgun home project, as well as [...]
October 25, 2012 – 8:42 am
Oct. 24-27, Oct. 30-Nov. 2 Frazier History Museum 829 W. Main St. • 753-5663 fraziermuseum.org $15; 7:30 p.m. (8:15 on Oct. 24 and 31) Whether writing about a man losing his mind while mourning a lover or a murderer going mad upon hearing the heartbeat of his deceased victim, Edgar Allan Poe is the master [...]
September 28, 2012 – 2:00 pm
The eighth annual Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! Event is on Saturday, Sept. 29. Participating museums and cultural institutions offer free admission: Carnegie Center, Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site, Howard Steamboat Museum & Mansion, Locust Grove, Frazier History Museum, Kentucky Derby Museum and Louisville Science Center.
September 21, 2012 – 2:00 pm
“Elephants” by Mark Parris will have its opening at Revelry, 980 Barret Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 6-11 p.m. Garner Narrative is having a special reception for “Table Paintings” by Joyce Garner on Sunday, Sept. 23 from 4-7 p.m. The show runs through Oct. 27. The Liberty Tattoo and Art Parlor, 2801 S. 3rd St., 637-4777, is [...]
