The University of Louisville PEACC program will present a benefit production of “The Vagina Monologues,” an award-winning play by Eve Ensler about women’s experiences, Feb. 9-11. Performances will be at 7 p.m. nightly at the Playhouse, Cardinal Boulevard between Second and Third streets. Admission is $8 ($6 in advance) for college students with an ID and $10 for faculty, staff and community members. The performance is part of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of “The Vagina Monologues” and other artistic works. Last year, UofL was one of more than 5,800 sites worldwide to host V-Day events. Each year, V-Day selects a spotlight campaign to benefit. For the second year, a portion of funds raised at each V-Day event worldwide will go to support women and girls in Haiti as the nation continues to recover from a 2010 earthquake. The money will support domestic and sexual violence shelters and services in the country. A portion of the funds raised from the UofL performances will also go to support UofL’s PEACC program. PEACC stands for Prevention, Education and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community. The program works to end violence against women. The PEACC production is in its eighth year. This year’s cast includes students, faculty, staff and community members. For more information, to purchase tickets or make a donation, call 502-852-2663 or e-mail PEACC.

The InKY Reading Series continues Friday, February 10, at The Bard's Town (1801 Bardstown Road), with poetry, prose, and sweet melody to warm your heart and soul. As always the InKY Reading Series is FREE to the community, so bring your February sweetheart out for literature live! Katerina Stoykova-Klemer's first poetry book, the bilingual The Air around the Butterfly (Fakel Express, 2009), won the 2010 Pencho’s Oak award, given annually to recognize literary contribution to contemporary Bulgarian culture. She is the author of Indivisible Number (Fakel Express, 2011, Bulgarian only) and The Porcupine of Mind (Broadstone Books, forthcoming). Katerina is the editor of the anthology Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems, (Accents Publishing, 2011). Katerina is the founder of poetry and prose groups in Lexington, Kentucky. She hosts Accents – a radio show for literature, art and culture on WRFL, 88.1 FM, Lexington. In January 2010, Katerina launched Accents Publishing – an independent press for brilliant voices. www.katerinaklemer.com Alyssa Knickerbocker received her MFA in fiction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently the Axton Fellow at the University of Louisville. Her work has appeared in Brooklyn Magazine, The Bat City Review, Meridian, Sou’wester, Avery Anthology and others, has been nominated numerous times for the Pushcart Prize, and is anthologized in The Best of the West 2011: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri. Her novella, “Your Rightful Home,” was published by Flatmancrooked in 2009 and is now available as an e-book from Nouvella (nouvellabooks.com). She lives in Louisville with her husband and son. Louisville musician Molly McCormack has been delighting audiences with her unique brand of traditional and contemporary folk music since 1992. Whether she’s playing a traditional Celtic melody, a Carter Family tune or singing one of her original songs accompanied by mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer or guitar, listeners are sure to enjoy her performance. Molly’s CD’s include Reds and Blues, Molly’s Merry Musical Mix, and Are We There Yet ? with the trio Half Way Home. www.mollymccormack.com Open mic sign-ups begin at 6:30 for readings at 7 pm 7:30pm Music 8:00pm Featured Readers