Guests are invited to enjoy a complimentary breakfast as they learn more about the organization. Each year, the event concentrates on a particular agency service. The 2008 Family Reunion & Eric Tachau Gold Medal awards will highlight the merger and focus on child abuse. A family that received services from both Family & Children First and Family Place will share their story.

Music Director Jorge Mester leads the Louisville Orchestra in Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, op. 55 (Eroica) and Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen, TrV 290. The Hardscuffle Coffee Classics series present matinee concerts of the Hilliard Lyons Classics series. Coffee provided by Heine Brothers Coffee Donuts provided by Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Come to the Speed for this highly anticipated annual celebration of Beaujolais Nouveau and be the first to taste these highly popular wines as they are flown overnight directly from France. Chat with our Liquor Barn wine experts and discover your favorite variety of Beaujolais. Enjoy the sounds of LIVE music by Sarah Stivers, complimentary food tastings by Liquor Barn, specialty tours and all the fun you can handle. Admission to AfterHours is $10, free to members. During this event, visitors can purchase admission to AfterHours AND to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness for $15.

The School of Metaphysics teaches adults to understand how the mind works in producing change within the Self to become whole and complete. What you think about creates your reality. Change your thoughts and change your world. Join us for a group discussion on essential life skills that will help any individual to produce happier, healthier and more successful life.

Carmichael’s welcomes Chef Kurt Friese as he discusses his new book of essays A Cook’s Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland. Friese’s look at Heartland cooking focuses on supporting local farmers and creating sustainable, delicious cuisine. In A Cook’s Journey, he travels through thirteen states in the Midwest sharing recipes and exploring local incarnations of the Slow Food movement.  Friese is a restaurant owner of twelve years and the editor-in-chief and co-owner of the seasonal local food magazine Edible Iowa River Valley.

FINAL YEAR—DON'T MISS OUT! With quick-change artistry and quicksilver dialogue, two actors portray the zany citizens of quirky Tuna, Texas for the final year of this ten-gallon evening of laughs and holiday cheer, in an irreverent comedy for adults. Sponsored by Texas Roadhouse

Lorraine Hansberry’s legendary American drama about the power of hopes, dreams and family across generations in the 1950s. The fiercely moving, groundbreaking story celebrates 50 years as a major American masterpiece.

You've seen him as Ice Cube's outrageously funny, dog-catching dad in the trilogy "Friday", "Next Friday", and "Friday After Next". Or maybe you know him as "Pops" on the long-running syndicated WB sitcom "The Wayans Brothers". Or you probably remember him as the fashionably challenged, mushroom-wearing father from the movie "Boomerang". There is no mistaking the comedy of John Witherspoon. His characters have earned him the reputation as one of America's funniest dads.

Music Director Jorge Mester leads the Louisville Orchestra in Beethoven's Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, op. 55 (Eroica) and Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen, TrV 290.

Spalding University’s Festival of Contemporary Writing, the state’s largest spring-fall reading series, will be held November 15-22, featuring free readings by faculty, guests, and alumni of Spalding University’s brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. The events will be held at Spalding’s Egan Leadership Center lectorium, located at the corner of Fourth and Breckinridge streets, except where noted.

Saturday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. Celebration of Recently Published Books (Gallery, 16th floor, Brown Hotel, 335 W. Broadway)

Victorian London’s most celebrated detective needs your help to fi nd out “whodunit”! Clues and “red herrings” are all around as you make your way through this interactive, family friendly and wildly entertaining murder-mystery thriller! Along the way, you will even meet a real live character from the story while trying to solve the mystery!

Spalding University’s Festival of Contemporary Writing, the state’s largest spring-fall reading series, will be held November 15-22, featuring free readings by faculty, guests, and alumni of Spalding University’s brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. The events will be held at Spalding’s Egan Leadership Center lectorium, located at the corner of Fourth and Breckinridge streets, except where noted. Saturday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. Celebration of Recently Published Books (Gallery, 16th floor, Brown Hotel, 335 W. Broadway)

The Light Before Christmas, showing in the IMAX Theatre November 14, 2008 – January 4, 2009 After losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas Eve, two children find themselves as characters in the classic tale “The Night Before Christmas,” as they experience the wonder and delight of Santa visiting their home. This stunning stop-motion animated film features lavishly detailed sets and characters inspired by the fascinating designs of renowned artist James C. Christensen with a musical score of beloved Christmas classics.

Animalopolis, showing in the IMAX Theatre November 14, 2008 – January 4, 2009 Whether going nose to nose with hippos as they graze upon nature’s massive salad bar, or eye to eye with dancing bears, discover how nature provides humor and wonder everywhere. Watch cheetahs race like Ferraris, bears that run their own fishing school, an opera-singing lion, and a sea of crabs that hold a town hostage! Designed for children ages 4 to 10, ANIMALOPOLIS contains numerous short animal stories, using humorous poetic narration to delight children and adults.

Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble Presents The Lesser Tragedy of Pammon: a Comedy Beware of Greeks bearing big pointy spears. November 13, 15, 17*, 21, 22, 23 at 7:30pm November 14 at 9:30pm At the Rudyard Kipling *Yes, November 17 is a Monday. Unusual? Yes. Trendy? We hope so.

P. Diddy Bad Boys of Comedy November the 22 at the Historic Brown Theatre The nation’s hottest up-and-coming urban comedians take the spotlight when the exclusive HBO series P. Diddy The Bad Boys of comedy takes the stage November 22nd at the Brown Theatre. The Bad Boys of Comedy features rising comedy stars performing before a live audience. A famous M/C introducing the comedians, and a famous DJ providing the music.

Every year during the Holiday Season, the Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation holds a Poinsettia fund-raiser.  We depend on proceeds from the sale of the poinsettias to support patient services, educational programs, and research for a cure.

A Holiday poinsettia can do a lot more than brighten your home.  By purchasing a poinsettia, you can make the holidays brighter for those men, women, and children living with the daily challenges of an incurable bleeding disorder, such as hemophilia.

HOPE for Pets On-Line Auction: HOPE for Pets is having an On-Line Auction starting November 1. The Auction will be carried over to a Silent Auction at their HOPE for the Holidays Bazaar and Dessert Buffett on November 22 at the Shepherdsville Christian Church. A Corn Hole Tournament is also being held. If you can't make it to the Bazaar to bid on items, there is an Absentee Bid function where your on-line bids are carried through to the Silent Auction. Go to www.hopeforpets.org and click on the Auction link.

GALLERY HOP

Printmaker Mary Lou Hess and painter Carol Brenner Tobe both interpret their experiences through poignant depictions of landscapes and objects. This exhibit brings together the work of these two artists whose lives and careers have taken parallel paths for years. Please visit our website at www.carnegiecenter.org or call 812-944-7336 for information on exhibit programs. Exhibit sponsored by the Carnegie Center, Inc. Museum hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-5:30 pm. Admission is free.

Photographer Kendal R. Miller of Photography by Kendal of Dillsboro, IN will be the featured artist throughout November at The Main Street Café located at 117 West Main Street in downtown Vevay. Her work will feature both color and black and white landscape and scenic images from across four states.

Discover the denizens of the field and forest with Bernheim's Scarecrow Jubilee! Enjoy this parade of uniquely crafted modern-day scarecrows now through November 30. Delight in adventures with (not so) Chicken Little, take a picture with Mr. Bernheim and the Creatures of the Forest, play a tune with a musical grasshopper and katydid because it's A Time for Fiddling Around and gather some ideas for your own scarecrow next year. Watch for details at bernheim.org in January 2009 - but come to Bernheim now and meet the forest's newest inhabitants!

At this fun-filled class, you'll dance to the latest hits using the basic steps of merengue, salsa, rhumba, and cha-cha. Special attention will be given to footwork, Latin hip motion, and following. This is a perfect opportunity to prepare for weddings, parties, and other social occasions. Both singles and couples are welcome.

If you are sick and tired of only imagining what it would feel like to finally take your fitness to the next level, then look no further. Call me to schedule your FREE visit to the #1 Fitness Boot Camp in Louisville, Kentucky. We want you to see first hand why we are the Industry's Experts in Boot Camp Training. Our staff of Fitness Degreed & Nationally Certified Personal Trainers will turn you into a walking talking billboard for the benefits of exercise. We challenge each and everyone of you to "Discover the Art of Transforming Your Body".

Women of all fitness levels, sizes and ages are gaining great results with Adventure Boot Camp! You can too! Are you looking for a jump-start to your fitness program? Then this adventure is for you! Whether you are a beginner, an avid fitness enthusiast or just tired of the same routine come try this whole new approach to exercise!

Opening Reception: Friday October 24, 2008, 5 - 7:30pm Sponsored by: Lucy Dalton, George and Mary Lee Fischer, David and Marlene Grissom, The Kane Fund, Vivianne Lake, J. D. and Barbara Nichols, Doreen Lyn Ovca, Don and Libby Parkinson, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Harry and Judith Shapira, William and Mary Stone, William and Lindy Street, Sutherland Foundation, Inc. – Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, Dace Brown Stubbs and Dr. William King Stubbs, Patricia Vairin, Daniel and Margaret Woodside.

Opening Reception: Friday October 24, 2008, 5 - 7:30pm KMAC is thrilled to present our annual Holidazzle exhibition, which delivers beautiful, hand crafted fine art. This exhibition is a special event as every item is available for purchase and is sure to satisfy all. Ranging from jewelry to home décor including, ceramics, wood, glass, fiber, and more. All of our highly respected artists are masters of their craft and include many of Kentucky’s finest.

Every Thursday at 8 pm it's an open mic and arts/entertainment networking event hosted by Showgirl of Soul Divinity Rose...$2.50 margaritas, $1.50 PBR win the blind pig and get 5 drinks of choice for $1 each. Third Thursday of every month, its a showcase with paid featured artist, poet, and music act chosen from weekly events. It's an open mic, it's a networking event, it's community building, it's FUN. good times, good food, good music, good people.

For the students who have taken the first class in Self Help Meditation, or for anyone who has been meditating successfully for one year or more. This class broadens the meditative learning from the Self Help Meditation I class and introduces several new deepening techniques that allow the individual to reach a perfect point of stillness. Stress reduction on a continual basis is emphasized, as well as the accompanying benefits that occur to the immune system.

Discover the world of commercial voice work as you learn about auditions, taking direction, the recording studio and the key ingredients of a voice demo. All participants will record a variety of commercial reads including straight pitch, characters, dialogue spots, PSAs, and cartoon voices.

Students will learn to paint the human face and body. Attention will be given to shape, form, light and shadow. This class will also explore the use of color and composition for psychological effect. Instructor: Marty Edlin, Bachelors degree from the University of Louisville and Masters degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. Marty has been teaching art since 1986 and his artwork has been exhibited since 1984.

The Frazier hosts Liberty on the Border: A Civil War Exhibit September 27, 2008 through January 19, 2009 as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial.

Photography Exhibit by John Sodrel Rural Kentuckiana scenes and Images from Jiujiang, China September through November at: FB3 Development 624 E. Market Street Louisville, KY 40202 (Open during normal business hours) Special "Meet the Artist" receptions with food, drinks, and music on October 3 and November 7 in conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop.

The Speed Art Museum in Louisville premieres one of the most important collections of American art in the world. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery features the best American art from 1660 to 1900, presenting a glimpse into the history of this great nation from its pre-Revolutionary beginnings to the Gilded Age.

Sponsored by Mollie Heron with support from Marie Hochstrasser and Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. The American Tapestry Alliance is a 25 year old non-profit organization that promotes and supports tapestry weaving. The Biennial is a juried exhibition which highlights the art of some of the best contemporary tapestry weavers from across the globe. The tapestries featured in the exhibition demonstrate the diverse and creative ways in which individual artists successfully integrate contemporary concerns into this venerable medium.

PAUL PALETTI GALLERY EXHIBITS WORK OF INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER KENRO IZU “Sacred Places” makes Louisville debut as a fundraiser for the Angkor Hospital for Children LOUISVILLE, KY 7/31/08 — “Sacred Places,” the photographs of Kenro Izu, will open as part of the First Friday Gallery Hop from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on September 5, 2008 at Paul Paletti Gallery, 713 East Market Street. The exhibit will be on display until November 28, 2008.

Dinosaurs Alive combines stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate computer generated imagery with intriguing documentary footage, dramatic new scenes of real fossils and current dinosaur hunting expeditions.

Explore the shadow-filled streets of Louisville during this 90 minute tour. Your lantern bearing guide will lead you through the dark mysteries of Louisville's landmarks.

Go back to prom one more time! January 30, 2009 Eight to Midnight Masterson's Free Hors D'oeuvres DJ On site photographer Silent auction to benefit Shawn Bowen, a 5 year old from southern Indiana with leukemia. Cash bar Tickets make a great christmas, birthday or early valentine's day gift!!! Purchase tickets online at www.myalloutsports.com/LouisvilleProm09 or call 812-276-7504. You can also mail checks to: All Out Sports PO Box 70253 Louisville, Ky 40270