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.

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)

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)

OKI Twilight is hosting a movie release dinner and charity event to support the Center for Women and Families. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Center. The party will include: Movie Ticket for the Twilight Movie Dinner Punch Spritzer Desert Exclusive T-Shirt Sponsor Goody Bag Raffle Art Auction Games/Contests Musical Guests Guest Speaker and more!

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The Sisterhood of the Flame will hold their annual Holiday Jewelry Show on November 22nd, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the American Legion Highland Post. This year marks the 10th anniversary of The Sisterhood of the Flame. The show will feature the handcrafted precious-metal jewelry of members Alyce Cole, Phyllis Minnery, Linda Drescher, Dodie Wrocklage, Roxy Lentz, Debbie Hinds, Kathy Lum, Jill Morzillo, Lona Northener, Sharon Major, Marsha Hilgeford, and Pat Ritter.

· Saturday, November 22nd • 11:00-1:30 p.m. • Sheri Drabin • $45.00 • “Christmas Gifts from your Kitchen” There is nothing better than receiving a gift of homemade goodies!

Wondering what wonderful gift to get that special person in your life? How about Soft Skin, Fewer Wrinkles, Head to Toe Relaxation, and a really big smile. Come to our open house for the highest quality Spa Treatment Products, you can buy! Free treatments on site. Plus Free gift wrapping, gift cards, stocking stuffers, and more!

With a focus on engaging with the museum’s current exhibition and exploring art techniques, Family Art Sparks Studios bring art alive through fun and unique activities. Free with $5 admission to Art Sparks.

Giving thanks for the harvest is universal and dates back to ancient times. Celebrate Thanksgiving by exploring harvest festivals around the world. Grab your passport! Your destinations include: India - Explore the Rice Harvest Festival. Create a pretty kolam and taste a bit of pongal. Nigeria - Learn about the New Yam Festival as you make a harvest mask and listen to African drummers. China - Discover the Mid-Autumn Festival. Hear traditional stories about the moon and taste a tidbit of moon cake.

Join Cheryl Ades, psychotherapist and author of Today's Woman's Body, Mind, and Spirit, and discover the emotions that may be underlaying your food choices. Help put an end to emotional eating by learning to identify and express you feeling appropriately. Instead of dealing with holiday stress by restricting or overeating, be proactive and find out what's eat you before you eat it! For more information on Cheryl and the work she does, please visit http://www.cherylades.com.

Less than one hundred years ago, the notion that an educated person should have a basic acquaintance with the natural world was widely held and practiced. The nature study movement of that period inspired a wealth of books that still remain essential to “nature literacy” today. We have selected some of the best of these old, out of print books for an informal “book browse” at the Research Center Reading Room.

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

Drawing at the Downs Adult Workshop by Lloyd Kelly November 22nd at Churchill Downs, 3-5pm $45.00 for Museum Member, $50.00 for non-Members

Learn how to capture movement and gesture in this trackside equine drawing adventure led by artist Lloyd Kelly. Participants will spend the afternoon getting a close look at the horses during the fall meet. Place a few bets or enjoy a cocktail while you're at it!  Lloyd is a member of the National Arts Club of New York City; the Arts Club of Washington, D.C.; Artist's Fellowship, Inc., New York City; and the American Academy of Equine Art.     

The Echo Art Group presents "Crystal Blue Persuasion", a one night group show featuring local artists. There will be live entertainment and refreshments. The show will be held at Tim Faulkner Gallery on Saturday, November 22 from 4 - 10:30pm. Tim Faulkner Gallery is located at 815 E. Market St. Ste. 1. For more information, visit www.timfaulknergallery.com

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.

This event is designed to be a citywide forum in which community members, corner storeowners, farmers, and elected officials can dialogue about the food issues affecting our communities here in Metro Louisville. These forums will happen in conjunction with Stone Soup Community Kitchen- where the community gathers to cook together and eat together.

The Dropkick Murphys will be at Coyote's at City Block on Saturday, November 22. Doors @ 5pm, Show @ 6pm. Tickets are $25 and available at www.ticketmaster.com or the Coyote's box office.

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

Science with a Twist presented by Zirmed, Inc. Saturday, November 22, 7:30 p.m. to midnight Join us for a brand new fund-raising event, featuring chemical cocktails, science improv, optical illusions and other twisted science activities! Enjoy the musical styling of the Todd Hildreth Jazz Quartet and dance the night away in our Riverview Room with Nervous Melvin and the Mistakes. Cocktail Attire Heavy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails Valet Parking

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.

The Infamous Stringdusters are the new vanguard of acoustic music. Well crafted songs, vivid arrangements, instrumental virtuosity, stunning improvisation, unique individuality and complete harmony… Bluegrass, Jazz, Folk, Rock, Blues and Country, The Infamous Stringdusters are American Acoustic Music. The band has already earned prestigious awards for their debut record in 2007 (IBMA’s “Album of the Year,” “Song of the Year” and “Best Emerging Artist”) and will undoubtedly continue to make waves with the recently released self-titled follow-up.

Good Folk Fest is centrally located in the heart of the US, Louisville-Kentucky. Featuring over 80 local, regional, and internationally known outsider, visionary and folk artists and topped off with performances from a hand full of primitive musicians makes Good Folk Fest the only one of it's kind in the region. The Festival is located indoors in two rooms totaling over 14,500 square feet within the Mellwood Arts and Entertainment Center which is a refurbished meat packing plant turned creative environment.

The purpose of Louisville Scooter Group is to bring scooter riders of all types to meet and ride together. Any scooter (or even motorcycle) riders are welcome--we refuse to discriminate. Sign up soon to join us in this great weather! We are open to any suggested rides, but will mainly tour around Kentuckiana. Events are open to any scooter model and to people of all ages and backgrounds. It doesn't matter if your ride cost $40,000 or $400. If it has less than four wheels, come join us! If it starts and runs as well, come ride with us!!! There are many beautiful roads to explore!

The Historic Hoosier Theater in Vevay, IN proudly presents the laugh-out-loud farce comedy play Southern Hospitality. Performances are Fri. and Sat. Nov. 21-22 at 7:00 pm, with a Sunday Nov. 23 matinee at 2:00 pm. Written by Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten, the playwrights who brought you The Dixie Swim Club, Southern Hospitality is the third and final leg of the trilogy that includes Dearly Beloved and Christmas Belles.

David Shiner-New Paintings by Louisville, KY artist. David Shiner creates abstract fields of color that almost seem to pulse with delicate shifts in light and color. His works create a calm, meditative peace that allows the viewer an opportunity for introspection of both themselves as well as the work of which they are gazing at.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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