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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.

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!

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.

November 21 - December 20: DAVID SHINER PAINTINGS 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.

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)

Ebenezer Scrooge has been shot ... or, rather, the actor who plays him has. He just doesn't know it yet. Someone shot him as he prepared for the final scene, and now he needs to figure out who and why - or he'll be condemned to be forever a haunted man, with no chance for redemption. A new and exciting twist on a timeless holiday classic!

Join our 12 week Nutrition Class and earn DOLLARS for losing pounds! Each participant receives a personal coach, group support and weekly prizes for most weight lost by percentage of body fat. Other class times available. Contact (502) 384-2284 to register or for more information.

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.

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.

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.

Glassworks opens the doors to the glassblowing studio and invites the public to work one-on-one with the resident artists to create their very own blown glass pumpkin. One of the most exciting public blow offerings, this makes a great family activity - rain or shine! Fridays and Saturdays in October Ages 7+ $60 Appointment required: 502-584-4510

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.

Get fed in body and spirit! Please join us for Bible study and a wonderful brunch!

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