Louisville Local legend Carl Brown will read from and discuss his latest offering, Bethlehem Baby.

We apologize for any inconvenience for the cancellation of this class. Due to the illness of the Presenter we are canceling the class and will reschedule soon. Thank you for you understanding.k

Teach Kentucky, an innovative teacher recruitment program, will be the beneficiary of January 12, 2009 Monday FUND Days at O’Shea’s, Flanagan’s and Brendan’s, Louisville’s Irish Pubs.

First session of the six week program. Get ready for a life changing series of uplifting classes! Jenna Prince will lead this course so come prepared to laugh, learn, and love the new you! Learn how to avoid the Holiday weight gain blues, renew your perspective on self image, introduce alternative ways to eat your favorite foods while still losing extra pounds, ways to improve issues concerning aging, and learn to celebrate the kid in all of us! Guaranteed to be informative, uplifting, thought provoking, but most importantly FUN!

18 piece big band and vocalist

Learn about African American Kentuckians in the military in this informal, interactive presentation. Free. Contact Linda Grabon, 502-564-1792.

B. Deemer Gallery presents the latest series of landscape paintings by artist, Ellen Glasgow. A reception will be held for the artist on Saturday, January 10 from 2 - 4 PM and the exhibition will continue through February 17, 2009.

In a couple of weeks the Speed Art Museum will close the largest exhibition it has ever hosted, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery. This must- see exhibition includes drawings, prints, photographs, furniture, silver, and ceramics from Yale University’s renowned collection of 18th- and 19th-century American fine and decorative arts including John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and silver crafted by Paul Revere.

Kendal R. Miller of Photography by Kendal will be the featured artist at Signatures of Switzerland County during the Vevay Main Street Jan. 2 “Happy New Year” First Friday event. Miller will show new works, including new local and area landscapes and nostalgic memorabilia. She will also demonstrate the art of hand-coloring photographs with pencils—now more often done by computer.

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