Join Contemporary Dance Louisville for their second dance concert featuring works by local and regional choreographers.  

Come to Gerstle's to see The Vendors play live!

America’s favorite train show returns to the Convention Center with model railroads, train dealers, exhibits, demonstrations, workshops, children’s activities and much more.

The Concealed Carry Deadly Weapons class is offered several times each month. The class is required by the state to be successfully completed before you may obtain your CCDW permit. Private and small personal group classes are available. Call now to schedule your class! 502-797-6419 (Adam) Adam Hicks KY CCDW Instructor 502-797-6419 Adhick03@louisville.edu

On Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 10:00am, Farmington Historic Plantation will host a fine art appraisal lecture, given by local appraiser Christian Trabue, Junk or Jouett? The program is $15 per person and tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 452-9920, or at the door. Junk or Jouett?, is a part of Farmington Historic Plantation’s Saturday morning series.

Sometimes living in the past can be fascinating. This free event will allow you to observe the ancient art of flint knapping and view some of the decorative natural rocks used in this process.

Join us for a day of family fun at the Speed! It’s a new year and a great time to introduce the joy of exploring museums with your children. Join the Speed Art Museum for its first family Day of 2009. Experiment with art making techniques, explore the museum through fun games, and experience art through imaginative play. Don't miss our special guest Zak & Wheezie from PBS kids Dragon Tales. Don’t forget to bring your camera! Admission is free.

89.3 WFPL and Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve are bringing Garrison Keillor to Louisville for a first-ever live national broadcast.  On Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 5:45pm the cast and crew from Lake Wobegon return to the beautiful historic Louisville Palace, for a unique evening of radio.

An evening of short plays about one of the most enduring obsessions: affairs of the heart. Whether love is found, lost, botched or misunderstood, this seductive and funny collection of plays explores the tempestuous territory of attraction.

i believe in the intelligence of all you listeners out there. i believe that you enjoy listening to a song that makes you think a bit. i continually try to touch upon emotions in all my songs that ring true for a broad audience. i hope that a few of my songs touch you and maybe even heal a part of you. thanks for listening!

- Anna Shepherd

Join us in listening to the melodic tunes of Anna Shepherd - performer and composer. Anna hails from Bardstown, KY and is well known in the area.

Come to Gerstle's for Peter Searcy's birthday blowout with Amhurst!

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, the Ali Center will show the film of Dr. King’s legendary “I Have a Dream” speech given in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Plus, travel back in time through the Ali Center’s 2½ levels of award-winning exhibits. Explore the Civil Rights Movement and experience the triumphs of notable African Americans in history. In the spirit of Dr. King, we hope you will make plans to share the “dream” with us. Saturday, Jan. 17 - 12 noon, 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 - 2:30 p.m.

Back by popular demand, comedic singer and songwriter Tim Wilson comes to Louisville's Improv Comedy Club! You won't want to miss a night of laughter as Tim Wilson performs many of his hit songs. His comedy CD's, like "It's a Sorry World", "Gettin My Mind Right", and "I Should've Married My Father-In-Law" have sold over 500,000 copies. Tim Wilson makes people laugh on a daily basis as a regular on radio shows like "John Boy and Billy Big Show", "Bob and Tom", and "Rick & Bubba". He is also broadcast on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio.

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.

Imagine the childhoods of Abraham Lincoln and his sons as you “go fishing” and learn to play Corner Ball, marbles, and other early nineteenth-century games. For children ages 5 to 10 and their families. Free. Saturdays in January.

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.