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

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.

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

Holistic approach to sacred scripture and an invitation to move into mindfulness, focused on your spiritual ideal. Please come and join us for this experience.

Diana Winkler, veteran Locust Grove docent, will focus this special tour on the life of George Rogers Clark—Louisville founder, Revolutionary War hero, and conqueror of the Northwest Territory. You’ll hear about the important role General Clark played in early American history, and why the founder of Louisville came to spend the last years of his life at Locust Grove.

Tickets are available at the Kentucky Exposition Center Ticket

The Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program at the University of Louisville is pleased to partner with the Speed Museum to host an Iranian Film Festival from January 11 through February 22, 2009. This festival will introduce films that are well known internationally and offer glimpses into the daily lives of ordinary Iranians. These films address issues such as family, friendship, life changing decisions, and the struggle to survive. Admission is free. (Auditorium)

Hear Dr. Cheryl Kinney speak about Women's Health Issues in Jane Austen's Time as part of the monthly Greater Louisville Jane Austen Society meeting. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Afternoon Tea served after the program.

Louisville Bullitt County High school teacher and now published author Bethany Griffin will read from her debut young adult novel, Handcuffs.  Every teen will find something to relate to in this story of first love, breaking up and finding one's identity.

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.

The Foster Care and Adoption Program with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Louisville, Kentucky is holding monthly Information Meetings for interested families. Applicants can be single, married, widowed or divorced. Must be financially stable (able to cover your own bills) and able to pass a criminal background check. Currently seeking families for teenagers, sibling groups, medically fragile children and more. Contact Megan Mathews Cook, Recruitment Coordinator, via email (megan.mathewscook@ky.gov) or at 502-595-5437 ext. 5562 for additional meeting dates and times.

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.

Shoot pool for $1/hr per person. $2 pints and $6 pitchers of domestic beer!!!

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.