Ahoy, mateys! Tengo is having a Pirate Party on Friday, September 17! If you dare to wear a pirate costume, there is free cover in store for you - otherwise, you might be walking the plank! Effen Vodka reception from 9 - 10 PM. To book your Happy Hour party, call 502.424.3555.

Local artists "Several Hundred People" bring their jamming sounds to The Bard's Town stage this Friday evening! Late Night Happy Hour from midnight to close.

Backstage Pass at Rockbar is on Friday, September 17! We're giving away tickets to Muse at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati on October 11! There are two ways you can win: 1) Be the person with the biggest entourage, and you will win a pair of tickets (must be present before midnight). Pre-registration is required. E-mail bdanielcole@yahoo.com to sign up for this promotion. 2) One lucky VIP table will win a pair of tickets in a drawing! To book your VIP table for the night, e-mail emily@angelsrockbar-ky.com or call 502.271.0552. Angels Rockbar is Louisville's TRUE Rock n' Roll Club!

This year's one day event hosts many activities for the whole family. The Conservatory of Music livens up the party with a band contest. Bring your chair and cast a vote. The winning band will receive a recording contract sponsored by Red Bone Recording Studio. The car show is open to all car types. Trophies will be awared in many categories. One registered vehicle gives you a chance to win the give away car. Registration is $20 Proceeds are donated to area services that help feed the hungry in our area. Great food, music and fun for everyone.

Green Hill Therapy invites you to a lively evening of music, BBQ, drinks, games and more. You're sure to have a boot stompin' good time! - Bourbon Tasting - Silent and Live Auctions - Chance to win a 7-Night Caribbean Cruise - Live Music with 'Highway 42' - Corn Hole Tournament - Food by Mark's Feed Store Proceeds to benefit Green Hill Therapy.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2010 PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Griffin, 897.1137; 553.7793 ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY OFFERS FAMILY-FRIENDLY FUN AT BARK IN THE PARK SEPT. 18 Louisville, Ky.---Two- and four-legged (canine) members of the community are invited to enjoy a tail-waggin’ good time at the Animal Care Society’s (ACS) Seventh Annual Bark in the Park and Woof Walk. The Saturday, Sept. 18 event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Seneca Park, is the no-kill shelter’s main annual fundraiser. The day’s schedule of events:

The Animal Care Society, the area’s only no-kill shelter for homeless companion animals, is committed to such “greatness” when it comes to the care we provide for our four-legged friends.

For more registration information or support contributions, please visit: www.uoflhealthcare.org/legacyoflife

Southwest Center for the Developmentally Disabled will be hosting an Scrapbook event. The cost is $30.0 per person and this includes a T-Shirt, Lunch and Dinner. There will also be vendors on-site, rummage table, door prizes and auction item. The Southwest Center is a non-profit 501 (c)3 serving individuals with developemntal disabilities, mental retardation and brain injuries. All proceeds from this event will benefit the programs and services through a multitude of daily training activities provided on-site and off.

Participants will learn all about these amazing dogs who partner with blind people, including what they do for their handlers, how they are trained, and what happens when the harness comes off. This event is free to the public, but registration is required. Call 502-899-2213 by September 16 to register.

Learn all you ever wanted to know about these amazing dogs who partner with people who are blind. Find out what they do for their handlers, how they are trained, and what happens when the harness comes off. Free to the public but registration is required. Saturday, September 18, 10-noon. Call 899-2213 by September 16 to register.

Two days of exceptional art, wine, food and music. Located along the Ohio River in Downtown Historic Rising Sun, Indiana. First-rate art such as painting, photography, pottery and jewelry to handmade furniture, woodwork, musical instruments and fine crafts featuring artists from all over the country. The Rising Sun Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts offers art lovers 2 days of fantastic art amongst the charming historic buildings and flowered streetscapes of beautiful Historic Downtown Rising Sun.

Be an artist for a day this fall and create your own blown-glass pumpkin at Flame Run contemporary art glass studio. Flame Run artist Jake Pfeifer is taking appointments from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays from Sept. 18 through October 30. Participants can choose up to three colors per pumpkin. The experience takes 15 - 20 minutes and costs $50 per pumpkin. Guests can also get into the fall spirit by purchasing one of Pfeifer’s glass pumpkins for $40 each.

Instructed by local Glass Artist Mark Payton This two-day class covers the basics of working with rods of glass in front of a torch. Learn how to make our own collections of flameworked glass beads made with Moretti Glass (soft colorful glass from Italy). The first day begins with a safety and equipment overview followed by leaning how to layer and shape the glass. During the second day you learn the core decorative techniques of dots, wrap, and pulled patterns. Minimum 3 students. Please call 502.992.3270 or email: Jacqueline@louisvilleglassworks.com to register or for more information.

Create a fun custom clock face to help pass the time. Use basic fusing techniques to form your own clock. No previous glass working experience is necessary. Hardware included and assembled. Pieces may be picked up one week after class or shipped for an additional $15

Create a fun custom clock face to help pass the time. Use basic fusing techniques to form your own clock. No previous glass working experience is necessary. Hardware included and assembled. Pieces may be picked up one week after class or shipped for an additional $15

Interested in a complimentary approach to your child’s health? Join Dr. Troy Davis of the Center for Alternative Medicines and learn about nutrition, probiotics, supplementation, healing methods and alternative ideas about immunology and your child’s well-being. The philosophy of naturopathy in pediatrics is truly preventive, with the goal being to support the body’s natural immunity-building processes with as little interference as possible. Natural modalities such as naturopathy and chiropractic can work in conjunction with traditional medicine to help the body heal.

ALL You Can Eat BBQ Dinner with Cake Wheel, Raffles, Live Music from The River Rats, and Cornhole Challenge. GREAT FOOD & GREAT FUN FOR A GREAT CAUSE! Hosted by: Son's of Amvets Post 1 and 95. All proceeds benefit The Dream Factory....granting dreams to children diagnosed with critical and chronic illnesses.

Bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic. Visit with neighbors before Raiders of the Lost Ark starts at dark. Presenting Sponsors: Tyler Park Neighborhood Association with support from Wild and Woolly Video.

Back by popular demand! Acclaimed Bluegrass quartet Newfound Road returns to Midway's Thoroughbred Community Theater Saturday Sept. 18. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door and are available online at www.thoroughbredtheatre.com or by calling (859) 846-9827. Showtime is 7:30pm

Todd Snider is a renegade storyteller who crafts songs about the everyday man and truthful observations of society with trademark wit. He’s taken on Conservative Christians, hippies, Republicans, and frat boys. Now Todd Snider shows us how to get through this economic crisis with The Excitement Plan. The album’s laid- back groove and top- shelf lyrics are being called Snider's best work yet.

You know the feeling. Things are beginning to cool down, the leaves are starting to fall and Halloween merchandise is on the store shelves. Don't let the season get away. Introducing Hauntoween. Bigger than Halloween. On September 18th PsychoMania, the theater of terror will host the first Hauntoween event to benefit The Center for Courageous Kids. Come dressed to scream or dressed to impress.

Stroll and Roll; The Spina Bifida Awareness Walk welcomes teams and individuals to enjoy a 1 mile walk on the beautiful grounds of Norton Commons. Registration begins at 10:30am and the walk will start at 11:30am. The Stroll & Roll raises funds necessary to provide resources to individuals affected by Spina Bifida, and promote prevention through education. Following the Awareness Walk, participants can enjoy a basket raffle, live music and food will be available. Don't forget to bring your lawn chairs, strollers and wagons!

National Jug Band Jubilee Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur to Headline the Sixth Annual National Jug Band Jubilee LOUISVILLE, KY, (July 9, 2010)-- Get those empty whiskey jugs and kazoos ready because Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur of the legendary Kweskin Jug Band are coming to Louisville for the 6th Annual National Jug Band Jubilee. The jubilee, an all-day music festival dedicated to pre-World War II folk music, takes place on September 18th at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater in Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville. The best part is that it is free!

National Jug Band Jubilee Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur to Headline the Sixth Annual National Jug Band Jubilee LOUISVILLE, KY, (July 9, 2010)-- Get those empty whiskey jugs and kazoos ready because Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur of the legendary Kweskin Jug Band are coming to Louisville for the 6th Annual National Jug Band Jubilee. The jubilee, an all-day music festival dedicated to pre-World War II folk music, takes place on September 18th at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater in Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville. The best part is that it is free!

Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur of the legendary Kweskin Jug Band are coming to Louisville for the 6th Annual National Jug Band Jubilee. The jubilee, an all-day music festival dedicated to pre-World War II folk music, takes place on September 18th at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater in Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville. The best part is that it is free!

Louisville Collegiate School is proud to present Art in the Highlands, a community-wide event featuring juried artists from across the country. The event will take place on September 18 and 19 on Collegiate’s campus at 2427 Glenmary Avenue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art mediums represented will include watercolors, oil paintings, photography, jewelry, sculpture, pottery and much more. Art in the Highlands continues the fine tradition of fall festivals in the Louisville area with food vendors, entertainment and children’s activities.

The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft will host “Equine Divine” from August 7 through October 16, 2010. Fitting for an organization in the heart of the horse industry, this exhibition will feature work by two artists, Deborah Butterfield and Tim Flach, who are inspired by our equine companions. There will also be a small selection of equine inspired prints and drawings from the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine and The Purdue University Galleries. The opening reception will be held in conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop on Friday, August 6th from 5:00pm – 9:00pm.

The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft will host “Red River: The Narrative Carvings of Edgar Tolson, Donny Tolson, Carl McKenzie and Earnest Patton,” July 24 through October 9, 2010. This is exhibition No. 9 in the Mary Norton Shands Kentucky Artist Series, an ongoing series of exhibitions which focus on the rich variety and quality of Kentucky art and artists, presented in the memory of our Museum founder. The opening reception will be held Friday, July 23rd from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.

21c Museum unveils three pieces by Simen Johan that have never before been on public view in a ten-year survey of the artist’s work. The two photographs and one sculpture to be displayed for the first time are new additions to Johan’s "Until the Kingdom Comes" series. The exhibition features 21 photographs and sculptures—including works from the artist’s earlier series "Evidence of Things Unseen"—and will be on view at 21c Museum Hotel from July 2 through October 4.

The popular St. Matthews Farmers’ Market, located in the heart of St Matthews at Beargrass Christian Church, will begin its fourth season on Saturday, May 15 from 8 am until 12 noon. The weekly market takes place through September 25. “With over 60 vendors and 2000 visitors each week, our market has become the largest Farmers’ Market in Louisville,” said Bob Callander, Committee Chair. “We are proud to support the local farmers and producers. “

Historic Maple Hill Manor Bed and Breakfast and Alpaca Farm

Fly through the crystalline structure of a snowflake, explore the metallic maze of a penny, escape the tangled polymers of chewing gum, and more as you catch a ride to NanoSpace with Oxy and her crew.

Witness the greatest success in space since the moon landing – the Hubble Space Telescope. Accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult tasks ever undertaken in NASA’s history. Experience up close the awesome power of the launches, the heartbreaking setbacks and the dramatic rescues of this powerful story.

Take a humorous journey inside the magical world of animals, full of “Seussian” style rhymes guaranteed to bring smiles and chuckles. 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!