As fall quickly approaches along with rich holiday foods, why not get proactive with a little pre-season workout? Starting on Monday, Aug. 30, join Marine Corps veteran and certified personal trainer Sarah Ayers for a session of one of her popular boot camps and/or TRX and Kettlebell class! Each class is four weeks long and will take place on the Great Lawn at the downtown Waterfront Park. For more information or to reserve a spot in class, please contact Sarah Ayers at sarah@innerstrengthlouisville.com.

The Louisville Orchestra Presents: LOUISVILLE Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:30am • Friday, October 1, 2010 8pm • Brown Theatre Jorge Mester, conductor • Lee Luvisi, piano Program: Witold Lutosławski Fanfare for Louisville Elliott Carter Variations for Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, op. 73

September is National Bourbon Month!

One of the most original blows at Glassworks, each pumpkin is TRULY unique! Choose pumpkin and stem color and a Glassworks artist will help you create a Fall masterpiece. CALL 502.992.3056 TO schedule an appointment

Join us for lunch and learn how to create a safe living environment for persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. This workshop will discuss the following safety concerns associated with caring for a person with dementia at home: Cooking, Power Tools, Weapons, Smoking, Medications, Driving Safety. Reservations Required.

How have people protected themselves over the centuries? Students use their observational skills and historic inquiry to investigate armor and discover first-hand how it has changed over time. Students put their scientific minds to work as they examine where armor is evident in nature and discover armor and weaponry of the middle ages, tournaments and heraldry. The program concludes with a live performance. Advanced reservations and payment required. Call (502) 753-5663 to reserve a spot today!

The Kentucky Watercolor Society presents AQUEOUS USA, a national juried watercolor exhibition featuring artists from across the country. Now showing at the Gallery at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

First time in Kentucky !!!!! COSMIC BINGO $10.00 plays an 18 face pack, nothing else to buy 10 games pay $500.00 each game. Doors open at 5:30 PM no children admitted this night. no reserve seating. Come play bingo like never before all under black lights on special paper. Free cosmic dauber to all players. Music by DJ Terri French. Player team games for prizes through out the night. Its a bingo party you can win at!!!!!!

The last time this phenomenal troupe was in town, they wowed audiences with their athleticism, grace, theatricality and sheer power to inspire. More than a dance company, this group of remarkable dancers, actors and acrobats perform in, on and around ingeniously constructed “stagescapes” that allow them to explore a truly human sense of place and possibility.

The Louisville Orchestra Presents LIFE: A Journey Through Time A Brown-Forman L.O. WOW! Event Saturday, October 2, 2010 • 8:30pm • Whitney Hall

Postmodern Magic the movie is finally ready and you are formally invited to the DVD release party!!! Divinity Rose of Sub Rosa: The Gypsy Courtyard and Darshwood the Conjurer of Innocent Deceptions Entertainment are putting together one of the most elaborate line-ups of local performers you will find in one place... even on a First Friday Trolley Hop night! Come witness the astonishing magic of Darshwood the Conjurer - the charmi...ng trickster, himself - live and in person!

The sexiest Monthly Mayhem returns on Friday, October 1 - Angels Rockbar presents Monthly Mayhem: The Pleasure of Pain! Check out sexy Halloween costumes and gifts from Adam & Eve. Rolling VIP style? Call Emily at 502.271.0552. Effen Vodka VIP reception from 10 - 11 PM (LIST ONLY). To get on the list, e-mail emily@angelsrockbar-ky.com. Angels Rockbar - Louisville's true rock n' roll club!

On Friday, October 1, don't miss DJ Benzi at Hotel Nightclub's Guilty Pleasures! For VIP, contact daniel@hotel-kentucky.com.

The Frazier Museum brings the terror, grisly surprise and delight of one of America’s greatest storytellers, Edgar Allan Poe, to the live stage. Through some very special LIVING HISTORY performances, and with the help of the University of Louisville Early Music Ensemble, audiences will experience a selection of Poe’s best known works.

Funnyman Lavell Crawford takes the stage at The Improv October 1 - 3! Lavell is quickly climbing the comedic ranks and becoming one rising comedy star to watch. From his numerous television appearances and on stage performances, audiences are becoming increasingly familiar with Lavell's giant-sized talent. Lavell has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and also was a Finalist in the Comedy Central Laugh Riots standup competition. Lavell has headlined at Laffapalooza and appeared on "Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza". For tickets, call 502.581.1332 or go to www.improvlouisville.com.

Come to Sully's Saloon to celebrate the FEI World Equestrian Games from October 1st through the 10th! We are serving $3 KY Ale all day, every day. So come enjoy a cold brew with us!

Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery will feature a solo exhibit of the work of Curtiss Brock from Oct. 1 through Nov. 20. An opening night reception begins at 5 p.m. on Gallery Hop night with a demonstration at 7 p.m.

The annual St. James Court Art Show held the first weekend in October is a major fundraising event for Old Louisville and The Conrad-Caldwell House Museum. This year the Museum will host Conrad’s Café inside the West Wing of the Museum off Magnolia Avenue. Conrad’s Café will be catered by North End Café featuring an art inspired menu of food and beverages for sale. Outside on the lawn, box lunches will be for sale along with a full service bar and outdoor table seating.

Explore the shadow-filled streets of downtown Louisville during this 90 minute walking tour. Dressed in historic period costume, your lantern-bearing guide will lead you through the dark mysteries and supernatural experience of some of Louisville’s most haunted landmarks. During the ½ mile stroll discover a city that is rich in history and rich in spirits. Tours leave nightly at 8:00 PM; adult tickets are $15, $8 for children. (Children 6 and under are free!)

We will be holding a contest on our blog LouisvilleFamilyFun.blogspot.com The winner will get TWO tickets to Yo Gabba Gabba Live which is on October 11th. The tickets are worth over $90!!

The Frazier Museum presents "Pony Express, Revisited," a re-examination of history and a present-day photographic observation of the famous route that lives on in the American imagination. This series of photographs captures the poetry and irony of America’s past and present westward expansion, while referencing its romanticism and the urgency of communication. This mini-exhibition opens in time to mark the 150th anniversary of the first ride of the Pony Express, as well as the 2010 Equestrian World Games in Lexington, Ky.

Fright Night Productions presents PsychoMania.

Take a journey into 12,000 square feet of fear. Built inside an abandoned movie theater, PsychoMania haunted house is the largest single indoor haunted attraction in the Kentuckiana area with an indoor haunted line and wheelchair accessibility Located close to Louisville, Kentucky just across the Ohio River in Clarksville, Indiana.

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The Danger Run is a Haunted Adventure game in the Louisville area that you play in your car with your friends. Starting at any of our convenient starting locations, you will get a book of clues which you have to solve to find your way two TWO scary haunted houses included with your admission. The object of the game is to complete the course as it was designed and accumulate as close to the exact mileage of the course on your car. The group that is closest to the mileage wins HUGE prizes! We also throw in a ton of great freebies including Free Food and Free Gas!

Presented by Kentucky International Equine Expo, LLC, the Georgetown Equine Expo runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 10 at the Factory Stores of America in Georgetown, KY. This exciting consumer trade fair will feature over 200 national and international equine vendors and will bring some of the nation’s leading clinicians and performers to Georgetown for 17 days of seminars, nightly entertainment, and shopping. Admittance to the Expo is free and more than 800 parking spaces are available.

The Brown Hotel presents The Mythical Horse by Jamie Corum a new rotating equine art show from Friday, September 24 through December 31, 2010 in the Gallery at The Brown. The new show will open on the eve of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and rotate new pieces the first of November for the 2010 Breeders Cup weekend. A special opening night, Meet the Artist reception is planned for Friday, September 24, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The reception is free to the public, and will feature mini hot browns, wine and cheese.

Is it a condition, a nightmare, or just terra incognita? The daring, starkly-imagined, and rarely produced play Camino Real fuses elements from history and literature with a deeply psychological and symbolic exploration of experience. "Make voyages! Attempt them! There's nothing else!"

HILL STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH,DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, REV.SYVOSKIA BRAY, PASTOR Proudly Celebrate Their 150TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, By Hosting A GOSPEL EXTRAVAGANZA on OCTOBER 8, 2010, 7:00 P.M. Special Music & Songs provided by: The Riverview Singers, Keep It Real, The Voices of Praise And More... Tickets $5.00 Donation Come out and get your spirit filled Theme: “Moving Forward” forgetting those things behind Philippians 3:12-16

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.

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!