August 27, 2012 - 10:30am
Oh man! Has it really been a whole month since we’ve talked about poetry pants? Zip those suckers up and let’s ride! Tonight, Monday, August 27th, Sarabande Books will host poets Mark Yakich and Andrea Cohen as part of this month’s 21c Reading Series.
“Tonic” is a very interesting word. I think about things like this. As a noun, it doesn’t get much the same kind of love as other more exotic parts of speech: adjectives enjoy a spicy existence adding nuance; verbs employ a springboard for life living. But so...
August 17, 2012 - 3:39pm
The former Louisvillian and smarty-pants historian, Steve Kemper, retells the epic expedition of Heinrich Barth through uncharted African landscape with his new book ‘A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles in Islamic Africa’. Join him this Sunday, August 19th, at Carmichael’s Bookstore at 4pm.
I like to consider myself in possession of an intrepid spirit. Adventure – which can manifest in many forms – is something I have no qualms embracing. Although outwardly I may exude a certain manner that might allude to a propensity for steering clear of wayward mud puddles...
August 16, 2012 - 11:08am
Got the deep fried blues? Skip the State Fair this Sunday and settle in for a look at the history behind one of Louisville’s hippest neighborhoods. John Findling will bring his book ‘Louisville’s Crescent Hill’ to the Peterson Dumesnil House this Sunday at 2pm.
Ok, so perhaps this isn’t the first time we’ve sat down to discuss Mr. Findling. Or, for that matter, the first time we’ve discussed Louisville and its love of borough lore. But with a lethal combo of Back to School and Kentucky’s annual heartburn hoedown...
August 10, 2012 - 11:03am
Louisville’s favorite book sellers will shatter those book club blues (because who doesn’t have ‘em?). Join Carmichael’s and their very merry staff this Monday, August 13th at 7pm for ideas, discussion and, oh yeah, wine.
You will not be required to wear khaki. There will be no Bundt cakes. And I can almost guarantee a complete lack of John Grisham. We all know that book club is something your mom did on Tuesday nights back in the ol’ burbs. Let’s ponder this wholesome stereotype...
August 8, 2012 - 10:53am
The newest and greenest member of the Louisville Library introduces an environmentally-minded lecture and workshop series, ‘A Sense of Place: The Natural Areas of Jefferson County’. Join National Weather Service representatives Mike Callahan tonight at 7pm at the Fairdale branch and Mike Crow at Jefferson Memorial Forest on Saturday as the duo discusses weather of the Ohio Valley.
I don’t typically care much for “small talk”. When prompted by an attempt at friendliness I will, of course, answer, but outside of agreeable sardonic behavior and euphemisms, I don’t have much use for Saltine topics like, oh, you know – the weather. It...
