November 15, 2012 - 2:12pm
It’s about time to wave the white flag isn’t folks? It that just me maybe? It’s just me. Oh well! Join local poet Ellen Birkett Morris as she signs her latest collection, ‘Surrender’, at Carmichael’s Bookstore tomorrow night, Friday, November 16th, at 7pm.
Ah. Sweet surrender. That’s a phrase. That’s the name of a bakery. Probably several bakeries in the world, actually. But is surrender so sweet? Oh…subtext. Ok.I’ve never literally waved a white flag. That is not a thing that...
November 12, 2012 - 4:35pm
The pyramids. The Great Wall. The Taj Mahal. Louisville homes. It's all in the same breath, folks. Join Steve Wiser tomorrow, Saturday, November 10th, at Carmichael's Bookstore as he presents his book 'Distinctive Houses of Louisville' at 4pm.
I live in a Distinctive House. I know because I have legitmate wainscotting. I know because my ceilings could comfortably house a bull elephant. I know because there is a plaque bolted into the stone that says so (more or less). And everybody else seems to know it, too - and...
November 2, 2012 - 1:12pm
You know all those strangers you pass on the streets? They all have life stories. Did that just blow your mind? Join author Nora Rose Moosnick as she shares the lives of Arab and Jewish immigrants in Kentucky at Carmichael’s Bookstore this Sunday, November 4th, at 4pm.
We are such incredibly selfish creatures. I know because I am also one of them. When I was very small I remember distinctly having the thought that I was only human being that had those – thoughts. As in, all the other fleshy shapes of people were little more than husk dolls...
October 26, 2012 - 2:32pm
Nothing like a supervolcano to brighten up a rainy day! Trek it out to Carmichael’s tonight, kids, and join author Mike Mullin as he presents his new book in the ‘Ashfall’ series, ‘Ashen Winter’ at 7pm.
In the scheme of life, there are a great many things one must worry about. I worry. I worry about a great many of those great many things. On a daily basis we humans must make sure to keep an eye out for plausible death situations: car crashes, armed robbery, falling sky debris,...
October 23, 2012 - 11:00am
There’s more to the music of the Bluegrass than simply strumming on the front porch. Join author Jason Howard for a reading and signing of his new book, ‘A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music’, this coming Thursday, October 25th, at Carmichael’s Bookstore.
I am a recent convert to a very certain breed of religion. No, no – fear not, friends – there shall be no spouting of rhetoric, waggling of fingers or worship of strange inanimate objects, but, it is, perhaps, an important from of spiritual honor to my ancestors. After a...
