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Great Flood to be remembered Thursday [Colleges]
Chances are, most of our readers are too young to remember the 1937 Ohio River flood, but the catastrophic rains that began on a late-January Sunday 75 years ago remain an indelible part of the area’s cultural memory. On a relatively dry Thursday, January 26, however, historian Robert Reid will discuss the flood and its effects at the University of Louisville.
My Morning Jacket, Cage the Elephant take Rolling Stone year-end honors [Music]
Good job, guys.
Some may call Rolling Stone a dinosaur, but the magazine’s editors still know what we locals have for some time now: Kentucky bands know how to rock.
In a newly unveiled year-end recap of the “50 Best Albums of 2011,” local favorites My Morning Jacket and Cage the Elephant (okay, they’re from Bowling Green, but still) not only placed, but placed high, with MMJ’s Circuital at #11 and Elephant’s Thank You Happy Birthday close behind at #15.
For finals week, Bellarmine calls in the dogs [Colleges]
Above: Texas and freshman Bridget Koyne take five. Texas, an 8-week-old Doberman that will be assigned as a service dog for a nonverbal child, had his ears cropped to discourage pulling.
The truth is out there: Developments in extraterrestrial life discussion Monday [Colleges]
Aliens have invaded—our culture, that is. This coming Monday, October 17, the Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium will welcome Dr. Michael J. Crowe, author of The Extraterrestrial Life Debate: Antiquity to 1915 (University of Notre Dame Press). The search for life on other planets, Dr. Crowe says, goes back further than Mulder and Scully or even H.G. Wells—to Aristotle.
The metamorphosis of the story: The Moth slams it home [Theatre]
The highly anticipated Louisville debut of The Moth StorySLAM met expectations last night at Headliners as a sold-out crowd enjoyed two and a half hours of unscripted storytelling and improvisation from an otherwise untested group of (mostly) amateur speakers.
Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day: Bellarmine hosts Irish Fest this weekend [Colleges]
It’s a long way to Tipperary, but you don’t have to go far to enjoy a little bit of Irish culture this weekend, when Bellarmine University once again plays host to the Louisville Irish Fest.
Much ado about ‘The Moth’: How Louisville’s light caught the attention of storytelling’s biggest slam [Theatre]
For the original teaser article from Friday, click here.
‘The Moth’ storytelling slam series coming to Headliners [Theatre]
To see Tuesday's follow-up article on how Louisville managed to attract The Moth, click here.
Flyover country, The Moth has landed.
BAM! POW! Comics exhibit opens August 8 [Colleges]
Louisville is about to become Gotham City.
Nearly 2,000 vintage comic books will be showcased at the University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library starting this coming Monday, August 8.
The comic books, collected by local philanthropist Dick Wilson, include such classic titles as X-Men, Batman, Superman, Howard the Duck (better than the movie, really), Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, as well as lesser-known Marvel characters Devil Dinosaur and Man-Thing.
Party to celebrate 30 years of NASA’s space shuttle program Friday [Colleges]
As the space shuttle Atlantis makes its final journey this week, a free event at the University of Louisville will mark the end of NASA’s 30-year exploration program.
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