After a decade of serving the Hindu and Jain communities in the greater Louisville area, it’s time for a fresh start for The Hindu Temple of Kentucky. After extensive renovations, this year the Indian community is celebrating with a grand re-inauguration ceremony called “MahaKumbhabishekam” on Sunday, June 12 after a week of festivities. The celebration will begin this coming Sunday, June 5 and feature daily prayers and cultural programs to commemorate the Temple and its unique contributions to the diversity of the Louisville diaspora.

Thomas Merton, the celebrated Trappist monk, social activist, artist and poet, died more than 40 years ago, but he is remembered every day at Bellarmine University—from the banners around campus bearing his image (“In the spirit of Thomas Merton”) to the Thomas Merton Center, which houses his artistic estate (1,300 photographs and 900 drawings, many on display).

Chicago’s Ike Reilly has been writing punk-tinged pop songs since the beginning of the decade and brings his band – The Ike Reilly Assassination – back to Louisville for the first time since 2008 this Friday night at Jim Porter’s Good Time Emporium (Ike and band take the stage at 8pm SHARP!)