First Friday Trolley Hop April 4, 2008

- The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Gallery Shop will host a reception for the April Artist of the Month - Bruce Frank. Frank is a photographer who uses his background in graphic design to create images that generally feature a central flower or leaf pattern, with an enhanced background or border. He calls his work contemporary botanical art.

The Museum will also unveil the 2008 Derby couture! Wearables include: Hats by Angie Schultz, Polly Singer, Jill Henning, Leigh Magar, Fleur de Paris, C.K. Nobles, Donita Cherry and Ann deVuono; Jewelry by Summer Eliason and Kara Nichols; Sunglasses by iWOOD Eco Designs; and Neckware by Bird Dog Bay and Judy Kushner.

- "Join St. John United Church of Christ in their post-Lenten Fish Fry at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. The Sanctuary is open to guests and will feature organ music. Outside, enjoy musical drumming guest Terry Birkhead. St. John is also hosting The Thousand Poet's opening event at 8 p.m. upstairs in our Renaissance Theatre. Enjoy poetry with Erin Keane and Adam Day, followed by The Big Time Band and finally a musical performance by Brett Eugene Ralph. For more information, visit thousandpoets.org."

- The Bodega at Felice will be sampling Derby entertaining ideas and Ky Ale products. As part of Poetry Month, there will be poetry readings at The Bodega during the Trolley Hop.

- "Gallery NuLu, 632 E. Market St. 2nd floor, proudly announces their latest show, Leah Tinari's "These Squares Certainly Sabotage the Stereotype"! Opening: April 4th, 2008 from 5-8 pm through: May 31s t, 2008.

Brooklynite and celebrated New Yorker illustrator Leah Tinari makes her first trip to Louisville with her outrageous, sumptuous paintings. Tinari celebrates and puts her personal touch on the everyday snapshot by turning it into art, permanently recording her boisterous nights out and family gettogethers in our 'snap it, delete it, and retake it' society.

Tinari's illustrations regularly accompany The New Yorker's Goings On Around Town Section, putting her touch on bands like The Faint and Supergrass. Her work has also snagged the cover of the UK's Adbusters, as well as coverage in Elle, Lucky, Spin, and The New York Times Magazine. She teaches a drawing and painting class at Parsons School of Design as well.

Whitney May of The New York Arts Magazine sums it up: "Here, youth, laughs, tequila, and a digital camera are everything; neither politics nor the rest of society pose any significant roadblock."