First Friday on July 4

Nothing celebrates our national independence like a First Friday Gallery Hop. Except maybe holing up on your couch and watch all 7 episodes of John Adams in a row.

Some shops and galleries are closed for the holiday but several will be open and celebrating. Here are a couple highlights:

"Trolley on down to the corner of Campbell and E. Main and visit us at Legacy Lofts for some complimentary wine and "green talk." Find out how Legacy Lofts makes use of sustainable energy like the sun and earth's natural moderating temperature to reduce to near zero the need for energy supplied by fossil fuel and produce heating, cooling, and hot water bills under $10 per month per unit! Legacy Lofts was named the 2008 Multifamily Green Building Project of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders and we'll show you why! Enter on Campbell and join us upstairs on the community courtyard. Sneak preview tours of the entire building are offered every Saturday at 2:00 PM. Phase I construction facing Main Street is expected to be completed this September."

Legacy Lofts, 830 E. Main St.

Signs of Life: Subcultures of New Orleans Post-Katrina New Photographs by Charles Silver
July 4 - August 9, 2008
Opening Reception: Fri., July 11, 6 - 8 p.m.

"Three years after Hurricane Katrina, large parts of New Orleans and its communities remain physically and psychologically devastated.Photographer Charles Silver has been dividing his time between Louisville and New Orleans recently, trying to document the lingering effects of the natural and man-made disaster of Katrina by photographing the people who live there and their traditions, especially endangered African American cultural traditions unique to New Orleans. The community that gave birth to Jazz also gave birth to a range of unique cultural traditions that include brass bands, their accompanying "Second Lines" of parading celebrants, Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, and the Black Mardi Gras Indian tribes."

For more info: http://www.louisvillephoto.org/profile/CharlesSilver

I've go to see that Charles Silver exhibit.