The Butchertown Art Fair last year had over 40 booths featuring paintings, sculptures, antiques, crafts and jewelry created by Louisville-area artisans. This event is non-juried and will be held rain or shine. Artwork and antiques will also be on display in the courtyard of historic Bakery Square. Food will be provided by St. Joe's Church and kid's activities will also be available.

The Thomas Edison House Garden & Home Tour will be held concurrent with the Butchertown Art Fair on May 18, 2008 from 11 AM - 5 PM. This annual event offers insight on unique methods of gardening in the urban landscape and benefits the Thomas Edison House, a historic house museum in the historic Butchertown neighborhood. For more information on the Garden Tour, please call (502) 585-5247.

The Germantown Neighborhood Association is working with Councilman Jim King to make this area more safe and more beautiful by altering the traffic pattern with a sculpture garden or rain garden or some sort of variation! We want your input!

Councilman Jim King is behind this project but he needs to know that YOU,the residents, want it!  King's office has set up a meeting with several different city agencies where we will open discussions about the project.  All concerned persons are invited!!
 
This Friday, February 22, 2008 at 11am at German-Paristown Neighborhood Center, 1094 E. Kentucky St.

Huge Deals, Fabulous Finds, Upscale and Exclusive

Bring your best gals and shop till you drop with music, giveaways, food and samplings of Italian wines. And remember, CASH IS KING (some vendors will be accepting credit cards).

The Louisville Graphic Design Association (LGDA) is partnering with the Derby City Adobe User Group to host a virtual lecture by Kevin Lynch, Former Macromedia CEO and Adobe's Senior Software Architect on Monday, February 25th at 6:30pm. The event will be held at Captive Indoor Media, 4th floor of Butchertown Market at 1201 Story Ave, and will include hors d'oeuvres and giveaways of $5,000 in Adobe software.

Guests at the event will hear important product news, get their hands on some exclusive swag, and see an exclusive video presentation by Kevin Lynch. The live presentation will be given using a new web-conferencing tool and will connect 60 Adobe User Groups across the country.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Reservations are encouraged but not required. To RSVP email lgda.rsvp@gmail.com

This workshop is a two-day hands-on course in the use of the camera lucida, as described in David Hockney's best-selling book, Secret Knowledge.Registration is limited to five participants.

Each participant will have the use of a camera lucida for the two-day course.

Under the guidance of Michel Samson, learn how to work with this device which can be used for portraiture, landscape, and still life. Each participant will come away with the exhilarating experience of being able to render a life-like image of whatever one wants to depict. Participants will need drawing pads and drawing pencils. Five cameras lucidae will be provided.

The Henry Wallace Brigade will hold a music and dance celebration extravaganza on Saturday, December 22nd to launch its public fundraising for a return trip to Cuba in 2008. On that trip, the Brigade will assist in the construction and renovation of the Henry Wallace Center for the Elderly. The celebration, starting at 7 PM will feature live music, dance and poetry, as well as photography, arts and crafts available for last-minute holiday buying. The Alternative, at 1032 Story Avenue in Louisville is hosting the event. The Henry Wallace Brigade traveled to Cuba the first time in December 2006, as a tribute to their namesake, long-time Prospect, Kentucky resident Henry Wallace who was well-known for his ardent support of revolutionary Cuba, was also a farmer, social justice activist, and founder of Henry's Ark Animal Refuge in Prospect.

Performers include:

• Hip-Hop artist Afrykah
• Dance troupe Asrar Al Badra, The Moons’ Secrets, devoted to Middle Eastern and experimental dance
• Kathy Weisbach, Carol Kraemer, and Laura Shine of "Yer Girlfriend"

Cover is $5-25 sliding scale at the door. Call 502-558-3568 or 502-216-2060 for more information.

No wine tasting this time. Instead, you will be entertained by the infamously funky Jimmy Church Band until the Champagne toast and the ball drops at Midnight.  Then we'll rocket through the decades and groove into '08 with thumping house music. There will be several bars featuring PAMA, Hpnotiq, and other Heaven Hill products. Eat dinner before you come and Wiltshire Pantry's snacks will satisfy those late night cravings. 

So much stuff is going on this weekend I don't know how you're going to choose between it all but I hope you squeeze a lot of it in.

Friday October 26

Bardstown Bound Boofest With shops, restaurants and bars all along the Bardstown Road corridor offering up treats for young and...not so young alike. 5PM-??

An evening of poetry, music and art buying is happening this Saturday night at Moxie Letterpress. Mingling starts at 7PM, poet Cate Marvin will be reading from her new book "Fragment of the Head of a Queen" at 8PM, local ambient trio Among the Multitude will begin playing at 9PM and Moxie Letterpress will have broadsides (including a brand new one) and other works for sale at the event.

Poetry, Music & Art Buying
October 27, 7PM

Moxie Letterpress
(located in the Butchertown Market)
1201 Story Avenue
Louisville, KY

If I'm not mistaken Melissa Ferrick was just in town a few weeks ago to open for Ani DiFranco's show at The Palace. She's coming back again October 30 to play at The Alternative. If you liked seeing her at The Palace imagine how much you'll like seeing her in an intimate club environment.

Melissa Ferrick at The Alternative
Tuesday October 30
8:00PM

$15 advance ticket
$20 day of show

But tickets online through The Alternative's website

Butchertown Art Fair 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007 11 AM-5 PM

The Butchertown Art Fair last year had over 40 booths featuring paintings, sculptures, antiques, crafts and jewelry created by Louisville-area artisans.

This event is non-juried and will be held rain or shine. Artwork and antiques will also be on display in the courtyard of historic Bakery Square.

Food will be provided by St. Joe’s Church and Graeter's Ice cream and kid’s booths will also be available.

The Thomas Edison House Garden Tour will be held concurrent with the Butchertown Art Fair on May 20, 2006 from 11 AM - 5 PM. This annual event offers insight on unique methods of gardening in the urban landscape and benefits the Thomas Edison House, a historic house museum in the historic Butchertown neighborhood.