A&E Guide 2015-2016 Season Schedule
•DANCE
LOUISVILLE BALLET
• “Coppelia” — Oct. 2–3, Brown Theater
• Choreographers’ Showcase — Nov. 4–7, Louisville Ballet Studios
• “The Brown-Forman Nutcracker” — Dec. 12–20, Whitney Hall
• Studio Connections — Jan. 27–30, Louisville Ballet Studios
• “(R)evolution” — March 4–5, Whitney Hall
• “Balanchine” — April 8–9, Brown Theater
MOVING COLLECTIVE
• Fall Concert — Oct. 24, Ursuline Performing Arts Center
• Spring Concert — Feb. 26–28 , Vault 1031
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE DANCE THEATRE
• “Night at Iroquois Amphitheater” — Aug. 30, Iroquois Amphitheater
• “Clara’s Dream” — Dec. 5–7, UofL’s Comstock Concert Hall
• Spring Gala — May 15–16, Comstock Hall
•MUSIC
BOURBON BAROQUE
• Handel’s Messiah — Nov. 28–29
CERUTI CHAMBER PLAYERS
• Works by Quantz and Goetz — March 11, Central Presbyterian Church
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, UOFL
All performances take place at 3 p.m. at UofL’s Comstock Concert Hall in the School of Music.
• Liba Shacht, John Sharp, Milana Pavchinskaya — Oct. 25
• The Takács Quartet — Nov. 22
• Chicago Pro Musica — Feb. 7
• Lorelei Ensemble — March 20
St. Lawrence String Quartet — April 24
CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL ARTS
Evensong Series, all performances begin at 5 p.m.
• Cathedral Organists Concert — Sept. 14
• Cathedral Choir with Harpsicord and Organ — Oct. 12
• Cathedral Choir with Guitarist — Nov. 9
• Cathedral Choir with PRP Percussionists — Dec. 14
• Trio Novi Cathedral Choir — Feb. 8
• Cathedral Choir and Organ — March 8
CLIFTON CENTER
• I’ve Rambled This Country Both Early and Late: A Celebration of Kentucky Mountain Music — Sept. 19–20
• Hot Rize — Sept. 18
• Roland Dyens — Oct. 1
• Loudon Wainwright III — Oct. 14
• Dave Liebman — Oct. 21
• Eric Bibb & Corey Harris — Feb. 4
• Dom Flemons — March 3
• SFJAZZ Collective — April 6
• Leo Kottke — April 29
DERBY DINNER PLAYHOUSE
Concert Series
Buffet opens at 6 p.m., with all shows beginning at 7:15 p.m.
• The Van Dells — Aug. 24
• Branson on the Road — Sept. 14
• The Monarchs present “A Tribute to Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop” — Sept. 21
• Junie B Jones — Oct. 3 – Nov. 7
• How Great Thou Art: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley — Oct. 12
• The Return: A Beatles Tribute — Nov. 2
• Honky Tonk Holidays — Nov. 23
• Eddie Miles presents “A Salute to Elvis & Country Legends” — Jan. 2–5
• The Monarchs present “A Tribute to Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop” — Jan. 8–9
• Legally Blonde The Musical — April 6 – May 15
• Chris Collins & Boulder Canyon presents A Tribute to John Denver — April 11
• Pinkalicious The Musical — May 21 – June 25
• Melissa Combs presents A Country Jubilee — May 23
• The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra — June 6
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST MUSIC DEPARTMENT
All shows at the Stem Concert Hall.
• Commonwealth Brass Band — Oct. 25
• IU Southeast Concert Choir & Community Chorus — Nov. 8
• IU Southeast Concert Band — Nov. 15
• IU Southeast Orchestra — Nov. 20
• IU Southeast Concert Band Winter Pops Concert — Feb. 14
• Commonwealth Brass Band — March 13
• IU Southeast Concert Choir & Community Chorus — April 10
• IU Southeast Concert Band — April 17
• IU Southeast Orchestra — April 24
IU SOUTHEAST OGLE CULTURAL CENTER
• Diane Schuur and the Jamey Aebersold Quartet perform the Great American Songbook — Oct. 2
• QuinTango — Nov. 6
• Holiday Pops Spectacular — Dec. 5–6
• VoicePlay — Jan. 22
• Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom — Feb. 27
• Dwight Lenox and The Lenox Avenue Express — May 14
• The Quebe Sisters — Sept. 18
• Riders in The Sky Salute Roy Rogers — Oct. 23
• Loren and Mark — Feb. 13
• 18 South — April 1
Music w/o Borders with the Louisville Orchestra
All performances at 7:30 p.m.
Kaddish to Klezmer — Oct. 17
Serenades — Nov. 21
Classical Classics — Feb. 6
Classics Go to the Movies — April 16
KENTUCKY CENTER
FOR THE ARTS
• JOHNNYSWIM — Aug. 15
• 20th Annual Evening of Jazz — Aug. 21
• The Paul Thorn Band — Sept. 11
• The Milk Carton Kids with special guest The Contenders — Sept. 17
• Home Free: Don’t It Feel Good Tour — Oct. 4
• Mother Falcon and Ben Sollee — Oct. 11
• Los Lonely Boys — Oct. 11
• Paula Poundstone — Oct. 17
• Ed Kowalczyk: Throwing Copper Unplugged — Oct. 21
• Lee Ann Womack — Oct. 23
• Menopause The Musical — Nov. 7–8
• Straight No Chaser: The New Old Fashioned Tour — Nov. 10
• The Tenors: Under One Sky Tour — Dec. 15
KENTUCKY OPERA
• “Macbeth” — Sept. 18, 20
• “Three Decembers” — Nov. 13, 15
• “Show Boat” — Feb. 19, 21
LOUISVILLE CHORUS
• Choral Masterpieces — Nov. 1
• Christmas Wonderand — Dec. 5
• Christmas at Immaculate Conception — Dec. 6
• Christmas at St. Brigid — Dec. 13
• A Louisville Chorus Christmas — Dec. 18
• Musique Romantique — Feb. 14
• St. Margaret Mary Organ Dedication Concert — April 17
• African-American & Folk — May 29
• Fanfare for the 4th — June 30
LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
All performances at Whitney Hall unless otherwise noted.
Hilliard Lyons Classics,
All performances at 8 p.m.
• Bernstein “MASS” — Sept. 26
• Four Last Songs — Oct. 9
• Eroica — Oct. 24
• The Bach Effect — Nov. 7
• Rachmaninoff’s Second — Jan. 9
• Brahm’s & Rachmaninoff — Jan. 30
• Spring Collaboration: An Orchestra & Louisville Ballet Collaboration — March 5
• Festival of American Music I — March 26
• Festival of American Music II — April 9
• Bela Fleck — April 30
Treyton Oak Towers Coffee
All performances at 11 a.m.
• Eroica — Oct. 23
• Musical Offering — Nov. 6
• Rachmaninoff’s Second — Jan. 8
• Brahms & Rachmaninoff — Jan. 29
• Festival of Music I — March 25
• Festival of Music II — April 8
• Bela Flek — April 29
L.O. Family Events
All performances at 11 a.m.
Halloween Spooktacular — Oct. 31
Peter and the Wolf — Jan. 23
Lights, Cameras … Music! — April 16
Pops Series
All performances at 8 p.m.
Vanessa Williams — Oct. 10
Nightmare on Main Street: Halloween at the LO — Oct. 30
The Music of Led Zeppelin — Nov. 14
Streisand Songbook starring Ann Hampton Callaway — Jan. 16
Pink Martini — March 19
Broadway ROCKS! — April 22
Music w/o Borders
Bela Fleck — April 29–30
All performances at the IU Southeast Ogle Center at 7:30 p.m.
Kaddish to Klezmer — Oct. 17
Serenades — Nov. 21
Classical Classics — Feb. 6
Classics Go to the Movies — April 16
LOUISVILLE PALACE
• Stone Temple Pilots, U.S. Elevator — Sep. 23
• K. Michelle & Azealia Banks — Oct. 3
• Father John Misty — Oct. 8
• Josh Groban — Oct. 13
• Joe Bonamassa — Nov. 17
LOUISVILLE YOUTH CHOIR
• Season schedule — TBA
LOUISVILLE YOUTH ORCHESTRA
• Out of the (Beat) Box with PROJECT Trio — Nov. 22–23, Brown Theater
• Over the Horizon — Dec. 5, N. Oldham High School
• Holly Jolly Polly! — Dec. 13, YPAS
• Side by Side with LO — Feb. 3, KY Center
• Across the Border — March 5, KY Country Day
• Around the World (In 80 Minutes) — March 6, KY Country Day
• New Music for America Christopher Theofanidis — March 20, Brown Theater
• And They’re Off! (Down the Stretch) — May 1, Iroqouis Amphitheatre
PRIDE OF KENTUCKY CHORUS
• Season schedule — TBA
ST. FRANCIS IN THE FIELDS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
All evensong recitals at St. Francis in the Fields. Recitals begin at 5 p.m.
• Season schedule — TBA
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MUSIC
All concerts in Comstock Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.
• Aebersold Jazz Quartet — Aug. 31, Bird Recital Hall
• Emeritus Faculty Artist: Lee Luvisi on piano — Sept. 9
• University Faculty Gala — Sept. 11
• Russell Stinson — Sept. 17
• Music eX Series: Dror Biran on piano, University Symphony Orchestra — Sept. 20
• John Sampen on saxaphone, Mark Bunce as composer — Sept. 21
• University Wind Ensemble — Sept. 27
• Sue Nigra on bassoon — Sept. 27, Bird Recital Hall
• University Collegiate Chorale & Cardinal Singers — Sept. 27
• University Faculty Jazz Ensemble — Bird Recital Hall
• Faculty Artists: Kathleen Karr on flute, Matthew Karr on bassoon — Sept. 28
• Larchmere String Quartet — Sept. 29
• University Symphonic Band & Community Band — Oct. 1
• CMP Faculty Artist: Denine LeBlanc on piano — Oct. 4
• Ekachai Jearakul on guitar — Oct. 8
• Community Music Program Recital — Oct. 10, Bird Recital Hall
• University Jazz Ensemble I — Oct. 13
• University Jazz Combos — Oct. 14, Bird Recital Hall
• Russell Stinson on organ — Oct. 15
• Music eX Series: Lee Luvisi & Dror Biran on pianos — Oct. 18
• University Jazz Ensemble II — Oct. 20
• University Jazz Repertory Ensembles — Oct. 21, Bird Recital Hall
• University Jazz Combos — Oct. 28, Bird Recital Hall
• Chamber Music Society: John Sharp Trio, University Choirs — Oct. 25
• University Student Composers — Oct. 29
• University Symphony Orchestra Halloween Spooktacular — Oct. 31
• Cardinal Marching Band Spectacular —Nov. 8
• New Music Festival: Chamber Music — Nov. 10
• New Music Festival: University Wind Ensemble & New Music Ensemble — Nov. 11
• New Music Festival: Louisville Orchestra — Nov. 12
• New Music Festival: Louisville Orchestra — Nov. 13
• New Music Festival: Electronic & Computer Music — Nov. 14
• New Music Festival: University Collegiate Chorale & Cardinal Singers — Nov. 15
• University Jazz Ensemble I — Nov. 17, Bird Recital Hall
• University Jazz Combos, University Student Composers — Nov. 18
• University Jazz Ensemble II — Nov. 19
• University Opera Scenes — Nov. 20
• Chamber Music Society: Takács String Quartet — Nov. 22
• University Chorus & Symphonic Band — Nov. 22
• University Jazz Repertory Ensembles — Nov. 23, Bird Recital Hall
• University Dance Theatre: Clara’s Dream — Dec. 4–6
• Chamber Music Society: Chicago Pro Musica — Feb. 7
• African American Music Heritage Institute: Carmen Bradford, former vocalist with the Count Basie Orchestra — Feb. 8
• University Music Student Gala — Feb. 19
• Jazz Fest: Monty Alexander Trio — Feb. 26
• Jazz Fest: TBD — Feb. 27
• Jazz Fest: Ryan Cohen with the UofL Faculty Jazz Ensemble — Feb. 28
• Music eX Series: Brittany MacWilliams on violin & Dror Biran on piano — March 6
• Chamber Music Society: Lorelei Ensemble — March 20
• Sean Chen on piano — March 21
• Music eX Series: Patrick Rafferty & Brittany MacWilliams on violins, Paul York on cello & Dror Biran on piano — April 3
• Chamber Music Society: St. Lawrence String Quartet — April 24
• Dance Academy: Spring Gala — May 20–21
VOCES NOVAE
• Choral Portraits from Accross the Pond — Nov. 22
• A Cappella from the Renaissance — March 13
• Made in America — June 5
VOICES OF KENTUCKIANA
• Beaux Arts Ball — Jan. 16, The Galt House
• Sassy, Brassy, Bourbon Christmas — Dec. 12–13, Clifton Center
• Brave and Beautiful — April 16–17, Clifton Center
•THEATER
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
• “August Wilson’s Seven Guitars” — Sept. 1–20
• “Luna Gale” — Oct. 6–25
• H.M.S. Pinafore — Nov. 17–Dec. 13
• “4,000 Miles” — Jan. 5–31
• “Peter And The Starcatcher” — Jan. 26–Feb. 17
ALLEY THEATER
• The Tick — Through Aug. 22
BABY HORSE THEATRE GROUP
• Season schedule — TBA
THE BARD’S TOWN
• The 5th Annual Ten-Tucky Festival — Sept. 17–27
• “Crooked,” by Catherine Trieschmann — Oct. 15–25
• The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, by Madeleine George — Nov. 5–15
• The Kings of Christmas, by Doug Schutte — Dec. 10–20
• The Louisville Roasts — Oct. 30–31, Dec. 4–5
BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA (PNC BANK)
• “Cinderella” — Sept. 15–20
• “Dirty Dancing” — Oct. 13–18
• “Cabaret” — March 8–13
• “Motown” The Musical — April 12–17
• “The Phantom Opera” — June 1–12
• “Wicked” — Nov. 18–Dec. 6
• “Beauty and the Beast” — Jan. 19–24
BUNBURY THEATRE
• “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Replay” — June 10–19
• “That Championship Season” — April 8–17
• “Gone Astray” — Feb. 19–March 6
• “The New Mrs. Claus” — Dec. 4–20
• “The Two Musketeers” — Oct. 9–25
CENTER STAGE THEATER COMPANY (JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER)
• “9 to 5” The Musical — Aug. 20–30
• “Oliver!” — Oct. 22–Nov. 8
• “Big Fish” — Jan. 28–Feb. 14
• “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” — March 31–April 10
• Patsy Cline: A Life in Concert — May 11–22
• “The Rocky Horror Show” — May 11–22
CLARKSVILLE LITTLE THEATRE
• “The Man Who Came to Dinner” — Sept. 11–19
• “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” — Nov. 13–21
• “All My Sons” — Jan. 15–23
• “The Glass Mendacity — March 11–19
• “The Producers” — May 13–21
DAMAGED GOODS IMPROV
Regular shows at The Bard’s Town. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
• Sept. 12
• Sept. 26
• Oct. 10
• Oct. 17
• Nov. 7
• Nov. 21
• Dec. 12
• Dec. 26
DERBY DINNER PLAYHOUSE
• Petar Pan — June 24–Aug. 9
• Church Basement Ladies in The Last Potluck Supper — Aug. 12–Sept. 27
• Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” — Sept. 29–Nov. 8
• Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” — Nov. 10–Dec. 31
• Jack Frost Saves Christmas — Nov. 14–Dec. 21
• Southern Fried Funeral — Jan. 12–Feb. 21
• Into The Woods — Feb. 23–April 2
• Charlotte’s Web — Feb. 27–April 2
FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE DEPARTMENT
• “Moon Over Buffalo” — Sept. 18–20
• “42nd Street” — Nov. 6–7, 13–14, 19–20
• “A Christmas Carol” — Dec. 4–5, 19–20
• “Pippin” — Jan. 22–24
• “Peter Pan” — March 4–6, 11–13
• “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — April 21–24
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST THEATRE
• “My Emperor’s New Clothes” — Oct. 3–4
• “Noises Off” — Nov. 5–15
• “Guys and Dolls” — April 7–17
KENTUCKY CENTER
FOR THE ARTS
• “Little Shop of Horrors” — Sept. 11–13, 15, 17-20
• “Cinderella” — Sept. 16–20
• “One Man Breaking Bad” — Sept. 26
• “Home Free” — Oct. 4
• “Dirty Dancing” — Oct. 13–18
• “Wicked” — Nov. 18–25, 27–29, Dec. 1–6
• “Nutcracker” — Dec. 12–13, 17–20
• “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” — April 17
THE LITTLE COLONEL PLAYERS
• “Don’t Dress for Dinner” — Sept. 18–27
• “Outside Mullingar” — Nov. 6–15
• “Twist” — Jan. 15–24
• “All My Passions” — March 11–20
• “First Baptist of Ivy Gap” — May 13–22
• “Spoon River Anthology” — July 14–17
LOOKING FOR LILITH
• “CHOICES: An Interactive Play on Cyberbullying and Suicide” — Sept. 9
• “Hermanas/Sisters” — Dec. 4-7
• “What My Hands Have Touched: U.S. Women in World War II” — TBA
• “As It is in Heaven” — March
• “Sidewinders” — May, June
LOUISVILLE PALACE
• Je’Caryous Johnson’s “Things Your Man Won’t Do” — Oct. 11
• “Alvin and the Chipmunks” — Nov. 8
• “The Price is Right” — Nov. 19
LOUISVILLE REPERTORY COMPANY
• “The Food Chain” — Aug. 21-30, The Bard’s Town Theatre
OGLE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
Children’s Series
• “My Emperor’s New Clothes” — Sept. 30–Oct. 2
• “QuinTango: The Story of Tango” — Nov. 4–6
PANDORA PRODUCTIONS
All productions at The Henry Clay Theatre
• “Passion” — Sept. 17–20, 24–27
• “Casa Valentina” — Nov. 12–15, 19–22
• “The Boys in The Band” — Jan. 7–10, 14–17
• “The Children’s Hour” — March 10–13, 17–20
• “Psycho Beach Party” — May 12–15, 19–22
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
FOR THE ARTS
• “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” — Oct. 30–31
• “West Side Story” — Nov. 13–15, 20–21
• “A Christmas Carol” — Dec. 4–5
• “Nutcracker” — Dec. 11–13
• “Beauty and The Beast” — March 11–13, 18–19
• “The Tapestry Room” — April 15–16
• “Shrek, Jr.” — April 29–30
• “Peter Pan The Ballet” — May 20–22
SAVAGE ROSE CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY
• “Medea” — Sept. 18–21, 24–27
• “Everyman” — March 25–26, 28, April 1–3
SHELBY COUNTY
COMMUNITY THEATRE
Mainstage Series
• “Footloose” — Aug. 7–9, 14–16
• “Alice in Wonderland” — Oct. 2–4, 8–11
• “It’s a Wonderful Life” — Dec. 4–6,10–13
• “Don’t Drink the Water” — Feb. 19–21, 26–28
• “Mama Won’t Fly” — May 13–15
STAGE ONE
• Story Tellers! — Aug. 22, Sept. 26, Nov. 14, Jan. 2, March 5, May 21
• “The Big Friendly Giant” — Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31
• “A Year with Frog and Toad” — Dec. 5, 12, 19
• “And Then They Came: Anne Frank” — Feb. 7, 13, 20
• “Harold and the Purple Crayon” — March 20, April 2
THEATRE 502
• “Rich Girl” — June 5–13
• “The Two Lobbyists of Verona” — Aug. 5–9
• “Failure: A Love Story” — Nov. 6–14
• “Qualities of Starlight” — March 25–April 2
• “River City” — June 10–19
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE THEATRE
• Season schedule — TBA
WALDEN THEATRE
• “The Importance of Being Earnest” — Oct. 8–17
• “Johnny Appleseed” — Oct. 1–Nov. 21
• “Acts of God” — Nov. 12–21
• “The Fighting Frogs vs. Victoria Vanderbilt” — Nov. 12–21
• “Misalliance” — Dec. 11–20
• “The Metamorphosis” — Jan. 21–30
• “Failure: A Love Story” — March 3–12
• “Henry VI” (Part 1) — May 12–21
• “Henry VI” (Part 2) — May 12–21
• “Henry VI” (Part 3) — May 12–21
WHODUNNIT MURDER MYSTERY THEATER
Performances at Bristol Bar & Grille (614 West Main Street)
• “The Nutcracker-Sweet Murders” — Nov. 14–Jan. 9
• “The Mystery at Raven Hall” — Feb. 13–April 2
• “The Case of the Smokin’ Gunn” — May 14–June 25
•SPECIAL EVENTS
ART IN SPEED PARK
• Aug. 29–30, Speed Park (Speed, Ind.)
CARNEGIE CENTER FOR A
RT & HISTORY
• Annual “A Taste for Art and History” Fundraiser — Sept. 5
CRANE HOUSE
All events at Crane House unless noted.
Special Events
• Crane House Night Market: Ramen Edition — Aug. 15
• Asian-American Trees, Plants and Insects — Aug. 18, Treyton Oak Tower
• Ancient Splendor: Images of Asia by Monica Glitz — Aug. 28
• World Fest — Sept. 4–7
• Dragon Boat Races — Sept. 12, Waterfront Park
• Japanese/American Society of Kentucky Summer Fest — Sept. 12
• “The Man on TV” — Sept. 15, Treyton Oak Tower
• India Day: Vindalou — Sept. 26
• Jiujang TIA — Oct. 6
• Dragon Design Studio — Oct. 25
FALLS OF THE OHIO
STATE PARK
• Digging the Past! — Aug. 12
• National Fossil Day Celebration — Oct. 14
• Charlestown Under the Stars — Oct. 17
• Halloween at Charlestown State Park — Oct. 31
FRAZIER HISTORY MUSEUM
Exhibitons
• Hometown History Series: The Power of Persuasion, 100 years of Doe-Anderson — Aug. 1–Feb. 14
• Spirits of the Bluegrass: Prohibition and Kentucky — Oct. 31
• Holidays Around the World — Nov. 27
• Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture — Aug. 6
• First Folio! The Book that Gave us Shakespeare — Nov. 10–Dec. 10
• Pearl Harbor — Dec. 7
GLASSWORKS
• Glassblowing/Flameworking workshops — Ongoing
• Walk-in Workshop — Ongoing
KENTUCKY CENTER
FOR THE ARTS
• Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!, Sept. 3
• David Sedaris — Oct. 25
KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM
• Churchill Downs/Backside Tours — Ongoing
KENTUCKY MUSEUM
OF ART AND CRAFT
• Food, Shelter, Clothing: Art and Need — May 23–Sept. 6
• Louisville Photo Biennial — Mid-Sept.–Mid-Nov.
• Michael Velliquette — Winter
KENTUCKY SCIENCE CENTER
• “Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince” — Aug. 14–27
• “Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 1” — Aug. 28–Sept. 10
• “Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2” — Sept. 11–Sept. 24
• “Journey To Space 3D” — Ongoing
• “Pandas: The Journey Home” — Ongoing
• “We The People” — Ongoing
• “Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea 3D” — Ongoing
• “Kentucky Show!” — Ongoing
LOUISVILLE’S INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM
• Oct. 9–11
LOUISVILLE PALACE
• “The Third Man” Aug. Aug. 14
• “The Asphalt Jungle” — Aug. 15
• “Sunset Boulevard” — Aug. 21
• “Touch of Evil” — Aug. 22
• The Wendy Williams “Sit Down Tour … Too Real for Stand Up” — Aug. 27
• Last Comic Standing — Oct. 9
• Masters of Illusion: Believe the Impossible — Oct. 16
• Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience — Oct. 29
LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART ASSOCIATION
• Food For Thought: Lunch & Learn — Sept. 16
SLANT CULTURE THEATRE FESTIVAL
• Nov. 12–23
ST. JAMES COURT ART SHOW
• Oct. 2–4
THE UN-FAIR
• Oct. 2–4, Magnolia Bar & Grill
•VISUAL ARTS
21C MUSEUM HOTEL
• “Hybridity: The New Frontier” — Through Feb. 10
• “30 Years of Photographic Work: Linda Adele Goodine” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Through Feb. 10
• “The Art of IdeaFestival” — Aug. 21–Oct. 11
• “Albano Afonso: Self Portrait as Light” — Oct. 16–Feb. 10
• “Al Farrow: Wrath & Reverence” — Feb. 15–July 31
849 GALLERY (KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF ART AT SPALDING UNIVERSITY)
• “The City” by Lori Nix (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 2–Nov. 13
• “Something Glimpsed Head-On: recent paintings by Gwendolyn Kerber and Laurie Fader” — Dec. 4–Jan. 16
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE ART GALLERY
• “Maps of the Imagination: Kentucky Women Photographers Network” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 1–Oct. 1
• Kentucky Watercolor Society: Aqueous USA 2015 — Nov. 6–Dec. 23
• 22nd Annual African American Art Exhibition — Jan. 5–Feb. 19
ARTS COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
• “Beyond Borders” — Through Sept. 5
• Pat Maxwell, David Becker, Michael Beringer, Amazon Photographers (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 12–Oct. 17
• Fiber Exhibit — Oct. 22–Nov. 28
• Sisto and Hulsey — Dec. 12–Jan. 16
ASIA INSTITUTE-CRANE HOUSE
• “Peacocks & Paisleys” — Through May
• “Ancient Splendours: Images of Asia” by Monica Glitz (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Aug. 24–Oct. 16
• “Fish Out of Water: Works by Joe Bun Keo” — March 25–June 24
B. DEEMER GALLERY
• Anne Bjork — Aug. 29–Oct. 10
• Liz Price — Oct. 17–Nov. 28
• Christmas Open House — Dec. 5
• Martin Rollins — March
BARR GALLERY (INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST)
• Ray Wallace (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–28
• Blake Williams & Lauren Herzak-Bauman — Nov. 2–27
• Bachelor of Art Senior Exhibition — Dec. 3–Jan. 15
Painting Exhibition — Jan. 21–Feb. 16
• Juried Student Exhibition — Feb. 25–March 16
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibit 1 — March 23–April 13
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibit 2 — April 20–May 9
BERNHEIM ARBORETUM AND RESEARCH FOREST
• “Fresher Air: Recent Bernheim Artist in Residence Work” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 15–Dec. 15
• “Earth Measure” by Matt Weir — Ongoing
• “Art + Nature” — Ongoing
BERNHEIM GALLERY (LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY)
• “D-Day to VJ-Day: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II” — Aug. 14–Sept. 20
• “Resilience & Reality: Photographs by Dobree Adams and John Nation” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–Nov. 30
• “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Mythology” — June 1–Aug. 6
BLOCK PARTY HANDMADE BOUTIQUE
• Artwork from StudioWorks artists — Through Aug. 30
Typography Group Exhibition — Sept. 4–30
• Amber Estes Thieneman (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 18–Nov. 3
• Day of the Dead Group Exhibition — Oct. 1–Nov. 3
• Nativity Exhibition featuring Candy Wheat — Nov. 5–Dec. 31
CARNEGIE CENTER FOR ART & HISTORY
• “David Iacovazzi-Pau: Paintings and Works on Paper”— Through Sept. 26
• “Photography Since the Millennium” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 9–Jan. 9
• “Bernheim: The Natural Muse” — Jan. 22–April 2
• “Floyd County Secondary Schools Art Show and Competition” — April 5–25
• “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie” — May 6–July 9
• “Marking Time” — July 22–Sept. 17
CHESTNUTS AND PEARLS GALLERY
• Kristin Warning and Sharon Bussert (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Through Nov. 8
• “Art and Antiques at the Inn” — Nov. 14–15
• Gallery artists — Nov. 16–May 31
CRAFT(S) GALLERY
• “At The Fair” by Damon Thompson — Through Sept. 12
• “ENSCONCED: Photographs by Dobree Adams” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Nov. 7
CREATIVE DIVERSITY STUDIO
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
CRESSMAN CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
• Selections from the Student Print Collection — Through Aug. 29
• “Throwing Light/ Catching Shadows,” Midwest Society of Photographic Education Invitational (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–31
• Open Studio Exhibition — Nov. 6–15
• “Joshua Watts: Resonant Disclosures” — Nov. 20–Jan. 8
E&S GALLERY
• Exhibits by local and national artists — Ongoing
EVOLVING GALLERY
• “Improvisation” by Britany Baker & Linda Erzinger — Aug. 28–Sept. 21
FLAME RUN AT GLASSWORKS
• “502” — Through Sept. 26
• “Color Theory” — Oct. 2–Nov. 21
• “Bubbles and Bobbles” — Nov. 27–Jan. 23
• “Family” — Feb. 5–March 25
• Chuck Gerson — April 1–May 30
• “Hot Girls, Hot Glass” — June 3–Aug. 29
FRAZIER HISTORY MUSEUM
• “Hometown History Series: The Power of Persuasion: 100 Years of Doe Anderson” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Through Feb. 14
• “Spirits of the Bluegrass: Prohibition in Kentucky” — Opens Oct. 31
• “Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture (Literary Exhibition) — Fall 2015
• “Holidays Around the World” — Nov. 28-Jan. 3
GADABOUT GALLERY AND ARTISAN SHOPPE
• Debbie Welsh — Aug. 14–Sept. 7
• Gladys Moore — Sept. 11–Oct. 4
GALERIE HERTZ
• “Painting & Drawing 2015 (pt.2)” — Through Aug. 29
• “Great Photographs by Extraordinarily Gifted Photographers” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 22–Nov. 7
• Jacque Parsley & The Holiday Show — Nov. 22–Jan. 2
• “New Artist, New Work” — Jan.17–Feb. 27
• Brad Devlin — March 13–April 30
• “Of & About Clay” — May 15–June 25
GALLERY AT THE BROWN
• “Across the Board” — Through Sept. 30
GALLERY JANJOBE
• “Zero In” by Patricia Brock (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–31
• “Portals: The Space Within” — Nov. 21–Jan. 17
GALLERY K & COFFEEHOUSE
• “Enchantment under the Sea” — Aug. 28
• Solo artist show — Oct. 2
• Louisville Photo Biennial Show — Oct. 24
• “What a long strange year” — Oct. 30
• Kate O’Toole — Nov. 6
• “Print” — Nov. 27
• “Return of Bartertown” — Dec. 18
GALLERY 104
• Carole Logan — Through August
GARNER NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY FINE ART
• Windi Rosson — Through Sept. 25
• Angie Reed Garner — Oct. 2–Nov. 27
• Gallery artists — Dec. 1–Jan. 26
• Keith Stone — June 1–July 29
THE GREEN BUILDING GALLERY
• Douglas Miller — Through Sept. 18
• “Mitch Eckert & Nori Hall, Landscapes” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Nov. 6
• “The Future Is Now” — Nov. 13–Jan. 8
• Mark Traughber — Jan. 18–Feb. 26
• Sean Garrison — March 4–April 15
• Derrick Snodgrass — April 25–June 3
HUFF GALLERY (SPALDING UNIVERSITY)
• “The City, Photographs by Lori Nix” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 2–Nov. 14
• Andrea Hoelscher — Nov. 20–Dec. 18
• Rosalie Rosenthall — Jan. 15–Feb. 26
• Spalding Student Exhibit — March 21–April 1
• Kentucky School of Art BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition — May 13–Aug. 5
JANE MORGAN GALLERY
• New work by the Kentucky Plein Air Painters — Through Oct. 31
• Plein Air Work by Artists Represented by the Gallery — Nov. 18–March 31
• “Paintings of The Parklands” — April 20–July 30
KAVIAR FORGE & GALLERY
• “Yosemite: A Landscape of Life” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Nov. 7
• “Artists in Our Midst” — Oct. 30–Dec. 26
• “Nude Biennial 2015” — Jan. 29–April 30
• “Touched with Fire” — May 19–Aug. 6
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE
• Exhibits by local and regional artists — Ongoing
KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM
• “Stars of the Stands” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Through Jan. 3
• “Photo Finish: A History of the Derby in 50 Photographs”— Opens Oct. 1 through 2016
• “31st Annual Horsing Around With Art: Student Art Competition from
Jefferson County Schools” — Jan. 18–Feb. 21
• “American Pharaoh” — April–January 2017
KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART AND CRAFT
• “Food Shelter Clothing” — Through Sept. 6
• “Nina Katchadourian: the Sorted Books Project” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — mid-September–mid-November
• Michael Velliquette — November–Febuary
• “Material Issue: Subverting Form and Function” — March–May
• “Sisters of the Moon” — June–September
KORE ART GALLERY
• Bette Dorne — Through August
• Members Show — September
• Mark Johnson — October
• Rheanna Smith — November
• Don Cartwright — December
• Barbara Tyson Mosley — January
• Uneena Jackson Duke — Febuary
• David Daugherty — March
• Michael King — April
• Meg Krakowiak — May
• Janet Baughman — June
• David Wolff — July
• Mark Renz — August
KRANTZ ART GALLERY (JEFFERSON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
• Stephanie Palagyi — Aug. 24–Sept. 25
• Chad Henle & Rebecca Rose (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 5–Nov. 13
• Communication Arts Student Show — Nov. 30–Feb. 12
• Darlene Libbey — Feb. 22–March 25
• Fine Art Student Show — April 4–22
• Communication Arts Student Show — April 25–May 27
LETTERSONG CALLIGRAPHY STUDIO & GALLERY
• “Paradise Lost and Found’ by Melissa Donald — Oct. 9–Nov. 13
LIBERTY TATTOO & ART PARLOR
• “Left Handed Artists Show” — Through Aug. 29
• Bicycle Themed Art Show — Sept. 4–26
• Photographs by Paige Hessel and Benjamin Lane — Oct. 9–Nov. 20
• “7th Annual Under $50 Art Show” — Nov. 27–Dec. 26
LITTLE LOOMHOUSE
• Mona Cattan and Sylvia Arnold — Sept. 12
• Tara Remington — Oct. 10
• Halloween show with Mary Yates — Oct. 24
• “Holiday in the Woods” — Nov.
• Kimberly Wathen Oliver — Dec. 5
• Joshua Huettig — Feb.
MCGRATH ART GALLERY
• StudioWorks Artists — Aug. 28–Sept. 19
• Irish Festival — Sept. 25–27
• “The Inland Experience” by Midwest Regional Society for Photographic Education Women’s Caucus Juried Exhibit (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 2–-31
• Bellarmine Alumni Exhibit — Nov. 13–Dec. 12
• “Muse and Materiality” — Through Jan. 8
MELLWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
• September Art Fair at Mellwood — Sept. 12–13
• Laura Chamberlin — Sept. 25–Oct. 31
• Mother’s Day Art Show by Louisville Artisans Guild — May 8
METRO HALL ROTUNDA
• “Muse and Materiality” — Through Jan. 8
MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER
• “XOXO: An Exhibit about Love and Forgiveness” — Through Sept. 20
• “Through the Lens: Michelle Wong” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Aug. 18–Nov. 13
• “Selma to Montgomery: Marching Along the Voting Rights Trail: A 50th Anniversary Exhibition from the archives of Stephen Somerstein” — Oct. 3–Feb. 28
NANCY’S BAGELS GROUNDS
• Donna Chancellor — Through August
• Lydon Spigelmirr — September
• Brennea Cabrera — October
• CODE.CLAY — November
• StudioWorks — December
• Laura Ucan — January
• Greg Bain — Febuary
• Isaac Wolf — March
• Mike Stevens — April
OPEN GALLERY
• “I Will Have Soft Hands” by Amira Karaoud (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–Nov. 6
PATIO GALLERY (JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER)
• McCrystie Wood — Through Aug. 25
• Ying Kit Chan — Aug. 30–Oct. 7
• Tim McCoy (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Nov. 8
• “This, That and the Other” by Martin Rollins — Oct. 11–Nov. 17
• Mazin Annual Exhibition — Nov. 22–Dec. 29
• “David Iacovazzi-Pau: Paintings on Canvas and Paper” — Jan. 3–Feb. 9
• Wendi Weiss — Feb. 14–March 22
• Stephanie Skaggs and Julie Baldyga — March 27–April 26
• Yom Hashoah — May 1–17
• Bette Levy Retrospective — May 22–July 5
• Plein Air Painters — July 10–Aug. 23
PAUL PALETTI GALLERY
• “Less than $90,000 (and other recent acquisitions)” — Through Sept. 25
• “Michael Kenna: Forms of Japan” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 30–Dec. 29
PAYNE STREET POTTERY AND GALLERY
• “Throwing Down & Getting Dirty and Open Studio Day at Payne Street Pottery” — Sept. 12
• 16th Annual Holiday Pottery Show — Dec. 5
• “Spring Open: Emphasis on Mom & Flowers!” — April 30
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
• “Gene’s Friend Cranston: Photography of Cranston Ritchie” — Through Sept. 25
• The Calotype Society (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–Dec. 23
• Ted Wathen — January–Febuary
• Jay Mather — March-May
• “Open Walls” — June
PORTLAND MUSEUM
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
PROPHECY INK TATTOO STUDIO & FINE ART GALLERY
• Tiffany Ackerman & Kim Monroe — Oct. 3–31
PUBLIC GALLERY (LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART)
• “Into The Jungle: Drawings from Taiwan” by Larry Keaty — Through Aug. 22
• Dale Leys — Aug. 27–Sept. 26
• “Context of Unraveling: Carrie Burr” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–31
• Open Studio Exhibit — Nov. 6–15
• “Art[squared]” Exhibit and Sale — April
PYRO GALLERY
• Susan Harrison — Aug. 13–Sept. 26
• Kay Grubola and Bette Levy — Oct. 1–Nov. 14
• Group Photography Show (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 2–Nov. 14
• Artist Invitational — Nov. 19–Dec. 26
• Artist Advocates — Jan. 7–Feb. 13
• Bob Lockhart — Feb. 18–April 2
• Carrie Burr — April 7–May 21
• John McCarthy — May 26–July 2
• Jeffrey Skinner — July 7–Aug. 20
REGALO
• JD Dotson (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–31
REVELRY BOUTIQUE GALLERY
• Erik Orr — Through Aug. 14
• Mike Maydak — Aug. 15–Sept. 17
• “Level Gaze” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 18–Oct. 23
• “The Future is Unwritten” — Sept. 24
• “Cuteopia!” — Feb. 6–19
• Paul Reynolds — March 19–April 21
• Lyndi Lou – May 28–June 24
• “Casey McKinney: Bluegrass and Backroads” — June 25–July 28
SCHNEIDER HALL GALLERIES (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
• “We the People: Photographs by Milton Rogovin” — Oct. 1–31
• “On Fruited Plains,” Midwest Society of Photographic Education Multi-Caucus Exhibition (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–31
• MA and BFA Thesis Exhibitions — Nov. 20–Dec. 18
SINK OR SWIM ART GALLERY
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
SOJOURN ARTS & CULTURE
• Wayne Adams, Brittany Jennings, Matthew King, Cameron Anderson — Through Sept. 20
• Fall Festival/Affordable Art Show — Sept. 26
• “Tim Robertson: Shelby Park Dreams” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Nov. 15
• Sojourn Artist Showcase — Nov. 20–Jan. 3
SPEED ART MUSEUM
• “From City to Country: Nineteenth-Century French Prints” — Through Jan. 2
• “Wall Together: The Color of My World” — Through March 5
• “A Celebration of the Speed Collection” — Opens March 12
• “Kentucky Captured: Photographs Inspired by the Bluegrass State” — March 12–July 17
• Gaela Erwin — July 30–Oct. 30
STUDIOWORKS BY ZOOM GROUP
• “LAND MARKS” — Through Aug. 21
• “Photosynthesis” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Oct. 19
• “The Food Show” — Oct. 24–Nov. 21
• Bardstown Road Aglow — Dec. 5
• “Reflections” — Feb. 26–April 16
• TBA — April 29–June 11
SWANSON CONTEMPORARY
• “From Near and Far” by Laura Lee Brown — Through Aug. 22
• James Robert Southard and Michael Brohm (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 1–31
• “David Iacovazzi-Pau: Paintings on Canvas and Paper” — Nov. 6–Dec. 12
THINKBOX CONTEMPORARY
• “Archive of Touch: Touch of Archive” — Through Sept. 2
• Dave Johnson (Louisville Photo Biennial) — TBA
TIM FAULKNER GALLERY
• New Paintings by Tim Faulkner — Sept. 4–30
• Photography Group Show (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Sept. 25–Nov. 7
• “Revolution” by Margaret Archambault — Oct. 2–Nov. 4
New Paintings by Mark Palmer — Nov. 6–Dec. 3
• “The Quiet” by Alex Rumsey — Dec. 4–Jan. 8
• New Paintings by Linda Akers — April 1–May 5
ULTRA POP
• Frank Martinez — Aug. 15–31
• Patrick Jilbert — Sept. 5–30
WAYSIDE EXPRESSIONS GALLERY
• James Bennett — Through Aug. 16
• Sue Terry Driskell/Jonnie Storm/Julia Youngblood — Sept. 4–20
• Bruce Cook, Fred DiGiovanni, David Modica (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 2–18
• Mari Mujica — Nov. 6–15
• Yvonne Greene — Dec. 4–20
• Dr. Robert Douglas — Jan. 1–17
• Ramona Lindsey and Ernestine Hall — Feb. 5–21
• Ada Asenjo — March 4–20
• Joan Zehnder — April 1–17, May 6–15
• Karen Maddox — June 3–19, July 1–17
WEBER GALLERY
• St. James Court Art Show High School Scholarship Competition Exhibition — Sept. 28–Oct. 1
•“Frozen Shadows” (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Oct. 5–25
• “Art as Memory” — Nov. 7–Jan. 3
WHY LOUISVILLE
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
YEW DELL BOTANICAL GARDENS
• Commonwealth Bank & Trust Company’s 8th Annual Garden Sculpture Show — Sept. 1–Oct. 25
ZEPHYR GALLERY
• Project 9: New Narrative (Louisville Photo Biennial) — Aug. 20–Oct. 31
• Project 10 — Nov. 6–Dec. 28
• Project 11 — Feb. 5–March 19
• Project 12 — April 1–May 21
• Project 13 — June 3–Aug. 21