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THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
• Compañia Flamenca José Porcel — Oct. 1, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Complexions Contemporary Ballet — Feb. 3, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
LOUISVILLE BALLET
• “The Three Musketeers” — Sept. 16-17
• “The Brown-Forman Nutcracker” — Dec. 10-23
• “Cinderella” — March 9-10
• 60th Anniversary Celebration — April 13-14
MOVING COLLECTIVE
• Fall 2011 Concert — Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Ursuline Arts Center
• Winter 2012 Concert — Jan. 2012, Hanover College (tentative)
• Summer 2012 Concert — June 2012, TBD
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE DANCE THEATRE
All performances take place at U of L’s Comstock Concert Hall.
• “Clara’s Dream” — Dec. 2-4
• “Spring Gala” — May 18-19
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BOURBON BAROQUE
• “Brandenburg Concerto No. 6” and other works for viols — Sept. 18, 7 p.m., The Bard’s Town
• “Magnificat” (Bach) and “Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary” with the Louisville Choral Arts Society — Nov. 6, 5 p.m., St. Martin of Tours
• “Les Sauvages (Les Indes Galantes)” with Squallis Puppeteers — Feb. 24-25, 7 p.m., LVAA at the Water Tower
• “Boccherini STABAT MATER” — March 24, 7 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral
CERUTI CHAMBER PLAYERS
• Tim Goplerud world premiere, with additional works by Griebling-Haigh & Barati — Jan. 29, 3 p.m., Ogle Community Center
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, U OF L
All shows take place at 3 p.m. at U of L’s Comstock Concert Hall in the School of Music.
• Jerusalem String Quartet — Oct. 16
• Metropolitan Museum Artists — Nov. 13
• Emerson String Quartet — Feb. 5
• Morgenstern Trio — March 18
• Octets for Strings with Carpe Diem String Quartet & Euclid Quartet — April 15
CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY
• Purcell: Funeral Ode for Queen Mary, Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing, Bach: Magnificat — Nov. 6, 5 p.m., St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church
• Vierne: Messe Solennelle, Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Whitacre: Leonardo and His Flying Machine, Argento: I Hate and I Love — Feb. 19, 3 p.m. St. Boniface Catholic Church
• Mozart: Requiem — March 23, 8 p.m., St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church
CHRIST CHURCH Episcopal Cathedral ARTS
Evensong Series
All Evensong concerts begin at 5 p.m.
• Concert: Robert L. Bozeman, Canon Musician, and Jane Halliday, Violin Artist-in-Residence; Evensong: Cathedral Choir — Sept. 11
• Concert: Agnes Wan, piano; Evensong: Cathedral Choir — Oct. 9
• Concert: Stephen Mattingly, guitar; Evensong: Children’s Choirs of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Luke’s and St. Mark’s Episcopal Churches — Nov. 13
• Advent Lessons and Carols sung by the Cathedral Choir and the Adult Choir of
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Anchorage — Dec. 11
• Concert: Elaine Cook, harp; Evensong: Cathedral Girls’ Choir, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington — Jan. 8
• Concert: Jeff Jones, organ; Evensong: Cathedral Choir — Feb. 12
• Concert: Canon Robert L. Bozeman, organ; Evensong: Canterbury and Cathedral Choirs — March 11
Early Music Concerts
• Concerts Royaux: Music for the Bourbon Kings performed by Brent Wissick and Jack Ashworth — Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.
• Bourbon Baroque, featuring Stabat Mater of Luigi Boccherini — March 24, 7 p.m.
DERBY DINNER PLAYHOUSE
Concert Series
Buffet opens at 6 p.m., with all shows beginning at 7:30 p.m.
• An Evening with The Footnotes — Sept. 26-27
• “A Salute to Elvis & Other Country Legends” — Sept. 28-Oct. 1
• Branson on the Road — Oct. 24
• A Salute to Sun Records & the Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll — Nov. 7
• Sanders Family Christmas — Nov. 15-Dec. 31
• Melissa Combs presents “Great Women of Song” — Jan. 4
• “A Tribute to Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop” — Jan. 6-7
• Country Royalty — May 7
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST MUSIC DEPARTMENT
All shows at the Stem Concert Hall unless otherwise noted
• Commonwealth Brass Band — Oct. 30, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Concert Band — Nov. 6, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Concert Choir & Community Chorus — Nov. 13, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Orchestra — Nov. 20, 3 p.m.
• Commonwealth Brass Band — Dec. 4, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Guitar Ensemble — Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center Recital Hall
• IU Southeast Band, Orchestra, and Choir Holiday Pops Spectacular — Dec. 10-11, 7:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Percussion Ensemble — Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m.
• Kentucky Center Chamber Players — Jan. 22, 3 p.m.
• Ceruti Chamber Players — Jan. 29, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Concert Band — Feb. 12, 3 p.m.
• New Millennium Duo — Feb. 19, 3 p.m.
• Commonwealth Brass Band — March 11, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Concert Choir — April 14, 7:30 p.m.
• IU Southeast Concert Band — April 15, 3 p.m.
• Southern Indiana Women’s Choral Festival — April 20, 7:30 p.m.
• IU Southeast Orchestra — April 22, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Concert Band Summer Pops Concert — June 3, 3 p.m.
• Commonwealth Brass Band Summer Pops Concert — June 10, 3 p.m.
• IU Southeast Orchestra Summer Pops Concert — June 17, 3 p.m.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ORCHESTRA
2011-2012 season schedule TBA
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
• Annual Evening of Jazz — Aug. 27, 7 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• Gillian Welch — Aug. 30, 7:30 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata — Sept. 22, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis — Sept. 25, 7 p.m., Whitney Hall
• Sounds and Rhythms of Afghanistan — Oct. 6, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• An Evening with Britishmania: Beatles Tribute — Oct. 29, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• The Musical Box — Nov. 1, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
• DRUMline Live — Nov. 5, 8 p.m., Whitney Hall
• Straight No Chaser — Nov. 6, 7 p.m., Whitney Hall
• Tin Can Buddha — Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., Whitney Hall
• Pam Tillis — Jan. 20, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• LEO Presents A Little Off Center: Nellie McKay — Feb. 12, 7 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience — Feb. 17, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
KENTUCKY OPERA
All performances in the Brown Theatre
• “Carmen” — Sept. 23, 8 p.m., Sept. 25, 2 p.m.
• “The Marriage of Figaro” — Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Nov. 20, 2 p.m.
• “The Merry Widow” — Feb. 17, 8 p.m., Feb. 19, 2 p.m.
LOUISVILLE CHORUS
• We Will Never Forget! — Sept. 11, 4 p.m., St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church
• A Family Christmas at St. Mary’s: Holiday Music from the Heart — Dec. 3, 2 p.m., St. Mary’s Catholic Church, New Albany
• Christmas at St. Agnes: Angelic Music for the Christ Child — Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m., St. Agnes Catholic Church
• Christmas at Immaculate Conception: Angelic Music for the Christ Child — Dec. 11, 4 p.m., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, LaGrange
• Music Romantique: 18th Annual Valentine’s Day Dinner Show — Feb. 14, 8 p.m., The Seelbach Hilton
• Cherubim & Seraphim: Angel Music from the Masters — April 20, 7:30 p.m., St. Agnes Catholic Church
• Tony Award Winners: Broadway at its Best — June 3, 4 p.m., Beargrass Christian Church
• Fanfare for the 4th: Musical Visions of America — July 2, 7:30 p.m., Beargrass Christian Church
LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA
Classics & Coffee Classics
All performances at Whitney Hall unless otherwise noted
• Fanfara — Sept. 10, 8:30 p.m.
• Dvorák Symphony No. 7 — Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m.; Oct. 1, 8 p.m.
• Schubert “Unfinished” — Oct. 13, 10:30 a.m.; Oct. 15, 8 p.m.
• Scheherazade — Oct. 27, 10:30 a.m.; Oct. 28, 8 p.m.
• Stravinsky Pulcinella — Dec. 3, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Shostakovich 5 — Jan. 28, 8 p.m.
• Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto — Feb. 2, 10:30 a.m.; Feb. 3, 8 p.m.
• Mahler: Das Lied — March 1, 10:30 a.m.; March 2, 8 p.m.
• Rachmaninoff 2 — March 29; 10:30 a.m., March 30, 8 p.m.
• Prokofiev Symphony No. 6 — April 27, 8 p.m.
Classical U
All performances at 10 a.m. at the Clifton Center
• The Baroque Period — Oct. 29
• The Classical Period — Nov. 5
• Early Romantic Period — Nov. 12
• Late Romantic Period — Jan. 21
• Early-20th Century — March 17
• Musical Forms — March 31
L.O. WOW! Events
All performances at 7:30 p.m. at Whitney Hall
• Disney’s Music from the Movies — Nov. 19
• Blue Planet Live! — Feb. 25
• Video Games Live! — March 24
Pops Series
All performances at 8 p.m. at Whitney Hall
• Spectrum: The Best of Motown — Oct. 29
• Brian Stokes Mitchell — Nov. 12
• Tribute to the Boston Pops; Part II — Jan. 13
• Music-City Hit Makers: Nashville’s Greatest Hits — Feb. 4
• The Music of The Who — March 3
NightLites
• Beethoven’s Sixth — Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m., Brown Theatre; Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., IUS Ogle Center
• Black Tie and Bluegrass — Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m., Brown Theatre; Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m., IUS Ogle Center
• Celtic Celebration! — March 15, 6:30 p.m., Brown Theatre; March 17, 7:30 p.m., IUS Ogle Center
OrKidStra
• 2011 Halloween Spooktacular — Oct. 22, 11 a.m., Whitney Hall
• Cirque Cappriccio — Jan. 14, 11 a.m., Brown Theatre
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game — March 17, 11 a.m., Brown Theatre
LOUISVILLE PALACE
• The Script — Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Primus — Oct. 10, 8:30 p.m.
• B.B. King — Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.
• The Pixies with Surfer Blood — Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.
• Joe Bonamassa — Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
LOUISVILLE YOUTH CHOIR
• Fall Concert — Oct. 30, 3 p.m., Ursuline Arts Center
• A Christmas Festival — Dec. 16, 7 p.m., Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church
• Spring Concert — March 10, 7 p.m., Ursuline Arts Center
• Pops Concert — April 29, 7 p.m., Brown Theatre
LOUISVILLE YOUTH ORCHESTRA
• “It’s All Grieg to Me”: LYO Classical Series — Nov. 6, 4 p.m., Brown Theatre
• “Belles and Beaus with Bells and Bows”: LYO Pops Series Holiday Concert — Dec. 11, 4 p.m., YPAS
• “Star-Crossed Lovers”: LYO Classical Series — March 18, 4 p.m., Brown Theatre
• “If Music Be the Food …”: LYO Classical Series — March 25, 4 p.m., New Albany High School
• “And They’re Off!”: Kentucky Derby Festival Event — April 29, 4 p.m., Iroquois Amphitheater
54th ANNUAL NATIONAL QUARTET CONVENTION
• Presented by Southern Gospel Music — Sept. 11-17, Kentucky Fair & Expo Center
ST. FRANCIS IN THE FIELDS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
All concerts at St. Francis in the Fields. Recitals begin at 5 p.m., with choral evensong following at 5:30 p.m.
• John Cantrell (Organist, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, New York City) — Sept. 4
• Bruce Neswick (Organ Faculty, Indiana University) — Oct. 2
• The University of Louisville Early Music Ensemble — Dec. 4
• Robert Bozeman (Organist, Christ Church Cathedral) — Feb. 5
• Michael Beattie (Organist, Chapel of the Cross, Jackson, Mississippi) — March 4
• Connie Golden, organ, and Jerome Amend, trumpet — April 1
SPEED ART MUSEUM
Speed Concert Series
• Conrad Tao — Nov. 20, 3 p.m., U of L’s Comstock Hall
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MUSIC
All concerts in Comstock Concert Hall unless otherwise noted.
• Faculty Gala — Aug. 26, 8 p.m.
• Guest Artist: Lee Luvisi, piano — Sept. 6, 8 p.m.
• University Choirs — Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m.
• Guest Artists: Aebersold Jazz Quartet — Sept. 12, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• Faculty Artist: Bruce Heim, horn — Sept. 12, 8 p.m.
• Faculty Artist: J. Patrick Rafferty, violin — Sept. 16, 8 p.m.
• University Symphony Orchestra — Sept. 18, 3 p.m.
• University Jazz Combos — Sept. 19, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• University Wind Ensemble — Sept. 25, 3 p.m.
• University Faculty Jazz Ensemble — Sept. 26, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• Guest Artist: Carolyn Huebi, violin — Sept. 27, 8 p.m.
• Guest Artist: Heinz Schwebel, trumpet — Sept. 29, 8 p.m.
• Faculty Artist: Michael Tunnell, trumpet — Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.
• University Jazz Combos — Oct. 3, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• University Symphonic Band — Oct. 6, 8 p.m.
• Guest Artists: Max Rabinovitsj, violin, with Dror Biran, piano — Oct. 15, 3 p.m.
• University Jazz Combos — Oct. 17, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• University Student Composers — Oct. 19, 8 p.m.
• University Chorus & Chorale — Oct. 20, 8 p.m.
• Faculty Artists: Daniel Weeks, tenor, & Naomi Oliphant, piano — Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
• University Symphony Orchestra — Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
• University Early Music Ensemble — Nov. 4, 8 p.m.
• Faculty Artist: Dror Biran, piano — Nov. 6, 3 p.m.
• New Music Festival: New Chamber Music — Nov. 7, 8 p.m.
• New Music Festival: Electronic & Computer Music — Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• New Music Festival: University Wind Ensemble — Nov. 9, 8 p.m.
• New Music Festival: University Choirs — Nov. 10, 8 p.m.
• New Music Festival: University Symphony Orchestra — Nov. 11, 8 p.m.
• University Jazz Ensemble II — Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.
• University Jazz Combos — Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• University Percussion Ensemble — Nov. 14, 8 p.m.
• University Jazz Ensemble I — Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
• University Student Composers — Nov. 16, 8 p.m.
• University Symphonic Band & Cardinal Singers — Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.
• University Jazz Combos — Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Bird Recital Hall
• University Chorus & Chorale — Nov. 21, 8 p.m.
VOCES NOVAE
• Letters of Love — Nov. 20
• Words of Wisdom — March 11
• Telling of Tales — June 3
VOICES OF KENTUCKIANA
• “Voices of Holidays Past” — Dec. 17-18, Ursuline Arts Center
• “GALApalooza”— April 28-29, Ursuline Arts Center
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ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
• “Sense & Sensibility” — Aug. 30-Sept. 24
• “Dracula” — Sept. 14-Oct. 30
• “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” — Oct. 4-29
• “A Christmas Story” — Nov. 8-27
• “ReEntry” — Nov.15-Dec. 17
• “A Christmas Carol” — Dec. 6-23
• “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” — Jan. 3-Feb. 4
• “In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)” — Jan. 24-Feb. 18
• 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays — Feb. 26-April 15
ALLEY THEATER
• “Evil Dead: The Musical” — Oct. 7-31
• “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” — Nov.
• “Sci-Fi Double Features (including Star Wars)” — Nov.
• “The Matrix LIVE! (a parody)” — Dec.
• “Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends (A Final Evening with the Illuminati)” — Dec.
• “Eurydice” — Jan.
• “Hughesical: The Musical” — Feb.
• “InHuman: A Festival of New American Zombie Theatre” — March
• “Gilligan’s Island: The Musical” — April
• “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” — May
• “Bugsy Malone: The Musical” — TBA
Theatre for Young Audiences
• “This is Not a Pipe Dream” — TBA
• “Wiley and the Hairy Man” — TBA
• “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE!” — TBA
THE AS YET UNNAMED THEATRE COMPANY
• “White Christmas” — Nov. 18-27
• “Angel Street” — Nov. 10-19
• “The Drowsy Chaperone” — May 18-27
• “The Odd Couple – Female Version” — July TBA
THE BARD’S TOWN
• “The Ten-Tucky Festival of 10-Minute Plays” — through Aug. 28
• “Strike Zone” — Oct. 13-23
• A Holiday Play (TBA) — Dec. 7-18
BLUE APPLE PLAYERS
• Blue Apple & Bourbon Fundraiser — Sept. 10, 7 p.m.
• “The Melting Pot: An American Story” — Oct. 8, 11 a.m., Ursuline Arts Center
• “Louisville Salutes Blue Apple On Broadway” — Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Brown Theatre
BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA (PNC BANK)
• “Fiddler on the Roof “— Jan. 17-22
• “Mary Poppins “— March 13-18
• “Blue Man Group” — April 10-15
• “Billy Elliot” — June 20-July 1
• “Wicked” — Sept. 12-30
BUNBURY THEATRE
• “Blithe Spirit” — Oct. 14-31
• “A Hannakah Christmas with Klurman and Goldstein” — Dec. 2-20
• “Santaland Diaries” — Dec. 3-21
• “On an Average Day” — Feb. 10-26
• “A Southern Exposure” — April 13-29
• “Buried Child” — June 8-24
CENTER STAGE THEATER COMPANY — JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
• “The Fantasticks” — Sept. 8-18
• “Little Shop of Horrors” — Oct. 27-Nov. 13
• “Light Up Center Stage: Benefit Show” — Dec. 3
• “A Little Night Music” — Jan. 19-Feb. 5
• “Patsy Cline: A Life in Concert” — Feb. 14-19
• “Curtains” — March 15-April 1
• “The Full Monty” — May 10-20
CLARKSVILLE LITTLE THEATRE
• “Into the Woods” — Sept. 9-17
• “Faith County” — Nov. 4-12
• “On Golden Pond” — Jan. 13-21
• “Dreamgirls” — March 9-17
• “Jesus Christ Superstar” — May 11-19
DAMAGED GOODS IMPROV
All shows at The Alley Theater.
• Weekly improv comedy shows — starting Nov. 5, every Saturday night, 7 p.m.
DERBY DINNER PLAYHOUSE
• “Church Basement Ladies” — Through Sept. 25
• “Death by Fatal Murder” — Oct. 4-Nov. 13
• “Miss Nelson is Missing” — Oct. 8-Nov. 12
• “A Velveteen Rabbit Christmas” — Nov. 19-Dec. 17
• “Boeing Boeing” — Jan. 10-Feb. 19
• “Smokey Joe’s Café” — Feb. 21-April 1
• “How I Became a Pirate” — Feb. 25-March 24
• “Happy Days: A New Musical” — April 3-May 13
• “Rapunzel” — May 19-June 23
FINNIGAN PRODUCTIONS
• “dirty sexy derby play (the remount)” — Jan. 26-Feb. 4
• “Finnigan’s Fifth Festival of Funky Fresh Fun” — April 5-14
FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Studio One Series
• “Crimes of the Heart” — Sept. 29-Oct. 2
• “Fools” — Oct. 20-23
• “Ashes” — Jan. 19-21
• “Urinetown” — Feb. 9-12
• “The Last Five Years” — TBA
• “2012 Student Showcase” — TBA
Main Stage Series
• “E.A. Poe, Into the Mind of Madness” — Aug. 26-27
• “A Christmas Carol, The Musical!” — Nov. 4-13
• “Seussical” — March 2-11
• “Celtic Dreams, An Original Visual Fantasy by Chris Bundy” — April 20-22
HAYSWOOD THEATRE (CORYDON)
• “The Crucible” — Sept. 16-Oct. 2
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST THEATRE
• “The Mousetrap” — Nov. 4-13
• “The Fantasticks” — Feb. 10-19
• “Waiting for Godot” — April 12-15
THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
• LEO Presents A Little Off Center: Mike Birbiglia — Feb. 4, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
KENTUCKY REPERTORY THEATRE
• 2011-2012 Season Schedule TBA
LE PETOMANE THEATRE ENSEMBLE
All performances take place at The Bard’s Town.
• “5 Things” — Sept. 7-17
• New and Original Comedy TBA — Nov. 9-20
• “A Derby Carol” — April 18-29
THE LITTLE COLONEL PLAYERS
• “Moon Over Buffalo” — Sept. 22-Oct. 2
• “Last Train to Nibroc” — Dec. 1-11
• “Something to Hide” — Feb. 9-19
• “An American Daughter” — April 12-22
• “In the Rest Room at Rosenbloom’s” — June 7-17
• “You Can’t Take It With You” (Summer Youth Show) — July 19-22
LOOKING FOR LILITH
• “The House of Bernarda Alba” — Sept. 29-Oct. 9, Shelby County Community Theatre
• “Beyond the Blue Mountains” — Feb. 23-March 3, The Rudyard Kipling
• “Becoming Mothers” — May 31-June 9, The Bard’s Town
• “Choices: An Interactive Play on Cyberbullying and Suicide” — TBA
• “Fabric, Flames, and Fervor: Girls of the Triangle” — TBA, Presentation Academy
LOUISVILLE IMPROVISORS
• Louisville Improvisors present the Narcotic Farmers — Sept. 23-24, The Bard’s Town
• Halloween Show with Squeeze-bot — Oct. 31, The Rudyard Kipling
• The Buddy Gilm Show — Dec. 2, Uncle Slayton’s
• Improvapalooza 12 — Jan. 6-7, Kentucky Center for the Arts
LOUISVILLE REPERTORY COMPANY
• “The Mousetrap” — Oct. 25-Nov. 6
• “Fuddy Meers” — Feb. 28-March 11
• “A Streetcar Named Desire” — June 5-17
• “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” — TBA
PANDORA PRODUCTIONS
• “A Man of No Importance” — Sept. 8-18, Actors Theatre
• “The Rocky Horror Show” — Oct. 20-31, The Connection Theatre
• “Gays in Toyland” — Dec. 1-11, Actors Theatre
• “The Temperamentals” — March 22-April 1, Kentucky Center
• “Bare” — May 10-20, Actors Theatre
• “My Big Gay Italian Wedding” — June 14-24, Actors Theatre
• “The New Play Project” — Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Jan. 8, April 15, The Bard’s Town Theatre
IUS PAUL W. OGLE CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
Children’s Series
• “Ferdinand the Bull” — Sept. 22-28
• Squallis Puppeteers: “Rage-O-Saurus Rex” — Nov. 1-16
• Squallis Puppeteers: “Food Fight!” — Nov. 17
• “Madeline’s Christmas” — Dec. 12-16
• “Kuniko: Origami Tales” — Feb. 6-8
• “Mr. Stinky Feet” — Feb. 27-March 1
• “Number the Stars” — March 14-16
• “Dr. Insecta: Mega Bug Lab!” — April 2-6
SACRED HEART SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
• “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” — Oct. 6 & March 1
• “Cinderella” — Oct. 27-Nov. 5
• “The Diary of Anne Frank” — Nov. 17-19
• “Pinocchio” — Dec. 1-3
• “The Nutcracker” — Dec. 9-11
• “Mary Poppins” — March 15-17
• “The NeverEnding Story” — April 19-21
• SHSA Beginning Drama Showcase — April 26-27
• “The Wizard of Oz” — May 11-13
SAVAGE ROSE CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY
• “Krapp’s Last Tape” and “Happy Days” — Aug. 25-Sept. 3, Walden Theatre
• “The Changeling” — Dec. 8-18, Kentucky Center
• “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — Dec. 8-18, Kentucky Center
• “The Importance of Being Earnest” — March 9-18, Walden Theatre
Words, Words, Words Play Reading Series
• “The Atheist’s Tragedy” — Sept. 25
• “The Duchess of Malfi” — Oct. 30
• “Cupid’s Revenge” — Feb. 12
• “Law Against Lovers” — Feb. 19
• “Edward II” — April 29
SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY THEATRE
• “Disney’s Mulan Jr.” — Sept. 16-25
• “Night Mother” — Oct. 7-9
• “The Homecoming” — Dec. 2-11
• “The Odd Couple — Female Version” — Feb. 17-26
• “Funky Ground H20 Bluegrass, Brass & Belly Dancing Band” — March 17
• “Play On!” — April 13-22
• “’Til Beth Do Us Part” — June 1-10
SQUALLIS PUPPETEERS
1st Saturday Shows — all performances 12:45-3 p.m. at School of Sharks Theater (770 Eastern Parkway)
• “Food Fight” — Sept. 3
• “Elephant’s Child” — Oct. 1
• “Beepboopbopboopbeep” — Nov. 5
• “Plank’s Holiday Story” — Dec. 3
STAGE ONE
• “Ferdinand the Bull” — Sept. 22-28, Ogle Center; Oct. 4-28, Kentucky Center
• “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” — Nov. 21-Dec. 20, Kentucky Center
• “Number the Stars” — Feb. 7-March 9, Kentucky Center); March 14-16, Ogle Center
• “Lyle the Crocodile” — April 10-May 11, Kentucky Center
THEATRE 502
• “The Debate Over Courtney O’Connell of Columbus, Nebraska” — Aug. 24-Sept. 24
• “Hunter Gatherers” — Oct. 14-22, Actors Theatre
• “Broadsword” — Nov. 4-19, Iroquois Indoors
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE THEATRE
• “Richard III” — Oct. 5-9
• “The Flu Season” — Nov. 16-20
• “Mad at Miles: A Black Woman’s Guide to Truth” — Nov. 30-Dec. 4
• “Blues for an Alabama Sky” — Feb. 1-5
• “Atomic Bombers” — Feb. 29-March 4
• TBA — April 18-22
WALDEN THEATRE
• “Anon(ymous)” — Sept. 15-24
• “Frankenstein” — Oct. 13-22
• “A Night of Poe” — Nov. 3-5
• Slant Culture Series — Nov. 10-19
• “Julius Caesar” — Jan. 19-28
• “Young Playwrights Festival” — Feb. 9-11
• “The American Clock” — Feb. 23-March 3
Young American Shakespeare Festival (“Titus Andronicus,” “Cymbeline” & “Volpone”) — May 10-20
WHODUNNIT MURDER MYSTERY THEATRE
• “Halloween in Haiti: The Hanged Man Sings” — Sept. 10-29
• “Sherlock Holmes and T’was the Murder Before Christmas” — Nov. 19-Dec. 17
• “Reflections: Murder in a Hall of Mirrors” — Feb. 11-March 31
• “Entrée to Murder” — May 12-June 30
••VISUAL ARTS
21c MUSEUM
• “Cuba Now” — Through Jan. 15
• “Wheel of Fortune” by Anne Peabody — Through Jan.
• “Every Tree Tells a Story” — Sept.-Jan. 15
• “Untitled (Sassolino Claw)” by Arcangelo Sassolino — Sept.-Jan. 15
• “Alter Ego: A Decade of Work by Anthony Goicolea” — Jan. 15-July
• “The Raft” by Armando Marino — TBA
• “In Tran-sit” by Yoan Capote — TBA
THE 930 CENTER
• “Stirring: Art by Denise Burge, Matt Dobson, and Dominic Guarnaschelli” — Through Sept. 12
• Affordable Art Show — Sept. 17
• “Spots of Time Juried Photography Exhibit” — Sept. 23-Oct. 30
• “Open Mic / Open Walls: A night for creative sharing” — Nov. 5
• Dayton Castleman — Nov. 11-Jan. 1
• Craig Hawkins — Jan. 6-Feb. 12
• Joel Sheesley — Feb. 17-March 25
• “Mitch Eckert iPhone Photos + Submit Your Camera Phone Photos Exhibit” — March 30-May 20
• “The Art of Travel Group Show” — May 25-July 1
ART SANCTUARY
• “Va Va Vamp” — Nov.
• “Va Va Valentine” — Feb.
• “Va Va Vittles and Va Va Vixens” — TBA
• Art Soirees — TBA
ARTS COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
ARTWITHOUTWALLS
• “Divas Ascending” by E.V. Day — Through Oct. 15, Kentucky Center
• “Rondo” by Chris Doyle — Through Oct., 707 W. Main St.
• “Scenes From the Underglow” by Chris Doyle — Through April, Main Street between Sixth and Seventh sts.
• “The Vanishing Points” by Andrea Stanislav — Through April, 707 W. Main St.
• “Windowfarms” by Britta Riley — Sept., 710 W. Main St.
• Site-specific installation by Shih Chieh Huang — Sept. 21-24, Kentucky Center/Idea Festival
• Bigert & Bergstrom — Sept. 21-24, Idea Festival
• “Organic Concepts” by Shih Chieh Huang — Sept. 23-Oct. 24, LOT Gallery
BARR GALLERY (IU SOUTHEAST)
• Jonathan Ruth — Aug. 29-Sept. 14
• Natalie Tornatore and Benjamin Stout — Sept. 21-Oct. 14
• Bonnie Stahlecker and David Morrison — Oct. 20-Nov. 14
• Juried Student Exhibition — Dec. 1-30
• Emily Sheehan — Jan. 9-31
• BA Candidates (first group) — Feb. 6-16
• BA Candidates (second group) — Feb. 21-March 2
• BFA Candidates (first group) — March 8-22
• BFA Candidates (second group) — April 5-19
• BFA Candidates (third group) — April 26-May 10
B.DEEMER GALLERY
• David Shiner — Through Aug. 23
• Pam Folsom — Through Sept. 20
• Tatjana Krizmanic — Sept. 17-Oct. 5
• “Just Down The Road” by Steven Walker — Sept. 23-Oct. 11
• Cynthia Overall and Betty Campbell — Oct. 15-Nov. 5
• Sandra MacDiarmid — Nov. 11-26
• Christmas Open House — Dec. 3
BEARNO’S BY THE BRIDGE
• “Peak Summit Art Exhibition” by The Collaborationists — Through Oct. 7
• Group show — Oct. 7-Dec. 2
• Group Show — Dec. 2-Feb. 3
• Group Show — Feb. 3-April 6
• Group Show — April 6-June 1
• Group Show — June 1-Aug. 3
• Group Show — Aug. 3-Oct. 5
BERNHEIM ARBORETUM AND RESEARCH FOREST
• CONNECT at Bernheim — Aug. 27
• Todd Smith — TBA
• Heike Endemann — TBA
• “Inspired by Bernheim: En Plein Air Opportunity and Exhibition” — Sept. 1-31
• Scarecrow Jubilee — Oct. 15-Nov. 30
• Allen Rokach — Oct. 21-23
• Lloyd Kelly — Oct. 22-23
• Patrick Dougherty — April 8-28
BERNHEIM GALLERY (LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY)
• “Here Is New York: September 11 Remembered, Photographs from the New York Historical Society” — Sept. 1-30
• “The Vision of a Generation: Photographs from The Parklands of Floyds Fork ?Work by Louisville-based photographers Ted Wathen, Bob Hower, John Nation” — Oct. 1-31
• “Louisville Ballet and the Nutcracker: the Making of a Holiday Tradition” — Nov. 11-Dec. 31
• “In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak” — Jan. 4-Feb. 24
• “Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience” — June 20-Aug. 3
THE BODEGA AT FELICE
• “Transcending Boundaries” by Erin Fitzgerald — Through Sept. 2
• C&E Photography — Sept. 2-Oct. 7
• Carol McLeod — Oct. 7-Nov. 4
• Howard Wilson — Nov. 4-Dec. 2
• Kenn Parks — Dec. 2-Jan. 6
• “Trees Are Poems” — Jan. 6-Feb. 3
• “Going Back to Cali” by Andy and Kelly Cook — Feb. 3-March 2
• Corey Washburn — March 2-April 6
• Solo Show — April 6-May 4
• “Trees Are Poems” Group show — May 4-June 1
• Solo Show — June 1-July 6
• Group Show — July 6-Aug. 3
• Solo Show — Aug. 3-Sept. 7
BRIDGE GALLERY (MELLWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER)
• “New Work by David Wolff” — Through Oct. 1
• “Canadians Invade Kentucky”/Photo Biennial — Oct. 2-31
CARNEGIE CENTER FOR ART & HISTORY
• “Heartbeats: Art Quilts by Penny Sisto” — Through Oct. 15
• “Clay, Glass & Metal — A Collaboration with Ohio Valley Creative Energy” — Oct. 28-Dec. 30
• “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie” — Jan. 6-March 3
• Fiber Art by Bette Levy — March 16-April 28
• New Albany-Floyd County Secondary Schools Art Show & Competition — May 4-19
• “Our House: Recent Works in Glass by Joel O’Dorisio” — June 1-July 28
• New Albany Public Art Project: Bicentennial Series — Ongoing
• “Ordinary People Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad” — Ongoing
• “Grandpa Makes a Scene: The Yenawine Dioramas” — Ongoing
CHAPMAN FRIEDMAN GALLERY DOWNTOWN
• Exhibits of local and national artists — Ongoing
CHAPMAN FRIEDMAN GALLERY HIGHLANDS
• Exhibits of local and national artists — Ongoing
CHEZ MOI GALLERY
• Mike Nusser — Aug.
• Chad Balster — Sept.
• Dusty June — Oct.
• Linda Kuszynski — Nov.
• Glenn Herre — Dec.
• TBA — Jan.
• TBA — Feb.
• Bart Herre — March
• Toni Price — April
• TBA — May
• TBA — June
• TBA — July
CRANE HOUSE
• “Kempo Kujo: Supporters of Article Nine, the Japanese Peace Constitution” — Through Oct. 7
THE DANDY LION
• TBA — Sept. 17
• TBA — Nov. 19
• TBA — Jan. 21
• TBA — March 24
• TBA — May 26
• TBA — July 28
DAYS ESPRESSO AND COFFEE
• “Cycles: An Exploration of Patterns in My Mind” by Benjamin Cook — Sept.
• “Soul Full” by Susan Seiler — Oct.
• Lauren Ade/Jennifer Anderson — Nov.
• Amanda Church — Dec.
• “Fairy Tales” by Andrew Robertson — Jan.
• Kyle Mahan — Feb.
• Shawna Khalily — March
• Joe Blevins — April
• Terry Burkhead — May
• TBA — June
• TBA — July
• TBA — Aug.
DERBY CITY CHOP SHOP
• Ron Jasin/Madpixel prints — Through Oct.
• Robby Davis — Through Oct.
DEVEN 7 STUDIO
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
DRAGON KING’S DAUGHTER
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
EKSTROM LIBRARY (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
• “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945” — Sept. 19-Nov. 28
• “Peace Postcards” — TBA
E&S GALLERY
• Exhibits by local and national artists — Ongoing
FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
• “Lessons in Likeness: Portraits of The Filson Historical Society” — Through Dec.
• “Steamboating on the Western Waters” — Sept. 1-March
FIREHOUSE GALLERY
• “Totem Diaries” by Teri Dryden — Through Aug. 27
• “Geoff Carr and Friends Show” — Sept. 1-30
• Cheryl Chapman and Julius Friedman — Oct. 1-29
• Marilyn Whitesell and Donna Stallard — Nov. 1-26
• Carolyn Courtney and Angela Allen — Dec. 2-31
FLAME RUN GLASS STUDIO AND GALLERY
• “Surface” — Through Sept. 17
• “Odd Couples” — Sept. 26-Nov. 18
• Pumpkin Blow — Oct.
• “Holiday A-Go-Go” — Nov. 21-Dec. 31
• Ornament Blow — Nov.-Dec.
FLO CONTEMPORARY ART JEWELRY STUDIO AND GALLERY
• New works by Julia Comer — Sept. 9-Oct. 15
• Terri Logan New Jewelry — Oct. 21-Nov 15
• Holiday Exhibition — Nov. 26-Jan. 10
FRAZIER HISTORY MUSEUM
• “Visions of Valor” — Through Nov. 6
• “Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy” — Oct. 15-April 7
• “The Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project” — Oct. 15-Jan. 15
• “Nevermore: An Evening with Poe” — Oct.-Nov.
• “Holidays Around the World” — Nov.-Dec.
• “Samurai” — May 12-Sept. 30
GALERIE HERTZ
• “Obsessive Attention to Detail”/20th Anniversary Exhibition — Through Sept. 24
• “From the Streets/International Street Photographers” — Oct. 2-Nov. 12
• Group Exhibition — Nov. 20-Dec. 31
• TBA — Jan.-May
• Ivan Schieferdecker/Louisville Painting Biennial — TBA
GALLERY AT THE BROWN
• “New Equine Paintings by Jaime Corum” — Oct. 21-Dec. 2
• “Recent Works by Bill Fletcher” — June 22-Aug. 3
GALLERY JANJOBE
• Work by gallery artists — Aug. 26-Sept. 24
• Mark Whitley — Sept. 30-Nov. 11
• “Canadians Invade Kentucky”/Photo Biennial — Oct. 5-23
• Work by gallery artists — Oct. 28
• Handmade ornaments show — Nov. 25
GALLERY M (MELLWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER)
• “Through My Viewfinder” by George Barnett — Through Sept. 30
• “Canadians Invade Kentucky”/Photo Biennial — Oct. 1-31
• “The Poetics of Movement” by Andre Foreman — Nov. 1-Jan. 1
THE GALLERY ON PEARL
• Tricia Heiser Wente & David Ross Stevens — Sept. 16-Oct. 21
• “Angels From Many Cultures” by Penny Sisto — Nov. 4-Dec. 16
• “12 x 12 Max” by Floyd County Crit Club — Feb. 3-March 16
• Elmer Lucille Allen & C. Jerry Abraham — April 13-May 25
GALLERY 104
• Perry Lee — Aug.
• Meet the Artist Night — Aug. 27
• David Kent — Sept.
• Meet the Artist Night — Sept. 24
• Ann Stroth — Oct.
• “Harvest Moon” — Oct. 4-Nov. 12
• Meet the Artist Night — Oct. 22
• Karen Barry — Nov.
• “Holiday Artistique” — Nov. 15-Dec. 31
• Amy Welborn — Dec.
• Arts on the Green — June 2-3
GARNER NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY FINE ART
• “Expat” by Angie Reed Garner — Sept. 1-30
• “Investigating the Cries of Crows” by Kim Richardson — Sept. 1-30
• “Canadians Invade Kentucky”/Photo Biennial — Oct. 7-29
• “Airway to Heaven” by Kyle Fokken — Nov. 3-Jan. 7
• Gallery artists — Feb.-Aug.
GEBHARDT-MARSHALL GALLERY
• “Wife Muse Project” — Ongoing
• Bi-monthly rotating painting and photography exhibits — Ongoing
• Rotating installation at Mozz Restaurant — Ongoing
THE GREEN BUILDING GALLERY
• (fer) Studio — Sept. 2-Oct. 21
• “Bowhead Down” by Vadis Turner — Nov. 4-Dec. 16
• TBA — Jan. 6-April 30
• “The Vision of a Generation: Photographs from The Parklands of Floyds Fork, Work by Louisville-based photographers Ted Wathen, Bob Hower, John Nation” — March 2-April 27
• “Awkward x 2: The Derby Show” by Rebecca Norton and Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe — May 3-July 27
HALLWAY A AND B (MELLWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER)
• Go Figure Art Show — Through Oct. 1
• “Canadians Invade Kentucky”/Photo Biennial — Oct. 2-31
HIGHLAND COFFEE
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
HITE ART INSTITUTE (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
Schneider Hall Galleries
• “Bars To Walls: Inmate Art Expressions” — Through Sept. 25
• Dan Funderburgh — Aug. 25-Oct. 1
• “Diana Series” by Anne Arden MacDonald — Sept. 15-Oct. 23
• “Louisville Wrestlers” by Patrick McDonough — Oct. 6-Nov. 13
• “40/40” by Guy Mendes — Oct. 14-Nov. 13
• Fall BFA Thesis Exhibitions — Dec. 1-23
• “Artist/Teacher” by Rudy Pozzatti — Jan. 12-Feb. 19
• “Microcosms” by Tom Lundberg — Feb. 23-March 25
• “Expat in Mexico” by Harold Winslow — Feb. 27-March 25
• Masks of Michoacan — Feb. 27-March 25
• Spring BFA Thesis Exhibitions Group I — April 5-May 15
• Summer 1 Exhibit — May 20-June 25
Cressman Center for the Visual Arts
• Sam Richards — Through Sept. 17
• “Dialogue/Object” by Mitch Eckert — Sept. 30-Oct. 29
• “50 Drawings” by Steven Assael — Nov. 4-Dec. 11
• “2 Generations” by Anne Cooper Dobbins/Stephen Pace — Dec. 16-Jan. 21
• Alysia Fischer — Jan. 27-Feb. 25
• “American Landscapes” by Henk Pander — March 2-April 7
• MA Studio Thesis Exhibition Group II — April 13-May 21
• Summer 1 Exhibit — June 3-July 9
HOWARD STEAMBOAT MUSEUM
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
HUFF GALLERY (SPALDING UNIVERSITY)
• “Vestiges” by Linda Erzinger (with Kentucky School of Art) — Through Oct. 2
• “Separated at Birth: Forty Years of Photography” by Bill Carner and Chris Maynard — Oct. 9-Dec. 11
• “Rooted in the Earth: Textile and Fiber Art by Pat DaRif, Joanne Weis and Valerie White” — Feb. 26-April 8
• Annual Student Exhibition — April 15-May 20
JANE MORGAN STUDIO AND GALLERY
• “Out of the Elements into the Studio” — Through Aug.
• 11 Plein Air Painters — Oct.-Dec.
• New Work by the Plein Air Painters of KY that the Gallery Represents — Jan.-March
• “Along the Ohio River” — April 24-June 9
• Indiana & Kentucky Plein Air Painters Exhibit — June 20-Aug. 10
K.A.S. GALLERY
• “Black and White/Abstract Show” — Through Sept. 6
• Exotic Show (Group) — Sept. 29-Nov. 10
• Charles Shelton, Erotic Show (Solo) — Nov. 24-Jan. 6
• Urban Art Show — Jan. 19-March 15
• Textile Show — March 29-May 10
• Call to Action Show — May 24-July 9
KAVIAR GALLERY
• “Monuments, Benches and Urns: Artistic Visions of the Hereafter” — Through Sept. 17
• Photography Show — Sept. 1-Oct. 29
• “Leather in Kentucky” — Nov. 3-Jan. 7
• “Bi-Annual Nude Show” — March 1-May 26
• “Portrait Expo” — June 1-Sept. 1
KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART AND CRAFT
• “Very Special Arts of Kentucky and Side by Side” — Through Sept. 3
• “100 Art Car Hubcaps” — Through Sept. 10
• “Moving Forward, Circling Back: Celebrating 50 Years of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen” — Through Oct. 22
• “Kentucky Biennial II: KMAC Artist Members’ Show” — Through Oct. 22
• “El Dia de los Muertos” (The Day of the Dead) altars exhibition — Oct. 1-Nov. 6
• “Visions of Lewis and Clark: Kites” — Nov. 5-Jan. 14
• “Holidazzle” — Nov. 5-Jan. 14
• “Redefining Normal: Photography by Paige Greene” — Nov. 25-Jan. 14
• Gold Key Scholastic Awards exhibition — Feb. 3-April 21
• “Into the Mix: Building Culture through Craft” — Feb. 3-April 14
• “Into the Mix: KMAC Artist-in-Residence” — Feb. 3-April 14
• “Kentucky Artist Series 11” — March 2-April 14
• “50 Years of the Studio Glass Movement” — April 28-July 21
KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF ART
• “Vestiges” by Linda Erzinger (with Spalding University) — Through Oct. 2
• Art Sundays with Russel Hulsey — Aug. 28
• Art Sundays with Annie Langan — Oct. 9
• Denise Burge — Oct. 20-21
• Karla Wozniak — Feb.
KOCH AND COMPANY
• “Dixie Alternative Art Show” — Oct. 8
• Christmas Art Festival — Nov. 11-TBA
KRANTZ ART GALLERY (JEFFERSON COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE)
• Communication Arts Student Photography Exhibit — Through Sept. 30
• Fine Art Faculty Show — Oct. 3-Nov. 4
• Fine Art Student Show — Nov. 9-23
• Communication Arts Student Show — Nov. 28-Dec. 9
• Communication Arts Exhibit — Jan. 9-Feb. 3
• Marie-Elena Ottman — Feb. 6-March 2
• Marcia Goldenstein — March 5-April 5
• Fine Art Student Show — April 9-20
• Communication Arts Student Show — April 23-May 4
LAND OF TOMORROW
• C.J. Huang — Sept. 23-Oct. 23
• Kentucky New Music Festival — Oct. 8
• Denise Burge — TBA
• Photo Biennial — Oct. 29
• Slideluck Potshow — Oct. 29
• Les Savvy fav — Nov. 18
• Young Grads show “Themed The Land of Tomorrow, The Commonwealth VA + KY” — Feb.-April
• Country Club — May 1
LIBERTY TATTOO & ART PARLOR
• Paul Harshaw — Through Sept. 24
• Paige Hessel — Sept. 27-Nov. 12
• Third Annual Under $50 Art Show — Nov. 15-Jan. 7
• Mitch Lin — Jan. 10-Feb. 25
LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART ASSOCIATION
• “In the Course of Human Events 9/11-2011” — Aug. 18-Sept. 13
• “Looking Back — A Day of Remembrance” — Sept. 11
• Photo Biennial Exhibition: Caroline Palla and Robb Hill — Oct. 1-28
• Art Auction Preview Party — Nov. 3
• 2011 Art Auction Exhibit — Nov. 12
• “Art in the Dark,” sponsored by Visually Impaired Pre-Schoolers — Jan. 17-Feb. 18
• “Art in the Dark” VIPS Fundraiser Dinner — Feb. 18
• Bourbon Baroque and Squallis Puppeteers — Feb. 23-25
• Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists — March 1-April 7
• Bacon Ball — April 14
• Fourth Annual Buy Local First Fair — May 20
LOUISVILLE VISUAL ARTISTS COLLECTIVE
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
MCGRATH ART GALLERY (BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY)
• Al Gorman and Scott Scarboro — Sept. 16-Oct. 9
• “Bellarmine Photography Invitational: Vanishing Point” — Oct. 14-Nov. 6
• Bellarmine Alumni Show — Nov. 11-Dec. 12
MONKEY WRENCH
• “RED show” — Through Sept. 9
• “Streets of Louisville” by Lucent Dreams Photography — Sept. 9-Oct. 14
• Gonzo Fest — Oct. 14-Dec. 16
• “Dreams” — Dec. 16-Feb. 17
• “More Questions than Answers” by Jeremy Dixon — Feb. 17-March 16
• Group show — March 16-May 18
• Andy Cook — May 18-June 15
• Group show — June 15-Aug. 15
• Solo show — Aug. 15-Oct. 19
MRS. POTTER’S COFFEE LOUNGE AND CAFÉ
• “State Fair Collection” by Sarah Hyland — Through Sept. 4
• “Elementals” by Margaret Morley — Through Sept. 4
• “AquaVenture” by the Kentucky Watercolor Society — Sept. 8-Oct. 30
MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER
• Paintings and drawings by LeRoy Neiman — Ongoing
• “Worth a Thousand Words” by Howard L. Bingham — Ongoing
• Paintings by Simon Bull — Ongoing
NANCY’S BAGEL GROUNDS
• Beth Haendiges — Aug.
• Karen Davis — Sept.
• Renato Ferreira — Oct.
• Gary Pikarsky — Nov.
• Laura Ucan — Dec.
• Callie Borgman — Jan.
• Kevin Oechsli — Feb.
• Will Baines — March
• Donna Chancellor — April
• Amber Estes — May
• Marcy Werner — June
• Mariposa Place — July
• Tiffany Zink — Aug.
O.Z. GALLERY
• Exhibits by local artists — Ongoing
PATIO GALLERY (JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER)
• “Art After Eighty” — Through Sept. 6
• Collage Artists — Sept. 11-Oct. 18
• John Whitesell — Oct. 23-Nov. 29
• Mazin Exhibition — Dec. 4-Jan. 19
PAUL PALETTI GALLERY
• “Steve Sherman: A Landscape Seen” — Through Aug. 31
• Bill Burke — Sept.-Nov.
• Steve McCurry — Dec.-Feb.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES GALLERY (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
• “Photographs from Two Centuries of Black Louisville, A Photographic History by Mervin Aubespin, Kenneth Clay and J. Blaine Hudson” — Through Sept. 9
• “Steel: Mid-century Photographs of Pittsburgh from the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Collection with Contemporary Photographs by Sue Wrbican” — Oct. 10-Jan. 13
• “75th Anniversary of the 1937 Flood Exhibit” — Jan. 26-March 9
• “All Over the Map, photographs by Steve Plattner” — March-Aug.
• “Open Walls, an exhibit of U of L staff and faculty art” — Aug.
• “What I’ve Seen and Liked in the Last 34 Years, The Photo Wrangler Retires” — TBA
PIGMENT GALLERY (MELLWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER)
• “Generation” — Through Aug. 26
• “Canadians Invade Kentucky”/Photo Biennial — Oct. 2-31
PROOF ON MAIN
• “A Sudden Gust of Wind” by Serkan Ozkaya — Through March
• “Creatures from the Collection” — Through April
• “Seducers Series” by E.V. Day — Through April
PYRO GALLERY
• “Oasis” by Corie Neumayer & Susan Moffett — Through Aug. 28
• Laura Eklund & Bob Lockhart — Sept. 1-Oct. 16
• C.J. Pressma — Oct. 20-Nov. 27
• Mary Dennis Kannapel — Dec. 1-Jan. 15
• Bob Lockhart — Jan. 19-Feb. 27
• “New Members Show” — March 1-April 8
• Christopher Mozier — April 12-May 20
• “PYRO Painters Show” — May 24-July 1
• Debra Lott — July 5-Aug. 19
• Bette Levy — Aug. 23-Sept. 30
QUILLS COFFEEHOUSE
• Justin Vorel — Aug.
• Ty Kreft and Amanda Bishop — Sept.
• Michael & Mickie Winters — Dec.
RARE BOOKS GALLERY (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE)
• “Comics! The Ardi and Dick Wilson Comics Collection” — Through Oct. 7
REVELRY BOUTIQUE-GALLERY
• First Anniversary Exhibit featuring Bob Lockhart and Mike Maydak — Through Sept. 20
• “Alternative Processes” by Narrissa Sparkman — Sept. 10-Oct. 22
• James Russell May & Linda Erzinger — Sept. 24-Nov. 14
• Alex Kennedy & Staci McKnight Maney — Nov. 19-Jan. 9
• Cricket Press — Jan. 14-Feb. 8
• “Holy Moly” by Tad Desanto — Feb. 11-March 15
SALVO COLLECTIVE
• “The Bedroom Show” — Oct. 1-Dec. 31
SPEED ART MUSEUM
• “Kentucky Antiques from the Noe Collection: A Gift to the Commonwealth” — Through Feb. 5
• “Unveiling the New Speed: A Model of the Future” — Through March 11
• “Willie Doherty: Videos and Photographs” — Oct. 14-Jan. 1
• “Howard Hodgkin Prints and Process” — Oct. 23-Feb. 23
• “Minimalism: Now/Then/Again” — Oct. 23-Jan. 15
• “Renoir to Chagall: The Allure of Color” — Feb. 3-May 6
SPOT5 GALLERY
• “I’m from Kentucky” by Laurie Blayney — Sept. 26-Nov. 4
• “Haunted HeadQuarters III” — Oct. 7-31
• Annual Student Show — Nov. 11-Dec. 2
• $20 Art Show — Dec. 10
• “Distractions/Abstractions” — Jan. 7-Feb. 24
STUDIOWORKS
• Belknap Festival at the Douglas Loop — Oct. 7-8
• “Awful Revolting Terrible Halloween Celebration” at the Weber Gallery — Oct. 7-Nov. 18
• StudioWorks Show and Christmas Sale — Dec. 3
SUNERGOS COFFEE (BEECHMONT)
• Sarah Davis — Aug.
• Zombie Gurl Paintings — Sept.
• Jeff Gaither — Oct.
• Scott Scarboro — Nov.
• Suki Anderson — Dec.
• Lyndi Curtis — Jan.
• Suzanne Edds — Feb.
• Melody Dennison — March
• Matt Goodlett — April
• Shalan Darragh — May
• Mike Gutterman — June
• Tiffany Zink — July
SUNERGOS COFFEE (GERMANTOWN)
• Zombie Gurl Paintings — Aug.
• Jeff Gaither — Sept.
• Scott Scarboro — Oct.
• Suki Anderson — Nov.
• Lyndi Curtis — Dec.
• Suzanne Edds — Jan.
• Melody Dennison — Feb.
• Matt Goodlett — March
• Shalan Darragh — April
• Mike Gutterman — May
• Tiffany Zink — June
SWANSON CONTEMPORARY
• “Note to Self” by Rodney Hatfield aka Art Snake — Sept. 1-Oct. 8
• Leslie Lyons/Photo Biennial — Oct. 14-Nov. 12
• Barbara Crawford/Photo Biennial — Nov. 18-Dec. 24
• TBA — Jan. 6-Feb. 11
• Carlos Gamez de Francisco — Feb. 17-March 31
• Laurie Doctor — April 6-May 12
TIM FAULKNER GALLERY
• David O. Schuster, Rachel Meuler and Ezra Kellerman — Through Aug. 31
• Heather Hunter, Steve Squall and Tom Halbleib — Sept. 2-30
• Tim Faulkner and Margaret Archambault Spivey — Oct. 7-31
• Jen Goodell, Eric Phagan and Patrick White — Nov. 4-30
• Group Show — Dec. 2-30
ULTRA POP
• Justin Kamerer — Oct. 1
• Ron Jasin and Mary Yates — Nov. 5
• Frank Peak — Dec. 3
• Valentine’s XXX Art Show — Feb. 12
WAYSIDE EXPRESSIONS GALLERY
• Tom Boykin — Sept. 2-18
• “Water, Wheels and Windows” by DiGiovanni/Cook/Modica (Photo Biennial) — Oct. 7-16
• Mary Jane Allen — Nov. 4-20
• Re-Entry Art Committee — Dec. 2-18
• TBA — Jan. 6-15
• Aukram Burton — Feb. 3-19
• C. Jerry Abraham — March 2-18
• Ernestine Hall — April 6-15
• Linda J. Nelson — May 4-20
• Louisville Visual Arts Festival/ Louisville Painting Biennial — June 1-17
• Joyce Howell Young — July 6-15
• Betty Meadows — Aug. 3-19
WEBER GALLERY
• St. James Court Art Show Scholarship Competition — Sept. 20-30
• “The Awful Revolting Terrible Halloween Celebration” — Oct. 7-Nov. 18
• “Color Immersion” — June
YEW DELL BOTANICAL GARDENS
• “Barkitecture” — Sept.-Oct.
• Yew Dell’s 5th Annual Sculpture Show — June-July
ZEPHYR GALLERY
• “Near and Far” by Lynn Dunbar/Matt Meers — Through Sept. 24
• “Multiples” by Wendi Smith/Brenda Wirth — Sept. 30-Nov. 12
• “Everyone Loves a History” by Ken Hayden/J.S. Adams — Nov. 18-Dec. 31
• “Auto Biographies” by Joel MacDonald/Sarah Lyon — Jan. 6-Feb. 11
• Robert Mitchell/Michael O’Bannon — Feb. 17-March 23
• Sharon Wes/Deborah Thomas — March 30-May 12
• Michael Ratterman/John King — May 18-June 23
• “Pressure” curated by Jesse Levesque — June 29-Aug. 10
• Reba Rye/Stephen Driver — Aug. 17-Sept. 29
••SPECIAL EVENTS
CARNEGIE CENTER FOR ART & HISTORY
• Annual “A Taste for Art and History” Fundraiser — Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m.
CRANE HOUSE
All events at Crane House unless noted.
• “Kempo Kujo: Supporters of Article Nine, the Japanese Peace Constitution” — Through Oct. 7
• “Calligraphy Style 101” — Sept. 7, 6 p.m., Louisville Public Library Downtown
• “Cardiovascular Healthcare Issues in China and Vietnam: Lessons for the U.S.” — Sept. 15, 4 p.m., U of L Translational Conference Building
• “The Xinjiang Mummies of China: Trials, Travels and Tribulations” — Oct. 18, 6 p.m.
• “African Kings in India” — Nov. 15, 6 p.m.
derby city film festival
• Feb. 17-19, Clifton Center
FALLS OF THE OHIO INTERPRETIVE CENTER
• Archaeology Day — Sept. 3
• Falls Fossil Festival — Sept. 17-18
• Earth Day — May 12
• Free Fishing Weekend — June 2
GLASSWORKS
• Glassblowing/Flameworking workshops — Ongoing
• Rooftop Concert Series — Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, Oct. 14
• Neo Soul Jazz Saturdays — Every Saturday, 8 p.m.
• 10-Year Anniversary Celebration Week — Oct. 10-15
IDEA FESTIVAL
• Sept. 21-24, Kentucky Center
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
• “Grace Surpasses” (movie) — Sept. 16, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• IdeaFestival All Access Pass — Sept. 21-24, 10 a.m.
• Cesar Millan — Sept. 23, 8 p.m., Whitney Hall
• Maz Jobrani — Sept. 24, 8 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• Roseanne Cash — Sept. 26, 6 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• MANHA Short Film Festival — Sept. 27, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., KentuckyShow! Theater
• Trailer Park Boys — Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee — Oct. 13, 6 p.m., Bomhard Theater
• National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China — Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Shaquille O’Neal Presents All Star Comedy Jam — Oct. 29, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Brian Regan — Nov. 3, 8 p.m., Brown Theatre
• Sesame Street Live — March 30-April 1
KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM
• Churchill Downs/Backside Tours — Ongoing
• It’s My Derby: Conversation and Live Auction — Nov. 2
KENTUCKY GUILD OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN
• Fall Fair — Oct. 8-9, Indian Fort Theatre, Berea
Louisville’s International Festival of Film
• Oct. 6-9
LOUISVILLE PALACE
• Evening w/ Buddy Valastro: The Cake Boss — Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
LOUISVILLE SCIENCE CENTER
Permanent Exhibits
• “The World Around Us”
• “The World We Create”
• “The World Within Us”
• “KidZone”
Temporary Exhibits
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition — Through Sept. 18
• Hats! Reflections in Time — through May 2012
IMAX Films
• “Roar”
• “Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West”
• “Sharks”
• “Animalopolis”
LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART ASSOCIATION
• “In the Course of Human Events 9/11-2011” — through Sept. 13
• “Looking Back — A Day of Remembrance” — Sept. 11, 1-6 p.m.
• Food for Thought Luncheon & Lecture Series — Second Tuesday of Each Month, 12-1:30 p.m.
• “Photo Biennial Exhibition, Caroline Palla & Robb Hill” — Oct. 1-28
• Art Auction Preview Party — Nov. 3, 5-7 p.m.
• “2011 Art Auction Exhibit” — Nov. 12, 6-10 p.m.
• “Art in the Dark (Sponsored by VIPS)” — Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m.
• Art in the Dark VIPS Fundraiser Dinner — Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m.
• Bourbon Baroque and Squallis Puppeteers — Feb. 23-25
• Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists, LAFTA Members Exhibit — March 1-April 7
• Bacon Ball — April 14, 6-10 p.m.
• Fourth Annual Buy Local First Fair — May 20, 1-5 p.m.
MELLWOOD ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
• September Art Fair — Sept. 10-11
ST. JAMES COURT ART SHOW
• Sept. 30-Oct. 2
ST. JAMES UN-FAIR
• Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Magnolia Bar & Grill, 1398 S. Second St.
COMPILED BY JENNIFER HARLAN, SARA HAVENS, BRANDI TERRY & JO ANNE TRIPLETT
This article appears in August 23, 2011.