A comprehensive guide to the upcoming season of visual and performing art events

Aug 12, 2015 at 3:33 pm
A comprehensive guide to the upcoming season of visual and performing art events

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