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Summer author dinner: Paul Virant at the Brown Hotel Taste the latest food revolution from Michelin-starred chef Paul Virant. In celebration of his new cookbook, The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-doux, the Chicago restaurateur will bring new life to traditional canning techniques in a sophisticated, seasonal meal in the renowned English Grill. Virant will join The Brown Hotel’s executive chef Laurent Géroli for this one-night-only dining event. Guests can meet the chef and cookbook author at an opening reception at 7 p.m. and a four-course meal with paired wines will follow. Carmichael’s Booksellers will be on hand to sell copies of The Preservation Kitchen, which chef Virant can personalize. Aug. 9, 7 p.m. Louisville Bats host the Toledo Mud Hens at Louisville Slugger Field Come support the hometown team! Aug. 9, 7:05 p.m. Kris Kristofferson at Iroquois Amphitheater Kris Kristofferson is most notably known for his success as a country songwriter in the early 1970s. His numerous hit songs such as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” and “For The Good Times” were all chart toppers. His personal and serious songwriting helped redefine country music, much the way Bob Dylan did in the mid 1960s. By the late 1980s it was estimated that nearly 450 artists had recorded Kristofferson’s work. Kris has continued to tour extensively and released his latest album Closer to the Bone in 2009. Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m.
Big Screen Olympic Coverage at the Muhammad Ali Center Live Olympic coverage will be shown in the Center’s auditorium on a large viewing screen. Visitors are free to bring in a brown bag lunch with them. Entrance into the viewing area is complimentary, but guests can pay to see the Center’s exhibits at the admissions desk if they choose to do so. Through Aug. 10 Distillers and the 18th Amendment at the Filson Historical Society The people in the distilling industry had many arguments as to why prohibition was a bad idea. The problem was that they did not do a good job getting their message to the public. This talk will focus on the arguments against prohibition made by the distillers and then their arguments for the repeal of prohibition. Aug. 10, 12 p.m. Opening reception for Painted Portraits: City/Self at the Carnegie Center Enjoy refreshments and music by the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet at the opening reception for this exhibit, which features paintings by four local artists: Ashley Brossart, Carlos Gamez de Francisco, Sarah LaBarge and Thaniel Ion Lee. The artworks of these four painters give us the opportunity to experience and compare their unique approaches to portraiture and to view ourselves and the cities within which we live in a new light. Museum hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Aug. 10, 6 p.m.
Va Va Vittles at Headliners Check out the Va Va Vittles with the Va Va Vixens at Headliners. Aug. 9-11 St. Joseph Orphan's Picnic Join us and 50,000 or so of our friends and neighbors for a fun-filled day of games, food, and community spirit that is the largest annual fundraiser to support the kids of St. Joe's. For a preview of the picnic and somewhat smaller crowd, come out the night before for Friday Night Live and enjoy music, adult-games, and selected booths. Friday Night Live hours: 5-10 p.m. Aug. 11, 12 p.m.-midnight Brandi Carlile at Iroquois Amphitheater Read our interview with the singer/songwriter here. Aug. 11, 8 p.m.
Ballparks: From Classic Cathedrals to Concrete Donuts Exhibition at Louisville Slugger Museum Experience the Ballparks of America, past and present, through Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory's Summer exhibit Ballparks: From Classic Cathedrals to Concrete Donuts. The exhibit features the works of renowned photographer and sports enthusiast Jim Dow capturing the mystique and romance of our National Pastime’s playing fields. In a fashion unique to Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, the stunning stadium portraits are teamed with rare artifacts from the featured ballparks and the players who made history there. Several items featured in the exhibit are from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, marking the first time the museum has displayed items from Cooperstown. Through Aug. 12 Going for the Gold: Selections from the Kebric Olympic Collection at the Speed Art Museum Coinciding with the 2012 summer Olympics, this exhibition features 27 Olympic torches and posters from the collection of Dr. Robert Kebric, senior professor of Ancient Greek and Roman History and the Olympic Games at the University of Louisville. Representing nearly a century of Olympic games—from the 1920 games in Antwerp, Belgium, to this summer’s 30th Olympiad in London, England—these torches and posters feature unique designs and imagery intended to promote not only the sporting event, but the also the host cities themselves. This exhibition traces the evolution and significance of the designs utilized for Olympic torches and posters, from the propagandistic undertones of the poster created for the 1936 Berlin games to the ancient Greek origins of the games referenced in the torch designed for the 1996 games in Atlanta. Through Aug. 26 Jackson Browne at the Kentucky Center On his Summer 2012 Acoustic Tour, Browne will perform songs from his entire body of work, with varying set lists each night. Singer-songwriter and fiddle player Sara Watkins, a founding member of the Grammy-winning trio Nickel Creek, will open each show and also perform with Jackson during his set. Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m. Kentucky Center- Whitney Hall 501 W. Main St. 502-562-0100 $44.50 | ||||||||||
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