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Gallagher at Comedy Caravan Politically astute, socially conscious and totally outrageous, these shows will sell out quickly so order your tickets today. Safe Zone seating is available for the squeamish. Take cover and watch as Gallagher smashes things on stage and performs stand-up. It's sure to have you laughing. Visit comedycaravan.com for show times. Through Feb. 12 Drive By Truckers at Headliners Far more than on any of the Drive-By Truckers’ previous albums, Go-Go Boots rises like smoke from the old Muscle Shoals country-and-soul sound. Having recorded with Bettye LaVette and Booker T. Jones, and having spent a lifetime listening to classic soul albums by Bobby Womack, Tony Joe White and especially Eddie Hinton, it was inevitable that the Truckers eventually produce this album. We knew they were pin-your-ears-back rock and roll. But here in Go-Go Boots, the Truckers are country, and here, too, the Truckers are soul and rhythm and blues. It looks funny, on paper—the words country/soul mashed up like that—but maybe in the end it comes down to this one shared ethos: the harder life gets, the more it calls for art, for music, for beauty—for the slow celebration of loss or pain that is mournfully, beautifully defiant. Feb 9., 8 p.m. Demetri Martin at The Improv You've seen him on Comedy Central and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart—now Martin is in Louisville for one night only. Feb. 9, 8 p.m.
Ben Sollee and Justin Lewis at Bellarmine University Ben Sollee wants you to experience all the beauty and banality that life has to offer. It’s a serious request, and his enthusiasm is genuine. Armed with a cello, Sollee is canvassing the country, sometimes by bicycle, imploring folks to rediscover the connections between music, art, film, dance, their community, and personal relationships. This is an alcohol-free event. Download a free song from Ben Sollee at BenSollee.com. Feb. 10, 7 p.m. Robert Cray at Horseshoe Casino Robert Cray’s This Time—the first studio album on singer-songwriter-guitarist Cray’s own imprint Nozzle Records, distributed by Vanguard Records—arrives at a vital juncture in the musician’s career, marked by creative renewal and a key reunion with an old performing partner. Feb 10, 7:30 p.m. Rob Schneider at The Improv Emmy-nomiated actor Rob Schneider takes center stage at The Improv. You know him from his days on SNL, the Deuce Bigalow movies, The Hot Chick, and many of Adam Sandler's productions. Through Feb. 12
Second Annual Chocopalooza at Comfy Cows Just in time for Valentine’s Day and for all of those chocoholics out there, The Comfy Cow is joining Cellar Door Chocolates in hosting the Second Annual CHOCOpalooza to benefit Make-A-Wish and Boy’s and Girl’s Haven. There will be 11 different and udderly unique chocolate ice creams for your sampling pleasure as well as a variety of Cellar Door’s amazing Chocolate Truffles, fudge, peanut butter cups, and the like. Interactive chocolate stations will be positioned throughout the store, such as a chocolate crepe station, a make your own chocolate cotton candy station, and a dip your own chocolate covered banana station. There will be live music, magic acts, face painting, and door prizes. Feb. 11, 6–10 p.m. The Vagina Monologues The performance is part of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works. Last year, UofL was one of more than 5,800 sites worldwide to host V-Day events. Each year, V-Day selects a spotlight campaign to benefit. For the second year, a portion of funds raised at each V-Day event worldwide will go to support women and girls in Haiti as the nation continues to recover from a 2010 earthquake. The money will support domestic and sexual violence shelters and services in the country. This year’s cast includes students, faculty, staff and community members. Through Feb. 11 Thomas Edison's 165th birthday celebration Thomas Edison turns 165 next month and Louisville is throwing a birthday party for the celebrated inventor and scientist. The historic Thomas Edison House in Butchertown will host a day-long birthday party that includes a cake shaped like a light bulb. Edison came to Louisville in 1866, at age of 19, to work as a telegraph key operator, landing a job with Western Union located at Second and West Main Street, about eight blocks from his small brick Butchertown home that now is a museum in his honor. Feb. 11, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Shrine Circus at Broadbent Arena The Shrine Circus is a circus founded in the United States in 1906. It travels to roughly 120 cities per year in the United States and a separate unit travels to about 40 in Canada. It is affiliated with the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a.k.a. the Shriners. Through Feb. 12 Jewish Film Festival The 14th Annual Louisville Jewish Film Festival strives to show the richness and diversity of the Jewish experience by presenting the best contemporary international films. Through feature films, shorts, documentaries and student films, as well as conversations with guest speakers, the festival explores Jewish identity with the hope of increasing tolerance and educating its audiences. Some of the films we have shown have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards and remade into Hollywood films. Many of them have received Israel’s highest awards for films. Since our beginning more than 100 outstanding films have been shown at a variety of venues accompanied by exciting speakers and receptions. Through Feb. 25 Nellie McKay 'I Want to Live!' at the Kentucky Center NYC singer/songwriter/actress Nellie McKay brings her latest project, I Want to Live! to Louisville. The New York Times calls I Want to Live! the “brilliant, zany, film-noir musical biography” of convicted murderess Barbara Graham, the third woman to die in the gas chamber at San Quentin. Praising McKay’s “virtually unlimited gifts as a singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, ukulele player, mimic, satirist and comedian,” Nellie McKay has opened for Lou Reed at Carnegie Hall, sung Woody Allen movie songs at the Hollywood Bowl, performed on A Prairie Home Companion, duetted with Eartha Kitt and Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, done Brecht on Broadway, played Hilary Swank’s sister on the big screen, and released five wildly acclaimed albums of original music. Her music is as tuneful and clever as the best of the Great American Songbook – part cabaret, part sparkly pop. But beneath the charming melodic surface are a wit that cuts and a sharply tuned social conscience. Feb. 12, 7 p.m. | ||||||||||
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