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Portland Festival Start: 06/04/2010 - 5:00 pm End: 06/05/2010 - 1:00 pm Location: Portland Neighborood, Louisville KY Address: Portland Avenue from around 33rd Street to
39th Street City: Louisville State: Kentucky Phone: Price: Description: The Portland Festival (also knows as
the Portland Family Reunion) is a yearly festival in the Portland
neighborhood. Not only is it a celebration of our often-overlooked
neighborhood and a chance for families to reconnect, it's also a
fundraiser for various neighborhood charities.
In 2009 we raised over $6000 for neighborhood projects, including
charities which make sure our neighborhood children have a good
Christmas. In 2010 the festival is Friday June 4th, 2010 and Saturday
June 5th, 2010. Desserts! Desserts! Start: 06/04/2010 - 11:00 am End: 06/04/2010 - 3:00 pm (Yearly) Location: Cathedral of the Assumption - Undercroft Address: 433 S Fifth St City: Louisville State: KY Phone: (502) 582-2971 Price: TBD Description: The AIDS Ministry Awareness Committee with
The Cathedral of the Assumption will host its annual
Desserts! Desserts! Festival. Desserts are donated by many of
Louisville and Southern Indiana's finest restaurants. Homemade soup
will also be served.
Desserts! Desserts! is a fundraiser for the House of Ruth, a social
service agency in Louisville for those infected and affected by
HIV/AIDS. Mark your calendars: the 2010 Desserts Festival will be held
on Friday, June 4th from 11am-3pm in the Cathedral Undercroft. Flame Run Presents Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott Glass Art Exhibit Start: 06/04/2010 - 10:00 am End: 07/30/2010 - 4:00 pm (Weekly) Location: Flame Run Gallery Address: 828 E. Market Street City: Louisville State: KY Phone: 502-584-5353 Price: free Description: Flame Run Glass Studio and Gallery will
celebrate the work of Ben Edols and Kathy Elliott, the Australian couple
whose reclining leaf series and other signature blown and cold-worked
collaborations have won international acclaim. The exhibit opens June 4
and runs through July 30. An opening night reception begins at 5 p.m.
The couple’s most recent work focuses on botanica: leaves, pods,
buds, and seeds. Edols spends most of his time blowing glass using
Italian techniques he learned from Lino Tagliapietra, the Italian
maestro, and Elliott specializes in cold working techniques. Their work
has been exhibited in the U.S., Australia, Japan, Germany, England and
Italy. They live in Sydney, Australia.
The exhibit will open the week before Ingenious Possibilities,
the Glass Art Society’s 40th annual conference in Louisville from June
10 through 12, which features more than 50 glass art exhibits at venues
across the city.
“Having the Glass Art Society’s (GAS) annual conference in
Louisville gave us a chance to exhibit Ben and Kathy’s very striking
collaborations,” said Flame Run owner Brook White, a conference
co-chair.
Edols is doing a demonstration during the GAS conference and a
post-GAS conference workshop at Flame Run. The workshop opens at 9 a.m.
on Monday, June 14, and ends Friday, June 18.
Breaking Symmetry with Slate Grove Start: 06/05/2010 - 9:00 am End: 06/09/2010 - 9:00 pm Location: Louisville Glassworks Address: 815 W. Market Street City: Louisville State: Kentucky Phone: 502-992-3270 Price: Call for information on pricing Description: This class is intended for those with
some experience blowing glass to break out of the functional mode and
start seeing glass in 3 Dimensions. This class will deal with everything
from closed forms and blow punties to inside sculpting with oxy/propane
torches. Issues of heating, turning, carrying more glass and preparing
the proper shaped bubble for the final outcome will be constant
conversation throughout the class. A love for experimentation and some
glass experience required. Instructor Bio: Slate Grove received his BFA
from the Cleveland Institute of Art and has taught at Snow Farm: The New
England Craft Program, Williamsburg, Mass., 160 Glass, Brooklyn, NY and
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY as well as having been a visiting artist at
Rochester Institute of Technology and Iowa State University. Slate has
exhibited work in Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
New York, NY; Cleveland, OH; and Louisville, KY and is currently the
Glass Studio Coordinator at Penland School of Crafts. Crescent Hill Garden Tours Start: 06/05/2010 - 9:00 am End: 06/05/2010 - 5:00 pm Location: Address: 205 South Peterson Avenue City: Louisville State: Kentucky Phone: 502-899-1899 Price: $10 Description: The Crescent Hill Garden Club is very
excited to offer this year a garden tour that reflects the diversity of
our wonderful neighborhood.
We have many variations of the cottage garden style on offer. Of the 13
gardens on view, 11 are new to the tour while two are perennial
favorites.
*Garden Tour PASSPORT Admission to 3 Louisville Garden Tours for one
discount price of $27 (a $35 value if purchased separately)
*Garden tours are Rain or Shine Bottles & Bourbon: Then and Now Start: 06/05/2010 - 9:00 am End: 07/17/2010 - 5:00 pm Location: Frazier International History Museum Address: 829 W. Main Street City: Louisville State: KY Phone: 502-753-5663 Price: Description: For over 100 years, glass has been the
choice material to bottle spirits. The ability of glass to provide an
uncontaminated environment is obviously important in protecting the
precious liquor, but its transparency also reveals the liquor's
character. This exhibition is part of the Glass Art Society Conference
(June 10-12). 
Meet and Greet Pablo from Nickelodeon’s The Backyardigans at
Louisville Zoo Start: 06/06/2010 - 12:00 pm End: 06/06/2010 - 4:00 pm Location: Louisville Zoo Address: City: State: Phone: 502-459-2181 Price: Free with Zoo admission Description: Special guest Pablo from the popular
children’s show The Backyardigans will be hosting a special meet and
greet opportunity in the Zoo Vision building. Be sure to bring your
cameras!
Pablo is an imaginative, frenetic little penguin who’s a bit tightly
wound. Pablo thinks, speaks, acts, and reacts quickly – but by no means
is he a birdbrain. He’s always ready to help his backyard playmates as
they explore the High Seas, the Frozen North, or the Wild West. He may
not be the most agile or graceful of the friends, but he’s enthusiastic
and determined. He’s one penguin who loves to play.
The Film Food, Inc - The Farmers' Market Start: 06/06/2010 - 6:00 pm End: 06/10/2010 - 8:30 pm Location: Beargrass Christian Church Address: 4100 Shelbyville Road City: Louisville State: Kentucky Phone: 502-718-2892 Price: Free Description: To learn more about the importance of
Farmers’ Markets, plan to view the film Food, Inc. in partnership with
the Community Farm Alliance’s participation in the Ingredients for
Change Campaign, a nationwide initiative to address America’s alarming
rates of obesity and other major health problems directly linked to our
country’s food system. The Ingredients for Change Campaign is a
collaboration of Active Voice and Participant Media. A discussion will
follow the showing of clips from the movie. This event will be offered
for adults and youth. Online registration is available at www.beargrass.org.
Leave No Trace Overnight Awareness Workshop Start: 06/05/2010 - 1:00 pm End: 06/06/2010 - 11:00 am Location: Jefferson Memorial Forest Address: 11311 Mitchell Hill Road City: Fairdale State: KY Phone: 502-475-7445 Price: $60/person Description: Leave No Trace is a national and
international program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with their
decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they recreate outdoors.
Green Earth Outdoors, an affiliated partner and approved training
provider for the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics has partnered
with the Forest for this workshop. Participants will receive
introductory training in the skills and ethics of Leave No Trace and the
opportunity to practice them on an overnight camping trip. Workshop
topics include the underlying ethics and seven principles of Leave No
Trace:
Plan Ahead and Prepare
Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
Dispose of Waste Properly
Leave What You Find
Minimize Campfire Impacts
Respect Wildlife
Be Considerate of Other Visitors
Cost covers food, group equipment, camp fees, course equipment, and
includes handouts, a Leave No Trace patch and sticker and an Awareness
Workshop certificate. Program meets in the Horine Reservation.
Pre-registration required.
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