This weekend's lineup in Louisville will thwart the evil forces of gentrification once again. (And check out Abbey Road on the River, Kentucky Reggae Festival highlight Louisville's May festivals [4] for details about Forest Fest and the Kentucky Women's Book Festival.)
I Am My Own Wife
May 14-23, 7:30 p.m., May 16, 2 p.m.
Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and based on a true story, this play [5] tells the story of a German transvestite who survived both the Nazis and East Germany's communist government. Former Courier-Journal theater critic Roger Fristoe stars in Pandora Productions' one-man show. (Or is it one-woman show? Kind of-man, kind of-woman? I'm confused, but I guess I'm not the only one.) Tickets are $15.
Bike to Work Day
May 15
Between your home and your office
Full disclosure: I drive my lazy butt the one mile to Day's Espresso [6] where I work out of most mornings rather than ride my nifty bike. But hopefully this day will encourage me--and you--to burn calories rather than fuel. Visit the Bike to Work Day 2009 Web site [7] for details on meet and ride locations as well as bike routes.
Liberty Tattoo & Art Parlor Opening
May 16, 7 p.m.
2801 S. Third St.
I've never been inside a tattoo parlor (I got all my ink in prison), but I like Louisville having an abundance of them -- they serve as outposts, keeping a watchful eye on the ever-present threat of gentrification. Liberty Tattoo & Art Parlor's [8] opening (free) will allow you to buy art for yourself or your home. And if you choose the former, it doesn't have to be permanent either; the store also sells clothing with original screen-printed designs.
(Via LEO Weekly [9]
Alien: The Director's Cut
May 16, 11:55 p.m.
Baxter Avenue Theaters
1250 Bardstown Road
Sci-fi action has returned to theaters with Star Trek and X-Men Origins. But if you want to go old school, or show those kids how Hollywood used to do the genre, check out Midnights at the Baxter [10]'s showing of Alien: The Director's Cut Saturday night. Tickets are $8.50.
(Via Consuming Louisville [11])
Butchertown Art Fair
May 17, 11 a.m.
Butchetown
My sentiments about them not withstanding [12], a lot of you folks seem to dig art fairs (which probably explains why it seems there's one in Louisville every weekend). The Butchertown Art Fair [13], held with the Butchertown Home and Garden Tour [2], will include the usual array of booths featuring crafts, jewels, sculptures, paintings, wind chimes, junk and art.
(Photo: Flickr/Vee Dub [14])