Andrew Bird, an eclectic musical virtuoso who has been dominating the indie circuit for years, will perform at the Forecastle Festival this Saturday, Friday 14, at 7:30 p.m. on the Mast Stage.

Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells are set to land at Forecastle's Mast Stage on Friday, July 13, at 9:10 p.m. Whether or not the festival will survive their gigantic sound, earth-splitting guitar riffs, and boot-stomping electrobeats remains to be seen.

Forecastle newbies Beach House will be performing Friday, July 13, at 8:15 on the Boom Stage.

A swollen tendon has forced I'll Have Another to retire from horse racing for good at a time when the industry desperately needed his now halted Triple Crown run.

Triple Crown hopeful will be scratched from the Belmont Stakes due to a burgeoning tendon injury and may even be headed for retirement.

Eric Carle, creator of beloved children's books for nearly half a century, is celebrating his 83rd birthday this month. The Louisville Visual Art Association and the Louisville Free Public Library are teaming up for the June 'Art Buffet' to honor his life and achievements in children's literature, and the whole family is invited to join the party.

The "bourbon boom" has prompted the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau to expand the Urban Bourbon Trail to twenty new restaurants in the area.

Lamb Chop and pal Mallory will be in Louisville all weekend to celebrate Memorial Day with the Kosair Children's Hospital, Home of the Innocents, and supporters of the BentStar Project, and you're invited to join them.

Historic Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville is getting the make-over of a lifetime, and one of its first and biggest attractions will be the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, slated to open in the fall of 2013.

Young baseball and softball fans of all skill levels are invited to join the official Cincinnati Reds summer camp, which will offer professional instruction and a full week of team- and friendship-building for the first time in Louisville this June.