Block Printing Class at Locust Grove Saturday March 6, 2010

While I don’t have much interest in wallpaper I have a great (and growing) interest in various printing techniques. So I think this day long workshop sounds pretty cool.
Virginia Tucker, owner of the Virginia Floor Cloth Company in Louisville will show the class how to create block prints on paper, Saturday, March 6th from 10:00 [...]

Thanksgiving Cooking Class at The Brown Hotel

I want to take this class but since B goes to visit her family for Thanksgiving and even if I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner it would be vegetarian so $75 is probably too steep for me to justify going but boy does it sound like a fun class. And I’m my knife and other basic [...]

Home Buying Class May 26 Way, Way Out in Pewee Valley

I got an email from local real estate guy Scott Hack asking if I’d tell you all about the Home Buying Academy he’s participating in. This is certainly not my area of expertise so I’m just going to share his email with you that has all the scoop:
I’m holding a Home Buying Seminar on May [...]

Sealing the Deal: Contract Language as Your First Line of Defense

While this event is targeted at graphic designers the information is probably applicable to writers, programmers and other creative types during their own hustle. 1UP to LGDA for hosting an affordable event giving good information on the topic of protecting yourself as a creative independent worker.
The Louisville Graphic Design Association (LGDA) will host “Sealing [...]

Another Appearance by a Super Smart Person at UofL

This time the area is beyond my comprehension is “Pursuit of Hyperquantum
Chemistry via Slow Molecules and Swift Lasers.”
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dudley Herschbach, noted as an advocate
for science education, will speak at the University of Louisville May
4-5.
Herschbach is the Frank Baird professor of science at Harvard
University, where he has taught since 1963, and also a physics
professor [...]

Patents and Trademark Workshop Saturday April 4, 2009

I’ve  got no ideas or inventions needing patents or trademarks but you’re smarter than I am so you might. If so this free workshop at the library might be just the ticket for  you.
For the independent inventor/entrepreneur, this class is an
introduction to intellectual property law, concentrating on searching
for patents and trademarks on both the web [...]

Self Described “Dr. Quinn, Mathematics Woman” to Discuss “Fibonacci Fascination”

I’m pretty sure there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who are excited by the title of this post and the rest of us who don’t even understand it. Fibonacci? Um? Bueller?

The Fibonacci number sequence has intrigued scholars for centuries as it occurs in art, nature, music and magic. A professor [...]

World Affairs Council Events and Special Ticket Pacakge

I wrote about tomorrow night’s Eugene Robinson event earlier in the month but I wanted to remind you about it because the World Afairs Council is now offering a 3 event ticket package. For $35 you can attend the aforementioned Eugene Robinson event tomorrow February 25, see CNN International Economic Correspondent Susan Lisovicz on March [...]

Montessori School of Louisville Butterfly Benefit auction

I don’t have any kids and I didn’t attend a montessori school (I’m not even sure there was a montessori school where I grew up) so this is not normally something I’d be telling you about what with me being uneducated about it and all. However a really nice commenter sent me an email about [...]

Bourbon 101 at UofL

Though they stole the name from me </tongue in cheek joking> I’m pleased to tell you about the University of Louisville’s offering of Bourbon 101.
Join Four Roses Bourbons’ Hall of Fame Master Distiller, Jim Rutledge for a four-session course on the ins and outs of the bourbon industry. You’ll leave with expert knowledge on the [...]