Second Annual Volksfest Next Saturday October 17, 2009

Billed as “Peoples Fest” the second annual Volksfest will take place on Saturday October 17, 2009 from 2PM-Midnight.
There will be at least 10 different Oktoberfest Beers from local, regional and International breweries. Somewhat confusingly O’Sheas will be providing German food and Liquor
And also? Brigid Kaelin! Consuming Louisville loves Brigid Kaelin. BBC Taproom will be [...]

Farmington Harvest Festival October 11, 2009

How on earth could I not write about an event that has traditional craft demonstrations AND Brigid Kaelin performing? Clearly I had to tell you about it.
I got a nice email from the folks at Farmintgton giving me the scoop on their Harvest Festival:
“We have our annual Harvest Festival coming up on Sunday, October [...]

Louisville Irish Festival September 25-27, 2009

I love a city that loves festivals and Louisville certainly fits that bill.

The festival kicks off on Friday evening, September 25, 7:30 p.m. with a live performance of the Irish comedy play, “Shaughraun” in Craile Theatre (Wyatt Hall). There will be a repeat performance on Saturday, September 26 at 2 p.m. during the festival. The [...]

3rd Annual Shotgun Festival This Saturday June 27, 2009

Don’t have a lot of detail on this but I’ve heard very good things about this festival both of its first two years so I can’t imagine this year won’t be awesome as well.

Noon-9PM
St. Therese
Food, drink, music, awesomeness. 

Musical Lineup:
1:00- The City Ghost
2:00-John Gage
3:00– Town Criers
4:00- Scott Mertz & Friends
5:00- Rascals of Ragtime
6:00-Genius File
7:00-Dangerbird
8:00- COUGAR EXPRESS

After-party [...]

Greek Festival This Weekend June 12-14, 2009

When I was in college and had just moved to Louisville one of the first things that I fell in love with was the Greek Festival. I’m pretty sure it was the first time in my life I’d ever had Greek food or seen traditional Greek dancing. It was a complete ball and I’ve had [...]

Early Warning: Gay & Lesbian Film Series at Village 8

I knew this was coming up but hadn’t thought to write about it until Lou reminded me the other day. The 2009 Louisville Gay & Lesbian Film Series starts June 5 at Village 8. The lineup of films looks really strong this year. “I Can’t Think Straight” and “Breakfast with Scot” have spots on my [...]

Raffle for Two Tickets to Every Film at the Jewish Film Festival

I told you the other day about the Jewish Film Festival coming up in February. Today I’m telling you about a cool raffle for the festival. $5 gets you a chance to win two tickets to every film. That’s a pretty sweet deal if you win. I think I’m going to enter.
In sponsorship with [...]

NY Times Loves Louisville This Week

A Louisville business and a Louisville event got love in the New York Times this week.
First up is Bourbon Barrel Foods. The Times seemed to love the idea of small batch, crafted soy sauce. There was some really interesting info in the piece about the “pedigree” of the soy sauce and how it’s made.
He [...]

Reminder: Jewish Festival of the Book Starts This Weekend

Just reminding you about some nerdtastic book related events.
I’ll definitely be at the Etgar Keret event on Sunday night. Hope to see you there.
Etgar Keret
is a preeminent Israeli author. He’ll be reading/discussing I would
guess among other things, his most recent collection of very, very
short stories The Girl on the Fridge.
I’ve heard a couple [...]

The 2008 Jewish Festival of the Book

A few interesting events coming up in association with The 2008 Jewish Festival of the Book. There’s no website for the festival so I’m just going to give you all the info I’ve got on it.
Etgar Keret is a preeminent Israeli author. He’ll be reading/discussing I would guess among other things, his most recent [...]