Whether you are looking for that perfect gift or wanting to enjoy
some holiday cheer, the Ali Center will offer a weekend of sales,
cider, door prize drawings, and FREE musical entertainment by local
performers. Take advantage of great deals in the retail store with 10%
off of your total purchase on everything from apparel, jewelry, and
handmade crafts to books, collectibles, DVDs, and more. Jarfi’s Café
(located inside the center) is open for lunch and will offer FREE pear
cider. Plus, Magic Pictures will offer a special promotion for souvenir
photos.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ali Center and Center Store Open
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Jarfi’s Café Open (FREE pear cider while supplies last)

11:30 a.m. Christ’s Church for Our Community Choir

1:30 p.m. Bellarmine University Jazz Quartets

December 14, 2008

12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Ali Center and Retail Store Open
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Jarfi’s Café Open (FREE pear cider while supplies last)

1:30 p.m. West Louisville Talent Education Center (violinists)

2:30 p.m. Newburg Middle School Chorus

Muhammad Ali Center
144 N. Sixth Street
Louisville, KY

The free bike efforts are part of something called Freewheelin (that I think is a Humana initiative) and they need volunteers and participants to make this awesome idea (get it? Idea during IdeaFestival, good gracious I’m funny. Or not.) a success.

The stations will operate like the ones Humana and
Bikes Belong set up recently in Denver and Minneapolis for the nominating
conventions.

Volunteers are needed to help lead group rides for
breakfast and lunch each day of IdeaFest, Wednesday through Saturday,, Sept.
24-27. The Freewheelin bikes are all Trek Lime
three-speed automatics.

Rides start and end at Fourth Street Live. To
volunteer as a leader, just show up at the Fourth Street Live Freewheelin
station 20 minutes early for briefing and bike checkout.

Here’s the schedule, Wednesday
through Saturday, Sept. 24-27:

Morning Toast With
Edison
9:30 a.m. breakfast ride to Toast on Market and Edison House on
Washington St.

Lunch With The King Of Rock and Roll
11:30 to
Third Avenue Cafe and St. James Court – Old Louisville

Hoosier
Ride
11:30 lunch ride to Buckhead Mountain Grill, across the Clark
Memorial Bridge

Freewheelin can use as many volunteers as they can get –
it only makes the ride more visible.

No bike or bike gear necessary.
Freewheelin provides bike, helmet, locks, everything. Wear street
clothes.

Let the Humana
folks know you’re there to help.

Socializing and Networking for Freelancers
I am a freelance photographer, web and computer geek, writer, artist and all around creative professional. I love working for myself and working from home but sometimes I crave a little social interaction, and that vibe you get from working around and near other creative people. So I’m trying to kick start a community of freelancers, consultants, artists and other independents who have an interest in socializing, organically networking, brainstorming, idea bouncing and just all around participating in a community that’s designed to support and encourage people who make a living (or are trying to make a living) doing what they love.
Ideally this group would meet once or twice a month at a coffee shop to hang out, get to know each other, work independently, work collaboratively, bounce ideas off each other, brainstorm projects, get feedback, gossip, goof off or some combination of all those.

What: Socializing and Networking for Freelancers
When: Tuesday August 28
I plan to get to Quills at 9AM and will be there until at least 11AM. Come whenever you can. If people get there close to 10AM and want to hang out after 11AM that’s fine. I’ve cleared my morning schedule. I’ll be wearing a gray “Keep Louisville Weird” t-shirt so you should be able to pick me out easily.
Where: Quills Coffee & Books
1220 E. Kentucky Street (near Barret Avenue).
If you have any questions please leave a comment or email me. No matter the turn out I’m planning another session for September so if you can’t make this one and want to make the September one let me know. If you have date or location request/suggestions for the September session please let me know as well. Hope to see you on Tuesday!
Update: I got some feedback that 8AM-10AM was too early so I’ve changed the time. I’ll now be getting to Quills at 9AM and will plan to be there until 11AM. Hope to see you at Quills at 9AM Tuesday.