Theater

Humana fest to honor Kentucky writer Wendell Berry

The economy is in the dumps, but next year's 33rd annual Humana Festival of New American Plays looks no less ambitious and enterprising. As in previous years, Actors Theatre of Louisville will produce six new full-length plays, a collaborative work and three 10-minute plays. (11/16/08) More

Andler Adler | Critic's Commentary

Kentucky Center still vital at 25

Three days from now, on Nov. 19, the Kentucky Center will turn exactly 25 years old. I will never forget that opening night.... (11/16/08) More

Locust Grove gets lost Croghan portrait

By any measure, Lucy Clark Croghan, memorialized in a John Wesley Jarvis portrait owned by Historic Locust Grove, was a plain-faced woman with a rather memorable nose.... (11/16/08) More

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Viewpionts

Put art in holiday shopping cart

The holidays are near, and you can support the arts and get your shopping done too. Here are some holiday gift shows. (11/16/08) More

An eye for talent

Suzanne Weaver, associate curator of contemporary art at the Dallas Museum of Art, is the new curator of contemporary art at the Speed Art Museum. (11/16/08) More

Review

Opera's Baroque showcase is disappointing

Kentucky Opera, always looking for new ways to do business, has hit upon the idea of presenting a Brown Theatre showcase devoted to Baroque repertory. It's by no means a typical way of performing. In fact, for this company, it counts as a significant departure. (11/16/08) More

Indiana collector offers glimpse of his treasures

Who knew what art ambitions lurked in the souls of New York City postal workers and librarians Herbert and Dorothy Vogel before they became famous? Who knew, until now, that Rob Cathcart, 35, has amassed 1,000 artworks, more or less, from his Scottsburg, Ind., jewelry store, Cathcart and Company. (11/16/08) More

What's up?

Arts Calendar: The week in arts

Larry the Cable Guy will be at the Louisville Palace at 8 Saturday night. Other cultural happenings: performances by the University of Louisville Clarinet and Saxophone Ensembles and concerts by Harry Connick Jr., Dar Williams and the Dropkick Murphys. (11/16/08) More

Auditions

Four area drama groups are holding auditions this week. (11/16/08) More

Theater Review

Berlin musical comes to life

Irving Berlin's wonderful "White Christmas" is back for a second year at Derby Dinner Playhouse and, as before, it's like being plopped down in a splashy big-screen Technicolor musical. (11/15/08) More

Kenny & the Kids

He's too cool for school

He's cool, calm and collected — even when temperatures rise above freezing — but he's no ordinary person. He's Frosty the Snowman, the star of the next Children's Musical Theatre production at Derby Dinner Playhouse in Clarksville, Ind. (11/14/08) More

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Art is getting around

Increasingly, the art scene is to be found all over. Here are some art events in — and out of — town. Interesting attractions are showing up close to home and far afield. (11/14/08) More

Louisville Ballet's Lemmon leaving for Colorado job

Jack R. Lemmon is resigning next month as executive director of the Louisville Ballet to take the same position with Denver's Colorado Ballet. (11/12/08) More

Centre glassblowing session will show maestro at work

Venetian glassblower Lino Tagliapietra has been hot stuff for a long time. A retrospective of his work at the Smithsonian Institution credits him as the 30-year-long impulse behind the renaissance of art glass in America. (11/11/08) More

Drama

'A Raisin in the Sun'

The production of "A Raisin in the Sun" opening this week at Actors Theatre of Louisville has a direct link to the play's historic first Broadway production nearly 50 years ago. (11/10/08) More

Opera's young pros tackle Baroque bill

Employing members of its Studio Artist program for young professional singers, Kentucky Opera will present an unusual hybrid blending staged opera with concert-format arias and ensemble numbers. (11/10/08) More

Brass quintet is intriguing

Yesterday's Chamber Music Society of Louisville concert featured the American Brass Quintet, which has had more than 100 works written for it since its inception almost half a century ago. (11/10/08) More

Two soloists, one clear vision

There is something wondrous when two exceptional musicians communicate as a single expressive entity. Instead of wondering where one begins and the other ends, a listener merely gets to bask in the totality of the experience. (11/10/08) More

THE TASTE MAKERS

How do we define taste?

Who decides what plays we see, what concerts we hear, what art exhibits we visit? Is taste a top-down kind of thing — one person, sitting alone in an office, giving a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on any number of prospective cultural events? (11/9/08) More

Andrew Adler | Critic's commentary

Using Brown is a sound idea – mostly

When Kentucky Opera General Director David Roth gave his curtain speech before patrons gathered for the opening-night performance of "The Pirates of Penzance," he emphasized the company's renewed embrace of the Brown Theatre. (11/9/08) More

Architecture

Small town in Indiana boasts big-time architecture

In Columbus, Ind., even the small stuff plays a part in the city's modern design. The American Institute of Architects ranks Columbus No. 6 in architectural innovation behind Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington and San Francisco. Not bad for a town of 39,000. (11/9/08) More

Arts

Treasures from trash

A safe quixotically made out of cardboard. A welcome mat made of cigarette butts. Trash turned art — "upcycled" as it were — is the appropriate backdrop to the unveiling of the final plans for the longtime-coming $3.5 million hot arts center to be fueled by excess methane. (11/9/08) More

Events

Arts Calendar: The week in arts

"Aloe Teapot Friends" by Carol Brenner Tobe will be featured Friday at the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Ind. Other critics' picks this week: "White Christmas" at Derby Dinner Playhouse and concerts by John Prine and Kentucky Opera. (11/9/08) More

Auditions

Juneteenth Legacy Theatre will hold auditions for the "Bold Journey" Literary Tour today. And Indiana University Southeast Music & Theatre Departments will hold auditions for "Company" Nov. 19 and 20. (11/9/08) More

Kenny & the Kids

Big magic

Based on its track record of theatrical excellence, the award-winning Floyd Central High School Theatre Department should not disappoint when it presents "Peter Pan." The story about a boy who wouldn't grow up will magically unfold, complete with fairy dust, pirates, lost boys and crocodiles. (11/7/08) More

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