Theater

Imagine 'The Meeting'

What if the two towering heroes of the 1960s struggle for black civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, had met privately to discuss their opposing philosophies of racial progress? That's the premise of "The Meeting," an award-winning play coming to Louisville. (1/6/09) More

Theater

Wicked wonder

For legions of musical fans of all ages, "Wicked" embodies the excitement and pageantry of "The Lion King" and the staying power of "Les Misérables." It's the Broadway sensation of the 21st century, and it opens this week in Louisville. (1/4/09) More

Andrew Adler | Critic's commentary

Kids can enjoy arts year-round

If you attended any recent performances of "The Brown-Forman Nutcracker," I'm sure you noticed the many children occupying seats in the Kentucky Center's Whitney Hall. You can't have a "Nutcracker" without plenty of kids in attendance. How do you build on that excitement beyond a single performance? (1/4/09) More

2009 offers exciting music, dance

The Louisville Orchestra emerges from its holiday break Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with a "Tribute to Oscar," playing excerpts from several Academy Award-winning films. (1/4/09) More

Critic's pick

'Form, Not Function'

With no formal training but lots of workshops under acclaimed contemporary textile artists, retired nurse Caroline Szeremet has moved from pieced quilts to contemporary works utilizing pieced, dyed and painted techniques. She also hand dyes fabric and uses this inventory as "my paints." (1/4/09) More

What's up?

Arts Calendar: The week in arts

In "Match Games," Michael Bigelow Dixon, a former literary manager at Actors Theatre of Louisville, returns to direct 10 short plays at Actors about love lost and found. More critic's picks: Louisville Orchestra's "A tribute to Oscar" and Clarksville Little Theatre's "Seussical." (1/4/09) More

Auditions

Mummers & Minstrels will hold auditions for "Music Man." Clarksville Little Theatre will hold auditions for "Assassins." Young Hearts Theatre will hold auditions for their upcoming show. (1/4/09) More

The Hot List

Our picks for this week's top events

Brad DePlanche, left, and Warren Kelly perform in "A Tuna Christmas" at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Other highlights: Eddie Miles presents "A Salute to Elvis & Other Country Legends" at Derby Dinner Playhouse, and Bruce Bruce headlines at the Improv Comedy Club. (1/2/09) More

Charity begins with a click

Make it your New Year's resolution: Only good clicking in 2009. Good shopping, too. We are talking about GoodSearch and its new companion business, from the Los Angeles-based for-profit company created to help people make donations to nonprofit companies. (1/2/09) More

Andrew Adler | Critic's commentary

For '08, who earned boos and bravos?

With only a few days left until we roll into 2009, I'm going to provide a vital service by offering — with all due holiday perspective — some prime candidates for the (dis)honor of Naughty and Nice. (12/28/08) More

Poetry

NEA grant means sweet freedom for poet

Nickole Brown loves to tell what she was doing when, early last month, she found out she'd won a prestigious $25,000 writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. (12/28/08) More

Viewpoints

Workshop will explore the business of art

Whether art is a first or a second career, a Jan. 17 workshop offered by the Artists Advisory Council of the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft will suit anyone in the art business. (12/28/08) More

Photographer captures Rockwell's America

More than once during Norman Rockwell's prolific career, detractors belittled his iconic images of America as too idealistic, too nostalgic, too composed. In his new book, "In Search of Norman Rockwell's America," veteran freelance photojournalist Kevin Rivoli debunks that indictment. (12/28/08) More

Critic's pick

People-watching

Louisville artist James R. Southard, who attends Carnegie Mellon University School of Art in Pittsburgh, says he is lately feeling like more of a social scientist than an artist. We'd say he is becoming a sort of human shepherd, observing random "flocks" of people interacting within a public space. (12/28/08) More

What's going on?

Arts Calendar: The week in arts

Topping our critic's picks for cultural events in the next week are Eddie Miles in "A Salute to Elvis and Other Country Legends," the "Playing With Fire" glassworks exhibition, and "KentuckyShow!" (12/28/08) More

Violin has motivated girl's life

Born with only 40 percent hearing, Grace Yu remembers how playing the violin for the first time, at age 4, changed her life. The violin's muffled notes "sounded different from what I heard in everyday life," said Grace, who is now 14. "To my brain, it was really smooth and beautiful. (12/25/08) More

• Local violinist Grace Yu