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Photo: The Kentucky Center
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with Wynton Marsalis
Tuesday, September 26, 7:30 p.m.
The Kentucky Center
501 W. Main Street, Louisville 40202
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JLCO) comprises 15 of the finest Jazz soloists and ensemble players today. This remarkably versatile orchestra performs a vast repertoire ranging from original compositions and commissioned works, to masterworks by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and more.
Wynton Marsalis, an internationally-acclaimed, award-winning trumpeter, composer, teacher, and music educator, also serves as the JLCO Managing & Artistic Director. Marsalis’ core beliefs and foundation for living are based on the principals of Jazz. He promotes individual creativity (improvisation), collective cooperation (swing), gratitude and good manners (sophistication), and faces adversity with persistent optimism (the blues).
Tickets for this exciting live event go on sale through The Kentucky Center Ticket Service Friday, August 4, at 10 a.m., online, by phone (502.584.7777), and at the box office (501 W. Main Street).
Photo: Actors Theatre of Louisville
Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Kevin E. Moore are excited to announce the cast and creative team for Tony Kushner’s epic, two-part masterpiece, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, both directed by Associate Artistic Director Meredith McDonough (Airness, Circle Mirror Transformation, Peter and the Starcatcher). Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches will preview on August 29 and 30, open on August 31, and run through October 10. Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika will preview on September 19 and 20, open on September 21, and run through October 14. Both productions will be presented in repertory in the Pamela Brown Auditorium as part of the Brown-Forman Series. Tickets are available at 502.584.1205, online at ActorsTheatre.org, or in person by visiting the Actors Theatre Box Office at 316 West Main Street, Louisville, KY, 40202.
One of the most celebrated plays of the 20th century, Tony Kushner’s two-part masterpiece carries the audience through an astonishing theatrical landscape, both intimate and epic. In the chaos of the mid-1980s, a web of friends, lovers, and strangers struggle to make sense of the world. The AIDS crisis is escalating. The ozone layer is disappearing. And then a celestial messenger comes crashing through the ceiling—literally. Told with thrilling wit and unflinching honesty, this searing examination of American politics, religion, power, sexuality, and justice is as powerful as ever.
Actors Theatre welcomes a powerhouse cast for this production of Angels in America. Lou Liberatore (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Awards nominee as part of the 1987 original Broadway cast of Burn This) will be making his Actors Theatre debut as Roy Cohn/Prior 2. Barbara Walsh (Tony, Drama Desk and Drama League Awards nominee and L.A. Ovation Award winner for her role as Trina in the 1992 original Broadway cast for Falsettos; Drama Desk and Drama League Awards nominee for the 2006 revival of Company; Helen Hayes award winner for the 2014 revival of Carrie: The Musical at Studio 2ndstage) will return to Actors Theatre, after last performing in a 1988 production of Tomfoolery, as Rabbi Chemelwitz/Henry/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg. Actors Theatre also welcomes back Therese Barbato (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Harper Pitt/Martin Heller and Richard Prioleau (Peter and the Starcatcher, Love’s Labour’s Lost) as Mr. Lies/Belize. Richard Gallagher (Louis Ironson), Mark Junek (Prior Walter/Man in the Park), Rami Margron (Emily/Ella Chapter/The Woman in the South Bronx/The Angel) and Brian Slaten (Joe Pitt) will all be making their Actors Theatre debuts.
Actors Theatre’s production of Angels in America, Parts One & Two will be directed by Actors Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director Meredith McDonough, where she has directed Airness, Circle Mirror Transformation, Peter and the Starcatcher, This Random World, Dot, The Last Five Years, Noises Off, The Whipping Man, brownsville song (b-side for tray) and The Delling Shore. Previously, McDonough was the director of new works at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, California, where she directed the world premiere musical Triangle, as well as Upright Grand, Auctioning the Ainsleys, Silent Sky, Now Circa Then, [title of show] and Opus (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards: Best Director and Best Production). Other San Francisco credits include the premiere of Miss Bennett–Christmas at Pemberley and A Steady Rain at Marin Theatre Company, and The Lily’s Revenge and Another Way Home at the Magic Theatre. Regionally, favorites include the U.S. premiere of NSFW, Fair Use (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Eurydice (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Book Club Play (Dallas Theater Center) and the Washington, D.C. premiere of the musical Summer of ’42. In New York City, McDonough has developed work with Roundabout Theatre Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Keen Company and Ars Nova. She was the associate artistic director of The Orchard Project, was the new works director for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and currently serves on the board of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. McDonough received her B.S. from Northwestern University and her M.F.A. from University of California, San Diego.
The creative team for Angels in America, Parts One & Two include scenic design by William Boles, costume design by Alison Siple, co-lighting design by Isabella Byrd and Paul Toben, sound design by Christian Frederickson and media design by Philip Allgeier.
Learn more about the cast and creative team by visiting ActorsTheatre.org.
Part One: Millennium Approaches will preview August 29 and 30 with an official opening on August 31. Part Two: Perestroika will preview September 19 and 20 with an official opening on September 21. Actors Theatre is committed to providing an accessible theatergoing experience and offers an open captioned performance on September 9 for Part One: Millennium Approaches and September 30 for Part Two: Perestroika. Audio described performances are on September 10 for Part One: Millennium Approaches and October 8 for Part Two: Perestroika. For more information about our facilities and all services offered, visit ActorsTheatre.org. Tickets are on sale to the public priced from $25. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Actors Theatre Box Office at 502.584.1205 or online at ActorsTheatre.org. Special rates for groups of 10 or more are available by calling 502.585.1210.
Both full-length plays will be presented in repertory, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience this extraordinary epic in its entirety on two-show days falling on October 1 and 7, 2017.
Two portions of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will hang in the Sara Shallenberger Brown lobby during the entire run of Angels in America, Parts One & Two: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika from August 29, 2017 to October 14, 2017. The Quilt will be viewable on Tuesdays – Fridays from 5 – 10 p.m., and on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 – 10 p.m.
Angels in America, Parts One & Two are made possible in part by production sponsor Brown-Forman, the Kentucky Arts Council and Fund for the Arts.
To reserve tickets to review, to request images or for any other press inquiries, please contact Melissa Hines, Marketing Manager, at 502.584.1265 ext. 3140 or mhines@actorstheatre.org.
Photo: Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation
Nature-based adventure will be the focus of Metro Parks and Recreation programming during the West Louisville Appreciation Days in Shawnee Park, when the department’s Jefferson Memorial Forest and Natural Areas Division and its partners will offer a variety of outdoor fun for youth and adults alike.
Kids will have the opportunity to canoe, fish ride bikes, navigate a climbing wall and engage in archery free of charge on Saturday, July 29, from 1-5 p.m.
The programming is part of the Louisville Outdoor Recreation Initiative, which would create new recreational amenities in West Louisville, including the proposed Shawnee Outdoor Learning Center, which would be operated by the Metro Parks and Recreation’s Natural Areas Division.
From 2-4 p.m., the Outdoor Learning Center’s consultant team will be on hand to educate residents about the two sites within Shawnee Park that are being considered. Feedback gathered at the event will be used to determine site selection.
“Please come out and lend your voice to this initiative,” said Bennett Knox, Administrator for the Natural Areas Division. “This will create new and exciting opportunities for youth and families from across west Louisville to experience the outdoors close to home.”
For more information on the West Louisville Outdoor Recreation Initiative, please click here.
President David Yates is encouraging residents to come out to the next “Talk with David” on Monday, July 24th, at the Southwest Regional Library beginning at 6:00pm.
President Yates has invited representatives from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), District 5 to come and give an update on the Dixie Highway Paving Project. KYTC has not yet confirmed that they will be attending but President Yates wants to provide an opportunity for the state to listen to his constituent’s safety concerns and learn about the impact this construction has had on local businesses.
“My Southwest Council colleagues and I are very well aware of the continuing delays and frustration this state paving project has been experiencing,” says Yates. “It is important that people not confuse this project with the federal $16.9 million TIGER Grant for the Dixie Do Over. It is also important that state officials provide some answers and hear from our community.”
The project began in late 2015 and was to focus on repaving between Bethany Lane to Greenwood Road. It has been inundated with delays.
Representatives from LMPD, MSD, Code Enforcement and United States Congressman John Yarmuth’s office will be on hand to help answer any questions and concerns.
“Please come out and join us. This is also a chance to talk with me about any concerns you might have about any issue.” says Yates.
For more information about the next “Talk with David”, contact President Yates’ office at 574-1125.
Photo: Kentucky Department Fish and Wildlife
Two employees of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources recently used the department’s website at www.fw.ky.gov to glean information on catching saugeye.
They used the 5-foot contour maps on the “Find a Place to Fish” to study the bottom of Guist Creek Lake in Shelby County and determine a place to fish. They later fished those areas and caught their first saugeye.
“We trying to provide information on our website to make it easier for anglers to find places to fish and be successful,” said Mike Hardin, assistant director of fisheries for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “The “Find a Place to Fish” page allows anglers to sort by county, city, waterbody, access type or even species of fish.”
Many of the waterbodies detailed in the “Find a Place to Fish” page contain important fishing information, such as the 5-foot contour maps. “When you pull these waterbodies up, many of them have the location of fish attractors, species assessments as well as the contour maps. We have the contour maps for most of our smaller state-owned lakes as well as the Fishing in Neighborhoods (FINs) lakes.”
Hardin said the large reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have commercially available maps at tackle shops near the lakes or for sale online. Many of the large outfitters also sell these maps.
“Each entry contains driving directions to all of the ramps on that waterbody,” Hardin said. “They also contain a link to the Fishing Forecast, detailing the fishing for many species in waterbodies across the state.”
Planning a float trip on a stream can be daunting. The “Canoeing and Kayaking” page contains loads of information to help select a place to paddle. You may click on the “Stream Fisheries” tab for detailed information on access sites, lengths of floats and recommended floating levels for streams across Kentucky.
This page also contains photos of each access point and a description of the access. This is invaluable information to paddlers floating a stream for the first time. This page also shows the abundance and size structure of the population of the desirable fish in the stream such as rock bass or smallmouth bass.
The “Canoeing and Kayaking” page also contains a link to the award winning Blue Water Trails series of articles detailing more than 30 different floats across Kentucky. These articles also contain fishing tips for the species in the waterbody as well as a printable map.
“If you are trying to figure out a place for the coming weekend, our website has many resources to help guide you,” Hardin said. “We want people to enjoy our water resources and catch some fish.”
Advance tickets and parking for the 2017 Kentucky State Fair are now discounted and on sale at:
- Kentucky State Fair’s new app now through midnight Aug. 16, app is available on Google Play and the App Store.
- www.ticketforce.com now through midnight Aug. 16.
- Participating Kroger locations now through 10 p.m. Aug. 16.
Save with each advance ticket purchased.
Ticket Advance After Aug. 16
Adult $7 $10
Child (6-12)* $7 $10
Senior $7 $10
Parking $5 $10
*Children 5 and under are free.
Over 10,000 street rods, customs, muscle cars and street machines will be on hand at the Kentucky Expo Center this summer as the National Street Rod Association® presents its 48th Annual Street Rod Nationals. The dates for the city’s largest vintage car show will be August 3, 4, 5, 6, 2017. This will be the 24th time the NSRA Street Rod Nationals has been held in Louisville and an all time high number of participants and spectators are expected this year. Almost all of the Kentucky Expo Center will be utilized for the event as well as many of the buildings, which will house over 350 manufacturer and dealer displays and other attractions.
The host organization, NSRA, defines a street rod as a modernized vintage vehicle that is of pre 1949 manufacture. These vehicles are equipped with the latest options available on the newest model vehicles, including but not limited to disc brakes, air conditioning, cruise control, and tilt steering wheel. Most of those attending have updated the engine and drive train to enable the owner to cruise down the highway in comfort and safely maintain the speeds traveled by more modern vehicles.
Included in this event are muscle cars, those factory produced high horsepower machines from the 60’s and 70’s along with the classics cars of the 50’s. This is truly unique mix of old and new together for the first time at Kentucky Expo Center and a national gathering of fine vintage automobiles of every description. The NSRA Street Rod Nationals is the area’s largest automotive participation event and spectators from around the area will attend the event.
The NSRA Street Rod Nationals is an excellent event for spectators to attend and those who take time to attend will be treated to the sights and sounds of some of the most beautiful, best constructed vintage vehicles ever assembled in one place. One of the special attractions for the spectators is that they can walk right up to the vehicles and check each one out close up as they are not roped-off or otherwise confined. All are in the open and can be examined top to bottom, front to back, inside and out. While the exquisite paint and other features of the car should not be touched, spectators are free to look to their heart’s content.
The big automotive show will be at the beautiful Kentucky Expo Center and is open to the public August 3, 4, 5, 6, 2017. Make your plans now to attend the 48th Annual Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. It promises to be one of the biggest vintage car shows in the city’s recent history and you can enjoy every exciting part of it. Those of us at NSRA know you won’t soon forget it.
Visit us online @ http://www.nsra-usa.com
