FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
WEEK IN THE HIGHLANDS: BELKNAP FESTIVAL EVE
Historic Douglass Loop, off Bardstown Road on Dundee and Harvard Drive, 6 p.m.-10 p.m., Free. Get a preview of the Belknap Fall Festival. There will be live music by Sunday Muffin Resurrection and Ted Stevens and the Third Rail, plus food trucks and local beer. For more information, visit www.weekinthehighlands.org. (Highlands)
PORKTOBERFEST
The Pointe, 1205 E. Washington St., 5 p.m.-10 p.m., Free. This barbecue and pork-inspired culinary competition will feature live music by Hog Operation and Johnny Berry, local brew from Apocalypse Brewery, and food samples from more than 15 of Louisville’s finest restaurants. Vegetarian options will also be available. Proceeds benefit the Butchertown Neighborhood Association. For more information, visit “Butchertown’s Porktoberfest” on Facebook. (Butchertown)
GARVIN GATE BLUES FESTIVAL
Corner of Garvin Place and Oak Street, Friday, 6:30 p.m.-11:15 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.-11:15 p.m., Free. The Garvin Gate Blues Festival is the largest neighborhood street music festival in Louisville. The two-day event is a celebration of the blues and the arts, and attracts a multi-racial, intergenerational audience. For more information, call (502) 445-4193 or visit www.garvingatebluesfestival.com. (Old Louisville)
CAUFIELD’S HALLOWEEN PARADE
Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue, from Rosewood Avenue to Lexington Road, 7 p.m., Free. Louisville’s frighteningly funny family parade will feature 80 units, with trick-or-treat stations available along the parade route. Parade goers may join in at the end of the parade. For more information, call (502) 292-3033 or visit www.baxterparade.com. (Highlands)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
HEALTHY FOODS, LOCAL FARMS CONFERENCE
Kentucky Country Day School, 4100 Springdale Road, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., $35. The 14th Annual Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference is for people and organizations that care about where their food originates and how it is raised and harvested. This year’s conference topic is “Food Sustainability and Justice.” For more information, visit www.healthyfoodslocalfarmsconference.org. (Prospect)
WEEK IN THE HIGHLANDS: BELKNAP FALL FESTIVAL
Douglass Loop, off Bardstown Road on Dundee Road and Harvard Drive, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Free. The 19th Annual Belknap Fall Festival features more than 100 booths of juried arts and crafts plus local food vendors, kid’s fun and live music. The headliner is Wax Fang, with opening band The Deloreans. Other performers are Lost Tribe Klezmer Band, the Screamin’ John Trio, Bridgid Kaelin Band, and Joel Timothy. A beer garden, local vendors and food trucks will be available. For more information, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or visit www.weekinthehighlands.org. (Highlands)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
THE SOUTHERN CIRCUIT TOUR OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS
The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 7 p.m., Free. The Clifton Center is a screening site for a monthly program that brings the best independent films to communities across the South. This month’s entry is “Mommy, I’m A Bastard!” by Bennett Barbakow. The young filmmaker considers the three families linked by his adoption, weaving threads of Hollywood, Cherokee chieftains, Reaganomics, Jews, WASPs and misunderstanding. For more information, call (502) 896-8480 or visit www.cliftoncenter.org. (Clifton)
WEEK IN THE HIGHLANDS: FARMINGTON HARVEST FESTIVAL
Farmington Historic Plantation, 3033 Bardstown Road, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $5. The Farmington Harvest Festival is an 18th century festival set at the former home of John and Lucy Speed, hosts to Abe Lincoln. The annual event is a fun-filled day recreating the 1800s, with costumed characters telling their stories and demonstrating all manner of life on this former hemp plantation. Come out and bring the whole family! More info at (502) 452-9920 or www.historichomes.org. (Highlands)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
HAPPY-HOUR MEDITATION
Rainbow Blossom, 3046 Bardstown Road, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., $5 love donation. Feeling a bit frazzled by the end of the week? Join Rebecca Geracitano and unwind with a short social and snack followed by a guided meditation and relaxed discussion session. Beginners and experienced are welcome. Chairs are provided, or bring your pillow. For more information, call (502) 498-2470 or visit www.rainbowblossom.com. (Highlands)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
TIM O’BRIEN & DARNELL SCOTT
Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., 8 p.m.-9 p.m., $26-$28. Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott transcend boundaries, writing songs for the likes of Garth Brooks, topping the Americana airplay chart and winning the respect of bluegrass audiences. The musicians make albums that carry echoes of Celtic, reggae, blues and rock ‘n’roll, all while recording with everyone from bluegrass patriarch Ralph Stanley to young country favorites like John Berry. If variety is the spice of musical life, these two men are master chefs. For more information, call (502) 896-8480 or visit www.cliftoncenter.org. (Clifton)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
THE CTA FAMILY FESTIVAL
Willow Park, Cherokee Parkway and Willow Avenue, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Free. The Cherokee Triangle Association presents The First Annual CTA Family Festival. Join your neighbors for games, crafts, food, and fun for the whole family! For more information, call the CTA at (502) 459-0256.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
TYLER PARK NIGHT
Impellizeri Pizza, 1381 Bardstown Road, 4 p.m.-11 p.m., Free. It’s Tyler Park Night at Impellizeri Pizza! Ten percent of all purchases will be donated to the Tyler Park Fund, so stop by and help raise money for Tyler Park! For more information, (502) 454-2711 or visit www.impellizzeris.com. (Highlands)
DINNER AND DEMOCRACY
League of Women Voters, 115 S. Ewing St., 5:30 p.m., Free-will offering. This talk and panel discussion with Theresa Zawachi, Project Manager of Locally Integrated Food Economy, and Pam Rogers of The Humane Society of the U. S. will feature “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Look at Our Food Supply.” For more information, call (502) 895-5218 or visit www.lwvlouisville.org. (Crescent Hill)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
SPOTLIGHT: R. KEENAN LAWLER/TIM BARNES DUO
Guitarist R. Keenan Lawler has collaborated with a wide range of forward-thinking musicians. His latest partner is Tim Barnes, a percussionist and electronic musician who has performed with indie rock luminaries Jim O’Rourke, Silver Jews, and The For Carnation. Lawler and Barnes debuted as a duo at the Louisville Experimental Festival earlier this year. They will perform at the Greenhaus, 2227 S. Preston St., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Marisa Anderson, of Portland, Ore., opens the show. Admission is $7. For more information, call (502) 636-4141 or visit www.greenhausmarket.com. (Germantown/Schnitzelburg)