HARRY DEAN STANTON FEST 
Harry Dean Stanton Fest
Begun in 2011 an effort to both celebrate the diverse film work of this legendary cinematic icon and remind the community of his Lexington roots, the annual festival utilizes various venues throughout downtown Lexington for a weekend full of screenings, speakers, and other Harry Dean Stanton-related events. Visit the Facebook page for more information.
Red Carpet Premiere of Lucky, followed by Q&A with John Carroll Lynch and Drago Sumanja
Thursday, September 28 | 7PM
The Kentucky Theater | 214 E Main St
Screening of Paris, Texas
Friday, September 29 | 1PM
The Kentucky Theater | 214 E Main St
$6, purchase at venue
Screening of The Green Mile
Friday, September 29 | 6PM
The Lyric Theatre | 300 E Third St
John Doe in Concert
Friday, September 29 | 10PM
The Green Lantern | 497 W Third St
$12 in advance | $15 at door BUY NOW
Screening of Fool for Love
Saturday, September 30 | 1PM
The Farish Theatre | 140 E Main St
FREE
Screening of Slam Dance, followed by Q&A with John Doe
Saturday, September 30 | 3PM
The Farish Theatre | 140 E Main St
FREE
Outdoor Screening of The Straight Story, with mural unveiling
Saturday, September 30 | 7PM
Kentucky for Kentucky | 720 Bryan Ave
FREE
|
MATILDA BROADWAY KIDS WORKSHOP
Innovation Arts Academy
Especially designed for kids, this Broadway workshop will get your musical theatre fan singing and dancing to the songs of Matilda!
Featuring original Broadway choreography with New York-based dance instructor Patrick Garr and vocal coaching with professional vocal instructor Mary Joy Nelson.
Your Matilda, Bruce, Lavender or Michael will take their destiny into their own hands with the tour-de-force songs of this dynamic musical!
For students in grades 1-8.
Sunday, October 1 | 4PM-6PM
Innovation Arts Academy | 2670 Wilhite Dr
|
LEXINGTON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: SUNSET
Lexington Chamber Orchestra
Catherine Clarke Nardolillo, soprano, joins the Lexington Chamber Orchestra for Respighi's "Il Tramonto" ("The Sunset") to open LCO's third season under the baton of Maestro Jan Pellant.
The LCO will also perform Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 2 and Schubert's Death and the Maiden, a powerful testament written in the twilight of Schubert's life.
Saturday, September 30 | 7:30PM-9PM
Pre-concert talk with Maestro Jan Pellant | 6:45PM
Sunday, October 1 | 3:00PM
Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center | 300 E Third St
FREE
|
LOST IN YONKERS
Studio Players
Written by Neil Simon, America's great comic playwright, this memory play is set in Yonkers in 1942. Bella is thirty-five years old, mentally challenged, and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz. As the play opens, ne'er-do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on the old lady's doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers.
September 29, 30; October 6, 7 | 8PM
October 1, 8 | 2:30PM
Carriage House Theatre | 154 W Bell Ct
$21 | $11 for students
|
|
KENTUCKY GREAT WRITERS SERIES
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
The Kentucky Great Writers Series returns this fall on Tuesday, October 3 with readings from
Christopher Rowe
's Telling the Map,
Richard H. Underwood
's CrimeSong: True Crime Stories From Southern Murder Ballads, and
Amelia Martens
' The Spoons in the Grass Are There to Dig a Moat.
Sponsored in part by the Kentucky Arts Council, LexArts, and the Reitzel-Cooke Foundation.
Tuesday, October 3 | 6PM-7:30PM
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning | 251 W Second St
FREE
859.254.4175
 
|
|
|
UK ART MUSEUM BENEFIT DINNER
Lockbox
Food and art go together like peas and carrots. That was the conclusion two chef's came up with last year over dinner. Both fueled with a special love for the Lexington community, Vishwesh Bhatt, a James Beard Award finalist and chef at Snackbar in Oxford, MS, and Jonathan Searle, executive chef at Lockbox, are putting on a benefit dinner for the arts in Lexington. Join us for a four course dinner as well as a cocktail hour with passed canapés. Proceeds support the UK Art Museum's free admission policy.
Thursday, September 28 | 6PM-10PM
Lockbox | 167 W Main St
859.899.6860
|
|
BLEND 2017 ARTIST PRESENTATION
Latino BLEND
Join Latino BLEND for a wonderful evening of a perfect mixture between sight and sound celebrating the rich heritage of Latino culture. Come and listen to music, dance, and experience the visual arts!
Thursday, September 28 | 5:30PM-8:30PM
Lexington Public Library | 140 E Main St
FREE
859.457.1733
|
|
GRANT MALOY SMITH
Red Barn Radio
Grant Maloy Smith is an American Roots Singer/Songwriter with a country bent. His songs tell heartfelt stories about real people, and are unfailingly optimistic and forward looking.
Grant is a member of the Recording Academy (the Grammys®), the CMA, and is a BMI Recording artist. His upcoming album DUST BOWL is being released nationally and internationally in early 2017. Watch a clip.
Wednesday, September 27 | 8PM
Red Barn Radio | 161 N Mill St
|
|
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Troubadour Concert Series
Highbridge Springs Water and the Volunteers of the Troubadour Concert Series are proud to welcome Rufus Wainwright to the historic Lexington Opera House.
Rufus Wainwright, one of the great male vocalists, composers, and songwriters of his generation, has released eight studio albums, three DVDs, and three live albums. He has collaborated with artists ranging from Elton John, David Byrne, Mark Ronson, Joni Mitchell to Burt Bacharach. At the age of 14 he was named Canada's best young musician and later received the Juno Award for Best Alternative Album. His album "Rufus does Judy" recorded at Carnegie Hall in 2006 was nominated for a Grammy. Watch a clip.
Wednesday, September 27 | 7:30PM
Lexington Opera House | 401 W Short St
|
THE RHYTHM FUTURE QUARTET AND PHOEBE HUNT
WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
THE RHYTHM FUTURE QUARTET
has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive. The oursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers acoustic jazz influenced by the classic Hot Club of France. Led by violinist Jason Anick and guitarist Olli Soikkeli plus Max O'Rourke on second guitar and Greg Loughman on bass, the quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. Watch a clip.
PHOEBE HUNT
is a mezmerizing, brilliant, accomplished instrumentalist with foundations in jazz and swing music. Formerly of the Belleville Outfit, she makes an impressive creative leap with her new album 'Shanti's Shadow'. It's the culmination of a five year journey that has taken her from Austin roots through Music Row, Brooklyn, and even to India to study with seventh-generation master violinist Kala Ramnath. Along the way, Phoebe found her voice and delivered her most inspired set of songs to date. Watch a clip.
Monday, October 2 | 6:45PM
$10 | FREE for WoodSongs Partners
859.255.5700
|
MID-SOUTH SCULPTURE ALLIANCE SELECT
ArtsPlace Gallery
LexArts and the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA) present
Select, a juried exhibition of work by MSA professional members.
This exhibition aims to foster the MSA mission of advancing the
creation and awareness of sculpture in its many and varied forms
and promote a supportive environment for sculpture and sculptors.
Select is a series of juried exhibitions for MSA's professional members that has been hosted in Atlanta and Chattanooga in the recent past. With each venue, a new juror and new work is selected highlighting the diversity of our membership's approach to media, methods and strategies. Stuart Horodner, director of the UK Art Museum, serves as juror.
Through October 22
Monday-Friday, 10AM-5PM | Saturday, 12PM-5PM
ArtsPlace Gallery | 161 N Mill St
|
THE MODERN LANDSCAPE
New Editions Gallery
Whether defined by strong deliberate lines and color or by intuitive atmospheric suggestions, the modern landscape has a huge language of possibilities and interpretations. With the common intent to paint and be inspired by nature's beauty, terms like colorful, bold, dreamy meditative, whimsical and meticulous come to mind to describe this diverse group of artists.
Featuring:
Teri Dryden, Angie Reed Garner, Ellen Glasgow, Heidi Harner, Rodney Hatfield, Philip High, Chris Segre-Lewis, Shawn Marshall, Dianne Martia, Dawna Scripps, Karen Spears Springate, David Stenulson, Sharon Weis, Lynn Sweet and Sheryl Zacharia.
Through November 4
Tuesday-Saturday, 11AM-5:30PM
New Editions Gallery | 500 W Short St
859.266.2766
|
BEYOND THE EDGE
MS Rezny Studio/Gallery
Using distinctively different collage techniques each artist in "Beyond the Edge" juxtaposes familiar images and objects to form a new notion or idea. Each finds collage to be a meaningful way to tell a story about themselves or an observation around them. Collage by Jack Girard, Doug Stapleton, Carleton Wing.
Through October 21
Tuesday-Friday, 12PM-5PM | Saturday, 1PM-4PM
MS Rezny Studio/Gallery | 903 Manchester St
859.252.4647
|
SENSES OF PLACE: VR
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University
Two virtual reality (VR) artworks allow visitors to experience different approaches to this new art form. "Dreams" offers a virtual gallery of 10 other-worldly places developed by HVREdev, a collective of individuals and small teams. To experience this self-guide dream tour, participants will need their own Android smartphone. "Virtual Realities," by Dima Strakovsky and Richie Hoagland, is at once a performance, an installation and a product demo. It explores the transformation of parent/child relationship brought about by the changes in contemporary technologies. Parent and child performers will play together using smart phone technology, virtual reality, and wireless networks. Gallery visitors participate as audience for the 15-minute performance (three 5-minutes scenarios) which is then followed by a 30-minute open discussion of the project and time for the audience to experience the artwork. Please visit our website for "Virtual Realities" performance dates and times.
Through October 13
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University | W 4th St
859.233.8142
|
FACULTY SERIES: VOL. 1
Bolivar Art Gallery
UK's School of Art/ Visual Studies is pleased to announce a new exhibition series in its Bolivar Art Gallery featuring recent work from select teaching and emeritus faculty members. A slight departure from the traditional "faculty show" format, the series occurs annually and represents only a portion of the faculty, with different artists exhibiting each year. This inaugural installment includes work in a variety of media including: video, photography, ceramics, fibers, sculpture, painting, and performance. Participating artists are Rae Goodwin, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Brandon Smith, James Robert Southard, Hunter Stamps, Heather Stratton, and David Wischer.
Through September 30
Monday-Friday, 10AM-4:30PM | Saturday, 12PM-4PM
UK School of Art & Visual Studies | 236 Bolivar Street
859.257.8151
|
ART IN PIECES
City Gallery
The works illustrated in this international contemporary mosaic exhibition, with guest curator Terri Pulley, incorporate many of the mosaic materials used throughout the ages, including beads, glazed and un-glazed ceramic pieces, Millefiori, smalti and stained glass, mixed media and recycled and re-purposed materials. Throughout City Gallery you can see 2D and 3D dimensional art works from 16 Kentucky artists.
Through October 1
Downtown Arts Center | 141 E Main St
Tuesday-Thursday, 11AM-5PM | Friday-Saturday, 11AM-8PM | Sunday, 10AM-2PM
|
THE WORK OF WINFRED REMBERT
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University
Raised in Georgia, self-taught artist Winfred Rembert grew up in the 1950s rural south at the end of Jim Crow and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Arrested during a Civil Rights march, Rembert taught himself to tool and dye leather while incarcerated. Rembert stretches, stains, and etches on leather to create scenes from memory, stories that tell the truth with art. An award-winning documentary film about his life, All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert (2011) was directed by Vivian Ducat.
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University | W 4th St
859.233.8142
|
ALISON SAAR: BREACH
UK Art Museum
In Breach, artist Alison Saar looks back in time to the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 to investigate contemporary and enduring social and cultural themes.
Saar's work addresses social and political legacies of the African diaspora and slavery, as well as the resulting contributions to modern art and culture, all spurred by the northern migration of those displaced by the flood. She also examines the complex relationship of African Americans to rivers, both healing and punitive.
Through December 3
Tuesday-Thursday, 10AM-5PM | Friday, 10AM-8PM | Saturday-Sunday, 12PM-5PM
UK Art Museum | 405 Rose St
859.257.5716
|
|
|
|
|
