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| December 5, 2008 First Friday Trolley Hop This is the final "Trial Run" Trolley Hop that will include 3rd and 4th Streets. If you want the 3rd St / 4th St extension to become permanent please stop in and visit the businesses along the route. The Fourth Street trolleys will be free and will make a south/north loop from Market Street to Broadway to include additional businesses along Third and Fourth Streets. The route will travel east on Market to Third Street, south on Third to Broadway then north on Fourth Street to the regular Fourth Street route. The Trolleys will run from 5-11 pm. Some of the businesses that will be open are the Urban Design Center, StudioWorks, The Spaghetti Factory, Riteway BBQ, the Gallery at the Brown Hotel, Personal Image, Raw Sushi Lounge, Angel Rockbar, Tengo Sed Cantina, Maker's Mark, Borders Books & Music, and more. If this e-newsletter was forwarded to you by a friend, sign up here to receive your own Hop e-news every month so you don't miss out on what's coming up. |
| For the Trolley Hop group only, Raw Sushi Lounge, 520 S. 4th Street, will give each table a edamame on the house to start their experience each and every time this wonderful event comes down Fourth Street. |
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 Steelskin Gallery, 312 W. Main St., 502-287-8200The showroom gallery of local artists Jen Pellerin and Samantha Griffith, will be featuring giftable sculpture, hats, scarves, jewelry, handbags, ornaments and all things seasonal. "We elf so you don't have to..." For gallery hours and more information visit www.steelskinstudio.com |
  Join Us in VONFIRE at Louisville Glassworks for the reception of Twinkle, Twinkle. On Friday, December 5th from 6-9p for the First Friday Trolley Hop Twinkle, Twinkle will light up all of your holiday shopping with exquisite and stunning works of glass lighting and jewelry. Get your Twinkle on by visiting VONFIRE at Glassworks {Hot Shop Demonstration: Santa's bag of glass wishes} For the 1st Friday demonstration on December 5th from 6-9p, a team of Glassworks artists will make your glass wishes come true. Viewers will be invited to draw pictures of what they wish they could watch and made in glass. Put your picture in santa's bag and if yours is chosen we will make your wishes come true in glass handmade by santas and elf glassblowers in the hotshop. {Holiday Seconds Sale} Come and get some holiday gift deals with shopping our bi-annual seconds sale. Slightly imperfect works in glass are sold at a discount to the public. Doors open at 5:30 and the selection is available on a first come-first serve basis. {Make Your Own Pendant or Night Lights} Come and visit the Walk in Workshop to make your very own light sculpture using a fusing and slumping technique in our kilns. $65 Also, in our Walk-In Workshop you can make a wide assortment of gifts ranging in price, style, technique, and time. Come on...Make someone special a special handmade gift from you? {Blow Your Own Ornament} There is still room for you to sign up now!!! for Blow your Own Ornament. Make an appointment to come and work with one of our glass artists to design and blow your very own ornament. Private Blows are available for groups of 12 or more! Call the gallery for an appointment: 502.992.3056 |
 The Green Building Gallery, 732 E. Market St., announces a new show with a philosophy profoundly aligned with its own;  Julia Christensen’s ‘Big Box Reuse’. Opening: December 5t h , 2008 5- 9 pm Thr o ugh : J a n u a r y 3 0 t h , 2 0 0 9 When you move out of your house, there’s usually someone eager to buy it from you and make it their own. But what if you’re moving out of one giant 100,000 square foot room? In her book Big Box Reuse , and accompanying photographic exhibition, Julia Christensen takes us on a road trip across America to look at what becomes of the spaces superstores leave behind when they move out. These warehouse-like buildings have found their place in the built landscape since the first Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target stores opened in 1962. Since the spring of 2004, Christensen has driven over 75,000 miles, visiting converted “big boxes” and meeting the people who are transforming these massive shells into useful structures for their community. She has documented what happened to the structures, the parking lots, and the surrounding communities. She has found out who wanted to reuse the buildings, why and how. What Christensen has discovered is that examining the big box building provides a wealth of information that will help us steer the future of our landscape with more informed decision-making processes. Among the things Big Box Reuse points out: despite the harmful construction of the big box, reuse is a powerful tool in the fight against the increasing dangers of sprawl. For every building that is reused, a new one does not go up; a monumental victory, as the National Trust for Historic Preservation recently indicated the energy used to destroy older buildings in addition to the energy used to build new ones could power the entire state of California for 10 years (LA Times, October 2008). From churches, retail stores and charter schools to a courthouse, senior center and the Spam museum, Big Box Reuse shows the many practical reuses of buildings that initially seemed suited for one function. Renovations are nearly complete in The Green Building, home to The Green Building Gallery. The 110- year old former dry goods store, houses a contemporary art gallery, office space, event spaces, and a restaurant, 732 Social. |
 GALLERY AT ACTORS THEATRE, 316 W. Main Street SOME LIKE IT HOT 3 artists from Flame Run Gallery Nov 2 - Dec 13, 2008 Sara Shallenberger Brown and Mezzanine Lobbies Flame Run's goal is to share the endless possibilities of contemporary glass art with the public. From our art glass studio and art glass gallery tours, hot glass demonstrations, contemporary glass art exhibitions, and community classes to visiting artists’ workshops, Flame Run has put Louisville on the map as a destination for contemporary glass artists, educators and collectors. Flame Run is about seeing, feeling and experiencing the passion of our glass artists. At Flame Run the focus is glass. Brook Forrest White, Jr., co-owner of Flame Run Glass Studio in Louisville, invests himself in the magic and mystery of hot glass. He creates colorful, seductive forms with patterning that takes the viewer to another dimension. Susie Slabaugh White’s work explores the coupling of seductive form and radiant color with narrative images of her life. She use a collaboration of methods in an inventive way to get the desired results. Through this process, the energy trapped in the glass is fused with her energy found deep within. From sweat to substance, it is both meditative and exciting. Anessa Arehart's Beauty Paintings are loosely based on lessons learned from her Grandmother, Lena. Balanced with a good dose of modern practicality and a bit of humor, Anessa strives to keep a few basic rules alive in regards to Lena's personal standards of beauty, charm and poise. She believes it doesn't hurt to give a little nod of respect to tradition now and again and encourages a wee bit of decorum while swinging from the chandelier. Or at the very least, to be wearing a proper slip when doing so. |
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The Bodega at Felice, 829 E. Market St. The Bodega will have holiday entertaining food ideas and sampling as well as seasonal beer tasting. |
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Zephyr Gallery, 610 E. Market Street The December hop will feature sculpture by Chris Radtke and drawings and an installation by Stephen Irwin. |
 Christmas is in full swing at SCOUT. 801 E. Market St. Gifts for everyone!!!!!! Decorations for the home. |
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Friday, December 5th starting at 5:30PM: Final 2008 Trolley Hop & Retail Row Grand Opening in the RIVUE Tower on the third floor.
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River Bend Winery, 120 S. 10th Street
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Artist Demonstrations and Creations available:
Enjoy seasonal grooves by Neil Spillman and tasty treats by Stephen Dennison |
Cake Flour is open during the Trolley Hop! Trolley on down to 909 E. Market and check out Cake Flour’s sweet delights and real food you can feel good about! Our ingredients are all natural, organic, and locally produced when available. No artificial anything ever! Check us out www.cakeflouronmarket.com. We offer freshly prepared Cakes
info@cakeflouronmarket.com. Normal Hours (We’re open for Trolley Hop!) Tuesday – Friday 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Saturday/Sunday 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM |
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Mary Craik Gallery, 815 E. Market St.
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Late Night at the Frazier Museum with the Jazz Catz 829 W. Main St. Swing into the holiday season as Jazz music from Louisville's own Jazz Catz fills the night air during December's Downtown Trolley Hop. |
| Paul Paletti Gallery, 713 E. Market St. Affordable Art Show: 6 photographers, all work $300 or less The Affordable Art Show will have pieces from local artists who would like to share their visual talents and exhibit and sell their work. All pieces will be priced at $300 or less and displayed in the gallery from December 1st 2008 to February 28th 2009. |
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Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery, 100 E. Main Street The Art of Experience: Fluxus Works from the Collection of Michael Lowe November 7, 2008 – January 3, 2009 The exhibition will feature over 60 exemplary Fluxus pieces owned by Cincinnati art collector Michael Lowe. Fluxus was a dynamic network of international visual artists, composers, and poets who collaborated beginning in the early 1960s. They created individual and collective artworks that emphasized elements of chance, economy (both in materials and presentation), experiential engagement, humor, play, and a democratization of media that combined poetry, theater, music, and art. Out of these interests, Fluxus artists invented such forms as the Event score and Fluxkit multiples, in addition to the terms Concept Art and Intermedia. The working dates for the most prominent activity by original Fluxus artists are 1962-1978, and their work has influenced everything from conceptual art and mail art to performance and postmodernism. Founding Fluxus artists continue to create, perform, and publish to this very day, inspiring new generations of artists who have unabashedly adopted the Fluxus name and its principles. Fluxus artists represented in the exhibition include: Yoko Ono, George Brecht, George Maciunas, Bob Watts, Takako Saito, Robert Filliou, Ben Vautier, Henry Flynt, Nam June Paik, Ay-O, and Wolf Vostell. |
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The Mayan Cafe, 813 E. Market St., Trolley on down to Shelby St. where the Mayan Cafe is located and enjoy our delicious, authentic, Mayan cuisine. If you've never had Mayan food before, this is your opportunity! Our dishes are rich, flavorful, and exotic. |
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ART ECOLOGY, Louisville's newest addition to the arts community, will exhibit the first of 4 installations of drawings by Russel Hulsey titled “The Verses Series”. Each installation of the series consists of 5 large charcoal / paint portraits on heavy paper of Poets from a literary movement. The Exhibition will close with a reception on December 5th, 5-9 pm and will hang until mid-December. ART ECOLOGY is at 224 South Clay Street unit #110 at the new Gallery Square development. ART ECOLOGY brings a twist to the “gallery” concept by offering reproductions of the original work with their in house printing capabilities. They offer the work on any type of paper, on aluminum, photo panels, ceramic and glass tiles, and will offer limited edition signed copies of the Verses series. ART ECOLOGY also has an existing digital catalog of their artists work and offers prints of their work as well, not to mention offering the same print services to you for your art or photographs. A very holistic 21st century arts company. We also have an artist, Nick Owens, showing in the "All's Fair in Art and War: Envisioning Conflict" Exhibit at the 21c Museum Gallery. |
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| AND A SPECIAL FOR TROLLEY HOPPERS… With your shopping out of the way, treat yourself to a long winter nap at 21c. Stay with us Friday (12/5) or Saturday (12/6) for just $149 per night and we’ll include a $25 gift card to our Museum Shop. Call 502.217.6300 for reservations and mention “HOLSHOP” or click here to book online. |
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FB3 Development, LLC 624 East Market Street (502) 584-2018 www.fb3-d.com Join us for Art, Music and Refreshments on the Trolley Hop Friday, December 5, 5L30-9:30 p.m. See the artwork created by children and families at Kosair Children's Hospital. Sponsored by the Expressive Therapies Program, the Children's Hospital Foundation and FB3 Development |
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