This week Louisville is experiencing the ballet in Central Park. I was lucky enough to catch the…read moreperformance of Hamlet & Ophelia. Joining with the team running Shakespeare in the Park, we watched the dancer perform on stage surrounded by a beautiful backdrop of trees and walking trails. This performance was free and included younger dancers and apprentices during the production. The more seasoned performers kept you engaged with beautiful choreography and facial expressions. I appreciated the more casual setting of being at the park. This included the performers and their outfits. This was only the second time I've seen the Louisville Ballet and it was a unique experience compared to being at the theater. Check out the upcoming season which includes Dracula, The Nutcracker and Carmen.

We were so blessed to be able to catch the sold out choreographer's showcase here! I am a huge fan…read moreof The Nutcracker but I've been wanting to expand my horizons and add more beauty into my life. I signed up for the Louisville Ballet newsletter, and when I saw the choreographer's showcase coming up I thought this would be an awesome event where the choreographers and dancers wouldn't be limited to predetermined elements in their performances. The event exceeded my expectations! Everything, from the dancers, to the music, to the lighting, to the costumes, was so thoughtful. We really loved seeing what these artists could do when unbound. I hope to attend many more performances and continue to support the arts, really what makes life worth it. Highly recommend!

This bar has an obvious Japanese pop culture theme, but has an equally prevalent American counter…read moreculture vibe. The folks here are very friendly and chill. It was my first time in Louisville and I saw that this place was really close to where I was grabbing dinner, so I wanted to stop by and grab a drink and check this place out. I'm assuming the area this bar is located in is the hipster area of Louisville. I'm not 100% sure, but having lived in Silver Lake (LA, CA) for a few years, there definitely was some recognizable symptoms of a hipster neighborhood. There's different sake beverages on the menu as well as a really solid, albeit small selection of whiskey (with more than reasonable prices too!). I ordered one of the individually packaged sakes and it was tasty. I got to look around and talk to the bartender a bit. He mentioned they had karaoke on Thursdays and are open to 4am (holy moly - so used to 2am on the west coast). I really wanted to come back, but was just so spent after dinner. It's a shame I couldn't hang out longer or just experience more of what this bar has to offer, but from what I experienced so far, a really great place!

This was an unexpected stop on a night out. Front part of bar was a bit crowded but plenty of space…read morein the back. They have a decent selection of snack food-- we got chips & queso and a spicy chicken quesadilla. Both were good. They also have sushi which looked good, too.

You have to be a kid or an experienced dancer to come here. I am neither of those things and all of…read moretheir classes were at crazy inconvenient times. I just wanted to dance for exercise since I loved it as a kid have had medical issues and still wanted to do something gun while exercising.

My four year old daughter absolutely loved her ballet class this spring. She learned so much from…read moreMiss Autumn and had a blast in the encouraging environment and LOVED getting to be a part of the recital. Thanks LDA!

I'm so glad this place was recommended at dinner! When you walk up you can see all the beautiful…read morepeople on the patio having a blast! Being out there was like a whole different club. Very reasonable cover and everyone I interacted with from the front door to the bartenders were hospitable. If you didn't bring cash to tip at the drag show, no worries there's an ATM at the front door. Restrooms are nice and clean and very well positioned. There were a couple different rooms with differing music and vibes and I was here for it! The drag show was one of the best I've seen in quite a while! Those ladies were workin it! The vibe inside everywhere was nice and warm which definitely matches the locale. Definitely suggest checking it out! Cool people cool music great atmosphere.

I gave my girlfriend my credit card to get a drink because she is over 21 and I am not and I…read moreapproached her while she was sitting at the lounge bar (the smallest bar near the patio) and complimented the female bartender with pigtails on her Pokemon backpack and had a brief conversation about it and afterwards I was approached by the fat security guard with the bad acne and bad breath to go get the X's on my hands re drawn because they were fading and while I was at the check in desk he told me the female bartender said I drank at the bar and I needed to leave. I did not even touch my girlfriend's drink and told him that and he said "we have to go off what the bartenders say" and left afterwards. What a poor excuse of a nightclub

I always love supporting neighborhood businesses, and Doo-Wop shop is truly both a neighborhood…read morebusiness and service. I have a 13 year old who rents an instrument and when we first went it, they treated my child like an adult and answered every possible question you couldn't imagine related to playing the clarinet, guitar, or singing emo punk music. Besides rentals, Doo-Wop also has an exceptional staff available for private instruction, and their rates and availabilty are great for working parents.

Great shop, awesome assistance EVERY time. I purchased my Yamaha on rental terms and the folks…read morethere were wonderful EVERY time I've interacted with them. Scott Inman

Old Forester's Paristown Hall is my favorite place to catch a show in the city right now…read more Established only recently in 2019, I love how much the name (even with a brand sponsorship in it) sounds like an Established 1819 sort of place. It's a modern take on the standing-room-only "Big Rock Show" venue, with well stocked bars on either side of the stage and a cool balcony above (often reserved for VIP standing or sitting, and with its own bar and bathrooms). One of the twists to the venue that is in my understanding still greatly under appreciated is that the Louisville Orchestra collaborated in building Paristown Hall. The stage can fit the whole orchestra, the acoustics are good enough to showcase that, and the A/V system is deep enough capture most of it. How many orchestras in this country have a venue that they can regularly play that gives off "Big Rock Show" energy? Paristown Hall is also the reason that Louisville had one of the few active, working orchestras (and paid salaries to them!) in the country in the early 2020s. (Those live streams meant a lot to me as a fan of live music in those years.) I try to buy any Paristown Hall ticket that sounds even of passing interest. I especially buy a ticket for every Louisville Orchestra show at Paristown Hall before even reading the description, because any show our Orchestra thinks needs to be at Paristown Hall is a show I don't want to miss. (Absolutely my recommendation to everyone: if the Louisville Orchestra is playing at Paristown Hall it will be a treat and you should buy tickets.)

We arrived for a Friday night Violent Femmes concert in October and this was a first time visit for…read moreme to this venue. Bag checks and security were efficient and the scan for my ticket QR code made it simple and easy. This venue has a large bar across the entire back wall, which is on the opposite side of the room from the entrance. The restrooms are located on the left front side of the building when facing the bar. A large balcony for the VIP patrons wraps around the second level for more than half of the room in a horseshoe shape. It appears to also have a decent amount of seating. This is in contrast to the ground floor general admission area, which is standing only. Over 2 to 3 hours of standing on a concrete floor is a foot annihilator, but was so worth it to me this time around. Stage was able to be seen fairly well from most vantage points. Projection images of the stage were seen on 2 walls on either side, which helped supplement what we could see. Sound system was top notch. I'm still half-deaf almost a day and a half later. I'll probably take at least some light hearing protection with me to future events. Overall, great venue. Good value. Plenty of nearby parking and places to dine before/after events.

Love this theater, especially now that they have the comfy chairs. The theaters are always clean…read moreand in good repair, and I never have a problem with people talking during the movie.