Friday, May 30
Manual Football’s “We Party More Dance” @ Fern Valley Hotel
2715 Fern Valley Road
8:30pm-12am
$10 at school, $15 at the door
For the first time, this dance is not being held at school, but at a hotel. It is white-out, Florida style dance. No food or drinks are allowed in the vicinity. Be safe, students!
Juniors vs. Seniors boys Field Hockey Game @ Noe Middle School
$5, 3:30pm
Carly Rodman (11,J&C) has prepared a boys field hockey game to raise money for OXFAM. Be sure to check it out! It’s for a great cause.
Saturday, May 31
810 E. Market St.
8pm, $10
Event description provided by Leo Weekly Staffpicks: “Percussion is the end-all and be-all for New York’s John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions) who, along with collaborators, has created and propelled Man Forever. Working with guest musicians, Colpitts looks to use drumming as an exploration of music, rather than just as ancillary musicianship to other instruments. His most recent album, Ryonen, is a collaboration of Colpitts and So Percussion, the highly acclaimed quartet of Yale alumni based in New York. Man Forever is known for being experimental, and Colpitts has also worked with other, similarly experimental artists; he’s performed with Yo La Tengo, Spiritualized, Akron/Family and William Basinski, and he was a founding member of Brooklyn psychedelic noise-rock band Oneida. Opening for Millions is Cincinnati improvisational saxophonist Jon Lorenz. —Ian Ording”
Kosair Charities’ Open Car and Motorcycle Show @ Mike Lennig’s
9308 Cane Run Rd.
Free, 10:15am-5pm
Kosair is hosting this show to raise money for their charity. It costs $15 to enter a car or a motorcycle. You can register at the link above. Food will be provided, as long as live music from the Monarchs.
College Spirit Day @ KY Center for African American Heritage
1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Free, 2pm-4:30
Mayor Greg Fischer has declared May 31 “College Spirit Day,” also known as “I’m Going to College 55k Signing Day.” On this day, Fischer wants to congratulate all high school Seniors who will be attending college next school year. He plans to get 55,000 more signees by 2020. This is a day to celebrate the seniors’ achievements, and free food from Texas Roadhouse will be provided. To sign up, click the link provided above. You can also sign up the day of, from 1pm to 2pm. Be sure to wear your college gear, seniors!
Sunday, June 1
Iron Chef competition @ Rainbow Blossom Natural Foods Market
3738 Lexington Road
12-4pm, Free
June 1 marks the first Rainbow Blossom Market of the season, and an iron chef competition will start it off. Seviche’s Anthony Lamas will battle La Coop’s Bobby Benjamin in the cook-off, and the food will be provided by Rainbow Blossom. After June first, the markets will be held every sunday at the Rainbow Blossom in St. Matthews. This event will also include local artists and musicians– that means live performances!
Benjamin Ross @ Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Ave.
4pm, Free
Benjamin Ross is the author of a new book titled Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism. The book covers the roots of the suburbs and explains how an urban change can be useful to citizens. Ross is very familiar with this topic, for he led the largest grassroots mass transit advocacy organization in the country for 15 years.
