2010 Calendar
Special Events, Lectures and Workshops

Contact Info: Historic Locust Grove
561 Blankenbaker Lane
Louisville , KY 40207
(502) 897-9845
e-mail: lghh@locustgrove.org
Website: www.locustgrove.org

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Afternoon Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
1:00 p.m.
Early River Transportation

Chuck Parrish, retired historian for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville, will talk about the importance of Kentucky’s rivers and the means of transportation on those rivers during the exploration and settlement of our region. The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served at 1:00 pm with the lecture immediately following at 1:15 PM. Admission is $5, $3 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove. Reservations are not required. For more information call (502) 897-9845.

Workshop: How to re-rush a chair
Saturday, February 20th 10:00am-3:00pm
Art Hoffman
Participants in this class will learn the art of making a rush seat for a chair. The cost of the workshop is $60, which includes all the material necessary to make the rush seat as well as instructional handouts. Participants will need to bring their own chair. A chair can be purchased from the instructor (for $50) or may buy a stool (for $25). *If participants bring their own chair it must be a simple chair with unobstructed access to all four rails (no slats or wood strips on any side of the seat). The instructor recommends a basic ladderback chair. If participants have any questions about the difference between a rush chair and cane chair they are welcome to contact the instructor, Art Hoffman at 429-5242 who will be happy to provide clarification. Please bring a brown bag lunch since this is a day long workshop. *Participants will need to bring the following tools for the workshop: flat screwdriver, hammer, scissors, tape measure, and a spring clamp. Deadline for registration: February 1st, 2010 (minimum of 3 people, maximum of 12 people)

Afternoon Lecture Series
(Kentucky Chautauqua performance in partnership with the Kentucky Humanities Council)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
1:00 p.m.

Lucy Bakewell Audubon
Kelly O'Connell Brengelman is Lucy Bakewell Audubon, the wife of artist John James Audubon. Lucy was incredibly devoted to her husband, whose business ventures often failed. She became the breadwinner as John spent hours in the woods with his brushes and paints. This is perhaps one of the best, and somewhat unknown, Kentucky love stories. In John James Audubon’s words, "With her, was I not always rich?" The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served at 1:00 pm with the lecture immediately following at 1:15 PM. Admission is $5, $3 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove. Reservations are not required. For more information call (502) 897-9845.

Workshop: Block Printing on Paper with Virginia Tucker
Saturday, March 6th 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Virginia Tucker shows the class how to create block prints on paper. A similar technique was used by wallpaper manufacturers such as the ones from whom Lucy and Willliam Croghan purchased wallpaper for Locust Grove in the early 1800s. Please bring a bag lunch for this day-long workshop. Cost: $70, which includes all materials. $70

The Sixth Annual Locust Grove
Used Book Sale

Friday - Sunday, March 12th-14th
10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Members Only Preview -Thursday, March 11, 5:00 to 7:30 pm
(memberships can be purchased at the door)

This is the Big Sale! More than 15,000 used, antiquarian, and new books in all categories will be offered for sale. Categories include history, biography, mysteries, reference, science fiction, travel, cookbooks, children's, spirituality, Kentucky, romance, crafts, and much more. Prices begin at .50 for small paperbacks, $1 for trade paperbacks, and $2 for most hardcovers; with a selection of illustrated books, rare books, and sets, priced individually. All books are sorted by category and are in good condition. Because of the volume of donations, books will be added to the display during the sale.

Emilie Strong Smith Chamber Music Series
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 5:30 pm, in the Ballroom at Locust Grove
[program change]
Baroque Consortium
The Kansas City Baroque Consortium performing Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee - Handel and Bononcini. The Emilie Strong Smith Chamber Music Series is a rare opportunity to enjoy music much as the Croghans and Clarks would have in the early 1800s. Light refreshments are served at 5:00 pm; the concert begins at 5:30. Season subscriptions are available - call 502-897-9845. Individual concert tickets are $20. Reservations are requested.

Afternoon Lecture Series
Dr. Charles Ambrose- Early Medical Education at Transylvania University
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
1:00 p.m.

The fifth medical school in the U.S. was founded in 1799 at Transylvania University in Lexington. For several decades during the early 1800s, "Transy’s" medical school rivaled America’s premier medical school in Philadelphia because of Transy’s large library and rich collection of scientific apparatus. Transylvania University Professor Charles Ambrose M.D. will talk about the impact of Transylvania’s medical college on the early development of Kentucky and the region.The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served at 1:00 pm with the lecture immediately following at 1:15 PM. Admission is $5, $3 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove. Reservations are not required. For more information call (502) 897-9845.


Afternoon Lecture Series
Jacob Lee- George Rogers Clark
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
1:00 p.m.
The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served at 1:00 pm with the lecture immediately following at 1:15 PM. Admission is $5, $3 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove. Reservations are not required. For more information call (502) 897-9845.


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