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
Photo
Gallery for all events
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
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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