April 30- May 5

bluepicks for the week (slightly abbreviated)

...if I left off your event feel free to leave it in a comment....

Thursday, 4/30:

• Bruce Burris on Trivial Thursdays: Start yr day off at the crack of dawn with Mick Jeffries and special guest Bruce Burris of ELandF Gallery (7-9 a.m., wrfl.fm). ELandF has been keeping busy over the past year organizing uber-creative-almost-guerilla art projects, such as the Kentucky Mourning Project, the Public Transit Poetry Project and the Book Reader; I'd imagine he has some pretty interesting insights on the creative community in Lexington.
• Social Innovation Forum @ Old Tarr Distillery (899 Manchester St.) - This event is the second in a monthly series of forums that tackle relevant community issues - this month's focuses mostly on responsible development in the north/east end, with panelists Barry McNees (distillery district);Marty Clifford (Northside neighborhood assoc); Ed Holmes (East End, Third St revitalization); Dorothy Coleman (Newtown Pike Extension).
• Samantha Ronson DJing at 4th Street live in Louisville - if you're into that whole semi-celebrity/semi-skanky nightclub scene, that is. (For those who don't harbor a guilty habit of obsessively keeping up with Perez Hilton and US magazine, Samantha Ronson is Lindsay Lohan's lady friend – or perhaps her special lady...)
• Max Tundra; Junior Boys @ The Dame - to be honest, I'm not terribly familiar with either of these acts, but I'm definitely intrigued. Tundra = multi-instrumentalist British electronic artist; Junior Boys = indie electronic "bedroom beat constructors" (love that phrase but didn't come up with it) from Ontario. Check out Tundra's brilliant expose on his utter disdain for footless tights. (Written two summers ago, and the worst fashion revival of the '80s STILL hasn't gone away.)
  

Friday, May 1:

• The Future of Fashion @ Old Tarr Distillery. Lexington fashion showcase, featuring local fashion designers, photographers, and hair and make-up artists. Music by the US Band and DJ Selektro. The event is a benefit for the Bluegrass Sewing Literacy Project. 7 - 9 pm; $5.
• Coralee and the Townies @ Lynagh's
  
• oh yeah, it's Derby Eve ....if I were you I'd head to the 'ville and wanderthe streets looking for some action.....

Sunday, May 3:

• PARK DAZE @ Woodland Park - rescheduled - new line-up includes Everyone Lives, Everyone Wins; The Tall Boys; The Gudwalls; Babes; and Candy. FREE, 1-6 pm, Woodland Park.
  
• 2nd Annual Bike Swap @ The Void. Starts at 11 a.m. Bring yr old bike parts/bikes or yr dollars to buy new bike parts/bikes.
  
• Windy and Carl and Benoit Pioulard @ Land of Tomorrow. Also playing will be Lamb's Laughter – a collaborative effort b/w members of both bands – and Lexington's Caboladies. Take note of the NEW VENUE...it's a new art space located at 527 E. 3rd St. Doors at 8:30; $5, all ages

Monday, May 4:

• Peter Bronztman/Eric Revis/Nasheet Waits @ Red Mile Round Barn - this show is brought to you by WRFL, the Jazz Arts Foundation and The Lexington Project (aka Ross Compton) as part of the Outside the Spotlight Jazz and Improvised Music Series). And it's FREE. (P.S. these guys are playing in major cities all over the country for an average of $15 or so a show.) Check out more info on the musicians on the facebook events page.
• Comedy Night w/host Dave Webster @ Green Lantern.