May 13 - May 19

As always, feel free to leave your event in a comment if I left it out...

Wed., 5/13:

• Cult Film Series at Al's Bar (brought to you by Seersucker Productions and Bluegrass Film Society)~ Tonight's film is Donald Wolf's Savage Intruder (1969). Lexington director George Maranville will be introducing the film. 7 p.m., FREE
  
• Erik Reece on FRESH AIR ~ Terry Gross will be interviewing the award-winning UK professor and author on-air on NPR tonight. Reece be discussing his new book American Gospel, about his conflicted religious views growing up as the son and grandson of Baptist preachers. (You might have garnered from last week's post about Reece that I think pretty highly of him.) Lexingtonians can tune in at 7 p.m. on 91.3 FM.
• Stay close to the radio to catch Michael Turner (formerly of Warmer Milks, etc.) live on WRFL-Live tonight, b/w 8-10 p.m. (stay tuned afterwards for my radio show, 10-midnight!). 88.1 FM or stream it : http://wrfl.fm
• Rainjunkies/John Pope (of Big Maracas)/ Alana Fugate at The Green Lantern.
  
• The Rosebuds / The Seedy Seeds at The Dame. $6, 21+
  

Thurs., 5/14:

• Bicycle Commuter Breakfast at Third Street Stuff (7:30 a.m.)~visit BikeLexington.com for more information.
  
• Trivial Thursdays with Mick Jeffries will feature "UK Special Collections and Digital Urber-Archivist, photographer, mommie, and photobooth fetishist Deirdre Scaggs." Tune into 88.1 WRFL FM from 7 - 9 a.m.
• Jovontaes, US Band and DJs John the Baptist and Brocktologist @ the Boiler Room. Check out Jovontaes' ever-changing line-up and sound (I believe drummer/vocalist Reid Small described the current state of their sound as being more "chilled out" than usual); up-and-coming hip-hop/party music of US Band; and Lexington's leading party DJs at the city's newest dive. (I checked out the Boiler Room last weekend and it's pretty rad...kinda makes you feel like you're in the Black Lodge, only less Lynch, more punk rock undertones.) 9:30ish.
  

Fri., 5/15:

• Renowned Appalachian poet Frank X. Walker will be the featured guest on Katerina Stoyklova Klemer's Accents Radio Show. WRFL, 88.1 FM, 2 p.m.
  
• RC Pro Am Reunion Tour: So far the only date I know of is this Friday, at Sidecar (next door to Al's on N. Limestone near Sixth St.) The best punk & "I don't give a shit" -inspired rock/whatever band to hit the Lexington scene in recent history. And they haven't even hit the Lexington scene at all in recent history. Weird how that works... Cheap beer, FREE entry, 21+
  
• Drive to Louisville to get your frantic awesome heavy rock on with Big Business (feat. members of the Melvins) at Headliner's.
  

Sat., 5/16:

• Lexington Craft Beer Festival at the Red Mile. Featuring a homebrew contest, over 200 different commercial craft beers from 70 different breweries, and food & live music.
• Peace & Global citizenship Fair @ BCTC campus.
  
• dorkBot @ C.P.R. - People are doing "strange things with electricity" in Lexington ~ they want to tell you about it and you want to hear about it. Feat. an audio/visual installment by Clint Davis; PhonoGraffiti by Jason Corder and more. At C.P.R. (near 6th and Limestone) from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., Free.
  
• Tiny Fights/ Jovontaes @ Al's. $5, all ages
  

Mon., 5/18:

• SI KAHN @ WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour (Kentucky Theatre) From the WoodSongs newsletter: Aside from being a brilliant songwriter, [Kahn] has worked for over 40 years as a civil rights labor, and community organizer, and musician in the Southern United States. His songs of family, community, work and freedom such as "Aragon Mill" "Gone, Gonna Rise Again" and "Wild Rose of the Mountain" have been recorded by over 100 artists. Si has released 14 albums of his original songs, plus a collection of traditional labor, civil rights, and women's songs, with Pete Seeger and Jane Sapp. His latest CD is "Thanksgiving."

Tues., 5/19:

• Bicycle Commuter Breakfast at Sunrise Bakery (7:30 a.m.)
• Black Moth Super Rainbow w/ Tiny Fights; Bedtime @ Red Mile Round Barn. The lastest installment of absolutely-don't-miss WRFL sponsored shows. BMSR = bubbly, experimental analog electronic psych-pop. Tiny Fights & Bedtime = two of Lex's finest. Scroll back a few entries to see photos of this amazing venue. The show is ALL AGES and only $5...
• Afterwards, as on every Tuesday, DJs Reid Small and Mark Murray will be spinning dance jams at the Fisthank (2 for 1 drinks). 21+, FREE.