Wow! Can you believe it? It is finally spring and time to get everything back rolling and producing! We have had some amazing winter nights at church and we're back recording Church on the Rocks each Sunday and showcasing some of the fine expressions of the heart and the fearlessness displayed with each note sung or word spoken!


Check out some of these great tracks, newly added:
"Mary" - performed by Nick Payne
"Tennessee Stud" - performed by Hominy & Grizz w/ Brother John
"Sunlight" - an original song by our own, Trevor "Beecharmer" DeCuir
"Runaway" - an original song by our own Bootlegger, JenRose

...and so, so much more. All of these tracks were recorded this past Sunday @ the Hideaway Saloon (3/23/08)!

And by request, we have added the link back to the homepage for connecting to the internet broadcast stream. Also, if you are have any questions with listening to Church on the Rocks, please don't hesitate to email us and we'll get you squared away!

A big special thanks to all the artists, musicians, poets, bards and other active participants for giving us such a magnificent canvas by which we express our nerd-dom! It truly is a joy!

CLICK TO LISTEN NOW!

Hey all!

We are looking for some Mighty Kind volunteers for the Earth Day Hootenanny on April 19th!

We would need mighty-fine assistance with setting up/tearing down of tents, posting of signs and complimentary smile service. We'd simply love for you to just stay all day!

If you'd like to earn some Karma Kredits* and VOLUNTEER to be MIGHTY KIND at our Earth Day Hootenanny, please contact me, Angie, and we'll get your karmic account started off right! SPACES ARE FILLING UP QUICKLY!

Come join the online community for sustainability and kindness @ www.mightykindness.org As the Count says, its 'save early'!

*Karma Kredits redeemed locally in your heart. Non-transferable and not redeemable for cash ;)

Then look no further than the Third Avenue Cafe! Come and have a nice meal (veggie stuff too!) and get your cup refilled again and again with some soulful musings of the Troubadours of Divine Bliss.



When: Friday, March 7 - 6:30-8:30pm
www.thirdavecafe.com 1164 S. Third Street 585-CAFE (585-2233)

Mighty Kindness invites you to their first annual Earth Day Hootenanny on Saturday, April 19th at Willow Park in the Highlands from 12-6pm.

Together with Community Farm Alliance, Rainbow Blossom, Louisville Independent Business Association (LIBA), Sustain Kids, and Heine Bros.Coffee, the Mighty Kindness Earth Day Hootenanny is a free celebration for the whole community featuring the Art of Earth Performance Stage, a Kid's Tent, a Free School workshop & education area.

There will also be an assortment of individuals representing their organizations such as Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Campaign for a Dept. of Peace, Cultivating Connections, Amazing Grace Whole Foods, and many other Earth-friendly groups, local green businesses, alternative healers, local farmers, peace and social justice organizations.

The Art in Earth Performance Stage will feature the music of Leigh Ann Yost, Teneia Sanders, John Gage, Tamara Dearing, Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Kentucky Bootleggers, Acoustic Tomato, River Newts and Fool's Crow. You can also experience the magical movement of the Earth Mamas Dance Co. and workshops by Salsa Rueda & Playback Theatre.

There will be free gifts abound including books and give-aways from local businesses. Bring the whole family and pack a picnic for there will not be refreshments in order to keep it a "Money-Free Festivity!".

Mighty Kindness is a local community unity organization and online resource that seeks to bring together all things in our eco-region that create a circle of sustainability and contribute to our common wealth.

Please visit www.mightykindness.org to find resources for local farms, community services, local green businesses, peace & social justice groups, alternative medicine and healing, spirituality, environmental organizations and meet like-minded souls in the Mighty Kind Community.

Join us in honoring the Earth on Saturday, April 19th at Willow Park.

Get your PIE on this FRIDAY with the Troubadours of Divine Bliss @ Clifton's Pizza!

8:30-11:30 CLIFTON'S PIZZA www.cliftonspizza.com
(ps. the place gets PACKED!)

TroubieTrivia: How long (years) have they played Clifton's Pizza?
AND

Get your GRATITUDE on the next day! !

Founded in 1976, Blue Apple Players brings original touring musicals and educational theater programs to youth throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio, and West Virginia.


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD 7:30pm
BENEFIT @ THE BROWN
315 West Broadway


Join us for an outrageously fun evening as community leaders and celebrities perform Blue Apple favorites. In 2007, more than 25 local leaders and celebrities participated, including John Yarmuth, Steve Wilson, Joe Reagan, Brigid Kaelin, danny flannigan, Jim Bulleit, Tori Murden-McClure and the Monarchs!"

more info: www.blueappleplayers.org

There will be a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, Feb 20.

The eclipse will start at 8:43 PM, will be at it's maximum (darkest) at
10:26 PM and will end 12:09 AM.
All times are Louisville time.

For more information, please go to:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html

The next total lunar eclipse viewable by us will be December 21, 2010.

Get outside! Don't miss it!

Don't miss it tonight @ the Blue River Cafe! Joining the Troubadours of Divine Bliss for an amazing reunion is Ms. Steph Dlugon from Cleveland! And in case you don't know, Ms. Dlugon is the violinist who's featured on many of the recordings of the ToDB's Off the Cuff CD! What an amazing trio of musicians this will be!



THIS FRIDAY, February 8th the Blue River Cafe
Milltown, IN
7pm-10pm
Make your reservations NOW...it's going to be a busy night!

Click HERE for directions :)

This Saturday hear the Troubadours in concert at a phenomenal listening room!

Unlike you've ever heard them before! Don't miss the BLISS!!!
Backstage Cafe
(click for map)

109 N. Mulberry St. Elizabethtown, KY 2-2-08 (groundhog's day!)
7:30 pm $5
See you at Church! Sundays at the Hideaway Saloon - 8:30pm


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LAVA House Official Site




MORE INFO ON HOW YOU CAN HELP!

“I’m really gonna miss the LAVA House,” Conaway said. “It’s really a huge loss. Louisville has seen several alternative spaces come and go. This was just a tragic instant that stopped a wonderful thing.” --CJ article

The GermanParistown Neighborhood has suffered a terrible loss. On Saturday, January 26, 2008, a fire destroyed The Lava House. A neighborhood friend and resident of The Lava House, Bill Christie, lost his life in the event. GPNA is taking donations on behalf of The Lava House and will be donating all of the proceeds to those involved with The Lava House. Please visit the GermanParistown Neighborhood's website to donate and help support the artists affected.

LAVA-the Louisville Assembly of Vanguard Art- was a warehouse down a back alley in Germantown (Shelby Pkwy) up against the train tracks. It had been used as an artspace for about half a decade (Summer 2001). They did art shows and music shows of various genres from 2001 to 2004.

Now I’ll look down the street and see a blank space and know our friend has passed away,” said Conaway, who started LAVA House in 2001 with Bart Herre. --CJ article

HELP SUPPORT THE ARTISTS & RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THIS LOSS- Donate here: GermanParistown Neighborhood Association.

Don't Miss King Luster and Kentucky Bootlegger, JenRose, as we welcome them as HONORARY HOSTS for Church on the Rocks!

THIS SUNDAY ~ The Hideaway Saloon ~ 8:30pm

Luster (Sile Singleton) hails from Columbus, Ohio, where he has been a major leader in the drag king explosion. A performer for nearly a decade, Luster is also the organizer of the International Drag King Extravaganza.

Check Fast Friday's MySpace page for the very latest details and to talk directly to Luster and all the Kewl Kingin' Kats. Add us to your friends to automatically get on the mailing list.

For the past 12 years, Si'le P. Singleton self-described as a not so young college educated, Black, Midwestern bi-cultural wife and mother, has bedazzled the Nation's audiences first as the witty ultra-high femme 'emcee-tress' Lustivious De la Virgion and second as a co-founder of The International Drag King Extravaganza (a 4-day event that merges academic and activist gender work).

More recently as LUSTER (pictured), she was a featured performer in 2004's breakout tour and highly awarded documentary, KINGS ON THE ROAD.

In PAINT! Her premiere one-person show, Si'le, academically trained as a multiculturist and critical race theorist, uses an unique blend of personal narrative, social commentary, and street savvy readiness to explore and expose the murky complicated margins that inform her ever-changing understanding of trans-self.