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Welcome to this week’s Ace Picks for Lexington, Kentucky — Ace’s highly curated and selective to do list for the next eight days in the bluegrass (also delivered to your inbox every Thursday morning via the Ace e-dition click here to subscribe.)
THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 2013
Paul K plays at Cosmic Charlie’s. (Read Kakie Urch’s recent coverstory here.)
FRIDAY JANUARY 4, 2013
Joseph G. Anthony will discuss and sign Bluegrass Funeral at Joseph Beth Booksellers, short stories about Kentucky’s bluegrass region from the 1800s to the present.
SATURDAY JANUARY 5, 2013
Preservation Kentucky is this month’s cause at West Sixth on Saturday. The brewery will donate six percent of their profits that afternoon, 4 pm to 8 pm, to Preservation Kentucky. Other activities will include a short bike tour of the neighborhood (weather depending) and craft training demonstrations.
‘Ballroom with a Twist‘ is at the Lexington Opera House this weekend, featuring dancers from Dancing with the Stars.
SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 2013
It was a year ago this week that perennial candidate and activist Gatewood Galbraith died. Friends and fans will gather at Natasha’s Sunday evening for a remembrance. Blind Corn Liquor Pickers will play to close out the evening.
Galbraith famously told Ace in a 2000 interview about industrial hemp’s potential as a crop for Kentucky, “Cannabis is to hemp as Dennis Rodman is to Danny DeVito. They’re both adult males, but if you can’t distinguish between the two you don’t belong in law enforcement.”
Read the January 2012 essay from John Y Brown III on Gatewood’s passing here.
MONDAY JANUARY 7, 2013
Woodsongs arrives at its new home at Lexington’s Lyric Theatre with what is sure to be an incredible performance by Victor Wooten and family. (The uninitiated might know the virtuoso bassist from his longtime work with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.)
This show has been rescheduled to February.
TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2013
Exile (“I Wanna Kiss you all over…and over again…”) will perform at the EKU Center for the Arts this evening.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 2013
Tonight’s Red Barn Radio, the first of 2013, is Mike Mitchell.
THURSDAY JANUARY 10, 2013
Studio Players will premiere their first show of 2013, Southern Comforts.
Tonight’s Jazz Live at the Library is a Tribute to Norman Higgins, featuring the Jay Flippin Trio.
Fantastical Theatricals will present “Murder at the Shell Cafe,” at the Chop House on Richmond Road. (6:30 pm on January 10 and on January 17, 2013). From their invitation, “The year is 1940, and Orson Welles is on his way to Hearst Castle with a gun in his pocket, followed by his jealous lover, Dolores del Rio. At the Shell Café in Pismo Beach, California, they encounter Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, and Louella Parsons. Two Hollywood scandals collide with hilarious and murderous results in this fictional blend of history, mystery and comedy.”
Ace Picks and calendar recommendations for Lexington are compiled from the Ace Calendar Lexington, KY calendar by Mic Hardman, with Chris Snider. Click to submit.
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GIGS and CONCERTS
Lexington, Kentucky Music Listings
JANUARY 3 – JANUARY 10, 2013
THURSDAY JANUARY 3
Petey | White Reaper 9 pm, Al’s Bar
Paul K | Oldman Lowdown 10 pm, Cosmic Charlie’s
Jivehounds | The Speed Hearts 10 pm, Green Lantern
Be Square 8 pm, Henry Clay’s Public House
The Greener Band 9 pm, Parlay Social
Chip McGuire 10.30 pm, Tin Roof
Kentucky Hoss Cats 7 pm, Willie’s Locally Known
FRIDAY JANUARY 4
Straw & Hay | Dillon Hodges 9 pm, Al’s Bar
Beth Burden 9.30 pm, Bigg Blue Martini
Impending Lies 10 pm, Cosmic Charlie’s
Boot Legg 9 pm, Henry Clay’s Public House
Driftwood Gypsy | Shozo, Green Lantern
Nellie McKay 8 pm, Natasha’s
Still Kickin’ Band 9.30 pm, Parlay Social
Chip McGuire 10.30 pm, Tin Roof
The Northside Sheiks 7 pm, Willie’s Locally Known
SATURDAY JANUARY 5
Astor Place Riot | Sundog Revival | Steve Zunker & The Vaticans 9 pm, Al’s Bar
Crazy Janie 9.30 pm, Bigg Blue Martini
Born Cross Eyed feat Dino English
8 pm, Cosmic Charlie’s
Infected | Middle Class Mischief, Green Lantern
Scott Said and the Backroads
9 pm, Henry Clay’s Public House
Julia Knight 8 pm, Natasha’s
Still Kickin’ Band 9.30 pm, Parlay Social
David Campbell 10.30 pm, Tin Roof
Johnny Cash Tribute: Ralph Curtis and his All-American Band 7 pm, Willie’s Locally Known
SUNDAY JANUARY 6
Sun Street | Driftwood Gypsy | Red Fire
10 pm, Cosmic Charlie’s
Blind Corn Liquor Pickers: Gatewood’s Army
6 pm, Natasha’s
MONDAY JANUARY 7
Victor Wooten and Family
6.45 pm, Woodsongs, Lyric Theatre
RC and the Nightshades 9 pm, Natasha’s
TUESDAY JANUARY 8
Greg Foresman | Dan Hill | Tom Green 8 pm, Natasha’s
The Yonders 8 pm, Parlay Social
The Northside Sheiks 7 pm, Willie’s Locally Known
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9
The Brink of Bliss | Nothing Official 9 pm, Al’s Bar
Mike Mitchell 7 pm, Red Barn Radio, Artsplace
The Delta Saints 10 pm, Cosmic Charlie’s
Woody Pines | The Appleseed Collective
7 pm, Willie’s Locally Known
THURSDAY JANUARY 10
C2 | Third Seven | Fable Cry 9 pm, Al’s Bar
Higgins Brothers 7 pm, Central Library
The Twin Cats | Barry Mando Project
10 pm, Cosmic Charlie’s
CoonEagle | The Kickaways, Green Lantern
Jon Curtis 8 pm, Henry Clay’s Public House
Kentucky Hoss Cats 7 pm, Willie’s Locally Known
VENUES
Al`s Bar 601 Limestone St 859.252.9104
ArtsPlace 161 N. Mill Street
Atomic Café 265 Limestone St. 859-254-1969
Austin City Saloon 2350 Woodhill Drive 859.266.6891
Bar Lexington: 373 East Main St. 859-523-7694
Bigg Blue Martini 369 W. Vine St. 859.231.9000
Black Box Theater 141 E. Main St. 859.225.0370
Bogart`s at Crowne Plaza 1375 S. Broadway 859.255.4281
Buster`s Billiards & Backroom 899 Manchester St. 859.368.8871
Campus Pub 393 Waller Ave 859.231.0957
The Cellar 3256 Lansdowne Drive 859.317.8301
Cheapside 131 Cheapside 859.254.0046
Chevy Chase Inn 833 East Euclid Ave. 859.266.9422
Common Grounds 343 E. High St. 859.233.9761
Coffee Times Coffee House: 2571 Regency Rd.
859-277-9410
Cosmic Charlie`s 388 Woodland Ave. 859.309.9499
Giuseppe`s: 4456 Nicholasville Rd. 859-272-4269
Grapevine 4101 Tates Creek Rd. 859.273.7788
Green Lantern 497 W. Third St. 859.252.9539
Henry Clay’s Public House 112 N. Upper Street
Horse and Barrel at DeSha`s 101 N. Broadway 859.259.3771
The Julep Cup 111 Woodland Ave 859-226-0300
Kentucky Theatre 214 East Main Street 859.231.6997
Land of Tomorrow 527 E. Third Street
Lynagh`s Irish Pub 384 Woodland Ave. 859.255.1292
Malibu Pub and Grill 239 Surfside Dr. 859.278.9003
Natasha`s 112 Esplanade 859.259.2754
O`Neill`s Irish Pub 2051 Richmond Rd. 859.266.4488
Parlay Social 257 W. Short Street
The Secret Bar and Grill 841 Lane Allen Road
859.317.8673
Shamrocks Bar and Grill154 N. Patchen Dr. 859.269.7621
ShowMe’s Restaurant: 1973 Bryant Rd. – 859-317-8625
Southside Pub 3650 Boston Rd. 859.223.4775
Squires Tavern 3429 Buckhorn Dr. 859.317.8887
Tee Dee’s Club 266 E Second St 859.335.8440
Tin Roof 303 S. Limestone St. 859.317.9111
Two Keys Tavern 333 S. Limestone St. 859.254.5000
Vue 201 E. Main Street, 15th Floor
Willie’s Locally Known 805 N. Broadway
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