The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 33

A 6 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1993 IZ3 Saturday With home-run champ Mickey Mantle, all-star Wednesday It's state fair time back home in Indiana. The big doings start Wednesday at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis and run through Aug. 22, with pigs, horses, merry-go-rounds, corn, cotton candy and star-studded concerts for almost every musical taste. See The Best of the Region, this page. Thursday D.

Maximillian Robinson, the actor-director whose 6-foot-6 stage presence and basso voice would give any Moriarty pause, opens "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem" and "A Man of Experience" Thursday at the Rudyard Kipling. See Theater, this page. Next Friday For an evening of hot and gritty blues sung by a singer who has "a four-octave range and perfect pitch," try Keri Leigh and the Blue Devils next Friday at Cliffhangers. Leigh and fellow Blue Devil-slide guitarist Mark Lyons promise some down-and-dirty music. See Blues, this page.

ii ii i II I I II iwiijeoWyfrsVBfrk son, Paul Moffett and Rhonda Richardson. Tomorrow, 9 p.m., the Rudyard Kipling, 416-422 W. Oak St. $3. Sharp'a 1st Evar Reunion Jam.

Benefit for St. Vincent DePaul Society. Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Phoenix Hill Tavern, 644 Baxter Ave. With local bands from the '60s through the '90s (see Nightspots listing). Admission free before 8 p.m., then $4.

THEATER "A Mldaummor Nlght'a Draam." Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Today and Sunday, 8 p.m., C. Douglas Ra-mey Amphitheater, Central Park, Fourth Street and Magnolia Avenue. Free; bring a can of food for Kentucky Harvest. "Loa Plaldaura." Racine comedy.

UisstfeiiWfClw I iV'' 5 catcher Johnny Bench and other greats on the playing field, a baseball card show and autograph session, the "Upper Deck Heroes of Baseball" weekend should be a dream. See Spectator Sports, Page 7. Submissions to the Weekend Calendar must be received, In writing, by noon on Monday ot the week ot publication. Address: Weekend, The Courier-Journal, 625 W. Broadway, P.O.

Box 740031, Louisville, Ky. 40201-7431. Fax number: (502) 582-4665. CONCERTS Band Hot Brata German Band. Today, 7:30 p.m., Hurley D.

Conrad Bandstand, First State Capitol Memorial, Cory-don, Ind. Bring lawn chairs. If it rains, concert moves to Corydon United Methodist Church. Free. Blues Karl Leigh and tha Blua Davlla.

Next Friday, 9 p.m., Cliffhangers, 610-C Distillery Commons. $5. Classical Organist Travla Yeager. Sunday, 2 p.m., St. Brigid Catholic Church, Baxter and Hepburn avenues.

Free. Country "Country Comaa Downtown." Today, Galleria atrium. Live music, 1 1 :30 a.m.-l p.m. Bargain Bazaar Country Music Show. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Susie Harper, Gregg Carr, April Peyton.

5314 Bardstown Road, Inside Plcadilly Plaza. No alcohol. $5, $4 senior citizens, $1 children. Corydon Jamboree. Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., the Brokenheart Band, Lee Parr King, Dallas McKaln, Paul Bour, Mitch Murphy, Mervin Lee, John Hardy, Charlie Ball, Darrell Tubb, Karen Marshall and Billie Jo Puckett.

North of town square between Capital Avenue and Indian Creek, Corydon, Ind. No alcohol or smoking. $4.50, $4 senior citizens, $2.50 children 6-12, free for children under 6, Reservations: (502) 422-3122 or (812) 969-2049. Country Palaco. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Danny and Sharon Wells, Carol Flake, Terry Edwards, Tammy Bran-ham, Lloyd Kelley, Randy Richardson, Bobby Hair, David Powell, Kuntry Kunfuzlon Band.

421 N. Main Mount Washington, Ky. Dance floor. No alcohol. $5, $4 senior citizens, free for children under 12.

(502) 955-8452. Shapherdavllla Country Music Place. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Bob Geary, Tom McGannon, Paula Base, Glen Phillips, Glenn T. Thompson, Johnny Po-linsky. Ky.

44 next to the VFW post, Shepherdsville, Ky. No alcohol. $4, $3 senior citizens, $1 ages 8-12. Reservations: (502) 366-5595 or (502) 969-3515. Wast Point Country Opry.

Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Dan Williams, Fred Scroggln, Donnie Payton, Jack Owens, Ivan Jennings, Louann Denham, plus comedians Cousin Zeb and Roid and special guests. 407 South West Point, Ky. $6, $5 senior citizens, $2 children under 12. Reservations suggested: (502) 922-9393. Radney Foatar.

Wednesday, 8 p.m., Coyote's, 116 W. Jefferson St. $10. MUSIC Organist John Cummlna. Today, 7:30 p.m., First Christian Church, 2601 S.

Walnut Hopkinsville, Ky. Free. Jimmy Buffatt and tha Iguanas. Today-Sunday and Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m., Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati. Sold out.

Gary Puckatt. Tomorrow, 8 and 10:30 p.m., Executive Inn Rivermont, 1 Executive Blvdi, Owensboro, Ky. add $3 for VIP seating. (800) 626-1936. Frank Hamilton, Amy Rodgars, Ricky Whltlock.

Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Lincoln Jamboree, Hodgenville, Ky. $7. (502) 358-3545. Bobby Loa Coopar and tha Nashvllla Plckara. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Diamond Lake Resort Campground and Country Music Theater, Ky.

56, 10 miles west of Owensboro, Ky. $5. No alcohol. (502) 833-3067. Four on tha Floor.

Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Opera House, Seventh and Brook streets, Mitchell, Ind. $6, $3 youth. (812) 849-2337. Ruaa Hattar and Karan Kimmal In "A Pair of Lunatics." Part of the Chautauqua Series. Sunday, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 211 Washington Frankfort, Ky.

Free but an offering will be taken. Savan Springs Sixth Annual Blua-grass Fastrval. Thursday-next Friday, 7 p.m.; Aug. 14, 1 and 6:30 p.m., Seven Springs, Ky. (Take I-65 to Smiths Grove, then follow Ky.

101 north 7 miles.) Thursday, $4, $2 children; next Friday, $6 and Saturday, $8 and $4. STAGE "Tha Bouncing Act." Northern Kentucky University Summer Dinner Theatre. Today-Sunday, buffet at 6:30 tfflS KtVJfl Libit Pre-show entertainment by the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Interns. Today-Sunday, 7 p.m., C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater, Central Park, Fourth Street and Magnolia Avenue.

Performances will be audio described for the visually Impaired today and Sunday. Free. "Richard II." Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater, Central Park, Fourth Street and Magnolia Avenue.

Free. "Tha Savan Yaar Itch." George Axel-rod comedy. Derby Dinner Playhouse, 525 Marriott Drive, Clarksvllle. Daily except Mondays, buffet 8:30 p.m., show 8:15 p.m.; Saturdays, $25; Sundays and Tuesdays-Fridays, $23. Sundays and Fridays, $20 senior citizens, $11.50 children 12 and under (one child's ticket per full-price ticket).

Dessert matinee, Wednesday, show 12:30 p.m., $13. Sunday, noon buffet, show 1:40 p.m., $18. Closes Aug. 22. (812) 288-8281.

"Tha Muaic Man." Music Theatre of Louisville. Thursday and next Friday, 8:30 p.m., Iroquois Amphitheater, 5216 New Cut Road. Also, Aug. 14, 15. 19-22.

$10 and $14, $8 and $12 senior citizens, $6 and $10 children. "Sherlock Holmea: Tha Final Problem" and "A Man of Experience." Two one-act plays produced by D. Maximillian Robinson of St. Louis. Thursdays-Saturdays through August, starting Thursday, 8 p.m., the Rudyard Kipling's Roundtable Theatre, 416-422 W.

Oak St. Play tickets: $5 Thursdays; $6 Fridays and Saturdays, $5 with a dinner reservation. (502) 636-1311. Continued on next page aw i. 1 Blind Melon rocks Into Phoenix Inclined Is the opening act.

Frankfort, Ky. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 1-4 p.m., through Aug. 26. Curator Nicky Hughes will portray Sen. Jacob Golladay, 19th-century Kentucky senator from Logan County, discussing legislative topics of the day.

(502) 564-3016. Historic Walking Toura. Elizabeth-town, Ky. Every Thursday, through Sept, 30. Costumed actors portray characters from the community's past.

(502) 765-2175. Kentucky Railway Museum. New Haven, Ky. Saturdays, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.; Sundays, 1 and 3 p.m. $11 adults, $7 children 3-12; discounts available for seniors and military personnel.

Call (800) 272-0152. Dixie Belle. Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, near Harrodsburg, Ky. Excursions and prices vary. Call (606) 734-5411.

Bluegraaa Scenlo Railroad and Blue-grass Railroad Muaeum. Woodford County Park, U.S. 62, near downtown Versailles, Ky. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sundays, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., through Oct. 30.

$6, $5 seniors, $4 children. National Scouting Museum. Murray State University, Murray, Ky. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sundays, p.m. $5, $4 senior citizens and children 6-12, $3.50 Scouts, free under 6.

ART EXHIBITS Cincinnati Malton Gallery, 2709 Observatory (Hyde Park). Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Naive Drawings by a Self-taught Amlsh Girl" ends Sept. 4. Lexington, Ky.

Kentucky Gallery of Fine Crafts Art, 139 W. Short St. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. -6 p.m. Pictorial quilts, folk art, willow furniture, today (reception p.m.)- Ethnic Downtown lunchtlma ntartalnmant.

Ten Penny Bit (Irish music). Today, 1 1 :30 a.m.-1 :30 p.m., First National Tower Plaza, Fifth and Market streets. Hip-Hop D.E.M.O.W. Monday and Tuesday, p.m., Louisville Free Public Library, Shawnee Branch, 3912 W. Broadway.

Free. Jazz Tha Bob Durat Ragtlma Show. Saturdays through August, 8 p.m., the Ragtime Palace, Hayswood Theater, 115 Caprtol Corydon, Ind. $3 per person, $5 per couple, $1 children under 12. Jazz In Jafforaon Foraat.

Indigo, with Gayle King. Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Jefferson County Memorial Forest, Fair-dale, Ky. Take the Gene Snyder Freeway to National Turnpike exit and follow the signs. Pack a picnic. Free.

Rhythm and blues Rhythm and Bluaa Fattlval. Next Friday, 6 p.m., and Aug. 14, 4:30 p.m., Water Tower, Zom Avenue and Upper River Road. Entertainers: next Friday, Shirley Brown, J. Blackfoot, Little Milton; Aug.

14, Denise LaSalle, Jr. Walker and the All-Stars, the Bar-Kays. $12 for one day, $17 for both days. (502-584-7777 or 800-775-7777). Rock Smashing Pumpklna.

With Catherine and the Frogs. Monday, 9 p.m., Tew-ligans, 1047 Bardstown Road. Sold out. Lynyrd Skynyrd. With Bad Company.

Tuesday, 7 p.m., Louisville Gardens, 525 W. Muhammad All Blvd. $18.50. (502-584-7777 or 800-775-7777). Blind Melon.

With Inclined. Thursday, 9 p.m., Phoenix Hill Tavern, 644 Baxter Ave. $8.50 advance, $10 day of show. Variety Songwrrtar Showcasa. With Kenny Bunch, Dan Bowman and Greg Wil- show, flea market, talent show, petting zoo, boxcar parade.

For schedule: (812) 547-7877. Brown County Festival of the Arte Invitational. Village Green Park and other locations, Nashville, Ind. Today and tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Fireworks, arts and crafts, auction, country dance, barbecue cook-off, carriage rides. For schedule: (800) 753-3255. Forgotten Paat Steam and Gas Engine Show. Near Benton, Ky. Tomorrow, 9 a.m.

-dark; Sunday, 9 a.m. -4 Sixties pop star Gary Puckett performs two shows tomorrow 'f iall I ir iTInir--'''--'-- si 1 "''f Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd Gardens Tuesday. Bad Company Black Box Theatre, Highland Heights, Ky. $1 7, reservations necessary; (606) 572-5464. "Tlntypaa." New Harmony Theatre, Thrall's Opera House, Church Street, New Harmony, Ind.

Today, tomorrow, Wednesday-Aug. 14, 8 p.m.; Sunday and Aug. 15, 2 p.m. $12, $10 groups, students, ages 60 and up. (812) 465-1635.

"Phantom." Kincaid Regional Theatre, Pendleton Middle School, Chapel Street, Falmouth, Ky. Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Wednesday and Sunday, 2 p.m.; through Aug. 15. $8. (606) 654-2636 or (800) 647-7469.

"A Straatcar Namad Daslra." New Harmony Theatre, Murphy Auditorium, Tavern Street. New Harmony, Ind. Today, tomorrow, Wednesday-Aug. 14, 18-21, 8 p.m.; Sunday and Aug. 15 and 22, 2 p.m.

$12, $10 groups, students, ages 60 and up. (812) 465-1635. "Down In Hoodoo Hollar" and "Dock Brown Show." Pine Knob Outdoor Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Can-eyville, Ky. Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30 p.m., through Aug. 28.

$8. (502) 879-8190. "Tha Lagand of Daniel Boona." James Harrod Amphitheatre, Old Fort Harrod Slate Park, Harrodsburg, Ky. Daily except Sunday, 8:30 p.m., through Aug. 28.

$12, $6 ages 15 and undor. (606) 734-3346. "An Evening With George Gershwin." American Cabaret Theatre, 401 E. Michigan Indianapolis. Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., through Aug.

29. $14 and $16. (317) 631-0334. "Fiddler on the Roof." Forest View Gardens, 4508 North Bend Road, Cincinnati. Thursdays, 6 p.m.; Fridays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays.

5 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 5 D.m.. throuah Aua. 29. Includes dinner. Reservations required; (513) 661-6434.

Musical Cabaret. Murray-Calloway County Community Theatre, Play- AY jy i i ttnii lifc-iffltHlltW-i Kirii- are In concert at Louisville opens the show at 7 p.m. County Park, Murray, Ky. Tomorrow, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $5.

(502) 759-1752. "Beau Jeat." Pioneer Playhouse, 840 Stanford Road, Danville, Ky. Tuesday-Aug. 21, nightly, except Sunday and Monday; dinner at 7:30 p.m., show at 8:30. Show only: $9.50 reserved, $7.50 general admission, $3.50 ages 1 1 and under.

Dinner and show: $15.95, $14.95, $6.50. (606) 236-2747. "The Sunshine Boya." The Blue Chip Players, Showboat Majestic, public landing on Ohio River, Cincinnati. Wednesday-Aug. 29; Wednesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m.

$10, $9 students and senior citizens. (513) 241-6550. "Broadway Memories." Pine Box Theater, 168 Jefferson Nashville, Ind. Wednesday-Aug. 15, 18-22, 25-29; Sept.

1-5; 8:15 p.m. daily except Sundays (2 p.m.). $10, $5 ages 11 and under. (812) 988-6814 or (812) 988-6827. "Run For Your Wife." Morehead State University Alumni, Klbbey Theatre, Morehead, Ky.

Thursday-Aug. 14, 8 p.m. $25. Reservations necessary; (606) 783-2170. FESTIVALS Fancy Farm Picnlo.

Fancy Farm, Ky. Today, 6-11 p.m.; tomorrow, 10 a.m.-1 1 p.m. Mutton, pork and fish, Kentucky politicians, 5K run, music, games and entertainment. Tha Schwalzer Feat. Today-Sunday, Tell City, Ind.

Sports tournaments, road runs, old-timers baseball, counts, lnn Hinz-lnrt plHrt Tyr-tn rMI'n v. -r On Thursday, the up-and-coming Hill Tavern for a concert at 9 p.m. p.m. Antique gas and steam engines, wheat threshing, blacksmlthlng, broom-making, flea market, Kentucky Muzzleloaders. $2, free ages 12 and younger.

(502) 527-9244. Byrnevllle Town Fastrval. Byrnevllle, off Ind. 64 In Harrison County. Tomorrow-Sunday, 9 a.m.

Hot-air balloons, fishing contest, auction, demonstrations, arts and crafts, yard sale, flea market, entertainment. Festival on the Green. Library Park, Jasper, Ind. Tomorrow, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Indiana State Fair.

Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis. Wednesday-Aug. 22. (317) 927-7524. Corbln Nibroe Festival.

Corbin, Ky. Thursday-Aug. 14. Beach party, parade, volleyball, pig roast, street dance, arts and crafts, music, clogging, square-dancing, antique cars, archery, carnival rldos, talent contest, EVENTS Shalbyvllle Horae Show. Shelby County Fairgrounds, Shelbyville, Ky.

Today and tomorrow, 7 p.m. $3 per night. (502) 633-1642. Storytelling Days. Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, 411 S.E, River-, side Drive, Evansville, Ind.

Tomorrow-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Cumberland Fall State Resort Park. Today and tomorrow, nightly square-dancing, p.m. at the pavilion; Sunday, naturalist Scott Shupe presents a reptile show, 4:30 p.m., Du-pont Lodge. (606) 628-4121, ext.

414. OTHER ATTRACTIONS "Meet the Senator" toura. Old State.