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The Homies performed at Waterfront Park Friday for Forecastle Festival, the first one since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://wfpl.org/hip-hop-group-the-homies-rep-louisville-at-forecastle-festival/

Noah Thompson, a 20-year-old construction worker from a small town in eastern Kentucky, won American Idol on Sunday night.  

https://wfpl.org/ky-american-idol-winner-the-latest-star-from-the-country-music-highway/

The event is a part of a larger project called Arts in Neighborhoods, which aims to celebrate local performing arts.

https://wfpl.org/unity-in-the-community-event-highlights-local-artists-in-shively/

Every other week, LPM brings you the newsletter Arts, Culture, Et Cetera. It’s full of arts and culture news from the region, a rundown of things to do and see, and an introduction to an artist...

https://wfpl.org/waterfront-wednesday-lineup-update-a-bhangra-dance-contest-and-poorcastle-heres-the-latest-arts-news-you-might-have-missed/

Hosted by the Indian Student Association at the University of Louisville, the dance competition is at the Kentucky Center Saturday.

https://wfpl.org/bhangra-dance-teams-from-around-the-country-compete-saturday-in-louisville/

For Jack Harlow, everything was pointing to this being his summer to conquer. The Louisville, Ky. rapper’s sophomore album Come Home The Kids Miss You, released earlier this month, arrived in a...

https://wfpl.org/jack-harlow-wants-to-be-legendary-his-new-album-proves-hes-still-finding-his-voice/

It began in 2013 as a more affordable alternative to the Forecastle Festival. This year features local musicians like Routine Caffeine and Shutaro Noguchi.

https://wfpl.org/poorcastle-music-festival-brings-local-music-to-louisvilles-breslin-park/

The installation, a commission from Louisville artist Ché Rhodes, is part of the (Un)Known Project, an artistic effort honoring Black people.

https://wfpl.org/new-art-installation-at-frazier-is-designed-to-be-a-contemplative-space-reflecting-on-the-lives-of-enslaved-kentuckians/

“Season of Transcendence” aims to celebrate the classics, women in dance and showcase work that strives to redefine the artform’s boundaries.

https://wfpl.org/louisville-ballets-71st-season-to-celebrate-community-classical-works-and-innovative-artists/

Audiences at this weekend’s Louisville Orchestra performance will be treated to one live soloist, and one appearing in the form of a hologram – both given sound by cellist Yves Dhar. The holo...

https://wfpl.org/a-i-joins-louisville-orchestra-for-musical-collaboration-of-human-and-machine/

Bodies and faces stare back from the walls of John Brooks’ studio in the Portland neighborhood. They’re sketched onto paper with energetic markings, largely in pastel tones.  Drawings like t...

https://wfpl.org/artistic-inspiration-and-national-recognition-coalesce-for-louisville-visual-artist-john-brooks/

The Kentucky College of Art and Design in Louisville became an independent college in late 2018. It graduated its first class this week.

https://wfpl.org/first-graduating-class-is-a-milestone-in-kycads-history-as-an-independent-art-college/

The nonprofit Indiana Humanities is hosting free screenings of six original films about Hoosiers’ relationship with rivers.

https://wfpl.org/documentary-film-series-shines-light-on-indiana-waterways/

The series runs April through September, with free concerts on the final Wednesday of each month in Louisville’s Waterfront Park.

https://wfpl.org/here-are-the-musical-acts-you-can-see-during-the-20th-season-of-waterfront-wednesday/

Fund for the Arts aims to place young professionals into leadership positions across arts organizations around the Louisville metro area.

https://wfpl.org/local-arts-agency-opens-applications-for-updated-volunteer-leadership-program/