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  • Kentucky Author Forum: John Grisham in conversation with Stacey Abrams

    Kentucky Performing Arts 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY, United States

    Join Kentucky Author Forum when it welcomes one of the world’s most successful and widely read novelists, John Grisham, and Stacey Abrams, New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, and political […]

  • Kentucky Author Forum presents Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear with New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd – Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country

    Kentucky Performing Arts 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY, United States

    Kentucky Author Forum 30th Anniversary Season ANDY BESHEAR has served as Governor of Kentucky since 2019. Previously he was the state’s Attorney General. Beshear is the grandson of a Baptist lay minister, the son of a previous Kentucky governor, and a leading Democratic voice. In Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country, […]

  • Kentucky Author Forum: Gov. Andy Beshear in conversation with Maureen Dowd

    Kentucky Performing Arts 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY, United States

    Join Kentucky Author Forum when it welcomes Gov. Andy Beshear and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. The pair will discuss Beshear’s first book, “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country”, which debuts September 22. The book explores the role of faith in Beshear’s family, public service and approach to leadership, and […]

  • FREE History Lecture Series: Riverfront Reflections | Led by local historian Rick Bell

    Waterfront Park 129 River Rd, Louisville, KY, United States

    Waterfront Park is launching a new monthly history series at PlayPort, closely located to both the Portland and Russell neighborhoods, right on the site of Jefferson County’s first settlement, Fort-on-Shore. Led by local historian Rick Bell, each session in the series explores a different topic related to the people, places, and events that shaped the […]

    Free
  • Goatman Festival [multiple events]

    Pope Lick Park 4002 S Pope Lick Rd, Louisville, KY, United States

    Goatman Festival returns to Pope Lick Park October 15–18, 2026, for four days celebrating Kentucky folklore, cryptids and the unexplained. The festival features cryptid experts, seminars, live music, outdoor movies, […]

  • 2026 20th Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival

    Kentucky International Convention Center 221 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY, United States

    The 20th Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival will be held at the Kentucky International Convention Center in collaboration with the Louisville Book Festival on October 24, 2026, 10am-5pm. In collaboration […]

    Free
  • Chamber St. Matthews Inspire Speaker Series: Maggie Harlow

    Waterfront Botanical Gardens 1435 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY, United States

    Join the Chamber St. Matthews for the Inspire Speaker Series featuring Louisville business woman, best-selling author and nationally recognized keynote speaker Maggie Harlow. Co-founder of Signarama Downtown she and her […]

    $35
  • 6th Annual Canopy Good Business Summit

    Kentucky International Convention Center 221 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY, United States

    Kentucky’s premier gathering of business, nonprofit, education and civic leaders returns to downtown Louisville. Roughly 500 leaders from across the Commonwealth spend a full day in practical learning, twelve breakout […]

  • Kentucky Author Forum: Timothy Snyder in conversation with Anne Applebaum

    Kentucky Performing Arts 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY, United States

    Join Kentucky Author Forum when it welcomes acclaimed historian and bestselling author Timothy Snyder and author, journalist and historian Anne Applebaum. The pair will discuss Snyder’s latest book “On Freedom”, […]

  • 35th Anniversary of the Affrilachian Poets with Frank X Walker | Frazier

    Frazier History Museum 829 West Main Street, Louisville, United States

    The Louisville Review and the Frazier Kentucky History Museum present the 35th Anniversary of the Affrilachian Poets with Frank X Walker, celebrating this historic anniversary of the oldest continually running […]

    Free
  • Kentucky Author Forum: Kara Swisher in conversation with Scott Turow

    Kentucky Performing Arts 501 W Main St, Louisville, KY, United States

    Join Kentucky Author Forum when it welcomes Kara Swisher, one of the country’s leading tech journalists and commentators, in conversation with writer and lawyer Scott Turow. The pair will discuss […]