 If you have kids age 9-11, you may wish to sign them up for a youth flag football league set to begin in September. It's a great way for kids to get some exercise, have fun, and learn valuable lessons about teamwork. Participation is free.
The teams will practice at the Sun Valley Community Center (6505 Bethany Lane) at 6:00pm on Tuesday evenings. Games will be played at Joe Creason Park (1297 Trevilian Way) on Thursdays from 6:00-8:00pm).
Call 937-8802 for more information or to register.
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Urban Wilderness Canoe Adventure
WHEN: Friday & Saturday, October 3-4,
2014; Time TBD
WHERE: Shawnee Park (Oct. 3) & Riverview
Park (Oct. 4)
Southwest Festival
WHEN: Saturday, October 12, 2014; 9 a.m. - 5
p.m.
WHERE: Sun Valley Park
6505 Bethany Lane (Use Lower River Road
entrance)
 The African Heritage Festival is a
celebration of unity, culture, art and history across the African Diaspora. It
is a joyous day-long event for the whole family with great food, music, dance,
sports, fashion, cultural demonstrations, children’s activities, resources for
healthy living and so much more. This year, you're invited to participate in this exciting celebration of
African, African-American, and Caribbean cultures.
Activities include...
- Live
Entertainment
- Vendors
- Food
- Resources
for Healthy Living
- Farmer's
Market
- Kids'
Activities
- Inflatables
- Head-wrapping
Circle
- Hair and Fashion Show
- Free Haircuts for Children
- Voter
Registration
- Community Resources
- Health
Screenings
- Joyful Spirit of Community
The event is free
and open to the public! Event details are as follows...
- August 23 - 11:00am-7:00pm
- Kentucky Center for African
American Heritage
- 1701 W. Muhammad Ali
Blvd.
For more information click here.
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Servicing the area since 1972, the Day Care at Ridgewood Baptist Church (6209 Greenwood Road) is now enrolling children to its care.
Their services are offered Monday through Friday, 6:00am-6:00pm, and all its classes use age appropriate curriculum.
Weekly Rates are as follows:
- Toddlers $122.00
- Two's $116.00
- Three and Four's $112.00
- Before and After School $83.00
Childcare Assistance Program is accepted and families with 2 or more children receive a 10% discount.
To enroll, or for more information, call Kim at 935-9132.
 Located in the heart of Southwest
Louisville, the Metro Arts Center offers classes for children and adults in the
fine and applied arts. If you’re looking to acquire or refine a particular
artistic skill - from playing guitar or
cartooning to pottery and silversmithing - the Metro Arts Center has a fun,
affordable class for you.
The Fall
schedule of classes has recently been announced. Click here to take a look. For more information visit the Metro Arts Center website.
 With a suggested donation of $5, you can take in a unique evening of dance and drama at one of Louisville's most iconic settings. On Saturday, August 30, the UofL Dance Academy will perform an amazing show unlike anything you may have witnessed before.
Founded in 1972, The University of Louisville Dance Academy is the official school of the University of Louisville Dance Theatre. The focus at UofL is on serious ballet training in an academy setting. Alumni from the UofL Dance Academy have danced, or are presently dancing, in companies throughout the country and Canada, including the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the National Ballet of Canada, and the Louisville Ballet.
The show begins at 8:00pm and the doors will open at 7:30pm. For more information, visit the Iroquois Amphitheater website.
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 If you are a smoker who wants to
quit, an upcoming program at the Southwest YMCA offers the tools and support to
stop smoking for good. "Kick the Habit" is a free 13-week program
that combines and behavior modification counseling, nicotine gum, patches, and
lozenges in a supportive group setting.
This highly successful program is
science-based utilizing proven technique titled the Cooper/Clayton Method. It
was started over 25 years ago by two faculty members at the University of
Kentucky. Thomas Cooper, DDS, a dentist and former heavy smoker developed the
program with Richard Clayton, PhD, an expert on drug addiction.
Held at the Southwest YMCA (2800
Fordhaven Road), the program will begin on Tuesday, August 19 at 6:00pm and
continue through November. Each session lasts one hour.
For more information or to
register for this program call 502-933-9622.
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 Get outdoors for some fresh air
and exercise this weekend at Jefferson Memorial Forest. This weekend you can...
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Take a guided hike of the Coral Ridge and Holsclaw Hill Ridge Loops, 7.4 miles (easy to moderate). Enjoy a summer hike in the company of Volunteer Naturalists. The group will meet in the Paul Yost Recreation area parking lot. In order to avoid the summer heat, the time has been changed to 8:00am.
Visit the Jefferson Memorial Forest website for more
information about these or other Forest events.
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Check out the LMPD web
application to keep up to date with Crime Reports and trends for your
neighborhood.
Click HERE to get started.
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