The Republic Bank First Friday Hop is
Friday, March 4th!
The
Republic Bank First Friday Hop is Friday, March 4th, 2016,
featuring the opening night of ARTLIK NuLu 2016, a public art walk through
historic NuLu. Enjoy the art of 10 local artists displayed in 10 unique NuLu
locations. Start your Hop at Scout on Market (720 E Market St) to get your
official art walk and Hop maps. Bonus: First Friday Hop staff will be on-site
to help you create a customized itinerary for the evening and make sure you
don’t miss any of the fun! Read more below.
Downtown Louisville is the
place to be on Friday, March 4th, 2016! Hop on any ZeroBus for a
FREE ride to the 50+ unique boutiques, artists, and restaurants along
the Republic Bank First Friday Hop route on Friday,
March 4th from 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM. Need a Hop map? Click here to
download, or grab a map on any ZeroBus.
Featured Republic Bank First Friday Hop Event
ARTLIK NuLu 2016 (presented
by KY Museum of Art & Craft)
When: Friday, March 4th,
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Where: East Market Street, NuLu
Join us for the Opening Night of ARTLIK NuLu 2016, presented by KMAC. Artlik is a public art free-for-all for your viewing pleasure. Come see 10 of your favorite KY artists’ new work, unconventionally installed, in 10 of your favorite NuLu businesses. Start your Hop at Scout (720 E Market St) to get your official Artlik coloring book and art walk map. Participating First Friday Hop members include The Green Building Gallery, Please & Thank You, Decca, RYE, Feast BBQ.
In addition to the art walk, First Friday Hop organizers will be on-site at Scout (720 E Market St) starting at 5 PM, giving away free Hop maps and creating personalized Hop-night itineraries for each guest. Trying to plan the perfect date night? Out for a night on the town with the girls? Our staff will help you create a customized itinerary that includes where to park, where to hop on the ZeroBus, where to grab great dinner, and a few fun activities along the way. Hop maps and custom itineraries are FREE when you attend this event.
Very close parking is available via street parking on E Market Street between Hancock and Shelby Streets (free after 6 PM), free parking in the Creation Gardens Lot (721 E Market), and paid parking at the Green Building Lot (732 W Main St).
Additional Artlik installations are on display at Scout, Galaxie, Royals Hot Chicken, Gifthorse, and Climb NuLu.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS FOR THE HOP INCLUDE:
Kentucky
Peerless Distilling Co.
When: Friday, March 4th, 5:00
PM – 9:00 PM
Where: 120 N 10th St, Louisville, KY
40202
The newly opened Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company will offer
complimentary tours, light snacks, and free tastings of Lucky Kentucky
Moonshine. Join us for live music and a great atmosphere to enjoy the beautiful
retail shop and Distillery. A visit to Kentucky Peerless is the most personal
and authentic Distillery Tour you will experience in Downtown Louisville.
PYRO
Gallery
When: Friday, March 4th, 6:00
PM – 9:00 PM
Where: 909 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40206
PYRO Gallery is proud to
present their newest exhibition, Two Friends by Dave Caudill and Bob
Lockhart. Dave Caudill has had the dual pleasures of studying under and
being friends with Bob Lockhart for many years. Till now, his work has been
focused on larger scale outdoor sculpture. This is the first show that presents
his new colorful indoor works. Admission to PYRO Gallery is FREE and open
to the public.
Cressman
Center for the Arts
When: Friday, March 4th, 6:00
PM – 8:00 PM
Where: 100 E Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
The
University of Louisville’s Cressman Center for Visual Art is pleased to present
an exhibition of Judy Chicago’s work in glass, pyrotechnics, and smoke. Since
the 1970s, Judy Chicago has been a central figure in feminist art practice, and
is well known for her incendiary interventions. Many of these interventions
have also incorporated incendiary material, often in the service of
“feminizing” her landscape or finding beauty in the explosive and the
ephemeral. Although much of this work was forged in fire, the resulting objects
and documentation are as subtle as they are aggressive, and as fragile as they
are dangerous.
“Fire
Works” puts Chicago’s glasswork in conversation with her pyrotechnic
performances. In addition, the exhibition includes prints from Chicago’s Retrospective
in a Box, a kind of image-survey of her career to date. Altogether,
“Fire Works” provides an explosive perspective on Chicago’s oeuvre while
offering some context for the Hite Art Institute’s related exhibition, “Capturing
Women’s History; Quilts, Activism, and Storytelling,” on view at the Schneider
Hall Galleries until March 19th.
Over the 9
When: Friday, March 4th, 12:00
PM – 10:00 PM
Where: 120 S 10th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Over the 9 has partnered
with Falls City to release monthly beers on the first Friday of every month.
This month’s First Friday Hop beer is the Falls City Maibock, a style with deep
roots not only in Europe but in Louisville as well. The Maibock is a pale
lager brewed right in time for winter and ready at the start of Spring.
The copious amounts of Vienna and Pilsner malts are balanced by German Noble
hops. Stop by for dinner or a tasting!
Revelry Boutique Gallery
When:
Friday, March 4th, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Where: 742 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
Revelry is excited to welcome Leah Tinari, a whimsical illustrator
and artist, for a solo show! "Pinky La Rue" focuses on "the
stuff" that has infiltrated her life as she navigates motherhood in New
York City. The series is a tribute to children and their playfulness as well as
a realization of the humor in being a parent. The content and formal elements
in her paintings combine to offer a personal and occasionally caricature-like
narrative, addressing and encompassing both the awkwardness and complexity of
life.
Zephyr
Gallery
When: Friday, March 4th, 2016
Where: 610 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
Zephyr Gallery presents the
co-curators of PROJECT 11, Matthew and Mitchel Bradley, for the First Friday
Hop. Stop by to see PROJECT 11: this, this is for you, and ask questions!
Project 11: this, this is for you, is an exhibition of art by the
late Stephen Irwin. The exhibition, which runs from January 29-March 19th,
2016, represents a personal reflection on Irwin’s work from the close friends
and confidants who knew him best.
Project 11 will present an oeuvre of Stephen Irwin’s artworks created between
2003-2010, including his reductive Wite-Out and steel wool drawings, Braille
installation pieces, and found object assemblages. The exhibition will also
include works from Irwin’s Vessel series and Circle Games, and
will introduce the series Love Parade which will be shown for the first
time.
Paul
Paletti Gallery
When: Friday, March 4th, 2016
Where: 713 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
Paul
Paletti is hosting Michael Kenna’s “Forms of Japan” through April 1st,
2016. Known for his intimate landscape photography, devoid of people but
containing evidence of humanity, Kenna has become one of the world’s best-known landscape photographers. He only photographs using
film, mainly medium format (120mm), preferring the square images produced, and
always in black and white. His work is characterized by its quiet elegance and
pristine photographic qualities.
St. John United Church of Christ
When: Friday, March 4 th, 6:00 PM
Where: 637 E Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
St. John
United Church of Christ will open its doors at 6:00 pm for tours of
their 1867 Gothic sanctuary. House of Medal will be on campus selling their
unique jewelry. Getting married? This is a great time to view the
sanctuary as ALL are welcome to marry at St. John. You are welcome to choose
your own Officiant and Musicians.
Down One Bourbon Bar
When: Friday, March 4th, 4:00 PM – 7 PM
Where: 321 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202
Down One Bourbon Bar & Restaurant will offer $2 off of Bourbon flights from 4pm – 7pm.
Al J’s at the Conservatory
When: Friday, March 4th, 2016
Where: 140 N 4th St, Louisville, KY 40202
Al J’s at the Conservatory is hosting a Manager’s Special, featuring half-priced bottles of select wines, available for purchase at 3rd Floor Spirits Shop in the Galt House.
MORE ABOUT FEBRUARY’S REPUBLIC BANK FIRST FRIDAY HOP:
The Republic Bank First Friday
Hop event is Friday, March 4th, 2016 and includes
downtown art galleries, retailers, and restaurants that will be open extended
hours with specials/discounts and refreshments.
Ride the First Friday Hop in style by “hopping” on our brand new,
eco-friendly, zero-carbon ZeroBuses, which replaced the old trolleys in
February.
Each First Friday night, the new ZeroBus drops you off at all the
best shopping spots downtown has to offer. Riding the Republic Bank First
Friday Hop is fun - and it's FREE!
This family-friendly and
open-to-the-public event takes place on Friday, March 4th from
5:00 PM – 11:00 PM along the Main/Market St corridor and South 4th Street.
Click here to download your Hop map.
Click here to join the official Facebook event.
These are the PARC garages that have entrances right next to ZeroBus Hop stops.
· Brown Hotel Garage
· 1st & Main Garage
· 3rd & Liberty Lot
· Glassworks Garage
· Market Street Garage
· 4th Street Live! Garage
Hop on over and visit our member businesses:
Republic Bank (Title Sponsor)
21c Museum Hotel
Action Graphics
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Actors Theatre Gallery
Against the Grain Brewery
Ah, Whatta ‘Bout Mimi!
Al J’s at the Conservatory
Bargain Supply
Bistro 301
Block Party Handmade
Bluegrass Brewing Co. (3rd & Main)
Bristol Bar & Grille
Brown Hotel
Copper & Kings
CRAFT(S) Gallery
Cressman Center for Visual Arts
Design Enterprises
Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse & Raw Bar
Down One Bourbon Bar
Feast BBQ
Flea Off Market
Fleur de Lis on Main
Galaxie Bar
Galt House Hotel
Garage Bar
Garner Narrative
Ghyslain on Market
Gifthorse
Goodwood Brewing
Green Building Gallery
Harvest Restaurant
Honest Home
Hubbuch & Co.
Kentucky Center for the Arts
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
KY Peerless Distillery
Local Speed
Louisville Conventions and Visitors Bureau
Manny & Merle’s
Mayan Café
Milkwood
Muth's Candies
Old 502 Winery
Park Community Federal Credit Union
Patrick O’Shea’s
Paul Paletti Gallery
Pix Shoes
Please & Thank You
PYRO Gallery
Regalo
Revelry Boutique Gallery
RYE
Sidebar at Whiskey Row
St. John United Church of Christ
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar
Swanson Contemporary
Wild Rita’s
Zephyr GalleryBlo