LexArts Fashion Event. Includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres and a 2010 LexArts Card (with discounts from participating organizations and retailers). Music artist Ellee Ven will emcee. 7pm, Downtown Arts Center, Lexington. Tickets: $65 or more donation to the 2010 Fund for the Arts. lexarts.org

This 90-minute production includes 25 re-lyricized tunes from the '60s and '70s and culminates with a salute to women experiencing the change. Join us on Wednesday, Feb.17, for Skirt! Night. Tickets: $38 and $45. www.lexingtonoperahouse.com

Send skirt! magazine your calendar listings

Skirt! magazine plans to publish a social and philanthropic event calendar in early 2010. This calendar will be distributed through advertisers and at a variety of community events during the first quarter of the year. This is a way for your group to get its information out to thousands of potential attendees early in the year. Skirt! is seeking the help of area non-profits as we gather information on key 2010 social events in the Central Kentucky area. Information will appear in the calendar as space permits or may also be used in upcoming issues of skirt! or on the skirt! web site.

If your group has confirmed its event dates for 2010, please email available details to:
skirtcal@yahoo.com
Please include the following information if available:
EVENT NAME, EVENT SPONSOR, LOCATION, TIME/DATE, CONTACT INFO, WEB SITE

The deadline for information is Thursday, Jan. 14.

Enjoy a spirited bus ride, a shopping stop in Versailles (plus a 25 percent off discount at Pretty in Pink) and a Bourbon-inspired dinner prepared by chef Ouita Michel at the famous Labrot & Graham Distillery. Author Joy Perrine will talk about her new release, "The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book." The cost of the evening is $65.

Space is limited, so call 859.231.3402 or email lforet@herald-leader.com to reserve your space.

Let the Creativity Flow

Kentucky Mudworks and Bourbon n' Toulouse are holding an Empty Bowls Dinner to benefit Moveable Feast. Suggested minimum donation is $10. Events being at 10:00 a.m. at Bourbon n' Toulouse, 829 East Euclid (Lexington, KY). Call 859-389-9681. 

The Fourth Friday at the Lexington Art League features live music by The City and appetizers by Gumbo Ya-Ya. Free for members; $7 non-members. Exhibit: LAL Open. Events begin at 6:00 p.m.

lexingtonartleague.org 

Come out to the Doubletree Guest Suites to attend the Lexington Urban League Young Professionals Gala for an elegant evening celebrating community service. 8p.m-Midnight. For additional information visit: ullexfay.org/Gala09

The Kentucky State Fair puts the fun in funnel cakes with its annual return to Louisville's Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. For events and concert information visit kystatefair.org

August 15 & 16

Browse the works of nearly 200 artists from across the country at the Woodland Art Fair, Saturday 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. & Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Woodland Park.  Visit lexingtonartleague.org

August 14-15

Join us for the two day event of The Lexington Singers' Le Cabaret fundraiser. Events kick off at Talon Winery on Aug. 14th at 6:30 p.m. (includes dinner); events will resume August 15th at Falling Springs in Versailles for a concert only. Additional information provided at lexsing.org. 

Surround yourself with the beauty of the UK Arboretum and botanical garden during the Tomato Festival. Festivities begin at 10:00 a.m. www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum/

August 7, 14 

Enjoy a summer concert series sponsored by the Farmers Bank. Join us downtown Frankfort for music at the Old Capitol Lawn. 7p.m. Visit downtownfrankfort.com for more information.  

August 5, 12, 19, 26

The romantic staple of Somewhere in Time will be the star of the  Kentucky Theatre's Summer Classic Movie series beginning on August 5th. See detailed schedule for additional films at kentuckytheatre.com. Movie viewings at 1:30 and 7:15p.m. every Wednesday. Admission $4.