Scott Recker

The first annual Louisville Black Chef Showcase is set to take place at The Henry Clay (604 S 3rd St.) from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 13. The tasting event will feature more than a dozen local chefs, including Chef Henry Wesley of 8Up Elevated Drinkery and Kitchen; Chef Allen “Smooth” Hubbard of Martini’s Bistro; Chef Lamont Bobo; Chef Devon Rosenblatt of Kentucky International Convention Center; and Chef Cadesia Victor of North of Bourbon.

FieriCon Louisville — a bar crawl where people dress up as the frosted-tipped, flame-shirt-wearing internet fashion icon and Food Network star Guy Fieri — is set to return to Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 26. Although last year’s event hit downtown and NuLu, this year’s version is heading to the Shelby Park/Schnitzelburg/Germantown neighborhoods.

Sis Got Tea, a tea shop and event space on Barret Avenue, is looking to expand its outdoor space and increase its accessibility through a GoFundMe campaign. The store’s overarching mission is to create a “safe, sober, accountable space in Louisville, particularly for Black folks and LGBTQ+ folks.” Sis Got Tea, which opened its cafe in April of this year, is now looking to make some additions, and they are asking the community for a little help. One of the goals is to add ramps to the fr…

The Speed Art Museum’s high-end bourbon auction, Art of Bourbon, returns on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Attendees will be able to bid on rare bourbons, “dusties” and VIP experiences.

If you’ve already missed some of the region’s major conventions this year, take a trip to PopCon Indy, which is celebrating its 10th annual event this month. Held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, PopCon Indy kicks off on Friday, Aug. 25 this year and runs through Sunday, Aug. 27.

The Shamrock Pet Foundation is hosting the 30th-anniversary version of its flagship fundraiser, Art For The Animals, on Thursday, Oct. 12 at Mellwood Art Center. The party takes place from 6-10 p.m. and will feature art for auction from Kentuckians such as Rodney Hatfield, Jeaneen Barnhart and Doug Miller.

The Louisville-born hip-hop star Jack Harlow is bringing back his “No Place Like Home” tour for the third year in a row, but the concert stops look a little different this time. Last year, he played at the Yum Center, and two years ago he did five nights at five different iconic Louisville venues, but this year he’s focused on other cities in the state.

The cities of Dayton, Cincinnati, Lexington and Louisville have teamed up to throw Tom Waits Weekend, a four-day tribute to the legendary singer-songwriter. The multi-city collaboration begins in Dayton on Aug. 31, then moves to Cincy on Sept. 1, crosses state lines to Lexington on Sept. 2, and hits Louisville for a final night on Sunday, Sept. 3 at Shippingport Brewing.

In what’s already been a clunky campaign filled with disjointed messages and half-baked attacks, Daniel Cameron has been stumbling through the home stretch of the governor’s race as he starts to grapple with the reality of the hardline right-wing politics and tactics that he has aligned with. Polls indicate that Cameron, the Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kentucky’s current attorney general, has largely struggled to gain momentum against incumbent Andy Beshear as the Nov. 7 election near…

For the fourth year, Rye — located at 900 E. Market St. — is presenting the Back Porch Sessions, a monthly concert series featuring a...