Get a head start on planning your elaborate trap setting for your new home, just like Kevin. | Photo by GS Photography.
The house in Winnetka, IL that served as the eponymous “home” in the 1990 movie “Home Alone” is on the market for $5.24 million.
But if you’d like to live your best Macaulay Culkin life without leaving LOU, and for a fraction of the price, we’ve found a house right here in Derby City that bears a striking resemblance to the McCallister residence — complete with an entryway staircase you can fill with holiday hustle and bustle.
The $695,000 red brick house, located off Poplar Level Road, has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, plus a home theater, a rec room, and a family room — so there’s plenty of room to host cousins Buzz, Fuller, Linnie, Sondra, and Brooke.
The formal dining room, plus the fully enclosed sun porch, are the perfect place to hold a pre-holiday pizza party — just make sure everyone is accounted for afterwards.
If Louisville was a classic holiday movie, which would it be?
A. “Home Alone” — A fun romp with heart B. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — A bit of an edge C. “A Christmas Carol” — The ultimate classic D. “Die Hard” — Only here on a technicality
Social Security Workshop | 6-7 p.m. | Founders Union Building | Free | RSVP to learn the ins and outs of social security so you can prep for retirement.
Friday, Dec. 6
Holiday Night Market: Sustainable Giving | 5-8 p.m. | Logan Street Market | Price of purchase | Shop the first Logan Street night market of the season + find up-cycled and one-of-a-kind vintage pieces.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Qannik’s Beary Happy Holiday | Saturday, Dec. 7-Sunday, Dec. 22 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Louisville Zoo | $7+ | The Zoo’s Glacier Run exhibit is transformed into a holiday-themed winter wonderland, with special events every weekend throughout the month.
LouisvilleCon Pop Culture Show | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Holiday Inn Louisville East — Hurstbourne | $20 | Shop for gifts for the comic book fan, action figure collector, or gamer on your list.
Downtown Holiday Market | 3-9 p.m. | Plaza on Fourth, between Jefferson and Market Streets | Free | Join Louisville Downtown Partnership’s annual holiday market held in collaboration with Louisville Metro’s annual Light Up Louisville, featuring retailers, food vendors, photo opportunities, and more.*
Sunday, Dec. 8
Santa Cares Day | 9:30-10:30 a.m. | Mall St. Matthews | $19.99+ | Get pictures with Santa in a relaxed, sensory-friendly setting at this special photo op session.
Samara Joy | 7 p.m. | Kentucky Center for the Arts | $90+ | Hear the Grammy-winning jazz singer, who you might know from TikTok, TV, or the Netflix film “Shirley.”
There’s a new brew in Butchertown. Whirling Tiger’s coffee shop will hold its grand opening this weekend, with daily service resuming on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The bar’s nightly evening operations remain unchanged.
Coming Soon
Carhartt will join the growing list of stores inside Paddock Shops next year. The heavy-duty garment company has one other Kentucky store, in Lexington. The Louisville location will open in March. (Courier Journal)
Civic
The Louisville Metro Council voted this week to table an ordinance restricting access to Old Louisville by large trucks, pending further details on enforcement and scope. The ordinance seeks to curtail property damage + maintain public safety. (WHAS11)
Seasonal
Light Up Louisville is coming this Saturday, Dec. 7 — but your neighborhood might have a local light up event as well. Bardstown Road Aglow will be held on Saturday from 12-10 p.m., while Light up Newburg runs 6-8 p.m. Check the city calendar for an event in your district.
Cause
Mallard Hall is hosting a sip + shop event benefiting the Shelby County Humane Society on Sunday, Dec. 8, 1-4 p.m. Shop women-owned businesses and enter to win three items related to horseracing legend Secretariat, including a portrait and historic coin. A $30 ticket gets you a holiday cocktail, wine tasting, and a glassblowing demonstration.
Shop
Live holiday music, gingerbread cookie kits, and shopping are all on the menu at Bernheim Forest’s Holiday Open House. The free event runs 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. Silver Strings performs at 11:30 a.m., and The Bardstown Bellas perform at 1:30 p.m.
Sports
Caullin Lacy’s return to the Louisville Cardinals is a huge development for Jeff Brohm’s football program. Get game coverage, analysis, insights, interviews, and more from local experts of the Cards with Locked On’s daily podcasts.
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🚍 Have your tickets artwork ready, please
Previous years’ contests were partnerships with the Louisville Free Public Library and the Kentucky Science Center. | Photo courtesy Jamie Monck, TARC
The wheels on the bus go round and round...
TARC and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy are accepting submissions for the 25th annual annual Design-a-Bus contest, where local school-aged kids can get rolling on artwork for the exterior of a bus.
The theme this year is, “Cultivating Healthy Neighborhoods.” Students should look to their local parks and outdoor spaces for inspiration on how to improve the health of their community.
Here’s how it works:
Open to all elementary, middle, and high school students in Jefferson, Oldham, and Bullitt counties in Kentucky + Floyd and Clark counties in Indiana
Use marker, crayon, or paint on an 11" x 17" sheet of white paper, or create the same-sized piece digitally — AI artwork is not allowed
The 10 winning submissions will be featured on a bus in 2025, with the winners and their families + teachers invited to its debut. The bus will then be used on TARC routes and in parades all through the town.
The Buy
The Buy
Champagne bottle savers. They fit all standard bottle necks to keep your sparkling wine from going flat — the perfect hack for upcoming holiday events and New Year’s Eve parties.
With Mid City Mall on the market + temps plummeting today, take a stroll down memory lane with this news reel from 1994 and 1995 of holiday shopping at Mall St. Matthews, Bashford Manor Mall, and Jefferson Mall.
How many of those gifts have found their way into a vintage or thrift store in LOU? Sounds like the ultimate regift to me.
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