The Alley Theatre is Louisville's home to innovative theatre. Here, you can experience both classic and experimental plays in an affordable and interesting venue. Fans love grabbing a beer at the concession stand and heading inside for a unique experience. The theatre offers a casual and comfortable seating arrangement (you can have a seat on a couch, for example).

Productions have included classics such as Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis as well as improv shows like 9 Plans for Ed Wood. Occasionally, The Alley Theatre actors interact with the audience, so be prepared to be part of the show!

The Alley Theatre always has a full calendar, so check online to see a list of upcoming shows. Young aspiring actors can practice their craft with one of the theatre's workshops.

The Alley Theatre
633 West Main Street
louisville, ky 40202
(502) 713-6178
www.thealleytheater.org
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Playing chess against a computer opponent is fairly commonplace stuff today. But the development of computers able to play chess competitively led to many important milestones in artificial intelligence, culminating (at least for now) with Watson, the famous Jeopardy!-playing computer, and Siri, the iPhone virtual assistant.

If you're interested in learning more about the history of artificial intelligence, here are three important chess computers:

Kotok-McCarthy
The Kotok-McCarthy computer was was developed between the years of 1959 and 1962 by a group of students at MIT. Advanced for the time, it was very slow by today's standards: it took anywhere from five to twenty minutes to calculate a single move! This computer also participated in the very first chess match between two machines, losing to a slightly more advanced computer from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics.

Deep Thought
Deep Thought was developed in a partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and IBM; it was named after a fictional computer in the book series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The computer won the North American Computer Chess Championship in 1988 and the World Computer Chess Championship in 1989. Deep Thought is perhaps most well known for losing two widely-publicized games to chess champion Gerry Kasparov.

Deep Blue
Deep Blue was developed as a successor to Deep Thought. In 1997, it beat Gerry Kasparov twice yet losing the match 4-2. The match was controversial, as Kasparov later accused technicians of making moves on Deep Blue's behalf. The match — and the controversy — later became the subject for a documentary called Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine.

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The Mayan Cafe is a farm-to-table restaurant specializing in authentic Mexican cuisine. The restaurant’s celebrated four-star chef creates inspired versions of traditional dishes that incorporate fresh, local, and sustainably-farmed ingredients from the Louisville area.

You might start your meal with an order of crispy empanadas, filled with spicy chorizo, potatoes, mozzarella, and a house-made tomato-habanero sauce. For an entree, try the slow-roasted pork pibil, flavored with achiote sauce and served with zesty pickled onions and traditionally prepared lima beans. The restaurant also features a menu of monthly specials that change with the availability of seasonal ingredients.

Mayan Cafe's chic and modern dining room is a nice setting for your special event, a romantic evening, or a casual meal with friends and family. The restaurant also offers private cooking lessons so you can learn to reproduce your favorite dishes at home!

Mayan Cafe
813 East Market Street
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 566-0651
themayancafe.com
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