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The Case For Not Building More Highways, A Manifesto For A Better City
This is a part of a package of articles on the future of transportation in Louisville. For more, click here. It appears that the Louisville area may be entering a new golden age of highway construction and expansion. Earlier this year, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet unveiled I-Move Kentucky, a four-year, $180-million project that would add…
LEO Podcast #80: 99 Bottles, Gordon Biersch’s Summerbrau
On this episode of 99 Bottles, a deep dive into beer styles, LEO contributor Syd Bishop talks with Gordon Biersch’s Nicholas Landers about Summerbrau Kolsch.
10 concerts you shouldn’t miss in July
Poorcastle Friday, July 5-7 Breslin Park The self-proclaimed “festival for the rest of us” has moved. The three-day event featuring all local bands decided it had outgrown Apocalypse Brew Works, so it has moved to Breslin Park. This year’s lineup features Jaxon Lee Swain, Buddy Crime, Peter Wesley, Twenty First Century Fox and more. Tender…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (7/1)
MONDAY, July 1 Below the Line Tim Faulkner Gallery $5 | 7-9 p.m. Geoff Storts brings you shorts. This new, monthly film series from the Kentucky videographer features short movies created by locals. The first installment of the series highlights several films, including a documentary about the making of the fourth studio album by Canadian…
Our six favorite local songs from June
Parallel Colors — ‘Movement’ While precision playing and blistering riffs add visceral power and musculature to Movement, Parallel Colors are at their best as a cinematic symphony. Everything hits hard, from the guitars, which are in a drop tuning, to the thud-heavy bop of the bass drum. There are elements of Don Caballero, albeit as…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (6/28)
FRIDAY, June 28 FAT Friday Trolly Hop! Frankfort Avenue No cover | 6-10 p.m. Frankfort Avenue might seem like it is something out of “Mayberry R.F.D.” Not during FAT Friday Trolly Hop! Explore the shopping and dining destinations of Frankfort Avenue via free trolley rides to various local businesses. West Sixth Brewing is sponsoring this…
Comedian Ms. Pat spins her wild life into hilarity
Stand-up comedian Ms. Pat didn’t start performing comedy until the age of 30. Until then, she kind of had her hands full. She was a mother of two by the age of 15. Then, she became a drug dealer, got shot twice and was a convicted felon, all before she was old enough to drink.…
In Reversal, Kentucky Will Disclose Details Of Horse Racing Fatalities
This story is from Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has released names, places and dates of race horse fatalities for the first time, reversing its recent claim that the details are not public record. The decision came after a story by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that the state’s…
Imagining a future transit system in Louisville
This is a part of a package of articles on the future of transportation in Louisville. For more, click here. This vision for Louisville’s transit future is inspired in part by the streetcar lines that once defined our transportation system. This hypothetical and highly ambitious rail map does not try to reinvent our city. Instead,…
Louisville’s Bridges Project: Biggest Boondoggle Of The 21st Century?
This is a part of a package of articles on the future of transportation in Louisville. For more, click here. I was a steadfast critic of the project to build two bridges across the Ohio River in Louisville for a decade. In fact, my first critical post on the bridges proposal was put up in…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Thorn: How’s Your No-Tax Vote Working Now, Clown Council? Louisville is entering the Age of Austerity. The Metro Council is poised to vote on a budget that would fill a $25 million hole left open because it did not want to pass a tax that would cost the average person $12 a month. Expect to…
Puff Again… Or Pass Pot Laws: A Bid To Effectively Decriminalize Weed
By the time you read this, the Metro Council likely has voted on an effort to make possession of small amounts of marijuana the lowest law enforcement priority for city police. But even if they have approved the ordinance, hold off on rolling a celebratory joint outside City Hall — some say the policy changes…
Thank You, Jenean!
Jenean Hampton’s tenure as lieutenant governor was on track to be one of the shortest, least-interesting footnotes in Kentucky political history. For three years she seemed like little more than an extension of Gov. Matt Bevin’s Twitter feed. Yet, with a single tweet about “dark forces” she may become one of the more consequential lieutenant…
How To Beat Mitch? Run George Clooney
You know the thing people are surprised about when they ask me what I miss most about Britain? Let me guess. You miss living in a country where inbred, chinless snobs think that because Mater and Pater paid a lot for private Latin tutoring, they have a divine right to rule? No, not that. Although…
West Of Ninth: People, In Their Own Words… (6/26)
June 17, 2019 Kelvonnie, from Portland “I’ve been down here for a few years. I lived in The East End. I grew up in Sheppard Square. My family lives down here. It can be cool but rough at times. Some people don’t have a choice when it comes to being in the streets. That’s just…
Hawks Set To Release Their Debut Album
It seems like whenever the expanding Louisville band Hawks needs a new member, the right person always shows up, even in unexpected places. Headed by former My Morning Jacket keyboardist Danny Cash, the Southern rock band is releasing their first full length album Truth Will Out on June 29. While the album was recorded with…
Hologram Concerts Are Here, And They’re Unnecessary
When a digital rendition of Tupac was projected onto a stage with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre at Coachella in 2012, there was range of reactions. Some people thought it is was brilliant. Others thought it was ominous and creepy. But, something it certainly was: a look into the future of live entertainment. And now,…
Sonic Breakdown: Memory Gloss — ‘Temecula’
LEO’s biweekly sonic breakdown column deconstructs a single song from an area musician or band. Taking a trip can serve as great inspiration for artistic creativity and for Memory Gloss’ Chyppe Crosby it was no different. “Temecula” is the tell-all of his awkward journey up from the border of Mexico with his significant other, succinctly…
‘In The Hot Seat,’ A Thrilling, Fresh Take
“In The Hot Seat” is KMAC Museum’s most recent exhibition to highlight objects and ideas that exist between areas of easy categorization and to showcase the unique strengths of these liminal objects. In this case, “the chair” is deftly shown to be a near infinite lens through which to view ourselves — in part because…
How To Eat A Peach
“The Peach Truck Cookbook” by Jessica N. Rose and Stephen K. Rose (Scribner; 288 pages, $28) “Do I dare to eat a peach?” With apologies to T.S. Eliot, the Roses want to answer the poetic question definitively — but they impose a condition: It depends on where you got the peach. For years, the husband-and-wife…
Drink Like A German — Kölsch Service!
It’s no secret that German culture and tradition both run deep in Louisville. The German-American Club’s biweekly biergartens, citywide Oktoberfest celebrations, NuLu’s Bockfest and an entire neighborhood named “Germantown” proves that. But one Louisville business celebrates a German beer tradition that no other business is doing in the country — Kölsch service. Every Wednesday and…
Give Us Your Devils On Horseback!
Like the general population, professional cooks come in a spectrum of shapes, sizes and personalities, ranging from angels to assholes. But, there’s one thing most of us have in common on a daily basis: We’re hungry. I don’t mean driven or ambitious, though a lot of us are that, too. I mean we’re literally hungry.…
Savage Love: Tie Points
Q: I’m a single gay guy in my late 30s. I’m quite introverted and a bit shy, yet I have a big sexual drive and a rich libido. I’ve always found the gay scene overwhelming, and my several attempts at online dating were not very successful. I feel my quiet ways tend to put people…
