Comedy & Karaoke (01-25-2006)
WED JAN 25 316 Ormsby Open Mic — Comedy Akiko’s Karaoke Angelo’s Karaoke Brewskees Karaoke w/ Tricia Brickyard Sports Bar Open Mic/DJ Terry Comedy Caravan Etta May feat. Nicholas Anthony Creeker’s Bar & Grill Karaoke w/ Dirty Dan Diamond Karaoke Contest Gaslite Tavern Karaoke w/ Larinso Good Times Pub Karaoke Jim Porter’s Karaoke J.T.’s Variety…
Arts & Entertainment (01-25-2005)
Special Events Brick House holding open meeting to those interested in helping w/ community center, Jan. 25, 7pm, UofL Ekstrom Library basement, brick@brickhouse.cc. Actors Theatre seeking women’s shoes, sizes 7-9, and shoe boxes for next show, “Bad Dates,†thru Jan. 25, shoes will not be returned, drop at box office, Third and Main, 584-1265. 26th…
Community Listings
Special Events Friends School open house, Jan. 25, 9am-2pm, 901 Breckenridge Ln., 899-1822. ••Eighth Annual Snowball Dance funds raised for Hospice of Louisville, Jan. 28, 8-11pm, $15, 719-8924. Boat, RV & Sportshow annual event showcases boats, outdoor equipment and recreation ideas, Jan. 28-Feb. 5, Mon-Thu 5-10pm, Fri 1-10pm, Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 11am-6pm, KY Fair and…
Staffpicks
LECTURE Thursday, Jan. 26 ‘Conquering the Great Wall’ “I mean, do you really think they will hike to the Great Wall?†It’s a notion that has floored many, but the underlying fact is, they conquered that voyage in spite of physical, mental and emotional distractions. In 2002, Gayle Hall, better known as “Iron Woman,†began…
Aftertastes (01-25-2006)
Quality of Meal: 3 = Good; 4 = Very good; 5 = Extraordinary. Price Range: $ = $10 or less; $$ = $20 or less; $$$ = $30 or less; $$$$ = more than $30. (Per person for a meal without tip or tax.) HA = Wheelchair accessible. Descriptions are summaries of previously published dining…
Nibbles (01-25-2006)
New coffeehouse in town Shively and PRP residents rejoice, getting good coffee won’t tip your odometer anymore. Sister Bean Coffee House celebrates its grand opening today from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. at 4956 Manslick Road. Owners (and siblings) Corky Girodo and Teresa Gailor incorporated Teresa’s childhood nickname, Bean, into the new business. The Sister Bean’s Mocha…
Pita Delites is back after two years, and it’s upped the ante
I know I should be embarrassed to say it, but count me among those who are, well, delighted that Pita Delites has reopened after a two-year hiatus. I know that during its earlier 10-year run (first in a little spot on Barret, and later on Winter Avenue, in the site now occupied by the Monkey…
Plugged In – Jan 25 – Jan 31
WED JAN 25 Air Devil’s Inn: Serpent Wisdom Bluegrass Brewing Co.: Bluegrass Anonymous jam w/ Mike Bucayu Brickyard Sports Bar: Open mic/DJ Terry Bulldog Café: Open Jam — Country Cactus Jack’s: Mike Owens Café Lou Lou: Larry Abrams jazz trio Clifton’s Pizza: Walker & Kays Dame: Duwayne Burnside, Jimbo Mathus Dark Star Tavern: Dos Bros…
Brokedown Mountain: Ayin summits van woes, gets its equipment back
It started, basically, when the oil gauge dropped. They were between Houston and Dallas, near a town called Madisonville, and there was a good deal of smoke coming from under the hood of the 1994 Chevy Astro van that Louisville’s Ayin calls home on the road. They soon learned, after pulling the ashen beast off…
Three for one and one for three
The Trust, Gillis and The Hawk offer new albums all at once It is a relatively rare event when three Louisville bands release records during the same week. Not that there’s any way to know the last time this happened, or if it ever has, other than a perversely sensitive memory (which mine is not),…
From zero to Irish in six beers at O’Connell’s
Everybody wants to be Irish, they just won’t admit it — unless it’s March 17. The Irish can outchug Germans, outshoot Mexicans and outparty American frat boys — all with a smile on their face on the way to church. Their accents are cool, their homeland is beautiful and their pubs are plentiful. So plentiful,…
Love this life: How do they get those stories?
Like sands through the Ira Glass, you can look behind the curtain It’s been more than 10 years since Ira Glass debuted his offbeat public radio show “This American Life,” and the seemingly ever-chipper and loquacious host — a veritable rock star in the world of public broadcasting — shows no signs of losing his…
Rumor & Innuendo (01-25-2006)
A test of Caracter. What’s the deal with these visions of Brandon Bender that keeping prancin’ round my cerebellum? Perhaps it’s the saga of superduperüberprepster Card recruit Derrick Caracter. He’s the big load who allegedly will be the second coming of Wes Unseld. Seems like the kid is intent on sampling as many high schools…
What a Week (01-25-2006)
Right to work (for less) Gov. Fletcher endorsed “right-to-work†legislation, which champions workers’ rights in much the same way the president’s “Clear Skies†initiative clears skies. The anti-labor proposal drew about 1,000 union members to the Capitol Rotunda, where they loudly booed and chanted during the governor’s budget address, making it really difficult to tell…
Lining up for the guv’s manse
Who’s running for governor and who’s running from the governor? These questions top this week’s news from Frankfort. Sources close to former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry say he’s taking the temperature of fundraising prospects and, amid an apparent vacuum of Democrat aspirants, is behaving increasingly like a candidate. Henry supporters believe the residual resentment and…
Pay up
Group urges Kentucky legislators to support federal bill pushing universal health care The last time Sandie Limpert had a job that paid for her health insurance, Ronald Reagan was in the Oval Office and a bunch of college hockey players whipped the Soviet Union at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. It was 1980. Since then,…
Bluegrass Politics: The odd disappearance of Lt. Gov. Steve Pence
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.†—Lt. Gov. Steve Pence, in his inauguration speech. From the moment Steve Pence agreed to be Ernie Fletcher’s running mate, the public has been constantly reminded that Pence is the corruption-fighting U.S.…
Mea culpa: I was wrong on Iraq
Prefatory comment No. 1: It’s nice to be back. Rapprochement was reached, details unnecessary. Prefatory comment No. 2: You’ll hear less about Carl Brown and more about real life in this and future columns. Let me lay it down: You readers already know too much about me. So, about Iraq: mea culpa, maximus. I was…
Message to the People: I like Billy Reed, but I’m not sold on Rupp
I will begin 2006 with a salute to Brother Huey Freeman. If you don’t know who Huey Freeman is, you’re behind in the game already. Here we go. Read slowly. Jesus was black; Bush lied about the reasons for going to war; Colin, Condosleeza, Rummy and baby-eating Dick Cheney helped with the lie; Jim Bunning…
What’s Wrong Here?
Nothing much that we can tell. Which means the Arena Authority has some ’splaining to do. A small group of politicians, bureaucrats and power brokers — meeting mostly in secret — may be stampeding this community toward a hasty decision about a new multipurpose civic arena that could turn out to be one of the…
