Louisville, Then and Now: New coffee table book pairs archival and contemporary photographs to show how we’ve changed ââ
Louisville Then & Now There’s a new book out whose subject is Louisville. Try to stifle a yawn, here — yes, I know, there are hundreds of such books already on bookshelves everywhere, covering everything Louisville and Kentucky. You probably have lots of them, as do I. They describe Louisville cuisine and Kentucky bourbon, travel…
Familiar face will conduct LO’s ‘Lord’ performance; extra date announced
Charles Floyd, conductor.: Photo courtesy of Christian Steiner Since the November 2003 debut of “The Lord of the Rings Symphony” in New Zealand, the piece by film composer Howard Shore has gone on to achieve amazing success, especially in the context of the classical music world. Despite its popularity and comparisons to Wagner’s epic “Ring”…
City Strobe – For sale, for real: The Rudyard Kipling
Wanted: Incredibly patient entrepreneur to own 7,400-square-foot (or thereabouts) piece of Louisville’s entertainment history at 422 W. Oak St. Entrepreneur must support musicians both loud and soft, loquacious poets, actors, actresses and bar patrons of every stripe. Staff works fingers to the bone. Previous owners, a combined age of 141, want to spend more time…
Does Louisville have a gang problem?
Questions have arisen in the wake of the recent gang-related murder of a Louisville teen. LMPD officials talk about the issue as if it’s to be expected, while those whose neighborhoods bear the brunt think it’s time to admit the problem is far more than average.Lt. Col. Philip Turner is a patrol commander and assistant…
Rumor & Innuendo
Movin’ on? Frankly, Bob Domine’s impertinence notwithstanding, there was never a question that Brian Brohm would return for his senior season. The pertinent query is which of U of L’s other two stars is likely to move early to the next level? Most speculation has been about Heisman-quality multi-purpose back Michael Bush. How does his…
Erosia (Letters to the Editor)
LEO welcomes letters that are brief (250 words max) and thoughtful. Ad hominem attacks will be ignored, and we need your name and a daytime phone number. Send snail mail to EROSIA, 640 S. Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. 40202. Fax to 895-9779 or e-mail to leo@leoweekly.com. We may edit for length, grammar and clarity. CorrectionA…
Bluegrass Politics: ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ as our next U.S. Senator?
With the 2006 elections barely behind us and the 2007 races coming together, let’s jump ahead to 2008. While most Kentuckians in November 2008 will be focused on the election of our 44th president, soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) will seek his fifth term, and only an optimist could imagine McConnell back in…
The Stripped Lid: Why strippers love the holidays
It’s that warm, special time of the year; good folk find it in their hearts to earmark a few dollars for donation to those in need. Though most approach with a shy, guilty comportment, as dollars land in that familiar spot, smiles overcome feelings of shame. Let all men (and women — c’mon gals, no…
On Media: The future comes to the present at The C-J
The future of newspapering was made clear to Courier-Journal staffers this week in the form of company-wide meetings focused on a new reality — C-J parent company Gannett is implementing its “Information Center” concept in Louisville, standing traditional newsroom realities on their collective heads. What has seemed a gradual shift to delivering news in new…
Aftertastes
Primo, 445 E. Market St., 583-1808. Bim Deitrich’s restaurant just unveiled its seasonal menus for autumn, featuring many goodies, including a Northwestern Italian-style dish of wide ribbon pasta with braised lamb ragu and mushrooms. The Insalata di Mare (“seafood salad”) makes the heart of a shellfish lover go pitty-pat. (Reviewed 10/04; Rating: N/A) Stumler…
LEO’s Eat ‘N’ Blog: Westport General Store cuts the cheese, but it’s no Cracker Barrel
Westport General Store: about 30 minutes from Louisville, is down-home, innovative and urbane. A rustic country store in a tiny rural village, it boasts a breezy veranda, an oversize wheel of fine cheddar cheese, and a down-home bill of fare that includes such goodies as stone-ground grits and country-fried pork chops and even, occasionally, fried…
The Bar Belle: Tailgating and taleflaunting
I was a little late to the party this year — I attended my first U of L tailgate at the last game of the season on Saturday. I never realized that you don’t really need a ticket to the game — you can have a grand old time wandering through the parking lot picking…
Music Preview: Cancer can’t silence tenor sax player
Bennett Higgins: Photo courtesy of the Jazz Factory. Bennett Higgins is playing his first show since he had surgery for esophageal cancer. There was a time when Bennett Higgins couldn’t even enjoy a steak dinner.In 2004, Higgins was undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer when those twin terrors — chemotherapy and radiation — robbed every ounce…
Ode to Matt Mason
Matt Mason Matthew Mason, a member of the local band Bad Blood, passed away last week. The following poem was written by friend and fellow musician, Darren Rappa. —Editor A boy and his cat,as innocent as that.A simple explanation to relieve the situation,yes, we would be grateful for that. But nothing makes sensewhen things become…
Sight Unsound: Loss fuels a Cadillac, and Zappa’s progeny plugs in
Rosanne Cash: Rosanne Cash visits the Brown Theatre on Friday. Rosanne Cash is a Grammy-winning recording artist, an accomplished author and a dedicated mother. Still, she is perhaps best known as the daughter of American musical icon Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto. Between 2003 and 2005, Cash lost both of her biological…
Theater Review – ‘Language of Angels’: Noh Way
Language of Angels: Photo by Harlan Taylor Courtney Miller (Celie) and Joey Coe (JB) in Walden Theatre’s “Language of Angels.†The “Rashomon effect” is the effect of subjective perception on memory, and explains how multiple observers provide different but equally believable accounts of an event. Naomi Iizuka’s “Language of Angels” uses this device to relate…
Community Listings
Holiday Events Christmas Gift & Décor Show — at KY Fair & Expo Center South Wing, free, $5 parking, Dec. 8-10, Fri. at 11am-8pm, Sat. at 10am-8pm, Sun. at 11am-5pm, 456-2244.Lessons & Carols — for Advent & Christmas, presented by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, featuring singers, ringers & readers, Louisville Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Rd.,…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Holiday Events ••Walnut Street Baptist Church — presents Christmas Celebration “O Come Let Us Adore Him,” Dec. 8 at 7pm, Dec. 9 at 2:30 & 6pm, and Dec. 10 at 2:30 & 6pm, 589-5290.Trinity High School — Trinity Jazz Band & Trinity Singers will perform Christmas concerts, in auditorium, 115 N. Sherrin Ave.: $5, Dec.…
Staff Picks
Thursday, Dec. 7R. Keenan Lawler R. Keenan Lawler is receiving much critical acclaim for his latest album, Music for the Bluegrass States, released on Xeric Records. Said Pitchfork Media: “His fertile playing, amplified by the resonator’s ringing tone, evokes the avant-folk of John Fahey, the minimalist drone of Tony Conrad, the backwoods blues of Charley…
Video TapeWorm: Releases through Tuesday, Dec. 12
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKSTALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY2006; DVD $28.95-$38.95, PG-13/URWill Ferrell’s latest finds him in familiar waters as a big, hairy dimwit, loved by all. It is, apparently, an autobiography, carefully disguised as the tale of NASCAR’s greatest driver who has it all until unnerved and beaten by “Borat”’s Sacha Baron Cohen.…
