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What’s Poppin’: Pop-Up Restaurants Redefine The Louisville Food Scene
No corner of the economy has weathered These Uncertain Times™ unscathed, but perhaps none have been as publicly volatile as restaurants. Open. Closed. Open but at 50% capacity. Open at 25%. Closed for now, but open again when Jupiter and Saturn align. The result of local leaders following a moving target against a federal response…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Week In Louisville (2/1)
MONDAY, Feb. 1 Monday Series: Black History Online Free | 6-7:30 p.m. Today is the start of Black History Month, and each Monday this February, Louisville Political Education for Liberation is hosting a class on Black history, led by Deonte Hollowell, an assistant professor of history and African American studies at Spalding University. You can…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (1/29)
FRIDAY, Jan. 29 Sundance Film Festival: Louisville [Satellite Screen] Speed Art Museum $25 | Times vary Experience the Sundance Film Festival at The Speed. Through Feb. 3, you’ll be able to watch 12 of the films showing at Sundance. This Friday, options are “Homeroom,” a documentary about the class of 2020 at Oakland High School; “The…
The Senate Should Still Convict Donald Trump
After the events of Jan. 6, in which the sitting president of the United States incited his supporters to violence and was responsible for their subsequent insurrectionist storming of the U.S. Capitol, there should be no remaining question that Donald Trump is both unfit for office and has committed impeachable offenses. The ideal path to…
hiko-A-mon’s fine Japanese style rewards our eyes and palates
It’s hard to believe that Louisville got its first sushi bar, of sorts, as recently as the mid-‘80s. (It’s also hard to believe that I’ve been writing about food and drink for that long, but that’s another story for another day.) Back when Louisville had its first taste of locally-made sushi, served over a Fourth…
Parenting And Creating During A Pandemic
This week, I spoke with five local artists who are trying to answer the “how” about creating with kids, during a pandemic. Some have found a well of creativity, while others are struggling to just feel human. All of the artists for this piece are working with the aid of a supportive partner. That fact…
Live Again at Z-Bar: Being At A Socially-Distanced Concert
Saturday night was the second night of Mama Said String Band shows at Zanzabar. These are the first concerts at the venue since last March when COVID-19 shut everything down. They were an experiment of sorts to try to work out a path to reopen the venue while keeping everyone as safe as possible. Many…
Savage Love: The Boyfriend Experience
Q: Sex-positive bi woman here. I have recommended your column to many people over the years to help them feel normal and human in their kinks, fantasies, sexuality, etc. But I’m having a more difficult time extending similar acceptance to myself. I was in a three-year relationship with a cis straight man. I recently moved…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best And Most Absurd (1/27)
Absurd: One side of the mirror Sen. Rand Paul had a banner-day in the Sedition Hall of Fame for his appearance Sunday on “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos. It would be impossible to identify the most outlandish of Rand’s gaslighting defenses of falsely claiming election fraud. Yet, Rand reached the pinnacle of humiliation when he claimed,…
Will 2022 Be The Year Of The Grassroots Mayor Campaign?
This is part one of a two part series on grassroots candidates in the 2022 mayoral race. Shameka Parrish-Wright was lying in a hotel bed on Jan. 6 after a day of campaigning in Georgia for the recent Senate runoff election when she received confirmation that Mayor Greg Fischer would be naming Erika Shields as…
Louisville’s next mayor needs to transform the city’s identity
So the race to be the next mayor of Louisville is off and running. This is that moment when we feel like Al Pacino in “The Godfather Part III”: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Of course we all deserve a break from politics, but there are two main…
