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Thomas Merton and one God: An intimate look
This article is part of a collection of stories about the existence of God. To read the others, go here. It was noon. The autumn leaves fell silently around the entrance to The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani. The air was warm. It was so quiet that you could only hear birds singing in…
The Look Back: Revisiting Jason Isbell’s Southeastern before he performs at Iroquois Amphitheater
[The Look Back is an occasional column in which we dive into a notable album from a band or musician with a deep discography before they perform in Louisville.] Jason Isbell’s 2013 album Southeastern doesn’t waste any time getting to its central theme. The first verse of “Cover Me Up” — the album’s opening track…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (4/15)
TUESDAY, April 16 Juvenile Justice Community Conversations Series: History and Diversion Louisville Urban League Free (registration recommended) | 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Louisville Urban League is hosting dinners and talks on different aspects of the juvenile justice system. The goal: amplify the voices of those trying to change the system and teach others the facts about…
Artist Waller Austin talks about how his art has been changed by gun violence
Artist Waller Austin’s wife Whitney survived being shot multiple times during the Sept. 6, 2018 mass shooting at the Fifth Third Bank headquarters in Cincinnati. The tragedy has influenced Austin’s art. In his first show following the shooting, Austin wanted to “share a terrifyingly visceral experience to enable conversation and amplify my concern about gun…
LEO Podcast #77: Elevator Artist Resource
Director Ehren Reed and board member James Lindsey spoke with Jo Anne Triplett, contributing arts editor, about Elevator Artist Resource.
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (4/12)
SATURDAY, April 13 Farmapalooza Iroquois Urban Farm Free | noon-2 p.m. Before you go gaga over fireworks at Thunder Over Louisville, stop by the Iroquois Urban Farm for an afternoon of music, food, nature play and volunteering. There will be pizza roll-making and opportunities to chat with farmers, all hosted by Hope Community Farm and…
How Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie battled John Kerry and became a laughingstock
Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie made news Tuesday over a bizarre exchange with former secretary of state John F. Kerry who was testifying before Congress on climate change. Kerry, who helped negotiate the 2015 Paris climate accord that President Trump has rejected, was testifying before the House Oversight Committee when Massie asked about Kerry’s political…
Hayes Carll opens up on What It Is
Hayes Carll’s first four albums were packed with sharp melodies and witty phrases, drawing comparisons to Ray Wylie Hubbard and Guy Clark, which established him as a leading alt-country troubadour. But, it was his two most recent albums — 2016’s Lovers and Leavers and this year’s What It Is — where he found his voice.…
Religion and science collide at the 2019 Festival of Faiths
This article is part of a collection of stories that ask: Does God Exist? To read the others, go here. Faith and science may seem irreconcilable or at least an odd couple. That’s why the two subjects were selected as this year’s theme for the Center for Interfaith Relation’s Festival of Faiths. “We like to reframe conversations,”…
A Devout Scientist: How Neuroscientist Naweed Syed Reconciles His Belief In Science And The Existence Of God
This article is part of a collection of stories about the existence of God. To read the others, go here. As scientific director for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and a professor at the University of Calgary, Naweed Syed spends his days pondering complex questions that have elusive answers: How does the brain function?…
Budget cuts to violence prevention program? could be deadly
No More Red Dots has been credited with helping reverse Louisville’s ballooning homicide rate. Now it’s one of the city-funded programs that may be trimmed to help close a $35 million budget shortfall. Started in the neighborhoods where street violence has been the worst, it employs community members to mediate conflicts that could otherwise lead…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd (4/10)
The Thin black and blue line | Thorn The viral YouTube video showing a black teenager being pulled out of his car for allegedly making a wide turn underscores a key debate about policing in Louisville: Should traffic stops be used as a crime deterrent? It seems everyone but the police say: No! It is…
Rodan releases a once-lost collection of early demos
Last week, the influential, Louisville indie band Rodan released The Hat Factory 93, a once-lost batch of early demos. It’s exclusively available on Bandcamp, with all proceeds benefiting Girl’s Rock Louisville. Recorded between their Aviary EP and their seminal 1994 album Rusty, the collection of five songs was remixed by La La Land studio’s Kevin…
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Theatre [502]’s ‘Women Laughing Alone With Salad’ Tackles Image-Obsessed Culture
We’ve all seen the pictures before. On the internet, it’s become something of a joke: stock images of a lone woman, always young and usually white, holding a bowl of salad — not quite eating — and laughing. Why? It’s never explained, and it doesn’t really matter. It says something about the way our society…
Essayist (and More) Sloane Crosley
What’s it like being a popular humorous essayist? “It’s this amazing ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card for life,” Sloane Crosley recently told LEO during a short phone interview. “[In] even the darkest and strangest or most miserable of experiences, there’s usually some comedy that I can extract from it and share with people.” Crosley’s…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Dark Red’ and ‘Little Bird’
‘Dark Red’ No. 1 Writer/co-creator Tim Seeley and artist/co-creator Corin Howell Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville Chip, an unassuming young man, is mopping the floor while working the night shift at the local convenience store in a small, rural town. Drunk customers come in and out and give him a hard time,…
Louisville Cafe India for delights … and great goat
Once upon a time, seemingly not all that many years ago, the closest Indian restaurant to Louisville was in Cincinnati. I know, because I used to make that trip as often as I could. Indeed, as recently as the turn of the millennium there were still only about three Indian eateries in town. But those…
Homebrew scene helps fuel microbrewery boom
I’m happy to begin my first beer column with LEO Weekly in the same place where many Louisville brewers start — the homebrew shop. Specifically, Brewgrass Homebrew Supply at 2227 S. Preston St. John and Sam Ronayne started Brewgrass Homebrew Supply in June 2015. And while, yes, homebrewing is a fun hobby, and Brewgrass certainly…
Savage Love: Overfished
Q: I’m a heteroflexible married cis woman in my 40s. I’m also a POS cheater and a catfish. I really fucked up. One year ago, I met an older man in an online fetish forum. He sent me an unsolicited PM, and we have talked for hours every day since then. My husband, whom I’ve…
West of Ninth: People, in their own words… (4/10)
Erriona and Ivory, from California March 20, 2019 “I feel like everybody should familiarize themselves with mental health awareness. Oftentimes, it’s looked at as a stigma. People want to put mental illness in this box, but it affects more people than you know. I’ve had it happen to me. I didn’t know anything about it,…
City’s Brexit moment, voting against itself
Feels as if it’s been a while. Missed me? I got a week off from your posh drivel… and it felt like a month in the Maldives. Mercifully, we missed the Fake Issue, too. What is it about Americans and their inability to write good Swiftian satire? Although come to think of it, we could…
McConnell’s full court attack is working
It may take 15 years to repair damage done by President Trump. It may take even longer to reverse damage done by Gov. Matt “Koch Brother” Bevin. But what U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is doing to the nation’s court system will injure all of us for much, much longer — for decades to come. It…
