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Does Louisville pizza have a style? ?Pizza makers have their say
This article is part of a package of stories called “In Search Of Louisville Style Pizza.” For more, go here. What is it about Louisville and pizza? We are home to two major chains, Papa John’s and Pizza Hut. We are even headquarters for the trade journal Pizza Today. If you sort city inspection records…
Castleman statue removal appealed, city failed to recognize it as a ‘landmark and an icon’
Just over a month after the city Landmarks Commission voted to remove the controversial John B. Castleman Statue from Cherokee Triangle, several Louisville organizations and residents have joined to appeal the decision. They accuse the city and city review panels of violating the Kentucky Constitution, “which prohibits arbitrary government power,” and failing to weigh the…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (6/10)
MONDAY, June 10 ‘Neighborhood or Suburb: Why Some People Want to live in the Dense, Walkable, Mixed-use Neighborhoods of Louisville, While Others Choose the Gated Subdivisions’ St. Matthews Library Free | 7 p.m. The name of this talk pretty much explains it. Centre College Sociology Professor Beau Weston presents a discussion on his new book…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (6/7)
FRIDAY, June 7 Solidarity Vigil Douglass Boulevard and Bardstown Road Free | 4:30-5:30 p.m. Stand in solidarity for immigrants and refugees in Louisville on each of the four corners at Douglass Boulevard and Bardstown Road. There won’t be any speeches at this event meant to show that immigrant communities are welcome in Louisville, but you…
A production worth noting: A review of Eli Keel’s ‘Note’
As I took my seat for Eli Keel’s “Note: A Play About Rehearsing a Play — Notes from a Bipolar Life,” (directed by Kathi E.B. Ellis), I immediately noticed the sparse set. There were only two chairs, a table and a wall-mounted coat rack in an open, black box theater layout, setting the scene for…
Noise Complaints Disrupt Odeon Shows
“Turn that noise down!” is a phrase often used by weary parents about their teenager’s musical taste. What happens when a bar featuring live music gets a similar noise complaint from neighbors? Two weeks ago, on May 18, the hip, mid-century-style bar and music venue Odeon said repeated noise complaints led it to shut down…
Comedian Kevin McCaffrey: ‘No Bigger Babies Than Trump Fans’
When we caught up with stand-up comedian Kevin McCaffrey, his car was broken down in a McDonald’s parking lot outside of St. Louis, Missouri. “I don’t know anything about cars, but when the front end fell out, I figured a mechanic was in order,”said McCaffrey, whose appearances include “Late Night with David Letterman.” He also…
Hadley Creatives Find New In Collaboration
Most funding support for individual artists is intended to recognize and validate an artist’s past work and encourage artists to continue down their chosen paths. In contrast, the Hadley Creatives project (now in the second year of a planned five-year commitment) is about instigating unpredictable outcomes. This year’s class of Hadley Creatives, which consists of…
Louisville Style? Experts Say: Fugetaboutit
This article is part of a package of stories called “In Search Of Louisville Style Pizza.” For more, go here. New York has thin-crust, mammoth slices of pizzas with a light layer of sauce and full-fat mozzarella cheese. Chicago has deep dish pizza with generous helpings of cheese and toppings. Louisville has… what does Louisville…
Style, schmyle… The enigma that is Louisville pizza
This article is part of a package of stories called “In Search Of Louisville Style Pizza.” For more, go here. In 2010, Papa John’s unleashed a YouTube video, “Papa John places his first online order,” some 19 years after Tim Berners-Lee invented the modern consumer internet. Breaking the fourth wall, CEO John Schnatter invites you…
Where Pizza Hut, Papa John’s fit in the pantheon of pizza
This article is part of a package of stories called “In Search Of Louisville Style Pizza.” For more, go here. Papa John’s has proposed a chicken-and-waffles pizza. Pizza Hut has sold pizza with hot dogs for crust. Are these merely commercial bastardizations of pizza, or are they the way pizza was meant to be? There…
Yes, there is ?a Louisville style!
This article is part of a package of stories called “In Search Of Louisville Style Pizza.” For more, go here. How do you spell Louisville-style pizza? Impellizzeri’s Yes, there is such a thing as Louisville-style pizza, and we owe the genre to Benny Impellizzeri, a local pizza maker whose career spans almost the entire life…
Libraries close in no-tax council members’ districts
When Mayor Greg Fischer threatened to close libraries in the face of a $65 million, four-year budget hole in February, Councilman Anthony Piagentini wasn’t worried. “For two reasons,” he said. No.1: He thought the mayor’s initial plan would change by the time he filed his official budget proposal in April. And No. 2: He felt…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd (6/5)
Waaa! Not in my district! | Thorn Suddenly, the Metro Council members who voted against a relatively small tax increase are shocked and upset that the city is closing two library branches in their districts and cutting back hours citywide. 15 potholes on council need filling | Thorn If you think potholes don’t get filled…
Planetary Overdrive: Manual Override
Planetary Overdrive specializes in gritty, country-adjacent, hook-heavy rock-n-roll that’s rough around the edges, like if Cory Branan started a hair metal band. With their latest, the five-song record, Manual Override, the band spends their time with open roads and endless trouble, from existential dread to everything just falling apart. Sometimes it can be a bit…
J.G. Wood: Grund
With the opening strings on “Yellow Moon,” singer-songwriter J.G. Wood declares that Grund is an album that is function over fashion —something urgent and intimate. On “The Glass Clown,” Wood ruminates on how we damage ourselves with anger, singing “History writes the song / While the seething seals our fate.” “Age Mellowed Me” is a…
Louisville Tango Festival celebrates ?‘a very social dance’
Christy Byers has been dancing Argentine tango for almost 20 years and has been ballroom dancing for even longer. With her passion for tango and because Louisville is near many U.S. cities, she founded the Louisville Tango Festival in 2016. Now, gearing up for its fourth year this weekend, the festival will draw around 300…
Migo Makes Vegetarian Taco Magic
Louisville has no shortage of taco joints these days with different presentation styles and fusions of cuisines. One of the first locals of the new era of You Can Put Anything In A Taco is Migo, which uses local produce to create flavors from south of the border and plenty of gluten-free, veggie goodness. Migo…
Milantoni Offers Italian The Old-Fashioned Way
Once upon a time, within living memory for many of us, Italian dining meant hearty, red-sauced pasta, garlic bread, maybe a little lasagna and fake ivy on the ceiling. Then, just like that, back in the ‘70s, Italian went upscale. Before we knew it we were all gaga about what we called Northern Italian cuisine,…
Industry love
I told you LEO readers last year the story of how my friend Sam and I were honored accomplices at the engagement of our dear friends Erin and Seth. Just after she said, “Yes,” Seth had planned an ornate day of surprises for his now-wife and used his service industry skills to curate the most…
Ask Minda Honey: How Do I Date a Guy If I’ve Been Sleeping with His Friend?
In a relationship or life jam? Send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney. Hey Minda! Soo, Louisville is a small town, like super small. Either you were born here or went to college here or you are a transplant. Well, I’m two of the three. I’m a transplant and went to school…
Savage Love: Baby Soft
Q: I’m a 27-year-old, male, adult baby/diaper lover (AB/DL). I’ve been in the closet about my fetish basically since puberty. As a consequence, I never dated or became romantically involved. I thought if I buried my kink with enough shame, it would go away and I would somehow turn normal. It obviously didn’t work, and…
Drag Queen Storytime wasn’t about sex: ?It was about showing kids it’s OK to be Different
Following the Louisville public library’s Drag Queen Storytime event, the Courier Journal published an opinion piece by Kent Ostrander, executive director at the Family Foundation. The headline, as a good headline should do, explains the thrust of the column: “Drag Queen Storytime: It’s foolish to bring kids into the sexual world of adults.” Here is…
To stay relevant, unions must get angry again
One basic truth is America’s Rosetta Stone: The country has always been run by people who need a lot of work done by other people and would like to have that work cost as close to nothing as possible, moral consequences be damned. From this, all things American may be understood. What makes a good…
Dear rich people, ?stop propping up the city!
We citizens of Louisville should say “thanks but no thanks” to the generous, wealthy few who are donating money to give our city’s kids places to swim this summer. OK, fine, we will take the money this time, but no more! Certainly, the kids should not be the ones who lose because of bad decisions…
