Her Songs: a Q&A with singer-songwriter Sean Rowe
Before his show at Zanzabar on Saturday, April 25, LEO caught up with folk singer Sean Rowe to talk about touring with his family, what he’s listening to right now and his new album of covers. The video for one of those songs (“Hold On, Hold On” by Neko Case”) is premiering with this Q&A…
Visually speaking: art news and events
Art News — The National Trust for Historic Preservation (preservationnation.org) has named Louisville a National Treasure. This designation, also known as the “Heart of Louisville,” is for our abundance of historic buildings and neighborhoods. — Call for artists: NuLu Art 16 is a public art installation sponsored by the NuLu Business Association. They are seeking…
LEO Playlist 4/20
1) “North Side Gal” by J.D. McPherson, who will be at Waterfront Wednesday (held on the Big Four Lawn at Waterfront Park) on April 22. 2) “Hey Stranger” by Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, who will be at Waterfront Wednesday (held on the Big Four Lawn at Waterfront Park) on April 22. 3) “Dearly Departed”…
Beat the box office: Win two tickets to see Father John Misty at the Louisville Palace
Father John Misty is bringing his sharp and humorous psychedelic folk to the Louisville Palace on Thursday, October 8 and LEO Weekly is giving away two tickets before the box office starts selling them on Friday at noon. Click HERE to enter.
From city dump to green space: A Q&A with Kasey Maier, director of program development for Botanica
Louisville prides itself on its green space, and why shouldn’t we? With parks like Cherokee, Iroquois and Jefferson Memorial right here in the city limits we have a lot to brag about. But Kasey Maier, director of program development for Botanica, thinks we can do better. Botanica hopes to turn 22 acres of a former…
A Q&A with artist Bette Levy
Bette Levy wears many hats in our artistic community. Best known as a textile and fiber artist, she’s also is a co-founder of the art organization LAFTA (Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists) and the director of the Patio Gallery at the Jewish Community Center. LEO: What type of textile artist are you? Bette Levy:…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEKS TWIN PEEKS: BREAKIN’ / BREAKIN’ 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO 1984; $15.89; PG Break-dancing, that horrible love-child of the 80’s, spawned a rash of truly excruciating dance flicks that are best left forgotten. Except these two, which star “Solid Gold” veteran Lucinda Dickey as a “jazz dancer” who pairs with two street urchins, Adolfo “Shabba-Doo”…
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home: A look at the viability of solar energy in the Commonwealth
In a December 22, 2014, press release, LG&E/KU announced that the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a request by the utility company for the construction of what will be Kentucky’s largest solar panel facility. Buried in their announcement was the statement that “Kentucky is not blessed with an abundance of wind and solar…
Easy wind: Catching up with Lotus and The Werks
Headliners features two strong jam bands on Wednesday, April 15, Lotus and The Werks. They share some similarities in approach, while pursuing their respective muses. LEO spoke with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luke Miller of Lotus and e-interviewed guitarist/vocalist Chris Houser of The Werks. Lotus Lotus was formed in 1999 and has metamorphosed from a funky,…
b-sides: Testament
The world of heavy metal has always been murky. Much like jazz, new genres of metal quickly popped up in the beginning — and, as it kept/keeps branching out, the tree continued/continues to grow. Also, like jazz, some metal was intended spitefully. Which brings us to thrash. Originally created as the response to glam metal’s…
Plugged In (Apr. 15 – Apr. 21)
WED April 15th Bird Hall: UofL Student Jazz Composers; 7 p.m. Comstock Concert Hall: University New Music Ensemble; 8 p.m. Diamond Pub (St. Matthews): Bob Anonymous Gerstle’s Place: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m. Headliners: Lotus, The Werks; 9 p.m.; $22 Hideaway Saloon: Blues and Greys; 9 p.m.; $3 Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Dave Wilson and…
THEATER: Tossman’s ‘Bonhoeffer: The Last Encounter’ at Bunbury
After the premiere of “Bonhoeffer: The Last Encounter,” Juergen K. Tossman, the playwright and director (and Producing Artistic Director of Bunbury Theatre) invited all the ordained clergy in the audience to join him on the stage for a brief and touching tribute to the memory of the German Lutheran minister, theologian and member of the…
BOOK: American satire is ‘Pretty Ugly’
Pretty Ugly (Hardback) (Thomas Dunne Books; 294 pgs., $25.99) Full disclosure: I know Kirker Butler, the author of “Pretty Ugly.” In Mrs. Taylor’s sixth grade class, while working on Ancient Rome shoebox dioramas, “Kirk” turned to me and, in his best Comicus voice said, “We Romans have a god for everything. The only thing we…
COMEDY: John Roy never changes
They say comedy can be hard. They say it’s one of the most difficult performing arts to master. But watching someone like John Roy, who is equally himself and truly hilarious with so little effort, you can’t help but think: “Maybe comedy isn’t that hard.” Don’t let guys like Roy fool you – it is…
Something old, something new
Let’s touch down for a couple of quick hits on the metro dining scene this week. Uptown Café has been a Bardstown Road landmark for 20 years, serving always reliable fare in a friendly setting that keeps bringing people back for more. Shandaar Indian is so new that its well-crafted Facebook page still has that…
Fulfilling an overdue quest for smoked wings
Many, many months ago — OK, it was more than a year — my friend Angie abruptly IM’d me on Facebook and told me she was in the midst of eating some fantastic smoked chicken wings at a place called JR’s Pub in New Albany. She told me I needed to get there as soon…
Kentucky Derby Off-Festival Events
Tyler Park Whip-Its Balloon Race Trinity Parking Lot’s 3rd-Turn-Infield-Replica Kegger Xtreme Park Belly-Boarding Race Butchertown Munchie Wagon Arts for the Fund Derby Tattoo Contest NuLu “The Derby is so Bourgeois” Luncheon Play’s Silk Jock Party
Internal memo shows Rand Paul planning 2018 run for Louisville mayor
A leaked internal memo from the office of Rand Paul shows that Senator Paul has his sights set on becoming the next Mayor of Louisville in 2018. While the Senator’s office has not responded to calls, the memo, which appears to be written by Paul to his top aides, explains that a presidential bid this…
Highlands to secede and create new township in vision of Fake Issue 2015
Plans are being made for the Highlands area of Louisville to secede from Metro government and create its own city with a new vision. This effort comes after an outpouring of interest in the Louisville Eccentric Observer’s (LEO’s) 2015 Fake Issue, earlier this month. Initial interest was voiced at Day’s Coffee by a group of…
I got you: An open letter to living black men
You thought I was going to write about Walter Scott, didn’t you? Wrong. I’ll let the rest of the country write about the dead for a change. Right now I want to take a minute to talk to and about the black men who are still living. Brothers, as we trudge through this life many…
America is burning: ?indignation and the end of civility
I spend a lot of time thinking about the world — wondering what I can do with no money to throw at problems and little influence. I want to make my world better and definitely leave it better for my kid. When Michael Brown was killed, my son was a little more than a year…
Altruism amid an addiction
My fervent hope, as we navigate our imperfect lives, is that the angels of our better nature shall guide us to goodness and mercy. That we seek wisdom and inspiration from the journeys of others. That we resist the demons of our darker nature. That we be introspective enough to recognize when we succumb, honest…
Election 2016: Pilot Episode
It’s not like presidential candidates have not been running for weeks and months already; from everything I hear, the Iowa airport stays pretty busy year round. However in the last couple of weeks we have had our first official entrants: Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul on the Republican side, Secretary Hillary Clinton…
Inbox – April 15, 2015
PRESIDENTIAL-PRETENDER PAUL Rand Paul’s garish 2016 campaign has roared in with high tech theatrics and glitzy feel-goods. Glaring contradictions fester beneath Paul’s carefully calculated bombast. His “freedom” mantra is totally dictated by right-wing Republican extremists – not genuine libertarian conviction. Fake Libertarian Paul panders with his opposition to “gay rights.” Paul is no “outsider” –…
