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Louisville And Climate Change
More pollen. More mold. More mosquitoes, and more of them carrying deadly diseases. More water main breaks, and more treatment to keep our water tasting good. Warmer and wetter. That is what is happening to Louisville (and all of Kentucky) or likely to happen as climate change becomes obvious and palpable, according to climate experts…
LEO Podcast #78: 99 Bottles, Monnik’s Voorjaar
Scott Hand from Monnik Beer Co. stopped by to talk about the brewery’s cardamom saison, Voorjaar.
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (4/22)
MONDAY, April 22 Register to Vote Deadline Online (or Jefferson County Clerk’s Office) Free(dom) | All day If you live in Kentucky and want to vote in this year’s primary election, today is your last day to register. Remember, this primary election decides which Democrat will run run against Gov. Matt Bevin in November (or…
Our favorite spring beers from local breweries this season
3rd Turn Brewing Guavasaurus Rex With a deep, bronze body and a viscous foam head, the Guavasaurus Rex is reminiscent of a milkshake IPA. While other varieties of the genre are cloudier and thicker, the Guavasaurus is translucent and beautiful, with a richly fruited nose and vibrant glow. At 6.5%, the guava is front and…
Listen to Belushi Speed Ball’s new album, Prepare For Trouble
The thrash metal party band Belushi Speed Ball has released their latest album, Prepare For Trouble — a high-speed collection of wild and weird hardcore that’s addicting. But, also, go see Belushi Speed Ball live for an unforgettable show, as LEO writer Julie Gross recently wrote about. Catch them at Kaiju for the album’s release…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (4/19)
FRIDAY, April 19 Henny and Jokes Old 502 Winery At the door $25, Presale $20 | 7-10:30 p.m. Wine, Olive Garden catering and comedians. That’s what “Henny and Jokes” presented by Placid Tribe LLC is serving up on Friday night. “Louisville legend” Eric Kimbrough headlines with Ryan Riker, Rob Hood and Donta Hickson also performing.…
Raise age for buying tobacco products to 21 to clamp down on vaping, U.S. Sen. McConnell says
Cigarettes, tobacco and vaping products could be sold to only people over 21, under a proposal U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Thursday. The Kentucky Republican said the increase in young people who are vaping tobacco pushed him to propose the legislation. “For some time, I’ve been hearing from the parents who are seeing an unprecedented…
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting: ShotSpotter Tells Louisville Police About Gunshots, But Officers Rarely Look For Evidence
To read more investigations from the KyCIR, go here. Christina Wilcox hears the blast of gunfire echo through her Shawnee neighborhood a few times a week. She’s learned to quickly assess the threat: Are her kids safe? Doors locked? Should she drop to the ground? Not a consideration: calling the police. “I don’t do nothing…
Above and Beyond Class Act Federal Credit Union brings community members together
As Tymna Oberhausen sat in a tiny chair in her kindergarten classroom at Lowe Elementary, her face was glowing. She looked around her classroom and said, “It’s my happy place.” Having been an educator for more than 30 years, Tymna joked that her friends often ask why she isn’t retired yet. “I don’t want to…
Another side of Jeff Tweedy: Notes from his show at Headliners
Jeff Tweedy has shown many sides throughout his musical career: the apolitical, yet socially conscious Uncle Tupelo, the more abstract and experimental sounds of arena-filling, Grammy-award winning Wilco and all the bands in between such as Golden Smog and Loose Fur. Currently, with his solo career, he’s fallen into self-reflection and stripped-down honesty. Throughout it…
A 100% renewable city? ?In the future… maybe
Our Metro government powered by 100% renewable energy in 2030. The rest of the city, power companies and all, using 100% renewable energy by 2035. All of our buildings, also completely energy efficient. Until then, no new fossil fuel infrastructure projects allowed. Sound nice? The Greater Louisville Sierra Club thought so, too. It drafted a…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd (4/17)
Bevin takes on his own party | Thorn We are not actuaries or economists, and neither are Gov. Matt “Bellend” Bevin and Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon R. Thayer, so we have no comment on Bevin’s veto of a pension bill. But, bring out your popcorn to watch the state GOP battle Bevin. “We should…
The eccentric theatrics of Belushi Speed Ball
A rainbow-winged unicorn pool float sits on the floor in front of the elevated stage as singer Vinny Castellano lies prone inside of it, aggressively playing electric guitar and growling out lyrics inspired by “Spongebob SquarePants,” all the while a Gen Z audience repeatedly throws multicolored plastic balls all over him. Seconds before this scene,…
Sonic Breakdown: Rmllw2llz — ‘Fux Wit Me, Pt. 2’
[LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from a Louisville musician or band.] For the last seven years, Wisconsin native Romell Weaver, aka Rmllw2llz (pronounced “Romell with 2 Ls”), has made Louisville his home. He’s worked hard to support the local hip-hop scene and his community, but he said he’s faced challenges, the…
‘American Library,’ wry comment on colonialism
The internationally recognized British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE uses Dutch wax fabric as a signature in his works. He has called the Indonesian inspired batik printed fabrics “the perfect metaphor for multilayered identities” (yinkashonibare.com/press). The Dutch, in the late 19th century, mass produced the brightly colored patterned cloth to sell in Indonesia without success. In…
Silver screen comic: A Q&A with Sebastian Maniscalco
Stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco was in the Academy Award Winning Best Picture “Green Book,” last year. This year, you will see him in “The Irishman,” undoubtedly another Best Picture contender. Maniscalco joined a cinematic all-star team for that one: Martin Scorsese directing and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel. “I…
Holy Smokes gets smoked meat right
I found myself nurturing a fierce craving for barbecue the other day, and a quick trip out to Holy Smokes Bar-B-Que in Okolona set that right. This friendly, neighborhood eatery gets smoked meat right. I got a chuckle out of Holy Smokes’ logo, too, a hefty, cute cartoon porker with a big smile and a…
My best Derby party hacks
Spring seemed to descend upon Kentuckiana this past week with one sun-kissed swoop, and we’re all anxiously hoping it is here to stay. As Louisvillians collectively thrust open their windows, in creeps the aroma of what we all know is coming: Derby season. Gusts laden with pollen shake pastel colored petals across the sidewalks, and…
Wild Ginger makes a veggie hot pot to die for
Louisville is for vegetarians. It is sooooooo much easier being a grazer in 2019 here than it was 26 years ago when I leapt into a meat-free lifestyle. Even some steakhouses offer excellent veggie-friendly options. This column is dedicated to helping veggies find something they can eat in restaurants they might not have tried otherwise.…
Ask Minda Honey: Don’t want to hear about friends’ romances
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life — send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach out to me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney Hi Minda Honey, I am a single 26-year-old woman who is, for the most part, very content with my life. I have a day job I love, very close friendships and am…
Savage Love: Workmates
Q: When I first started dating my girlfriend, I asked her about past boyfriends and she said she hadn’t met the right guy yet. After dating for nine years, I found out about a past boyfriend and looked through her e-mails. I found out she dated her married boss for three years. She broke up…
Working 9-to-5 In White Spaces
As a black woman, I had the unique experience of my first “real” job being at an entirely African American institution, Bates Memorial Baptist Church. Everyone on staff or in a position of leadership was black. Not only was everyone black, for the most part, most of us had some form of post-secondary education, from…
Stealth bills seek to crush dissent
They hear you. If you ever marched in the rain and chanted because an unarmed black kid got killed in a hailstorm of government bullets… If you sang labor movement songs to the senate majority leader in your university library until a pale, baby-faced campus cop in a baggy uniform led you away… If you’ve…
Chief, call it what it is: racial profiling
If you can’t imagine your 18-year-old son being pulled over, taken out of the car and cuffed, then searched by a drug dog and cited for a “wide turn”… you must be a white parent. Of course, I’d be stunned if this happened to me. But that’s because Louisville’s police chief wouldn’t profile me, a…
