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You Can’t Always Get What You Want In Louisville’s Resale Scene
Problematic neighbors spurred me to move from a house near UofL to a much smaller place in the Highlands. My unfinished but spacious basement gave me ample room to store the vast majority of my collection of comic books, old magazines, books, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, Calphalon cookware and extra furniture. Because I…
Old Crow Medicine Show Returns To Iroquois Amphitheater Thursday
Mixing old-timey influences and modern Americana styles, Old Crow Medicine Show, which has been active since 1998, has sought to bridge the past to the future in the world of folk and country. Old Crow is a touring machine, and after everyone had to go on a hiatus, they’re back in Louisville. On Thursday, Aug.…
Kentucky Child COVID Hospital Admissions Hit Record High
Seventeen children were hospitalized in Kentucky yesterday for COVID-19 — the highest number ever in Kentucky. The previous high was 12 admissions in December, according to Gov. Andy Beshear’s office. COVID cases in Kentucky children increased more than 400% last month, from 133 on July 16 to 548 on Aug. 16. “COVID-19 isn’t just hitting…
Officer Involved In Breonna Taylor Shooting Splits From Publisher After Simon & Schuster Refused To Distribute Book
Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers who fired his gun in the Breonna Taylor raid, is parting ways with the publisher he was working with on his upcoming memoir, because of Simon & Schuster’s refusal to distribute it, according to Post Hill Press. Mattingly wrote in a blog post on the conservative American Thinker website…
Listen To All The Musicians Performing At The Kentucky State Fair This Year
After you’re done animal watching and riding weird amusement rides at The Kentucky State Fair, head over to Parking Lot L for the Texas Roadhouses free concert series, featuring a wide range of acts. For each concert, the gates will open at 6:30 and the show will begin at 8 p.m. — entry is free…
Get Vaccinated At The Kentucky State Fair, Receive An Unlimited Ride Wristband
Want to ride the Kentucky State Fair’s ferris wheel and swings for free? Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving away free, unlimited ride wristbands and a $20 gift card to anyone 12 and older who gets vaccinated at the fair’s West Wing Health Pavilion. It’s a continuation of the insurance trade organization’s “Shots Across…
Rural Police Shootings Leave Wounds In Kentucky
This article was published by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, and The New York Times. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s newsletter, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. The man known all his life as Doughboy had been running from the state…
Live Nation, Headliners And Other Louisville Music Venue Operators Join COVID Vaccination Or Negative Test Requirement
Several of Louisville’s most notable venues have announced that they will require that fans show proof that they received a COVID-19 vaccination or present a negative test to attend a show. Over the weekend, Live Nation updated its policy, announcing that it will require proof of full vaccination or a negative test starting on…
Racing Louisville FC Hosts International Soccer Teams In The Women’s Cup This Week
Having cool new stadiums and a professional sports team generally leads to interesting events. Such is the case here, as Lynn Family Stadium and Racing Louisville FC will host The Women’s Cup, a four-team, four-game tournament with international participants. The four teams consist of National Women’s Soccer League members Racing Louisville FC and the Chicago…
Kentucky Senate Dems’ TikTok Account Perfectly Captures The Frustration Of Politics In A Red State
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Kentucky is a political hellscape where Republicans have a super majority so super in the state General Assembly, it’s been called a “super-duper majority.” That means it’s almost impossible for Kentucky Democrats in the state Senate or House to pass legislation. And, it also means that ideas like…
10 Things To Do For $5 And Under In Louisville This Week (8/16)
MONDAY, Aug. 16 Kamikaze Zombie / Orphan Riot Highlands Tap Room Bar & Grill No cover | 10 p.m. Metal Monday at the Highlands Tap Room is back. Your performers are Kamikaze Zombie from Alabama and Orphan Riot (old school punk rock) from North Carolina. TUESDAY, Aug. 17 DFL Supercup Watch Party The Hogfather No…
West End Residents, Allies Launch Campaign Against TIF District Plans
Out of fear that a West End tax increment financing, or TIF, district will gentrify that part of the city, Louisville’s Historically Black Neighborhood Assembly has launched a campaign against the project. “Every year, TIFs rob billions nationwide from the public,” said West End resident Martina Kunnecke in a statement. “Locally, TIFs have been an…
Kentucky’s 10 Most Scenic Airbnbs To Escape To This Fall
Crisp fall days are right around the corner, and as the late-summer sweat drips off our brows, it can’t come quickly enough. If you’re dreaming of falling leaves, campfires and soaking in some colorful autumnal landscapes, here are a few Airbnbs to stay in to bask in the glory that is the season of fall.…
Zanzabar Becomes First Louisville Music Venue To Require COVID Vaccine Or Negative Test For Concerts
We’ve seen it from major music festivals in Kentucky and beyond, but Zanzabar will be the first local music venue to require that fans have a COVID vaccine or negative test before attending shows. The venue is using artist discretion — show-by-show — through August, before full enforcement begins in September, to provide the unvaccinated…
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor To Speak At Louisville’s Roots 101 Museum
Sarah Collins Rudolph was getting ready in a church basement with her sister and three other girls from her congregation when the bomb set by white supremacists went off. The explosion killed everyone in the room of the 16th Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963. Everyone but Rudolph, “The Fifth Little Girl.” Rudolph, now…
Indiana Father Auctioning Off $18k Pappy Van Winkle Collection To Save His Son
A parent will do whatever it takes to save the life of their child. A Carmel, Indiana, father is looking for a way to save his two-year-old son and others like him by raffling his collection of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon valued at more than $18,000. Nathan Perdue is an avid bourbon collector. As such, he…
5 Louisville Shops Participating In Free Comic Book Day This Weekend
Independent, Louisville comic book shops are giving away their most precious resource this weekend. Free Comic Book Day, typically held on the first Saturday in May, was pushed back due to COVID this year. We found five, Louisville shops that are participating. Each are giving away at least one free comic, but some are offering…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (8/13)
FRIDAY, Aug. 13 The pHriendD Zone Music & Arts Festival 615 W. Main St. $15-$50 | 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Local and national EDM artists are converging for a two-day festival in downtown Louisville. Headliners are Al NeOn, Stoney Montana and Sam Sneed, although 13 total will play. In addition to losing your mind while dancing,…
3 Concerts To Catch This Weekend In Louisville (8/13)
Friday, Aug. 13 James Taylor And His All-Star Band KFC Yum! Center Tickets start at $59 | 7:30 p.m. Well, it’s definitely been a year-and-a-half of fire and rain — you know, biblical plague-type shit — so the beautiful sadness of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor might be the soundtrack you need. West coast folk staple…
UofL Tells Student Athletes Not To Work With Barstool Sports — But The Reason Is Business, Not Personal
On Tuesday, screenshots surface of UofL sending notice to its athletes to cease dealings with Barstool Sports. Louisville Assistant AD has told athletes to cease #NIL involvement with Barstool Sports. [via @TyInLouisville] pic.twitter.com/MoRXwKFHNW — Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) August 10, 2021 Even though Barstool Sports is run by known shit bag Dave Portnoy — who claims…
Chris Kolb Resigns As Vice Chair Of JCPS School Board After Tweeting ‘Fuck You’ to State Senator
This story has been updated. Earlier this week, Chris Kolb, the vice chairman of the Jefferson County’s school board, responded “Fuck you” to a Tweet from state Sen. Whitney Westerfield, which was critical of Governor Beshear’s recent mask mandate for schools. On Thursday, Kolb resigned as vice chairman, according to the Courier Journal. He’ll step…
Get Your Sang On For NoraeBar’s Karaoke Competition, Starting Tonight In NuLu
From now until Sept. 16, NoraeBar — the best, local, noraebang karaoke experience — is hosting their first ever karaoke competition. So here is a rundown of what you need to know. First, there are five preliminary rounds and one round of finals. Sign ups are in-person only and open at 8 p.m. each Thursday night,…
Shop Louisville’s Best, Local Shops All At Once At The LIBA Buy Local Fair This Weekend
This Saturday at the Louisville Water Tower, the Louisville Independent Business Association (LIBA) is hosting its annual Buy Local Fair. From noon until 5 p.m., folks can shop locally made goods and food. While shopping, there will be food and music to enjoy, including the opportunity to relax and drink on the Back Porch, provided…
Kentucky Board of Education Passes Its Own Universal Mask Mandate That Could Last 270 days
While state Republicans continue to decry Beshear’s mask mandate, people with sense are bolstering it. The Kentucky Board of Education instated its own mask mandate for all people who enter Kentucky schools — and its order lasts up to 270 days. Beshear’s order is only valid for 30. “From my perspective, and in our recommendation…
University Of Kentucky Looking For Participants For COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Study
With the Delta variant raging, it looks like it’s almost booster shot season. And UK has been selected as a trial site to assess dose levels of a potential Johnson & Johnson booster shot. While the vaccines have proven effective, especially against severe illness and death, the mutation of the virus has raised concerns about…
String Cheese Incident Cancels Louisville Shows After Member Tests Positive For COVID
The String Cheese Incident is canceling its Louisville shows this weekend after one of its members caught COVID. The jam band was supposed to celebrate its 25th anniversary in Louisville on Friday and Saturday at the Iroquois Amphitheater. On Thursday, the band posted to social media that it would be cancelling its remaining shows until…
Louder Than Life Joins Festivals Requiring A Vaccine Or Negative COVID Test
Louder Than Life is happening in just over a month, and to enter the show, all ticket holders must present proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test result within the previous 72 hours. To be considered fully vaccinated for the show, the final day to get your second shot of the two-day vaccine…
The Louisville Magic Club Is A Thing That Exists, And It’s Having A Show
Did you know that Louisville had a magic club? Well, for the past 32 years, the Louisville Magic Club has been meeting for a special night of magic to raise money for its club. The show called, “It’s Magic,” will be held at the Ursuline Arts Center Sept. 10. (OK, it’s wild that September is…
Beer Bats, A Revered American Tradition, Are Now Available At Slugger Field
There are a lot of storied traditions in baseball — long socks, longer games, big markets being able to buy super teams, steroids, dangerous foul balls, dugout clearing brawls and, on a less snarky level, a really cool, relaxing atmosphere — but none of them may be as revered as going to a minor league…
Kentucky School Mask Mandate Has Superintendent Calling Beshear A ‘Liberal Lunatic,’ But The Gov.’s Order Is Reasonable
Another deranged response to Gov. Andy Beshear’s mask mandate has us wondering: Do people realize he’s just asking kids to put a piece of cloth over their mouths? A superintendent of a school district near Somerset, Jimmy Dyehouse, sent a voicemail to families Tuesday night, calling Beshear a “liberal lunatic” for instating the mask mandate.…
Thorns And Roses: Trump’s Waning Influence And (As Always) Rand Paul
Rose: A Functional Government? After Trump failed to ascend to God Emperor of Dune or whatever his wacko fan base believed, it seems that the former president, the Caligula of his era, is finally losing some power in the Republican Party. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package 69-30 that will…
We Also Think Kentucky GOP Politicians Should Shut The Fuck Up About Mask Mandates
Sometimes — scratch that — almost all of the time, the old Twitter discourse gets a little messy. And entertaining. For those of you that don’t spend all night doom and anger scrolling until you can’t sleep, we’ve got a good one for you: a Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education member and a…
Savage Love: How Do I Handle Meeting My Second Cousin/Ex’s New Girlfriend?
Q: I fell in love with my second cousin about four years ago at a family reunion. (I hadn’t laid eyes on him since I was a kid!) I was fifteen when we met, he was two years older, and we were in a long-distance relationship for three years. We ended things a year ago…
We Commune With ‘Long Island Medium’ Theresa Caputo Ahead of Her Louisville Show
Theresa Caputo, also known as the Long Island Medium, will be bringing her stage show to the Louisville Palace Theatre on Sunday, Aug. 15. Caputo will be channeling spirits and letting them guide her through the evening. An evening with a medium seems as though it might be unusual, and Caputo has plenty of skeptics,…
Nerd Out On Indian Regional Delights At Louisville’s Bombay Grill
Maybe I’m a nerd. OK, I probably am. But I love discovering the geography behind what I eat. I can travel around the world in my imagination, sailing from continent to continent on a dinner plate. Or better yet, I can learn about my international neighbors by savoring what they eat. Consider our delicious lunch for…
Louisville Music: 6 Great Songs Released Last Month
For this week’s column, I’m looking at some of the highlights from the month of July. This isn’t a ranked list and it never will be, because art isn’t a competition. Instead, this is just the stuff that got me motivated this month, the kind of music you want to share with your friends. Won’t…
In West End, Sewer Odors Are A Long-Standing Problem
This story was produced by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom by Louisville Public Media. For more, visit KyCIR.org. Every time Teri Carr has company at her home in Park DuValle, she worries about the potential smells from the street. The odors are offensive and embarrassing — like sewage or feces, a…
Rand Paul Suspended From YouTube For, You Guessed It, Spreading Misinformation
COVID has taught us a lot of unfortunate lessons about society, but one of them is definitely that U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has even fewer brain cells than we previously thought. Throughout the entire pandemic, he’s been on a disinformation campaign, discrediting science and politicizing the virus, in what, at this point, seems pretty clearly…
Pleasure Ridge Park High School Teaching Bystander Intervention Training To Combat Sexual Assault
During a time when the state of Utah is on its way to outright banning sexual education in schools, Louisville’s own Pleasure Ridge Park High School is expanding the knowledge its freshmen receive. PRP is strengthening its campus culture by teaching its students the art of bystander intervention. This is an initiative spearheaded by freshman…
Mandate, Schmandate. Kentuckiana Folks, Let’s Move On From Masking Hysterics.
The mask mandate should be old news. So should hesitation to the vaccine. We’re in a pandemic, have been for more than a year, and yet Americans and locals both in Louisville and just across the bridge are behaving as if the request to protect public health by wearing a mask or taking the vaccine…
New Kentucky Group Wants To Organize Renters Statewide For More Protections
Mindy Davenport realized how few rights renters have in Kentucky when she learned that a developer wanted to buy the Morehead mobile home park where she had lived for 25 years. Their plan was to evict her and all her neighbors. “We had zero,” she said. “The only right we had is that they had…
