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“Cheap” Drinks: 4 Bourbons Under $100
We know that under $100 doesn’t really qualify as cheap, but in the wild times of the bourbon trade, some of our old favorites have become untouchable and expensive. If we see a nice sip that hasn’t broken the $100 mark, then we celebrate. Plus, what would our Bourbon Issue be without some good bourbon…
What’s Louisville Got To Do With It?
In just a few short years, Louisville’s nickname has switched from River City to Bourbon City — and for good reason: It’s hoarding bourbon experiences like the Mag Bar attracts moving vehicles. Nowhere else in the state emits as much bourbon-ism as we do here, and that includes Bardstown, a.k.a. Bourbon Capital of the World.…
7 Things Under $10 To Do In And Around Louisville This Week (9/12-9/15)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 12 Caliber Arm Wrestling 1 Year Anniversary Our Lady of Perpetual Hops (300 Foundation Ct., New Albany, IN) Free | 6-10 p.m. Try out competitive arm wrestling as this local group celebrates its first anniversary. THURSDAY, SEPT. 14 Canopy’s 2nd Annual Hot Ones Challenge Falls City Beer Free | 5 p.m. Y’know…
Tuesday Tracklist: Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Kelsey Waldon, Ryan Bingham, And More (9/12)
In this weekly feature, a different LEO staff member will share 7-10 of the songs repeating in their playlists right now. But for the next two weeks, we’re doing things a little differently. And for your listening pleasure, we’ve compiled all Tuesday Tracklists into their own individual Spotify playlist, which can be found on the…
Oracle Of Ybor: Everyone Might Be A Sociopath In This One
Dear Oracle, I feel like I’m at a crossroads with my soulmate. When I met “X,” we instantly connected and quickly fell into a passionate and tumultuous relationship. It ended several years ago, and he has been with another woman since. However, we still talk every day, and I know we have a deep well…
3 Concerts To Catch In Louisville This Weekend (9/8)
Friday, Sept. 8 The Nude Party Headliners Music Hall $18 | 8 p.m. The Nude Party blasts breezy, bluesy, Rolling Stones-adjacent rock and roll that matches a cool swagger with a country sensibility. Saturday, Sept. 9 Louisville Pride Festival Bardstown Road No cover | 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. At this year’s Pride Festival, there…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (9/8)
Friday, Sept. 8 2023 Sundance Short Film Tour Speed Cinema $12 | 6 p.m. This program features seven shorts curated from the 2023 Sundance Festival, with a runtime of 90 minutes. The Sundance Short Film Tour runs through Sunday. Saturday, Sept. 9 Big Four Bridge Art Festival Big Four Bridge No cover | 10 a.m.…
The SUPERLIST Of Louisville Comedy For Sept. 6
A list of the upcoming comedy shows and open mics in the Louisville area. If we missed your event, let us know. (Information on how to sign up for open mics at bottom). UPCOMING SHOWS AND OPEN MICS Wednesday, Sept. 6 7:30 p.m. — Louisville Pride Festival Queer Comedy Show, The Caravan Louisville. Tickets 7:30…
A Louisville-Based Exhibition Of Collected Zines Is Traveling To Scotland
“Papertrail” — an exhibition of zines and works on paper by artists from Kentucky and beyond — took place at Louisville’s Carbon Copy Gallery earlier this year, and now it’s set to travel abroad to Aberdeen, Scotland. “Papertrail II” will show in Aberdeen this October at The Print Room, a gallery hub by Peacock &…
Speed Art Museum Welcomes Collection From Princeton University Art Museum With ‘Stories Retold’
Princeton University Art Museum is closed for renovations and while that’s happening, the Speed Art Museum has been granted the opportunity to showcase more than 100 works of American art from the Princeton collection. The Speed will host “Stories Retold: American Art from the Princeton University Art Museum” starting on Sep. 29. The show will…
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[Vlog] The Metal Grind With Athena Prychodko (9/6)
Athena Prychodko does a great many things. Read her bio. She works in film as a producer, makeup artist, actress, etc. and she’s hip to all things metal both locally and beyond. Here, Athena will bring you the latest in metal news: where to find it, where to see it and definitely what she thinks…
Overcoming Food Aversions, Restaurant-Style
Refusing to eat a disgusting dish may be one of the first things that we as humans can do to claim our individual agency, our right to yell “No!” “It’s broccoli, dear.” “I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.” Carl Ross’ classic 1928 New Yorker cartoon captured the concept perfectly. We…
Tuesday Tracklist: Songs By King’s Daughters And Sons, Siwon, Witch On Film, And More (9/4)
This week’s tracklist is dedicated to the coming of fall. The past few weeks of hot, sticky weather and in honor of the approaching cooldown, this list is all about the fall season. Cautious Clay – “Cold War” It feels like a cool wind coming through the trees. Time to get out your sweaters. Million…
Holiday World Announces Halloween In The Sky, Featuring 400 Drones
Every Saturday night from Sept. 23 to Oct. 28, Holiday World will light up the sky with a 400-drone show. Halloween in the Sky runs during the theme park’s Happy Halloween Weekends, which also includes rides, Halloween-themed shows and a 12-acre corn maze. Halloween in the Sky will begin each Saturday night at 7:45 p.m.,…
Nightmare At The Georgetown Drive-In Coming Sept. 15 & 16
Caufield’s Novelty (1006 W. Main St.) and Georgetown Drive-in (8200 IN-64, Georgetown) are teaming up for Nightmare at The Georgetown Drive-In on Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 16. Friday night will be a double feature of “Nightmare on Elm Street 2” and “The Nun 2.” Saturday will feature a Creepy Car Cruise-In and a…
Zany And Fearless, “Bottoms” Takes On High School From A Raunchy Lesbian Point Of View
Bottoms Directed by Emma Seligman. Written by Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott. Opens September 1. If this was 20 years ago, Bottoms would kill on the gay & lesbian film festival circuit. As someone who has written about LGBTQ film fests in the past, I found this uber-zany, proudly queer, teen burlesque just the kind…
Oracle Of Ybor: Sad Dad And CEO Problems
Dear Oracle, My father married his second wife over 20 years ago after my mother died. I know he loved my mother very deeply and still misses her and has found himself growing old with someone he initially didn’t intend to. The thing is, I don’t think he’s happy in his marriage. They don’t seem…
Guest Letter: Spiderland And Overdose Awareness Day
In light of the recent Overdose Awareness Day, writer Jordan McClements shared this letter with LEO. We think it’s a great read and hope you do too. I overdosed on heroin in 2017, and second oldest Cousin overdosed, and died, in 2019. I blamed Dad for my heroin use, because Dad and I…
Thorns And Roses
Thorn: Hidden Figures There is no doubt that some palm-colored individuals are sensitive about discussions of slavery and the enslavement of African peoples by their families and predecessors, but hiding the history doesn’t make it go away. It is still a legacy that white people in America have to face. Just because you didn’t hold…
Listen Local: Music Reviews
Chenille oKeel Big Big – album If there is only one thing good you can say about the pandemic, it’s that it inspired a lot of people to write and record new music. Many of those who were already musicians decided to take a different route with their music and get experimental, and we are…
Here’s The Full Schedule For Louder Than Life 2023
Loudmouths, get ready: the schedule for Louder Than Life 2023 is here. The music festival will return to the Highlands Festival Grounds at the Expo Center from Thursday, Sept. 21, through Sunday, Sept. 24. General admission passes are currently on sale for $119.99-$139.99 (plus fees) for a single day or $319.99 (plus fees) for the…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend
Friday, Sept. 1 Waverly Hills Paranormal Tour Waverly Hills Sanitorium $20 | 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Spooky Season is back and so are the tours of one of Louisville’s most haunted places, Waverly Hills Sanitorium. The now-defunct tuberculosis hospital and rest facility is once again opening its doors for tours that may or may…
Guest Letter: Let Me In, Margaret!
Hello. My Name is Rose Boyle. In 1955, I was Sister John Bosco, an Ursuline nun on her first mission assigned to Our Mother of Sorrows parish. I left convent life in 1962, am now 88 years old. Recently, I was remembering my first mission, and I thought if I visit Louisville, I want to…
What to See: Gallery Roundup
A gallery roundup of art shows to see in Louisville this month. Note: This list is a selection of current exhibitions. “ROBERT MORGAN: MYTHS AND STORIES” Through December Solo show by Lexington artist Robert Morgan. “FRAGILE FIGURES: BEINGS AND TIME” Through December A group exhibition of portraits. 21c Louisville 700 W. Main St. Hours: Mondays-Sundays,…
Damning Evidence—From History, Into Essays
What’s old is new again—in families, in communities, in nations, in populations transitioning in search of a home. This is only one—albeit the most powerful to this reader—of themes brought to a prismatically diffuse but revealing light by the research-driven, carefully analyzed essays Harvard Professor of History and Law Jill Lepore regularly delivers in her…
Sweet Evening Breeze & Civitas lend a hand to assist the LGBTQ+ community present in Louisville
Being who you are shouldn’t compromise your safety nor access to professional opportunities. There are two specific entities based in the city of Louisville that are within arm’s length for individuals who identify as LGBTQ+. Sweet Evening Breeze and Civitas are on standby for those in need. Sweet Evening Breeze, located at 801 Barret…
Editor’s Note: Is America Still Worth It?
(This piece comes with a little help from Rufus Wainwright) Each day in America feels like 10 years. There are daily shootings, workers are overworked and underpaid, public school systems are underfunded, so much political posturing and corruption, race relations are certainly at a bottom, and improvements in any or all of the above seem…
Danny Wimmer Presents’ Chamie McCurry Talks All Things Hometown Rising, Bourbon And Beyond, And Louder Than Life
If Nostradamus himself were alive ten years ago, I don’t even think he could have predicted that by 2023, Louisville would have two of the largest music festivals in the country. Bourbon and Beyond is now the world’s biggest bourbon & music festival with attendance of 140,000 people in 2022. And last year, Louder Than…
The Week America Died: A Fantasy
Blame it on climate change. June, 2023 begin with even more record heat events throughout the country. The power grids in the south and west were straining to handle the load. Donald J. Trump, already hot under the collar, was not happy when rolling power outages cut the air conditioning to Mar-a-Lago. Diet Coke lost…
The Goose Has Landed, And We’re Happy About That
Two popular East End restaurants did a kind of corporate musical chairs this fall: It all started when Goose Creek Diner closed its shop on Goose Creek Lane after more than 20 years, and Sal’s Pizza & Sports Pub on Lyndon Lane closed last December after a dozen years. Neighbors promptly begain grieving the loss…
Ohio Valley Wrestling To Be Featured In Netflix Docu-series In September
Big news from Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Come Sept. 13, OVW will be featured in a new docu-series on Netflix. The series was developed by the creators of “Last Chance U” and “Cheer.” Since the early ‘90s, OVW has been holding it down for local wrestling and was the official training center for the WWE…
An Act for Better Futures: Ensuring Nutritious School Meals for Kentucky’s Children
State Senator Cassie Chambers Armstrong and Op-Ed co-writer State Representative Chad Aull As parents, back-to-school season is always a time of excitement for our families and communities. However, this year, as legislators, we are focused not just on the typical hustle and bustle of new teachers, new classes, and new friends, but also on another…
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[Vlog] The Metal Grind With Athena Prychodko (8/29)
Athena Prychodko does a great many things. Read her bio. She works in film as a producer, makeup artist, actress, etc. and she’s hip to all things metal both locally and beyond. Here, Athena will bring you the latest in metal news: where to find it, where to see it and definitely what she thinks…
