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How To… Curate A Gallery, Museum
This article is part of the 2019 Summer A&E Guide. For more, click here. When the Speed Art Museum closed in 2012 for renovations, it took the opportunity to do a bit of market research. It turns out that people thought of the Speed as a “sleepy institution” and “buttoned-up.” So, when it reopened in…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (8/12)
MONDAY, Aug. 12 Vegan Table Northeast Regional Library Free | 7:30-8:30 p.m. Vegan? Or just interested in eating less meat and animal byproducts? This group meets each month to discuss vegan recipes, talk about cookbooks and to sample vegan dishes and ingredients. To register, call 394-0379. TUESDAY, Aug. 13 ‘Gay marriage, the Church, and Fighting…
LEO Podcast #81: 99 Bottles, Against The Grain’s A Beer
On this episode of the 99 Bottles Podcast, host Syd Bishop talks with Amelia Pillow, head pub brewer at the Against the Grain Brewery and Smokehouse about their lager A Beer.
There’s still a week to submit an idea to Louisville Fringe Festival — here’s how you do that
A festival for all things outside the box and underrepresented, the Louisville Fringe Festival is organized by Eli Keel and Nicholas Hulstine, both local performers, actors and playwrights. The Fringe Festival, which is an offshoot of other festivals held around the world, aims to provide a space for bold performing art that might not have…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (8/9)
SATURDAY, Aug. 10 Movies in the Infield Churchill Downs $5 | 5-11 p.m. Churchill Downs won’t reopen for horse racing until September, but that doesn’t mean the Twin Spires are off limits. Churchill Downs is hosting a double feature of racehorse movies: “Racing Stripes” and “Secretariat.” The equine-focused films will be screened on one of…
Slavery’s legacy at historic homes, plantations becomes issue for tourism
“Would not recommend. Tour was all about how hard it was for the slaves,” wrote one reviewer of the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana. That is among the reviews highlighted in a Washington Post story about how “Some white people don’t want to hear about slavery at plantations built by slaves.” Read LEO’s take on historic…
2019-2020 Performing Arts Events
This article is part of the 2019 Summer A&E Guide. For more, click here. DANCE THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE ARTS kentuckycenter.org National Ballet Theatre of Odessa presents “Romeo & Juliet” —Jan. 15 LOUISVILLE BALLET louisvilleballet.org The Brown-Forman Nutcracker Children’s Cast Audition —Aug. 25 “The Merry Widow” —Sept. 13-14 The Merry Widow Gala —Sept. 14…
How To… Listen To Music
This article is part of the 2019 Summer A&E Guide. For more, click here. Many people believe that “classical” music is not something they would enjoy or understand. There are easy assumptions made about who this music is really for, what one needs to know to understand it, and why a genre like this exists…
How To… Enjoy Visual Art
This article is part of the 2019 Summer A&E Guide. For more, click here. You don’t have to favor representational art to enter a gallery with preconceptions. For too many people, the old canards are still at play: “Anyone can do that,” “I don’t know much but I know what I like,” “You call that…
How To… Make Sure Others Enjoy Theater, Dance
This article is part of the 2019 Summer A&E Guide. For more, click here. “Move fast and break things.” But wait — not so fast. For some, Mark Zuckerburg’s motto dominates this era. That notion seems to harmonize with some studies or news items emerging nearly every other week about our brains, beliefs, financial or…
Homeless? Run ‘Em Out Of Town
What’s next for the city’s homeless people? Maybe Metro City Council will pass an ordinance to buy them one-way bus tickets out of town. Is riding someone out of town on a rail still a thing, because that would fit the city’s strategy for making sure people are not sleeping on the streets and panhandling…
Mitch’s Nickname, GOP AG Cand Unqualified
I’m in a bit of a lather at the moment. Stood on the bathroom scales, did you? You can’t say you weren’t warned. Anyone with the gift of sight can see that midriff of yours is losing its battle with gravity. But I can see why that would annoy a preening narcissist like you. Just…
I Asked: ‘When Are We Going To Vet White Men?’ Breaking News: White Men Called Me Racist
[Ed. note: This was written in April 2018.] Today, I awoke to the news that once again, another town has been impacted by a mass shooting. It seems we can hardly process one mass shooting before dealing with the devastating effects of another one. In Nashville, Tennessee, a 29-year-old white male, Travis Reinking, drove to…
City Budget Cuts Pressure Animal Shelter
More dogs at the Louisville Metro Animal Services shelter may be put down because of city budget cuts, the shelter’s director said. Without enough animal care specialists — two of the positions eliminated by the $300,000 in cuts — the shelter will have less time to mold aggressive dogs into adoptable pets. Animal Services employs…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Thorn: Then, Abolish Horse Racing! Pushing back at gubernatorial candidate Andy Beshear’s call for expanded gambling, Gov. Matt Bevin told WKDZ radio that gambling causes people to commit suicide “because they’ve wasted the last semblance of dignity and hope that they had.” He offered no proof, but he must be talking about horse racing. Thorn:…
Scott Ritcher Returns Home With ‘The Kentuckian’
For decades, Scott Ritcher helped give Louisville’s music scene a national profile. He owned and operated Slamdek, a local record label that worked with bands such as Endpoint, Rodan and Crain, to name a few. Throughout that time, Ritcher was the singer and guitarist for Sunspring and then Metroschifter, the latter of which lasted until…
Interpol and two other concerts to catch this week
Interpol, Surfbort Old Forester’s Paristown Hall Thursday, Aug. 8 A savvy alt-rock band known for their clever, complex entries in that much celebrated early 2000s New York rock scene, Interpol exists in the same sonic universe as The Strokes or Yeah Yeah Yeahs. That pocket of rock — which was wonderfully documented in Lizzy Goodman’s…
Sonic Breakdown: Brooks Ritter — ‘Wears My Face’
LEO’s biweekly sonic breakdown column deconstructs a single song from an area musician or band. Songwriter Brooks Ritter is a poet, extrapolating the small details of everyday life and setting it to music. On “Wears My Face,” he showcases his ability to elegantly get to the source of emotions, minus any unnecessary saccharine — a…
‘Romeo & Juliet,’ ‘Cleopatra: Queen of Kings’ Close KY Shakespeare’s Festival in the Park
The main three shows from the Shakespeare Festival in Central Park may have ended weeks ago, but Kentucky Shakespeare still had more to offer, with the help of partnering theater groups. First, there was “Twelfth Night,” performed by Kentucky Shakespeare’s high school group, The Globe Players. Next, Cincinnati Shakespeare Co.’s touring cast stopped by the…
Comedian Dale Jones: Smothered By Breasts?
Maybe you saw comedian Dale Jones on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” The former Louisvillian said the show allowed him to earn more money and find a manager, but it also showed him how reality TV works. “It’s not pretty or honest and couldn’t be further away from reality,” he told LEO. Jones, who lives in…
La Catrina Deliciously Satisfies Taco Cravings
While I was binge-watching “Taco Chronicles” on Netflix last week, I got to the sequence on carnitas and immediately realized that I had to get up and go either to Michoacán or, at the least, to a really good local taqueria. Once I checked my wallet, La Catrina Mexican Kitchen in New Albany got the…
‘No Laws When Drinking Claws’
I found myself bouncing on a noodle last week in the fortifying waters of Lake Cumberland, just off the edge of my friend, Bryan’s retro “Barbie boat,” after we’d anchored in a picturesque cove on a scorching Kentucky summer day. I’d jumped into the water upon arrival to relieve myself from the blistering heat, stupidly…
Savage Love: Boundaries
Q: I’m a 42-year-old single, straight female who recently started dating a 36-year-old man in a somewhat exclusive, long-distance relationship. We have known each other for a short time, but have clocked hours upon hours on the phone. I have specifically stated many times I don’t want kids of my own (he does), am extremely…
