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Enough! Youth victims share their stories of gun violence in search of a solution
Diontae Reed, 14, was walking home on a cool day in March after playing basketball at a park in his West Louisville neighborhood. On the way home, he saw his friend Montrell Gaines, 17. As they were talking, a group of people nearby broke out into a fight. The two friends didn’t think much of…
Visually Speaking: this week’s art news and events (12/21)
[The above image is “At River’s Edge” by Beverly Morfeld from “Just Plein Fun” at the Jane Morgan Gallery.] Art news The Kentucky Foundation for Women has recently announced its 2015 Artist Enrichment grantees. Louisville-area artists and art businesses receiving awards are the Beaded Treasures Project, Chanson Calhoun, Haydee Canovas, Luckett Davidson, Ann Dawkins, Ellyn…
Star Wars Saved My Life: Navigating local tributes and overarching themes on opening weekend of Episode VII
I used to tell people that Star Wars saved my life. I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression my entire life. One the worst jags came during the winter of 1998/1999. It was my freshman year of college. I had broken up with my longtime girlfriend before leaving home for school. She had moved on, I…
LEO Podcast #17: Three LEO contributors talk about the first wave of the 2016 Forecastle lineup
Nik Vechery, Michael Powell and Scott Recker talk about the first wave of the Forecastle lineup, their reactions to the headliners, what they think the second wave will bring and their experiences covering the music festival last year.
Friday UofL Basketball Roundup: Pace and space
Ashley: I’m going to take a line from Aaron Yarmuth to start this week’s roundup and say, “Man this is a really good basketball team!” I must say that the Louisville Cardinals are one of the most exciting teams in the country to watch this season. From the skill and finesse of Damion Lee to the acrobatic dunks…
5 things to do in Louisville this weekend (12/18)
FRIDAY Speedy Ortiz New Vintage $10; 8 p.m. Speedy Ortiz has a grunge-esque pop-rock sound that is definitely worth a listen. And once you’re hooked on the sound, tune in to the ambitious lyrics that will leave you pondering and wanting more. SATURDAY Flea Off Market Indoor Bazaar Louisville Executive Aviation Free; 11 a.m. Despite…
WELP!: Godspeed You! Mall Emperor (A journey into shopping center food courts)
“And I — my head oppressed by horror — said: ‘Master, what is it that I hear? Who are those people so defeated by their pain?’ And he to me: ‘This miserable way is taken by the sorry souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise. They now commingle…
Defining Five: Andrew Rinehart, Jason Lee G, Amelia Stevens and Nick Burke discuss songs that have had an impact on them
Defining Five is a series at Haymarket Whiskey Bar, where, each month, four people/groups from the Louisville music community pick five songs that have moved, inspired or impacted them and then play them during a DJ set. The day after each event, LEO Weekly will publish an interview with all four people/groups to get some…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE 1962; $25.98; UR Dear Gentle Readers: In the vast, hoary cosmos of truly bad movies nothing compares to this icon of celluoid idiocy from the drive-in era. It is the tender story of a slimy yet thoroughly demented surgeon who accidentally decapitates his fiancee — whoopsee!…
Your Voice
On “It’s all gun terror” Terrorists, gangs, criminals and the mentally ill. Flows off the tongue as easily as “lions and tigers and bears,” but alter it a bit and the tongue stumbles: Terrorists, gangs, criminals and the blacks. Want a swift response? Try: Terrorists, gangs, criminals and the Jews. Ever wonder how or why…
Semple on Scalia
My real friends know I’m just a poor kid from the projects at heart who is more at home in simple environs. One place is a neighborhood soul food spot where a group of fellows often gathers to eat, talk and just hang out. The same crew has frequented the same haunts for years —…
Bucking tradition
We may have walked into the party like we were walking onto a yacht, but that wind shifted quickly when one of the suburban cowboys told my girlfriend he wanted to turn her upside down and lick her like an ice cream cone. Any notion of propriety vanished when one of the older “it girls”…
Red, white and bluster
So all of a sudden America has a Muslim problem? That’s what the American narrative is during this Republican primary. Anti-Muslim rhetoric is damaging to all of us. Not just in the way some like to describe lovey-dovey liberals who want to hold hands around a campfire and sing “Heal the world.” Trees are invited…
Louisville Graffiti scene rallys for a fallen friend
Graffiti writer Jon Brown, aka 2 Buck, died on Nov. 23 in Puerto Rico after being struck by a car. Brown was fleeing from the police after painting a mural with friends. His death sparked an outpouring of social media posts about the beloved artist’s work, and not just from Louisville. “His influence was international,”…
Back to the Beginning: A conversation with Honeychild Coleman
Carolyn “Honeychild” Coleman is a musician of many phases. Kentucky-born and Brooklyn-bound, Coleman started her music career playing underground in the subways of New York City. During this time — the mid-’90s — NYC was exactly where she wanted to be. These acoustic shows would attract the right crowd, but the truth was her scene…
Plugged In
Wed Dec 16 8UP: High Sounds with DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m. Baxters 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. Bearno’s (Highlands): Ryan Conroy; 8 p.m. Brooke & Billy’s: Tyrone Cotton; 6 p.m. Brownie’s The Shed (Highlands): Karaoke with French Kiss Prod.; 8 p.m. Brownie’s The Shed (Hurstbourne): Karaoke with French Kiss Prod.; 10 p.m. Brownie’s…
Give-A-Jam
The mission of Give-A-Jam is clear: to aid Louisville in the fight against homelessness and poverty. Louisville musicians come together each year to do just that, and Louisville restaurants come bearing food for the same fight, pulling together to make that goal a bit more tangible. This year’s Give-A-Jam will take place at the Clifton…
Our critic gets back to Decca and loves it as much as ever
Stop me if I’ve told you this before, but I have to say it again: One of the best parts about being a dining critic is that I get to try out all the great new eateries (and a lot of the old ones) around town. But one of the worst things about being a…
The basic brawl
When it comes to libations in Louisville’s bar scene, it seems as though ’80s speed bartending has become a distant memory, and the shift toward improved intoxicants and “craft” cocktails has taken hold. Meander into any pitch-hitting establishment and chances are, you’ll be perusing a drink list that’s a mashup of trendy innovation and pre-prohibition…
Ball Droppings
No matter if your budget is limitless or limited to “free”, whether your wardrobe preference is costume, casual or black tie and, truly, whatever your musical taste, Louisville has got a party for you. If balloon drops, confetti cannons and champagne toasts aren’t good enough, there’s a whole spectrum of entertainment to choose from. And…
Shaw’s ‘Misalliance’ shows strength of Walden/Blue Apple’s alliance
By 1909, when George Bernard Shaw’s play “Misalliance” premiered in London, the playwright was emerging as a powerful but controversial voice in the English theater. In the Times of London, he was described — and not positively — as part of a new generation that reveled in flouting the fundamental “fusty musty” Aristotelian laws of…
The Winter Soulspit slam
A chance convergence of far-flung friends last winter caused local poet Brandon “B Shatter” Harrison to step into the role of slam organizer. The success of that event, known as the Winter Soulspit, guaranteed it would be the first of many, and B Shatter is bringing the event back to the Tim Faulkner Gallery Saturday,…
Activist fashion takes the stage
Tiye Gardner is a broadcasting and Spanish double major at Western Kentucky University, but this weekend she’s letting her passion out, and her love of fashion and design will be on display as the Tim Faulkner Gallery hosts her Black Lives Matter Fashion Show. “I want to be a reporter,” said Gardner. “I feel like…
Ragains on why Cajuns, Catholics, Shriners and Louisvillians make the best crowds
Rich Ragains was born in Virginia but has called Louisville home for years. Besides being one of the funniest guys in town, Ragains is a comedian who regularly headlines clubs all over the country; and after almost a year he is coming home for the holidays to headline his home club, The Laughing Derby. He…
Diverse media, first-time entrants bring new perspectives to Mazin exhibit
The Mazin Annual Art Exhibition is a treasure, as local shows highlighting local artists should be. Yet, for the first time, the exhibition coordinators threw its art net out further than in previously years. I’m largely myopic in the art world I write about, so I’m happy to say it still felt local to me.…
