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Farewell, Jerry
The walls of the conference room adjoining Mayor Jerry Abramson’s office are empty, with the exception of a maze of hooks and nails. Dozens of photos, awards and personal effects collected during more than two decades as mayor now sit in cardboard boxes in the corner. In January, the affectionately dubbed “mayor for life” will…
Inbox — Dec. 29, 2010
Correction Last week’s roundup of New Year’s Eve events should have stated the Galt House is offering a package that includes an executive suite, two receptions, dinner, dancing, two drink tickets, a champagne toast and New Year’s Day brunch for $175 per person. LEO regrets the error. LEO’s Got Balls OK, LEO … you have…
A person called Hope
Rodney Hope liked to rock. The owner and operator of East End Painting, who died Dec. 5, once worked for Thin Lizzy and Boomtown Rats while living in Europe. In the mid-1970s, he moved to California, where he was a fixture in San Francisco’s music scene, and befriended The Grateful Dead and New Riders of…
Dance moves
For more than a decade, VHS or Beta has been defined by its dance moves — those made not only by its fans on the club floor, but by the band itself, both in the studio and throughout its career. After the August 2007 release of Bring On The Comets, and subsequent trips to Jakarta,…
Staffpicks
Wednesday, Dec. 29 Kwanzaa Celebration Catholic Enrichment Center 3146 W. Broadway • 636-0296 Free (donations suggested); 5:30 p.m. If you chose not to participate in the mass commercial ritual of purging discretionary income known as Christmas, consider this alternative: The Archdiocese of Louisville is hosting its 29th annual Kwanzaa celebration today. The seven-day, non-religious festival…
Battleground state
For most hoopaholics around here, when their teams meet, the blur begins at tip-off. For the victor’s rooters, it doesn’t end until the triumphant euphoria ebbs somewhat and they can relax, switch on the replay to see the details in a state of calm. The defeated eventually shake it off — more or less —…
Bar Belle: Reckless resolutions
Well, it’s 2011 … or will be soon if I survive another New Year’s Eve. For many of you, that means it’s two-thousand eleven, or twenty eleven. Just another year on the Gregorian calendar. For me and the Mayans, that means we have one more year to live it up. Let’s not hold back. What…
Ringing in the new
When I was little, I lay awake at night worrying about the fact that I would die some day. Similarly, as a sentimental young man, I dreaded the day when we’d say goodbye to the home I grew up in. And now the time has come: My mother is vacating the residence that has…
The Grape Escape: Affordable bubbly?
When nothing but the best will do in sparkling wine, and price is no object, there’s only one option: champagne, the real deal from France. The French monk-winemaker Dom Pierre Pérignon perfected the stuff during the 1660s, so it’s no surprise that they’ve got the skills. But you’ll pay a price for that: Quality champagne…
Art: Art to the people
Public art is exactly what it sounds like — art for the public. You get the chance to engage with visual art as you go about your daily business. Art becomes a part of the neighborhood. In the case of “Creativity Rising,” art came to Phoenix Hill thanks to curator Aron Conaway, the Phoenix Hill…
Plugged In
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Locavore Lore: When making resolutions, sacrifice the sacrifice
Last week when I went to the gym, I pulled into a choice front-row parking space in a relatively empty parking lot. I couldn’t help but giggle to myself a little as I recalled the workout-worthy treks I had to endure last January just to get to the front door in this very same parking…
Theater: Second City does Louisville
I’ve been seeing flyers advertising this show for over a month, and it took me just as long to realize its logo was poking fun at the city’s seal, and the banana is supposed to be the fleur de lis. Duh. All my life I’ve seen the little French symbol represented on flags, signs, T-shirts…
Where are the homos in Hollywood?
Bette Davis’ famous line — “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!” — would have been an appropriate introduction to the entire year of 2010. After a rollercoaster ride on the political front, accompanied by far too many tragedies involving gay teenagers, we finally ended on a good note with the…
Kicking and screaming
It started with a DeLorean. “I’m a big, huge ‘Back to the Future’ fan,” says local chef Stanley Chase III. “In high school, I was in a band called ‘You’re My Density,’ which is from a line in the movie. So one day a friend of mine sent me a link to this guy who…
Video TapeWorm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS: EL MARIACHI TRILOGY 2010; $28.96, R Writer/director Robert Rodriguez stunned moviegoers in 1992 with his debut film, “El Mariachi,” starring Carlos Gallardo as a simple guitar player who must trade his guitar for a gun after a case of mistaken identity. The movie was an international hit, which he followed up…
