February 1, 2023

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On stands now: LEO’s Black Future/Winter A&E issue feat. Kiana Del of Kiana and the Sun Kings interview Cyr Wilson of Live Action, and more.

10 Things Under $10 To Do In Louisville This Week (2/13)

MONDAY, FEB. 13 Galentine’s Day 2023 Trouble Bar No cover | 6-9 p.m. This one’s for the ladies. Speed date with “bad bitches,” meet a local travel planner, get a tarot reading or an affirmation, shop, and more. TUESDAY, FEB. 14 For the Love of Film: The Quadrilogy (18+) Shippingport Brewing Company $10 | Doors…

Southern Indiana Restaurant Common Haus Hall To Close This Sunday

Common Haus Hall, a Bavarian-inspired restaurant in Jeffersonville, will close its doors this Sunday, Feb. 19, after less than a year in operation. The owners announced the closure in a social media post on Friday.  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0u98PnrfdBQgPzJ3EUf3yoBuZF85KjoBQh8huXrumo6XWQGVvHDxziC7SUixXjQiYl&id=100075795013427 “We are so grateful for all of YOU that have made this journey an amazing experience!” they wrote. “We…

3 Concerts To Catch In Louisville This Weekend (2/10-2/12)

FRIDAY, FEB. 10 Dual Record Release Celebration: Wolfpen Branch and The Bibelhauser Brothers The Whirling Tiger $25 | 7:30 p.m. Kentucky bluegrass quintet Wolfpen Branch will celebrate the release of their new album, “Long Hill to Climb,” with support from Aaron Bibelhauser (a member of Wolfpen Branch) and his “evil twin brother” Adam. The Bibelhausers…

5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (2/10-2/12)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Va Va XXXOOO Art Sanctuary $35-$45 | Doors at 7 p.m., show from 8-11 p.m. Oh-oh-oh yes: Va Va Vixens, a local circus/burlesque company, is bringing Louisville plenty of va-va-voom for the Va-Va-Valentine’s Day season. Their latest show features aerials, dancing, singing, “traditional” stripping, roller skating, and more. (To see more of…

Louisville Soccer Teams LouCity and Racing Announce 2023 Schedules

Louisville soccer teams LouCity and Racing Louisville announced their schedules for the 2023 season. Home games are in bold, and all start times are in Eastern Standard Time. Single-game tickets go on sale for LouCity on Tuesday,  Feb. 28, and for Racing on Tuesday, March 7. LOUCITY Saturday, March 11: Orange County SC vs. LouCity…

Tour The Prehistoric: Mega Dinos Are Coming To The Louisville Mega Cavern

Starting Friday, Feb. 17, the Louisville Mega Cavern will host 80 moving dinosaurs in “Dinos Under Louisville,” an adventure that will take visitors underground through the cavern into the prehistoric. The 20-minute ride-through is more than half a mile long. Dinos Under Louisville will welcome junior paleontologists to a world of animatronic dinosaurs. Guests will…

Sonic Breakdown: Louisville’s Tender Mercy talks “Dim Star”

Mark Kramer, sole member of Tender Mercy, is someone who values a more minimalist approach to life. He’s even made a musical career of crafting short, quiet, and delicately powerful songs, often accompanied by only the barest of instrumentation. Given this, it makes sense Kramer approaches songwriting in a very serious and direct manner. “When…

Louisville Chefs: Applications For Women Culinary And Spirits Program Open

The LEE Initiative, developed to empower a diverse group of culinary professional, has opened applications for the Women Culinary and Spirits program. The applications will remain open until Feb. 16. The Women Culinary and Spirits Program is a six-month program geared toward female chefs who need to develop the skills, networks and resources to further…

Louisville’s Will Oldham To Appear on ARTxFM Thursday, Feb.9

Bonnie “Prince” Billy aka Will Oldham  announced via Twitter that he would be appearing on Louisville Visual Art’s Keith Waits’ WXOX 97.1 ArtxFM’s show this coming Thursday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. in their newly renovated “Spectacular Studio.”  I’ll be speaking with Keith Waits live on @ARTxFM this Thursday February 9th at 10 am eastern…

The Louisville Laughs Comedy SUPERLIST for Feb. 8

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, Feb. 8 7:30 p.m. — Laughs In The Lounge Comedy Open Mic with host Creig Ewing and…

Kentucky Opera To Stage Comedic “Cinderella”

Yesterday, Kentucky Opera announced their next show, “Cinderella,” which will play at The Brown Theatre on Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. The show, an adaptation of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” will tell the familiar Cinderella story (albeit without certain Disney holdovers like a pumpkin carriage or glass slipper),…

Feeling Hungry? Louisville Restaurant Week Is Here.

Louisville Restaurant Week is here and you can enjoy the great Louisville dining scene while helping to raise money for a great non–profit. The participating restaurants are focusing on prix-fixe, three-course menus at three different price points. They will feature a $26, $36, or $46 meal. One dollar from each meal goes to the Hope…

Death Grips To Play Louisville Show This July

Yesterday, Kentucky Performing Arts announced that the experimental/punk hip-hop trio Death Grips will play a Louisville show this summer. The group will perform in Old Forester’s Paristown Hall on Friday, July 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets will go on sale to the public this Friday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m. In the meantime, check out…

Louisville Magician To Host All-Female Magic Show This Month

Cody Clark, a Louisville magician and autism advocate, will host “Wonder Women of Magic,” the third in his “Cody and Friends” show series, on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at Highview Arts Center (7406 Fegenbush Ln.) All of the performers on the lineup (except for Clark himself, who will emcee) are female. The show…

10 Things Under $10 To Do In Louisville This Week (2/6-2/10)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Metal Monday w/ Wretched Idol & Slum City Highlands Taproom Free | 9 p.m. Free hardcore music from Wretched Idol (Bloomington, IN) and Slum City (Louisville). BLatinX: Celebrating Puerto Rico’s African Heritage LFPL Main Branch Free (registration requested) | 6:30 p.m. In honor of Black History Month, learn about the ways in…

Louisville Laughs Comedy SUPERLIST for Feb 1.

Here it is: The SUPERLIST of Louisville Comedy from our friends at LouisvilleLaughs.com 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, Feb. 1 7:30 p.m.…

3 Concerts To Catch In Louisville This Weekend (2/3-2/5)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 ADDULTS – “Basement Full of Birds” Cassette Release! Kaiju $10 | Doors at 8 p.m. Remember cassette tapes? Local band addults, self-described as “a weird little mix of indie, folk, rock, diy, outsider, etc.,” does. Their album “Basement Full of Birds” came out last year, but you can get it on a…

5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (2/3-2/5)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 XXXOOO with Va Va Vixens (18+) Art Sanctuary  $35-$45 | Doors at 7 p.m., show from 8-11 p.m. Local circus/burlesque company Va Va Vixens is sure to bring va-va-voom to your Va-Va-Valentine’s Day. At this adults-only show (the first of six performances over subsequent weekends), there’ll be burlesque, aerial acts, dancing and…

Soapbox: Where We Know What You’re Thinking

We like it when you talk to us, even if you’re upset. This space is for you. Sometimes, we talk back.  Sir, A little Transphobic… Just when we all thought Leo couldn’t sink any further from it’s grandeur during John Yarmuth’s Editorship, you give your thorns rating to proposed bills in the legislature. Have you literally…

Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidate Kelly Craft Is Getting A Righteous Roast After Awkward Jack Harlow Encounter And We Kind Of Love It

Former Trump-era U.N. Ambassador and Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft was caught slipping when she tweeted these shots of her almost bumping into and talking at a very uncomfortable-looking Jack Harlow. Yes, talking “at,” because this doesn’t look like a conversation at all. For @jackharlow – it’s more than music, he’s all about bringing it…

Louisville’s Bean Club Returns To The Big Four Bridge Tonight

Bean Club is back. Tonight, the legume-themed meetup, which began as a post on the Louisville subreddit and subsequently spun off into numerous memes, will hold its February gathering on the Big Four Bridge at 7 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a can (or several) of beans, which will be donated to a local…

Hide The Family Heirlooms: ‘Pawn Stars’ Will Film A Show In Louisville

“Pawn Stars,” a popular History Channel reality show centered around some very large men behind a counter telling customers how cool and rare a family heirloom is, only to lowball them into oblivion because, “Hey, that’s the best best I can do,” is coming to Louisville. “Rick, Corey and Chumlee are crossing the country and…

Meet Monique Long: Great Meadows New Curator-In-Residence

Great Meadows Foundation has announced the latest Critic-In-Residence for 2023. New York City-based curator Monique Long will be the critic-in-residence from Feb. 1 through Mar. 31. Long will be based in Kentucky to engage with the contemporary art scene across the state. Long will make studio visits, connect and collaborate with regional artists, arts organizations…

What To Do In Arts And Entertainment In Louisville In Spring (And One In The Fall)

Actors Theatre 316 W. Main St. Feb. 8-19 | La Egoista | actorstheatre.org/shows/2022-2023/la-egoista/ | 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. | $25 Feb. 25 | Convergence Ball | actorstheatre.org/shows/2022-2023/convergence-ball/  | 4 p.m.-10 p.m. | $25-$200 Feb. 22 | Outlaw Poet: The Legend of Ron Whitehead | .actorstheatre.org/shows/2022-2023/outlaw-poet-the-legend-of-ron-whitehead/ | 7 p.m. | $15 with fees Ali Center…

What to See: A Roundup of Local Gallery Shows

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,…

Don’t Sleep On Louisville’s Gospel Scene

At a vocal rehearsal for Cyr’s upcoming debut project, Time, he, vocalist Devin Holly, and I drifted off into a conversation about Louisville’s music scene that covered everything from the generational divide across genres, to the ‘venue crisis,’ to pondering why we don’t have ‘sheds’ anymore (more on that later.) The concept of a shed…

‘Space Is the Place’ Brings Sun Ra To The Speed Cinema

Musical prodigy, genius bandleader, prolific artist, and cosmic thinker Sun Ra was a person who felt called to liberate people, Black people in particular, by creating and sharing new mythologies through music and stagecraft. And so, in 1974, he gave the world “Space Is the Place,” an experimental kaleidoscope of an album and film that…

There Are Black People In Louisville’s Future

As we look out into the American abyss — Black bodies and Black trauma are still paraded in the streets and across our screens. Little seems to change in the system that creates these scenarios, and we’re grappling, yet again, with the “How much more?” question. How much more can we take? How many more…

Beyoncé To Play Louisville Show This Summer At Former Cardinal Stadium

Beyoncé, who really needs no introduction, is coming to Louisville this summer.  This morning, Beyoncé announced her upcoming Renaissance World Tour, named after her most recent album. The 40-city tour will open in Stockholm in May, and it’ll play in Louisville at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (that is, Cardinal Stadium) on Monday, July 17.…


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