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Chase the ghosts of Rose Island, take a walk back in time
To wander the winter-worn paths, bare forests and rock outcroppings of Rose Island in Charlestown State Park in Southern Indiana is to walk with myth, memory, history and a black bear named Teddy Roosevelt. Along with inter-connecting tales of visiting Aztec Indians, a banished Welsh prince who showed up here from either Florida or Mexico,…
Listen to the new single ‘Anyway’ by Delafaye a few days early
Louisville singer-songwriter Delafaye (the moniker of Andrew Shockley) is set to release a new single, “Anyway,” on Thursday, March 8, but you can sneak an early listen below. “Anyway” — which will be on a forthcoming album to be released sometime this summer — is a contemplative and melancholy, folk-leaning song that wears its heart…
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (3/5)
MONDAY Stay home and watch Netflix, save up your energy for the rest of the week! TUESDAY Men’s Response to #MeToo: A Panel and Discussion Spalding University Free | 6:30-8 p.m. Organizers say this panel will “explore how men contribute to the culture that allows and encourages harassment, and how men can prevent harassment and…
Photos from the 2018 Louisville Arcade Expo
Three days of Arcade Expo madness went down this weekend at the Triple Crown Pavilion. All games were on free play providing non-stop action for gamers. The Expo included tournaments of classics like “Sonic The Hedgehog” and “Super Smash Bros.” The exhibitions featured retro gaming systems arranged with detailed info cards — most were playable.…
Ballet, orchestra and opera make ‘The Beyond’ a must-see
A double-feature the Louisville Ballet offered with French classical music, as part of its evening of works “The Beyond,” suggests earthy turmoil is likely to follow your spirit no matter where it passes onto after leaving this world. The titles “Requiem” and “Project Faust” are very different pieces, with the former squarely rooted in dance…
10 concerts you shouldn’t miss in March
Chief Keef Mercury Ballroom Thursday, March 8 A prolific and innovative rapper from Chicago, Chief Keef took his generation of hip-hop by storm, with a meteoric rise, that was followed by what has now become a large, respected discography. Us, Today Butchertown Social Saturday, March 10 A progressive jazz trio that incorporates electronic and drone…
Off to the races! LEO’s guide to drag shows in Louisville
No tea, no shade and no pink lemonade, but if your only experience with drag has been watching “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” you need to treat yourself to a live show. Not that there’s anything wrong with “Drag Race” — RuPaul is a living goddess after all — but drag is best served in person. And…
5 things to do this weekend in Louisville (3/2)
FRIDAY The Kentucky Crafted Market (March 2–4) Kentucky Exposition Center Prices and times vary Hallelujah, it’s back! After six years in Lexington, the Kentucky Crafted Market is returning to Louisville. The signature event of the Kentucky Arts Council, the Market brags it has “the largest number of Kentucky artists … under one roof.” Not only…
A review of Lung and Second Story Man’s concert at Kaiju
Weekday shows are an increasingly difficult sell, especially when the median age of the audience grows with you, the case in hand for the Second Story Man/Lung show. It’s not that Kaiju was full of old-schoolers, or that there was even an apparent age gap — but including me, there were plenty of folks there…
Waterfront Wednesday initial lineup announced
WFPK has announced the first part of the lineup for its annual free concert series, Waterfront Wednesday. This year’s series kicks off on April 25 with Lissie, The Weeks and Phourist and the Photons. Here is what has been announced so far: April 25: Lissie, The Weeks, Phourist and the Photons May 30: J Roddy…
Bourbon & Beyond announces bourbon lineup
Los Angeles-based concert promoter Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the bourbon line-up for Bourbon & Beyond, a bourbon and music festival that premiered in Louisville last fall. It will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23 at Champions Park on River Road near Zorn Avenue. In a press release, Wimmer emphasized that the people from…
Sadly, U.S. will not learn from latest carnage
What Australians say about our gun addiction… and our Gov. Matt Bevin affliction By The Sydney Morning Herald It is important to look outside of your bubble, so below is an editorial from The Sydney Morning Herald that ran after the Las Vegas shooting, but it is relevant and timely today and probably will be…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Absurd
Boo Hoo, Bob | Thorn Another rich guy, Bruce Perkins, has withdrawn his multimillion-dollar pledges from UofL because of “extreme dissatisfaction with current leadership,” Courier Journal reported. The story included the lamentations of Robert Hughes, former board of trustees chairman, who complained that donating a $1.4-million house to the UofL Foundation did not buy him…
No LGBTQ in ‘Black Panther,’ but film champions inclusivity
When I saw an Advocate headline tagging “Black Panther” for its lack of LGBT representation, I was immediately in a snit. After all, this film has the progressive crowd riding a wave of euphoric triumph — success at the box office, groundbreaking black representation, gorgeously done from a feminist standpoint and it’s just a really…
Curio Key Club tightened its focus on new EP, ‘Zen America’
In a snug room above his family’s carpet business, Drew Miller, the lead singer and alto saxophonist of the genre-defying Curio Key Club, workshops new material with his bandmates. Gig posters collected during Miller’s tour stints with Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Houndmouth fill the room, while Brandon Bass’ original illustration featured on the cover of…
Catching up with Cincinnati cello-and-drum duo Lung
A conversation with the Cincinnati duo Lung can take a lot of turns. Cellist/vocalist Kate Wakefield and drummer Daisy Caplan — a Louisville expatriate and the former bassist for Foxy Shazam — weave in and out of topics like touring, the preferred temperature and flavor of pudding and the tacit sexism of Batgirl’s popularity. Playing…
Record Review: Winter of 26 — “By Lamplight”
Simple, atmospheric melodies are the heart of By Lamplight, the debut from Winter of 26. The instrumentation is largely electro-acoustic, with lightly-strummed, reverb-soaked guitars, and shimmering keys providing a lush backdrop for a driving, yet relaxing rhythm section. The star attraction is the vocals, which veer a little into Springsteen territory, if not in timbre…
Record Review: Legs Akimbo — “?The Sound of Young Louisville”
An indie slacker vibe informs the music of Legs Akimbo, loose and jangly and almost completely devoid of any pretense, like a less self-aware Pavement channeling The Velvet Underground, simultaneously at their most melancholy and punk-forward. The band isn’t afraid to kick it into high gear, blistering through highs, or enduring long low periods. This…
Record Review: A. Jamison — “All Day”
Imagine The Weeknd produced by Four Tet or Mount Kimbie, bouncing and bit-crushed hip-hop, but sultry as fuck, and you have A. Jamison. I couldn’t tell you how someone could make Zelda samples seem so mack-smooth, but here we are. Jamison’s voice is pure velvet. The central predilection unsurprisingly present here given the R&B heavy…
Record Review: Alex Clark — “Return to Storybook Land”
Alex Clark’s Return to Storybook Land is filled with spacey, yet sugary, hook-driven rock and folk that dives into retro-revivalism, but feels modern in the way it subtly shifts through genres and sounds. The title track is two-and-a-half minutes of radio-ready guitar-pop, “Old Horse Won’t Ride” leans slightly into the less noodling, more groove-oriented side…
The thing about reunions
Robert Plant is on the phone. He just called from somewhere in the U.K. to talk about his new record, Carry Fire, and the conversation is going as expected. A few minutes into the conversation, we broaden the topic to rock music, which eventually leads to the Led Zeppelin comparisons of newcomers Greta Van Fleet.…
‘Fabulation,’ joyful study of community, culture
UofL’s African American Theatre Program’s current offering, Lynn Nottage’s “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine” continues its tradition of presenting important and underrepresented work to the Louisville theatrical community. Nottage is a celebrated playwright and an important part of the theatrical conversation of the moment; her 2017 play “Sweat” won her the second of her…
‘The Beyond,’ a must see
Death, the final frontier (props to “Star Trek”). Whatever your personal beliefs are on what happens after your body ceases to exist, here are two more ideas. The Louisville Ballet, in collaboration with the Kentucky Opera and accompanied by the Louisville Orchestra, is telling tales about mortality and the afterlife in “Requiem” and “Project Faust.”…
Comic Book Review: ‘Dept. H’ and ‘Mata Hari’
‘Mata Hari’ No. 1 Writer Emma Beeby; Artist Ariela Kristantina Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville Being only slightly familiar with the subject of this book, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up if not for the cover art. That doesn’t always mean the book inside is good, but this time it paid…
Social media and? the restaurant worker
Should a restaurant employee ever lose their job due to a social media post? Well, in a word — yes. But are there situations in which a cook or server should be able to vent a little on Facebook or Instagram without fear of retribution from their employer? Almost never. Of course, there are clear-cut…
To all my regulars, thank you
To my dearest regulars, Just under two weeks ago, I received a phone call around 4 a.m. on a Sunday informing me that one of my dearest friends and former roommate (and fellow bartender, at that) had been in a horrific car accident while driving to New Orleans. He was en route to one of…
Roasted rabbit, no buckshot
Going hunting with my father and grandfather was always a treat, although I never had the guts to shoot an animal. I enjoyed watching the beagles run and enjoyed the hunt, the subsequent chase and the meal afterward. I even enjoyed watching my father clean the rabbits, but shooting one? Nah, that was never my…
Savage Love: Quickies
Q: I recently stumbled on an Instagram account of a young woman who’s a “knife play” enthusiast. I consider myself sex-positive, but I must say, I was disturbed by the images. I was also shocked that I didn’t know this was a thing! But of course it’s a thing cuz everything is a thing, right?…
Why Erik Killmonger is the real hero of ‘Black Panther’
By now, I’m assuming, most readers have seen Marvel’s “Black Panther.” If you haven’t… well, read on anyway! As a comic book fan since I learned to read, I have been fascinated by the hoopla over a movie centering on a comic book character who has been around since 1966. Indeed, there are many reasons…
Students: gun control now!
Students, already anxious due to unrealistic expectations around their performance and likability as measured by social media, are now panicked they will get shot at school. Whether it is by a fellow student or a police officer remains to be seen. Students are reacting differently to mass shootings. Some take to the streets, their social…
One Month At A Time
[Editor’s note: LEO founder and former editor John Yarmuth wrote this column Feb. 12, 1997.] I learned something extraordinary last week. I learned that the golf tee, that a little piece of wood indispensable to the sport, was invented in 1899 by G. W. Grant, a black man. Considering that I play as many as…
