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An examination of the Twitter habits of Kentucky lawmakers
Politicians, by nature, care about being popular. It’s how they get elected! And, as we now know all too well, Twitter has become a wildly popular medium for some politicians to get their message to constituents. As such, I think politicians use Twitter at a rate disproportionate to the population as a whole because the…
Photos from Jack Harlow’s sold-out show at Mercury Ballroom
Jack Harlow closed his Gazebo tour Saturday night to a sold out crowd at Mercury Ballroom. Energy was high throughout the night with local opening acts Taylor and The Homies.
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (1/29)
MONDAY Pint Glass Night & Monday Madness – ‘Joust’ Holsopple Brewing No cover | 6:30-9 p.m. There is more than one reason to stop by Holsopple Brewing this Monday. It is pint glass night, meaning you can take home an empty Holsopple pint glass with the purchase of a beer. And you’ll also have a…
LEO’s guide to video games at bars in Louisville
Whether you’re on a date, meeting up with friends or looking for something to do on the weekend, bars with games are the way to go. These pick-up-and-play style games give everyone a chance to participate, and the friendly competition they provide always injects energy into the night (especially those booze-induced lulls). Luckily for us,…
PhoTastic Voyage: Where to find the best pho in Louisville (Part 1)
Pho, the dish that launched a thousand bad puns, is the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure comfort food. You can add as much or as little pepper heat as you want, brighten up the broth with lime or don’t, and add a lot of, or just a little, texture with crisp bean sprouts. Get it with beef, chicken…
5 things to do this weekend in Louisville (1/26)
FRIDAY King Kong of Ping Pong! Hideaway Saloon Free | 8 p.m. Compete in this table tennis tournament for multiple prizes, including shirts and over $100 in gift cards. Sign-ups begin the day of the event, and calling ahead is encouraged because only 24 slots are open for entrants. The tournament begins at 8 p.m.…
A look at James Grubola’s art show, ‘The Friday (and Thursday) Sessions’
UofL professor and artist James Grubola’s “The Friday (and Thursday) Sessions” opened on Friday at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts. It features Grubola’s work from his weekly practice of drawing sessions from live nude models on Thursdays and a ballet studio on Fridays. “This show is very important — obviously it represent the last…
Elton John’s final tour will stop in Louisville
Elton John has announced he will retire from the road following a three-year, 300-date tour, which will stop at Louisville’s KFC Yum Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23. He said during a news conference that his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” will be his last because he wants to spend more time with his family. “I’m…
Youth Detention Center Fails on Basic Services, Report Says
Children in Louisville’s juvenile jail don’t have enough teachers, doctors or mental health professionals, a review of the facility found. The Center for Children’s Law and Policy conducted a study of conditions at the Louisville Metro Youth Detention Center last fall. The facility houses youths who have been charged with a crime in Louisville and…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Put down the bong and call your legislators | Rose State Sen. Dan Seum, a Republican with a clue about marijuana at least, has filed Senate Bill 80 to legalize its adult use. You could have an ounce of pot, five grams of concentrated cannabis, cannabis products and five pot plants. Ninety five percent of…
Where have all the cowgirls gone?
Last time I was at the movies, they showed one of those really long previews. It didn’t look very interesting — I’m pretty sure at least two of the top-billed actors were actually semi-automatic weapons — but I was struck by the fact that the preview had been going on for so long, and I…
Jack Harlow talks about the songs on ‘Gazebo’
Jack Harlow has spent the last few years rising in Louisville’s hip-hop scene, dropping catchy beats and rhymes that lean into nostalgia, contemplate empathy and deal with depression. Currently on his first headlining tour, Harlow has sold out the Mercury Ballroom in advance of the show, the final performance of the 14-city run. We caught…
Orchestra Enigmatic opens its sixth season
Orchestra Enigmatic is a local musical collective that offers players a home to experiment within a chamber orchestra setting. With performances ranging from original compositions to full-length tribute shows, Orchestra Enigmatic is a space for the avant-garde pieces “too small, too new or too exotic to find a home in the classical orchestral canon.” This…
Sonic Breakdown: Kendall Elijah Dynamite — ‘Lightnin’ Bug’
LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from a Louisville musician or band. “It’s an existential affair, an existential love song,” Kendall Elijah Dynamite told me about ‘Lightnin’ Bug,’ a silky, rhythmic song drenched in beneath-the-surface meaning. “Sometimes you kind of feel a lot of things don’t matter. Like, you’ve disregarded a lot…
‘Honey Harvest,’ unusual, appealing tone
“There’s no sentimentality in nature.” So says Ed Shoola (played by Michael McCollum) in Liz Fentress’ play, “The Honey Harvest,” which just completed a run in a Little Colonel Players production directed by Alyssa Hendricks. Shoola is an expert beekeeper — and though he sees no sentiment in nature, he is alive to the natural…
George Lopez talks about filming a movie in Louisville
After a visit to Louisville recently to film a movie, comedian George Lopez compared the city to an M&M. That has to be a first. “An icy, candy-covered layer on everything. All the vans did, all the signs did. It was crazy,” he recalled. Lopez is one of “The Original Latin Kings of Comedy” and…
David Frum’s ‘Trumpocracy’
A major book concerning the Trump presidency is just coming out (and its very respected author is coming to town for the Kentucky Authors Forum). But in the scant weeks since the last significant book revolving around recent executive branch matters (“Fire and Fury”), there have been yet more noisy mini-crises — potentially making any…
LouVino and Con Huevos lift brunch higher
Fresh from delicious brunch experiences at LouVino and Con Huevos, I must ask a simple question: Who doesn’t love brunch? I certainly do! Some folks love brunch buffets and there’s a lot to like about a sumptuous feeding trough of pans loaded with breakfast and lunch goodies. But I like a set menu of brunch…
The craft beer education quandary
More than one person since the craft beer craze descended upon Louisville has told me that craft beer can be intimidating for the uninitiated. It’s difficult for me to get into that newcomer’s psyche, because I don’t remember not having a basic understanding of beer styles. I’ve been busy watching the evolution. I liken it…
Ask Minda Honey: Aziz Ansari and the Space Between Expectations and Acceptance
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life by sending your questions to AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com. This past week, in response to a Babe.net piece on a young woman who had a beyond-bad date with actor, comedian and Hollywood darling Aziz Ansari, the entire internet appears to be asking the same question: Does that really…
Savage Love: Mother Love
Q: My father left my mother abruptly when I was 14 years old, and he hasn’t contacted either of us since. It was a crushing blow for her, and she retreated from the world. She was never bitter about it, but it was devastating. She lost the love of her life for no apparent reason…
Male feminists — your little Hugo Schwyzer is showing
So our porn star-fuckin’, Russian-lovin’, evangelical-approved, hate-and-Colonel Sanders-fueled, physically-geriatric, dip-shit Commander In Golf Donald J.Trump shut down the government because he couldn’t get a resounding “yes” on his great wall of diluted delusions. Or some such nonsense. I got Oprah Winfrey eyeballing the Oval Office, and ICE agents rounding up and deporting people left and…
The truth about healthcare, Amazon no-win win and rogering
Time for a state rename I think. Bluegrass is a bollocks name anyway -— the grass here is horrible and spiky, and usually brown. The Pink Floyd state, I think. We don’t need no education? Precisely, although I’d be amazed if someone of Roger Waters’ talent and integrity would allow it. I expect if he…
Bevin to coal country — no help for you
While Donald Trump bamboozled Eastern Kentucky voters by promising to bring back coal jobs, his mini-me, Gov. Matt Bevin, has thumbed his nose at that part of the state, hoping it won’t notice. Watch this city slicker work. His budget proposal, released last week, lists 70 state programs that would get “no state funds” for…
Bevin’s War on Public Education
The difficulty of the state’s financial woes cannot disguise the fact that Gov. Matt Bevin is waging a war on public education. He has made it clear through his words, his policies and, now, his budget proposal that he intends to cripple public education in Kentucky. This is blindly ironic considering that public education is…
