January 4, 2023

Jan 4-17, 2023

Storytelling Event Girl Code Returns to Louisville

Storytelling events have seen a rise in popularity over the past decade or so, and they have proven to be a valuable tool in human connection. The storytelling event Girl Code is set to return on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Trouble Bar (1149 S. Shelby St.). The event — which “showcases and highlights women storytellers…

I Love Juice Bar Opens New Storefront in Norton Commons

Franchise Owner, Ashley McCarthy, is excited to announce the official grand opening of I Love Juice Bar in Norton Commons. With locations across 11 states in the Southeast, I Love Juice Bar provides a lengthy list of juices, smoothies, bowls and more with vegan and gluten-free options for those who want them. The Norton Commons location…

Crane House Celebrates Lunar New Year with Dinner, Auction

The Asia Institute – Crane House (AICH) is holding a Lunar New Year Dinner and Auction – the Year of the Rabbit on Saturday, Feb. 4  at the Mellwood Arts and Entertainment Center.  AICH is a cultural center that aims to bring diversity to the Kentuckiana area by providing cultural and educational services and programs…

Here are the winners of Louisville’s 2023 Freedom Awards

On Jan. 15, Mayor Craig Greenberg awarded two individuals with ties to Louisville a 2023 Freedom Award. The recipients were honored for exemplifying Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision for equality and inclusion. This year’s recipients were Dawne Gee and Junior Bridgeman.  Gee is WAVE-TV news anchor with over 30 years of experience in radio and…

The Sports And Social Club Having First Drag Brunch

The Sports and Social Club is hosting its first ever Divas Live! Drag Brunch. Come see their queens work the stage, enjoy and “sickening” brunch menu and a list of specialty cocktails. The first drag brunch will be Feb. 26 at the bar located at 427 S. 4th St. Doors open at 10 a.m. with the…

10 Things Under $10 To Do In Louisville This Week (1/16)

MONDAY, JANUARY 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Ali Center Muhammad Ali Center Free | 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Muhammad Ali’s birthday is tomorrow; Martin Luther King Jr.’s was on Sunday. In honor of their birthdays, the Ali Center has free admission today (and will be closed tomorrow), with an all-day blood…

Alice Cooper Bringing Rock Show to Louisville

If you’re a fan of hard rock then get excited because Alice Cooper is coming to Louisville. The legendary rocker is brining his show to The Louisville Palace on May 10th.  You can expect a night of shock rock, alongside chilling, thrilling antics, according to cooper’s tour website. Cooper is known for “violent and vile”…

Louisville Food News From The past Week

A new restaurant from world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay and a 1-year birthday celebration for a local seltzer bar is on the menu for the week. The Local Seltzery Prepares For First Birthday Celebration The Local Seltzery is kicking off its first anniversary with a public party with giveaways and specials throughout the weekend of Jan.…

Derby City Distillers Are Louisville’s Newest Basketball Team

The Basketball League announced Thursday afternoon that Louisville is gaining a new men’s basketball team, the Derby City Distillers or Distillers for short. Owned by University of Louisville and TBL Jamestown Jackals basketball player Akoy Agau, the Distillers are now the third TBL team in Kentucky. Agau said running this new team is a dream after…

Louisville Urban League celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with sports

The Louisville Urban League is celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., with sports. Specifically track. First, is the the Louisville Urban League Invitational, an open meet for youth across Kentucky. The second is the annual LUL/KSU Indoor classic. The Urban League will host Historically Black Colleges and Universities from across the country. Both events are open…

Glow Pickleball A Growing Sport For Kentucky State Parks

Glow Pickleball? Over the past few years, Pickleball has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity in the United States as an accessible, fun game that’s a great way to exercise without feeling like you’re exercising. Kentucky State Parks is taking it up a notch Jan. 20-21 with Glow Pickleball, which is the traditional game, but…

3 Concerts To Catch In Louisville This Weekend

If you’re looking for concerts to catch in Louisville this weekend, we’ve got you covered. Here are three to check out. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 Turbo Nut Release Show w/ Shitfire & Lux Zanzabar $10 | Doors at 6 p.m., music at 7 p.m. As the band’s Spotify description says: “Feast your ears on the nut.”…

5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend

If you’re looking for things to do this weekend in Louisville, we got you covered. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 Harlem Globetrotters: 2023 World Tour KFC Yum! Center 7 p.m. | $25-$132 The beloved novelty basketball team will dance, dunk, and dribble their way around the Yum! Center once again. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 Shrek Rave (21+) Mercury…

New Monon Trail Coming to New Albany Indiana

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced in his State of the State address Tuesday night that Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources is putting $29.5 million to construct a recreational railroad trail that would span 62.3 miles across southern Indiana. The Monon South Trail, also called the South Monon Freedom Trail, will span through Clark, Floyd, Lawrence, Orange,…

Harlem Globetrotters To Play Yum! Center Tomorrow Night in Louisville

America’s favorite novelty basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, will return to the KFC Yum! Center tomorrow at 7 p.m. to dunk, dance and dribble as they face off against their eternal rivals, the Washington Generals. (The odds are pretty slim for the Generals, though, given that they’ve lost to the Globetrotters more than 27,000 times.)…

The SUPERLIST of Louisville comedy for Jan. 11

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). Thursday, Jan. 12 7:30 p.m. — Louisville Laughs presents: Falls City open mic, Falls City Beer Taproom. Reserve your spot to perform by emailing LouisvilleLaughs2@gmail.com or show…

Flight Delays Hit Louisville Airport after FAA Computer Malfunction

Airport flight delays seem to be de rigueur, and this morning Louisville got a good taste of the mess flight delays cause when the Federal Aviation Administration stopped all flights across the country this morning after a computer malfunction.  Air traffic came to a halt nationwide and in Louisville caused a sure headache for some…

How Are Doctors Navigating Kentucky’s Vague Medical Marijuana Executive Order?

In states where medical marijuana is legal, regulated medical marijuana cards provide a way for dispensaries and law enforcement officers to identify legitimate patients. But when Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order granting preemptive pardons for the possession of medical marijuana, there was nothing in the action about uniform marijuana cards or any…

Louisville native Jack Harlow Nominated For Six iHeartRadio Music Awards

This morning, iHeartMedia and FOX Entertainment released the list of nominees for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and Louisville native Jack Harlow was among the nominees. Harlow received six nominations total, making him one of the three most nominated artists at this year’s awards, tied with Lizzo and Drake. Harlow was nominated in the following…

Shrek Rave coming to Mercury Ballroom This Weekend in Louisville

This Saturday, Jan. 14, at 9 p.m., Mercury Ballroom will host “Shrek Rave,” a touring dance party themed around the titular green ogre of the famous and much-memed movie franchise. Tickets can be purchased for $24. Here’s what Shrek Rave looked like in Houston last October: If you’re looking for more early-2000’s-insipred fun but Shrek’s…

‘Titanic’ Returning To Theaters For 25th Anniversary

The debate has gone on for years. Could Jack have fit on that door with Rose and survived the sinking of the Titanic? Well for lovers of the 1998 movie “Titanic,” you’ll get another chance to see it in theaters. This time fully remastered in 3D 4K HDR. The movie is being rereleased on Feb.…

Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar, ODESZA To Headline Bonnaroo 2023

This morning, Bonnaroo released its lineup for 2023, which includes headliners Kendrick Lamar, ODESZA, and Foo Fighters. The Manchester, TN, music festival will take place this year from June 15-18.  Kentucky artists who’ll be playing the festival include My Morning Jacket, Knocked Loose and Tyler Childers. Here’s the full lineup: THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Zeds Dead…

The Local Seltzery Prepares For First Birthday Celebration

The Local Seltzery is kicking off its first anniversary with a public party with giveaways and specials throughout the weekend of Jan. 20. The NuLu Marketplace business opened its doors in early 2022 and is ready to roll out new drinks in honor of its birthday celebration.  Owner Braxton Turner says they are looking forward…

If Chris Mack Didn’t Record Dino Gaudio’s Extortionate Rant, Would He Still Be Coaching UofL?

Chris Mack called the allegations “trivial,” and in the end his judges agreed. An Independent Accountability Review Process panel considered the case against the former University of Louisville basketball coach and concluded any violations committed on his watch were “isolated and inadvertent,” and provided the Cardinals no more than a minimal recruiting or competitive advantage.…

Dinosaurs To Overrun Louisville This Weekend At Jurassic Quest

Your family will be able to walk with the dinosaurs this weekend in Louisville as Jurassic Quest comes to the Kentucky Exposition Center. Billed as “America’s biggest dinosaur event,” Jurassic Quest features up-close encounters with lifelike moving and roaring dinosaurs, plus dino-themed rides, attractions, shows, opportunities to meet baby dinos and take part in a…

Louisville Zoo Has Birthday Bash For Polar Bear, Gorilla And Elephant

The Louisville Zoo had reason to celebrate this weekend. The zoo hosted three birthday bashes for some of their most beloved residents: Polar bear Qannik, gorilla Jelani and Asian elephant Punch. Quests celebrated with the animals by singing them “Happy Birthday,” as well as watching them be treated to special enrichment gifts, according the Louisville…

10 Things Under $10 To Do In Louisville This Week (1/9)

MONDAY, JAN. 9 Zenora with special guest Ashton Blake 21st in Germantown $10 | Doors at 7 p.m., music at 8 p.m. New Jersey hard rock/hair metal-ers Zenora will be promoting their newest album. Trash Fiasco w/ Color Crush, No Dead Dogs, & Falling Tree Way Mag Bar $5 | 7:30 p.m. Trash Fiasco, a…

3 Concerts To Catch In Louisville This Weekend (1/6)

Saturday, Jan. 7 Concert For Ukraine Featuring The Brass Pack and Doorway Headliners Music Hall $15  |  8 p.m. The war in Ukraine is likely going to be long and costly, so these musicians are doing what they can to help. The Menzingers: On The Impossible Past 10 Year Anniversary Tour Mercury Ballroom $33.50  | …

Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Wastes Everybody’s Time On An Otherwise Pleasant Friday Afternoon

The last time former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin emphatically told journalists to cover a specific topic — his controversial end-of-term pardons, which included a man convicted in a killing whose brother hosted a Bevin fundraiser and another man convicted for sodomizing an unconscious teen with a sex toy — the Courier Journal won a Pulitzer Prize. Perhaps he was hoping…

5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (1/6)

Friday, Jan. 6 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed  Speed Art Museum $12 / $8 Speed members  |  6 p.m. The 2022 documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, which was directed by Laura Poitrasartist, tells the story of artist and activist Nan Goldin and the fall of the Sackler family, who owned pharmaceutical companies.…

Louisville Game Shop Announces That It Will Close

After 18 years in business, a beloved local board game shop located in the Highlands plans to “cease operations in the near future.” On Jan. 3, Louisville Game Shop posted on social media that “for a confluence of reasons, including worker-owner burnout, an increasingly frustrating industry” as well as an ongoing health concern for one…

Like Executive Order, ‘Palm Cards’ Guiding Law Enforcement On Kentucky Medical Marijuana Vague

Days after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order granting preemptive pardons for medical marijuana obtained out of state went into place on Jan. 1, confusion about how the order functionally operates continues, raising fears that Kentuckians legitimately seeking medical marijuana could still face criminal consequences.   One element potentially contributing to that confusion are the…

Beshear Says Kentucky’s Future Is Bright. Republicans Disagree About Who Gets The Credit.

This story is by the Kentucky Lantern, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. More of Kentucky Lantern’s work can be found at kentuckylantern.com. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter. FRANKFORT — In his fourth State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Andy Beshear spoke…

A Soft Goodbye, A Big Thank You

Working at an alt-weekly is a rollercoaster ride.   There are days and pockets of time when everything is going right, when the work barely feels like work, when a wild amount of high-end content gets produced by a skeleton-crew staff.  But when it rains, it generally pours.   Ownership changes, staff overhauls, a pandemic,…

Tasty Vietnamese Fare And Cool Cocktails Elevate District 6

Not long after the turn of this century, I’m not sure that many of us would have predicted the rise of St. Matthews as one of the city’s most active bar and nightlife zones. So I guess it shouldn’t surprise us that this suburban village has suddenly become a go-to zone for Asian eateries with…

‘Black In The Bluegrass’: A New Podcast by Stacy Brooks

History buffs, Kentucky buffs and particularly Kentucky Black history buffs will have a new podcast to geek out on beginning later this month when Stacy Brooks introduces “Black in the Bluegrass,” a podcast that immerses itself in the discussion of Kentucky’s legacy through the Black perspective.  “I’m framing it as a public history podcast. It’s…

Kentucky House GOP Plans To Pass Income Tax Cut This Week

This story is by the Kentucky Lantern, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. More of Kentucky Lantern’s work can be found at kentuckylantern.com. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Stivers says Senate will follow in February as advocates caution against basing permanent tax…


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