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Louisville Orchestra Waterfront 4th: An ambitious young conductor leads his orchestra onto its biggest-ever stage
OK, here’s the Louisville Orchestra Waterfront 4th checklist: Fireworks — check Great Lawn — check Fourth of July — check Big stage — check Big orchestra sound — check Guest artists Ben Sollee, Jecorey Arthur — check, check Sunset over the Ohio — check “1812 Overture” — check, can’t forget the 1812 “Stars and Stripes…
LEO Playlist Special Edition: One song from every band playing Poorcastle this weekend
For this week’s LEO Playlist, we changed course from our normal format of using Spotify to list our favorite bands and solo artists playing in town through the upcoming week in order to highlight every band playing Poorcastle 2015, the locally-focused festival that takes place this weekend, July 10-12, at Apocalypse Brewing Company. Below is…
Visually Speaking: this week’s art news and events (7/6/15)
[The above image is a portrait of Tim Faulkner and Margaret Spivy by Ross Gordon in “Culture & Community” at Proof on Main.] Art news “Connect/Disconnect” is a public art exhibition that will take place during the fall of 2015. Louisville Metro Government and the Commission on Public Art have announced an open call for…
A Q&A with artist Lucille Allen
[The above image is “Untitled” by Lucille Allen.] Elmer Lucille Allen, aka Lucille, is a local treasure. Yes, she’s an artist, but that’s a faction of her accomplishments, as her recent selection as a West Louisville Connector attests. LEO: Your first degree was in chemistry. How do you use your background in science when creating…
Historic West End restaurant to become new Chef’s Space
Monday morning, June 29, politicians, entrepreneurs and chefs gathered on 1812 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. outside of what used to be Jay’s Cafe for the groundbreaking of … Jay’s Cafe? Well, kind of. The historic West End restaurant will now become part of the new Chef’s Space, a kitchen incubator for local foodies and chefs…
A compassionate city? Closure of three WIC offices has some wondering
On Tuesday, June 23, Dr. Sarah Moyer, interim director of the Louisville Department of Health and Wellness (LDHW), offered a short presentation to the Metro Council’s Committee on Health, Education and Housing to explain the reasons behind the closure of three more Louisville Metro offices of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and…
Wake-up call: Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes and the Raw Youth
Her mother always said: “If you’re going to be a janitor, you have to be the damn best janitor.” These words hold true for Teri Gender Bender, the guitarist and leader of Guadalajara rock band Le Butcherettes. Born Teresa Suárez, Teri was destined to be badass. She formed Le Butcherettes in her late teens. Donning…
b-sides
On Tuesday, July 7, the Virginia-based “dream punk” band Eternal Summers plays Zanzabar, along with Baltimore’s Wildhoney, a five-piece that blends heavy hooks with sharp, ambient sounds. Eternal Summers Taking straight-forward pop and drenching it in spacey, complex layers of ethereal and euphoric punk, Eternal Summers has a lot of drive and underlying aggression to…
Bobby Falk: Behind the scenes recording a new album
When Louisville jazz drummer and composer Bobby Falk booked Kevin Ratterman’s La La Land Studio to record his third album, the forthcoming “A New Day,” Falk allowed LEO to observe the process. While the atmosphere was relaxed, Falk was able to combine discipline with clear planning and respect for his fellow musicians, all the while…
Plugged In (July 1st – July 7th)
WED July 1st 8Up: DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m. Baxter 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. Brownies The Shed: Karaoke; 10 p.m. dREAMLAND: Fountain Sun; 8 p.m. El Nopal (Crestwood): Nick Nichols Gerstle’s Place: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m. Goodwood Brewing: Open Mic Night; 7 p.m. Hideaway Saloon: Still Hand String Band; 10 p.m., $3…
Derby Dinner delights with ‘Peter Pan’
Tangos and tarantellas and Tinker Bell. Pirates and crocodiles. Lost boys and a tribe of dancing fantasial “Indians.” And a place called Neverland. For baby boomers, “Peter Pan,” the 1954 musical based on J.M. Barrie’s original wild child, the boy who refuses to grow up, was pretty much a universal experience. On the rare occasions…
BOOK: Ellen Hagan’s ‘Hemisphere’
Hemisphere by Ellen Hagan (Triquarterly Books, 96 pgs., $16.95) Ellen Hagan’s new collection of poetry, “Hemisphere,” is finally tuned to the form. In “Mint Julep,” she writes, “Nostalgic for what? / Old South—prim, pomp, / proper, powdered & permed, /permanent, poised, playful, / crushed, jammed, tumbled, / wide-brimmed hats, My Old / Kentucky Home—” the…
April Richardson’s Louder than Bombing tour stops at The Bard’s Town
April Richardson is a sharp, witty up-and-coming comedian, with a droll sense of wit that drips slowly off her tongue like honey from a hive. She has shared the stage with Todd Glass, Patton Oswalt and even Elton John, as well as appearing on E!’s “Chelsea Lately” and Comedy Central’s “@Midnight.” An unapologetic Morrissey fanatic,…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS BARNEY MILLER: THE FINAL SEASON 1981; $17.98-24.98; UR With much of the cast aging and the rest having become stars, this brilliant sit-com/drama set in a rundown Greenwich Village police station bowed out in style, allowing each cast member their own signature episode before ending in a groundbreaking three -part finale…
On the Mexican road again…
“On the road again” … “En la carretera nuevamente …” Hmm. Willie Nelson’s classic ballad doesn’t translate very well, rhythmically speaking. You just can’t make the syllables fit the notes. But that’s not important right now. What’s important right now is Mexican food, because it’s filling and spicy and delicious. I like Mexican food, and…
Where to pretune and prolong Waterfront Wednesday Concerts
On the last Wednesday of every month from April through September, free live music, compliments of WFPK, drifts through the air of a muggy Ohio Valley night accompanied with the transient fumes of corn dogs and bourbon amongst thousands of our closest friends. A cosmic and familial feeling arises within us city dwellers when Laura…
The next generation is not lost
Many have lost faith in the forthcoming generation. Consistently, I have heard people complain that this generation of kids is self-centered, lazy, lacking people skills, complacent, unconcerned and more, but this week, my hope for the greatness in our youth was revitalized by a group of 80, mostly local, youth. I spent the last week,…
‘Cruz-ing’ for a divided America
After I heard the Supreme Court ruling last Friday, providing marriage equality for all Americans in all 50 states, I joked, well, now that that’s over I can reconsider becoming a Republican. While it was just a joke and a plethora of issues keep me from considering that jump, the reaction of GOP presidential candidates…
Inbox – July 1, 2015
Keeping animals safe on July Fourth For many animals, July fourth fireworks are frightening — not fun. Last year, fireworks in Wichita, Kansas, terrified a dog named Harley so badly that he jumped a fence, took off running, and became trapped on a 32-foot overpass. Police officers rescued him, but the terrified dog bolted again, and…
