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The art of beer labels — the new album covers
Megabrewers, such as Budweiser and Miller, spend millions marketing their latest retro can, funky bottle or limited-time labeling, including Budweiser’s “America” labels this summer. But what’s inside never changes, essentially making it all just a lot of marketing mumbo jumbo. “Beer labels are the new album covers,” said Paul Young, a brewer at Monnik Beer…
Flying Axes is a fun, competitive and addictive escape
A short distance from the skatepark on Clay Street is the newest addition to NuLu, Flying Axes. It is the first axe-throwing venue in Kentucky, and Saturday marked the grand opening with an all-ages event. “Everyone who made fun of me for investing in this can suck it.” That was Steve Huey, one of the…
Photo Set: Burnt Knob 2017 at Iroquois Amphitheater
Friday Saturday
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (7/31)
MONDAY Monday Steal the Glass with Country Boy River City Drafthouse Free | 7 p.m. Start your Monday off right, with a little theft at River City Drafthouse. Just get a pour of Mimosa Cider, Strawberry Saison, Nacho Bait or Living Proof Rose Wild by Country Boy Brewing Co., and you’ll also get a pint…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (7/28)
FRIDAY Brenda Against The Grain Brewery Free | 8-11 p.m. Louisville’s latest local music series, The Local Lineup at Against the Grain Brewing Company, marks its first year with a list of great bands, proving that there can never be enough of this sort of thing. This month, AtG hosts Brenda, a catchy, garage-pop band…
Our six favorite local songs from July
Kabuwe — “All the Animals are Vicious Animals” Warbling synths greet you in “All the Animals are Vicious Animals” by Kabuwe, giving way to a plodding and visceral electro-pop track. There are elements that are prone to explore the strange underside of hook-heavy jams, with a bass line that demands a slow nod. Group vocals…
A day of anti-abortion propaganda and counter-protesters in Jefferson Square
“You got video on that thing?” a middle-aged man in a gray T-shirt asked assertively, as he approached me between a bouquet of party balloons blocking the street view of large sign comparing abortion to Pearl Harbor. “I wanted to make sure I tell you about the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for…
What’s on the beerizon: Local brewers predict upcoming beer trends
Kentucky had just five licensed breweries in 2009. Now it has 53, including 17 in Louisville, with another set to open. Brewers, including Ken Mattingly, brewer and co-owner of the Old Louisville Brewery, know that in any market flooded with competition, the secret to success is staying interesting. And that can mean taking risks and…
A peek under LEO’s covers: the debate over using Hitler images
We are certain you read last week’s LEO cover story “Trump, Bevin and The Media: Goebbeled or Garbled?” That piece found comparisons — and lack thereof — of President Trump’s and Gov. Matt Bevin’s media strategies to those of Hitler and his minister of propaganda. What you do not know is that the cover we…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
What is far right with this picture? | Thorn So let’s see… Louisville loses two conventions — and millions of dollars — because of the state’s new anti-LGBTQ law, but the anti-choice nut-bags find the city to be perfect for their national convention, costing the city who knows how much in police overtime. Maybe they…
Matthew Sweet strikes power-pop gold again on ‘Tomorrow Forever’
In June, Matthew Sweet released Tomorrow Forever, his first solo album since 2011’s Modern Art. Funded through Kickstarter, Tomorrow Forever took longer to release than expected, in part because he recorded more than twice the amount of tracks that made it onto the 17-song album. The extra material won’t be lost forever, though — instead…
Three concerts to catch this week in Louisville
Whitey Morgan Headliners | Thursday, July 27 A few years ago, Whitey Morgan told me something that stuck with me, about people who say good country music died: “I always compare it to people complaining while walking out of Olive Garden in the middle of Manhattan, saying that there is no good Italian places in…
‘Bethany,’ bone-chilling
In film and television, the apocalypse usually takes the form of a big bang followed by an epic voyage across a sweeping landscape. It’s Mad Max at the Thunderdome or on the Fury Road. Or it’s Rick Grimes leading his band to CDC headquarters while fighting one of the Walking Dead. Or if you want…
Maker’s Mark raises a glass with Dale Chihuly show
Dale Chihuly is an art rock star. If you know only one world famous contemporary glass artist, it’s a good bet it’s him. There are reasons we remember the artists that we do: They have a signature style, an intriguing backstory, and we like (or greatly dislike) what we see. Chihuly has all in spades.…
Comic On Tour Throws Buddies ?Under the Bus, One is Handicapped
The Crippling Egos Tour highlights three very different comedic voices: Joe Bates is cocky and immature, often coming off like Gordon Gecko, if he were the president of the douche-iest fraternity in Jersey; Lucas Waterfill, who has cerebral palsy and performs from a wheelchair, offers dry, clever commentary on how a disabled man navigates the…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Paper Girls’ and ‘AD: After Death’
‘Paper Girls vol. 3’ Writer Brian K. Vaughn | Artist Cliff Chiang Review by Meredith Harris of Great Escape If you say Brian K. Vaughn, most people are going to think of the book “Saga.” Now when people mention him, I think of “Paper Girls.” With Cliff Chiang on art (a shout out to Matt…
Share your complaints with the server, not on Facebook
I was having a bad day. My fiancé was in the hospital with what turned out to be a minor medical problem, but it was still stressful, as all hospital interactions inevitably are. A friend pretty much insisted on taking me to breakfast before I started my day visiting at the hospital. We settled on…
How to plan a party trip with a group of friends
My name is Kelsey, and I am obsessive and neurotic about planning party trips. There’s nothing I love more than bringing my friends together for a group vacation to celebrate a birthday, engagement or just the awesomeness that is us, but I also tend to get a bit carried away. I saw these traits in…
There’s more than just beer at our local breweries
What I love about breweries is the creativity — and I’m not just talking about creativity in yeast, malts and hops. I mean, when you think about it, anyone can do a tap takeover, be it a restaurant or bar. Live music draws customers, too. But to maintain a relationship with the community, breweries seem…
Savage Love: Creepers
Q: I’m a reader in Kansas with two teenage daughters, 16 and 18. My girls recently met a boy where they work and both took an interest in him. The 18-year-old was devastated that he was more interested in her younger sister. I spoke to the 16-year-old about it, which is when I found out…
God the abortionist, and shaming and stoning women
Here we go, my son. Feels like just five minutes ago we were taking the piss out of the mayor for claiming, correctly as it turned out, that Louisville has lost out on convention business. But here we are, conventions are coming back to Possibility City! Fuck my luck. All right, since I suppose I…
Of women’s choices, romance and reality
Women need to be able to access the EMW Women’s Surgical Center unafraid and unbothered by nosy Christian anti-abortion activists whose interest has more to do with their fear of an ethereal ghost father and less to do with the real lives these women and potential children they might have — that is, if they…
Our last abortion clinic
I think it’s fair to say that Operation Save America and its soldiers for God are not here to quietly dissuade would-be pregnancy terminators from completing the act. Rather, Operation Save America and its rootin’, tootin’, Bible salutin’ troupe is here to “psychologically torture” and block women who attempt to have abortions — because that’s…
A Citywide Buffer Zone
It’s not just the medical clinic that needs a buffer zone… this whole city could use a buffer zone. We recently lost two conventions that we wanted because of Kentucky’s new anti-LGBTQ law, and, instead, we got one that we didn’t — a national convention that celebrates the intolerant, and is anti-women and on the…
