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Drink What? Kombucha Craze Explained
From a distance, the sleek silver and black tap handles that read ELIXIR in a sharp font seamlessly blend in at Naïve’s craft beer bar. A closer look shows these taps aren’t pumping out a local beer but rather a much less alcoholic yet similarly fermented beverage: kombucha. “It’s really good for gut health,” owner…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (8/5)
TUESDAY, Aug. 6 The Basics of Bharatanatyam South Central Regional Library Free | 6:30-7:30 p.m. Shyama Iyer, now a WKU college student, has been trained in Indian dance and music since she was three years old. At this workshop, she’ll teach the basics of bharatanatyam, a classic dance form that involves squatting low, beating the…
10 concerts you shouldn’t miss in August
Mac Sabbath, Okilly Dokilly Zanzabar Sunday, Aug. 4 What we have here is an opening band that dresses like Ned Flanders from “The Simpsons,” followed by a parody of Black Sabbath by musicians who dress up like McDonalds characters, and sing about McDonalds things. They sing song such as “Frying Pan” and “Sweet Beef” and,…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (8/2)
FRIDAY, Aug. 2 Vegan Night Market V-Grits No cover | 5-9 p.m. V-Grits, Louisville’s Southern vegan restaurant, is hosting several vegan eateries in its parking lot, as well as vendors and artists for its second vegan night market of the summer. V-Grits will be selling tacos and cerveza queso mac out of its food truck,…
Six of our favorite local songs from July
Peter Wesley — ‘Catching Summer Vibes’ As we head into the dog days of the season, Peter Wesley turns the notion of summer vibes on its head. Rather than the party sensibilities that you might expect from a track with this title, Wesley pulls back to explore the more contemplative and relaxed aspects of the…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Thorn: Amy Is Not Anti Trump! Amy McGrath, the would-be Mitch McConnell dethroner, *clarified* remarks that many construed as pro tRump. In an interview with WFPL, she said: “I’m not pro or anti Trump. I want to do what’s right for Kentucky. And this is the problem that we have in our politics today. Everybody…
My Father’s Day
For years, we have jokingly referred to my dad as Forrest Gump. But it’s an apt comparison: Somehow, he’s been involved in a surprising number of historical events of the last 50 years. He worked with Howard Cosell as the two tried to establish the Federal Sports Commission. He worked in the NBC Sports broadcast…
He Had It Right All Along…
A man sits in an old armchair in his living room in central Indiana. He is retired. A widower. He has watched more than 2,000 hours of cable news this year. Dust sits on the things he’s collected over the years. Guns, model cars, magazines, a few old Westerns on VHS. His eyes burn, his…
To My Old Kentucky Home: Your Whiteness Will Not Save You
I had the opportunity recently to visit The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also known as The Lynching Museum, in Montgomery, Alabama, that memorializes racial terror lynchings. To be classified as a state that participated in racial terror lynchings, (defined as lynchings that were intended to terrorize black Americans and enforce racial hierarchy), it…
Jumping Through Genres With Hazelfire
There’s a melancholy, alt-rock song that uses self-cannibalism as a sensational reflection of how difficult it is to currently afford basic necessities like groceries. And a tongue-in-cheek punk burner about friendly fans that features elements of hip-hop. Both are on Hazelfire’s newest album, Initiation, which contains some of the most strikingly versatile and unpredictable songs…
A review of Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
For a venue that can hold somewhere around 2,000 people, you can’t really have a bad view of the stage, no matter where you are, at Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, the Kentucky Center’s newly-opened concert space on Brent Street near Broadway. The two-story, standing-room hall is angled for depth — wide, whereas some standing-room venues…
Record Review: Goodnight Octopus — ‘Manic Summer’
With Manic Summer, Goodnight Octopus puts together an off-center listening experience that owes heavily to vaporwave, although it has the feel of a lo-fi indie album. It’s in the herky-jerky nature of the samples — that kind of ‘80s corporate jazz that used to blare out of cigarette-smoke-filled elevators — where Manic Summer comes to…
Record Review: GRLwood — ‘I Sold My Soul To The Devil When I Was 12’
“Mama said, be nice to sad boys or else get shot / Say yes sir to a cop or you might get shot.” That’s the first line on I Sold My Soul To The Devil When I Was 12, the second LP from the razor sharp and explosive scream-pop duo GRLwood. And that sets the…
Record Review: Sasha Renee — F.L.A.V.A.
Since her career began, Sasha Renee has remained an unflinching force in hip-hop, delivering superlative rhymes couched in feminism and ownership of her sexuality. What makes F.L.A.V.A. work so well isn’t in any particular narrative espoused but the passion and competence behind each verse spit. Renee has cultivated incredible beats from her producer Wopsworld, who…
Record Review: Ken Allday — Some Originals, Some Django
Ken Allday is a versatile guitarist in several local bands including Curio Key Club, but his true love is gypsy jazz. Since Romani guitarist Django Reinhardt pioneered the genre, preserving gypsy jazz has evolved into something like an international cult. Allday’s Some Originals, Some Django is steeped in that tradition, while offering a vision of…
The Language Of Movement In ‘Pippin’
Jazzy battle scenes. “Sex presented pastorally.” A legendary original choreographer, and a hit revival known for its stunning aerial acrobatics. It’s no wonder that many theater companies are a little intimidated to put on “Pippin.” But Acting Against Cancer has always preferred to take on less conventional musicals. So, it reached out for a collaboration…
‘Interwoven: A Tribute to Enid Yandell’
2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Enid Yandell (1869-1934), a sculptor from Louisville who garnered international recognition for her public monuments and portraits, and she was one of the first women to be inducted into the National Sculpture Society. To commemorate Yandell, recent exhibitions are revisiting her life and lineage. At 21c…
Tigers by the Tale: A review of ‘Three Ways to Disappear’ by Katy Yocom
“Three Ways to Disappear” by Katy Yocom (Ashland Creek Press; 316 pages, $18.95) Ambition is sometimes hard to find in a novel dealing with conservation and nature. That might seem counterintuitive — but the complexity can build to an overwhelming experience when the scientific matters are presented on one hand, while cultural conditions that generate…
Comic Book Reviews!
‘Walking Dead’ No. 193 Writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville When “Walking Dead” No. 193 came in, surprisingly, we found out that it was the final issue, even though we’d already placed orders for Nos. 194 and 195. In his farewell notes in the back of…
Meet The Hype Man
If you’re not sure what a hype man is, just picture Flavor Flav, the guy from Public Enemy who sports the giant clock pendant and oversize sunglasses. His entire function in the band was to get the crowd going, praise the lead singer and make the people want more. I was shopping for canned cat…
Where Beer Snobs Can Take Friends Who Don’t Love Beer
As beer lovers who patronize restaurants almost exclusively based on their beer lists, we find few things more painful than allowing our less beer-discerning friends to decide where to eat. The last time that happened, the server told us the local craft in rotation was Blue Moon (insert “Psycho” shower scene music here). Fortunately, even…
Ask Minda Honey: My Best Friend and I Fell In Love — Now, What?
In a relationship or life jam? Send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney. Hi Minda, I wanted to ask your advice about navigating a situation in which my close friendship unexpectedly turned romantic/sexual. He is one of my best friends and someone in my close inner circle of confidants. We care about…
Savage Love: Hard Truths
Q: I’m a woman who married young (21) and I’ve been with my husband for seven years. Within the last year, I’ve realized that my falling libido probably comes from the fact that I am not turned-on by our boring vanilla sex routine. I get so little fulfillment that I’d rather not even do it.…
