How To Support Racial Justice and Diversity This Week In Louisville (7/13)
MONDAY, July 13 Park Yoga for a Cause Big Four Lawn Donation-based | 6-7 p.m. Take a moment, breathe deep, stretch and donate some money to Change Today, Change Tomorrow, a nonprofit that addresses the needs of Louisville’s Black community. This weekly yoga series benefits a new group each month. From Slavery to Protest: Where…
Comedy club, video store hybrid Planet of the Tapes now open
A comedian and a contractor open a bar during a pandemic. This isn’t a joke and there is no punch line, but the story gets better. The new entertainment venue, Planet of the Tapes, which opened in early July, includes a comedy theatre/cinema lounge, a movie rental room and a full bar connecting the two.…
How To Support Racial Justice And Diversity This Weekend (7/10)
FRIDAY, July 10 Heads Up, Phones Out Jefferson Square Park Free | 5 p.m. Louisville Showing Up For Racial Justice is calling on the community to support the live-streamers who have been dedicatedly documenting downtown Louisville protests since they began. Organizers say this direct action will deliver their message — that citizens have a right…
Why your absentee ballot might have appeared lost
The Kentucky Secretary of State’s office has fielded hundreds of calls from voters who have had problems checking the status of their absentee ballot online, stoking fears of voter suppression, although the available data refutes that. The coronavirus pandemic prompted Secretary of State Michael Adams to open absentee voting to everyone in the state during…
7 ways for white people to think about racism and injustice
I have been trying to wrap my head around the enormity of the problem with which our community is struggling and how its roots go back centuries. What am I, as a white person, to think? To do? I offer you this letter, with its reminders and suggestions for myself, as a meager first step.…
Louisville’s life or death (police) contract
In our social contract with each other, the police contract is one of the most important. Louisville has been without a police union contract since 2018. Since then, the city and the River City Fraternal Order of Police have been operating under the provisions of the previous one. Now, in the light of Breonna Taylor’s…
AG Daniel Cameron — Which side of history are you on?
A recent guest opinion column in The Courier Journal declared that Attorney General Dan Cameron had “failed” in his duties in the Breonna Taylor case. I agree. But it’s becoming clear that Cameron hasn’t just failed in the Taylor case — he’s failing as attorney general. He’s turned the powerful Office of Attorney General into…
The revolution will be streamed: Livestreamers redefine journalism during protests
“When we said the Revolution will not be televised, the things that are gonna change people is something that will never be captured on film. It’ll just be something you see and all of a sudden you’ll realize, ‘I’m on the wrong page,’ or ‘I’m on the right page but on the wrong note and…
Thorns and Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd (7/08)
Waiting for comment and context vs. the urgent Need to publish | Thorn A bombshell story about the Breonna Taylor killing, based on her family’s lawyers’ account, accuses the city of using the police to clear a neighborhood for redevelopment. The initial story appeared in the printed paper without a comment from the city or…
Remembering Matthew ‘Wink’ O’Bannon
In early ‘80s Louisville, a small collective of 20-somethings found their shared fervor for making punk rock music. Original Louisville punk bands Skull of Glee, Bunny Butthole, The Blinders and later bands The Bulls, Eleventh Dream Day and Bodeco all had one member in common: Matthew “Wink” O’Bannon. Wink, his adopted moniker, stuck after choosing…
MexA Tacos deliciously satisfy
If you haven’t been watching Padma Lakshmi’s new series “Taste the Nation” on Hulu, you really should start. The host of Bravo’s popular “Top Chef” moves to something completely different with this series that focuses on food culture in America through the eyes and taste buds of immigrant communities. In Episode 1, “Burritos on the…
Savage Love: Cucking Dykes
Q: I’m a lesbian in a long-term relationship. After much conversation with my partner, we’ve decided to explore cuckolding role-play together. I’m not comfortable bringing another person into the relationship — especially right now — but I am willing to explore this as a fantasy. The thing is, I’m having a hard time figuring out…
We still need you, Charles!
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” —Obi-Wan Kenobi, “Star Wars.” Losing campaigns can become the springboard to enormous success. As the results of the Democratic primary became clear, discussion of what Charles Booker will run for next quickly became a popular topic. There will be plenty of…
