Euclid Media Group Acquires LEO Weekly
Euclid Media Group, a media company headquartered in Cleveland, OH, announced today that it has purchased the LEO Weekly, an award-winning Louisville alternative newsweekly publication, formerly owned by Aaron Yarmuth and founded by John Yarmuth. The LEO Weekly has served the Louisville area since 1990 with cultural and political reporting, entertainment previews, food and drink…
10 Things To Do For $5 And Under In Louisville This Week (6/21)
TUESDAY, June 22 Fireside Chat with Arlan Hamilton: Supporting LGBTQ+ Founders in Kentucky Online Free | 12:30-1:30 p.m. Learn from LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. Spencer Jenkins of Queer Kentucky starts by moderating a panel of queer business owners and allies. Then, Arlan Hamilton, the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital, will talk about LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship in…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (6/18)
FRIDAY, June 18 Drive In in the Park – Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Skyview Park Free | 7 p.m. Bring the family for a drive-in showing of “Black Panther” in Jeffersontown. The movie starts at dusk. SATURDAY, June 19 MELANnaire Marketplace Presents Juneteenth Festival Fourth Street Live No cover | Noon-7 p.m. Shop from over 50…
News In The Arts: Ned Beatty Passed Away At 83, New Directors Announced At The Speed And Fund For The Arts
Louisville mourns the death of one of its favorite sons. Actor Ned Beatty passed away this past weekend at the age of 83. Born in Louisville on July 6, 1937, Beatty began his career with a role in the iconic film, “Deliverance.” Beatty seemed to work nonstop during his years as an actor, appearing in…
How Police Will (Still) Be Used In City’s New Violence Prevention Strategy
Metro government wants to invest more into a violence prevention effort that goes beyond simply pumping money into the Louisville Metro Police Department. Its new strategy however, still heavily involves police. One council member said he thinks this delegitimizes it, but the city has said that law enforcement is an integral part of the strategy,…
Yola Brings Big Vocals And A Window Into Her Life When She Stops In The River City This Friday Night
In an industry where gimmicks are often rewarded, sometimes an artist peeks through the noise, offering a moment of clarity and honesty in the craft of music. Grammy-nominated singer Yola is one of those artists. Her debut, Walk Through Fire, introduced her music to the world and received high praise from fans and critics, and…
Styx Returns To Louisville For Live On The Lawn Series At Waterfront Park
Coming back to the road after a forced hiatus due to COVID, Styx is set to play Louisville’s Waterfront Park on June 22 with Collective Soul. The band has been around longer than most LEO readers, but remains a popular touring act attracting a wide range of fans young and old. Touring on the release…
Wild Eggs Scores With Every Plate
One cloudy, stormy looking March afternoon last year, when lockdown had just started and we all were starting to reckon with the scary reality that the pandemic was here to stay for a while, I got out and walked through a completely deserted Westport Village. I walked up to the big windows at Wild Eggs…
Savage Love: The Euro Zone
Q: We’re a happily married couple from Europe, longtime readers, both in our thirties, and both interested in having sex sometimes with other people. Before the pandemic we were invited to a private sex party in a major European capital. It was an age- and face-controlled swingers night with background checks on every participant. It was…
Shakespeare In Love Is A Homecoming, A Love Letter, And The Start Of A New Era At Kentucky Shakespeare
Quill in hand, Jon O’Brien delivers the first line of the play Shakespeare in Love. “Shall I compare thee…. Shall I compare…” O’Brien is playing William Shakespeare, and he’s supposed to struggle with that line, which he’ll struggle with again when Kentucky Shakespeare Festival opens Shakespeare in Love (June 16-July 31), their first play in…
River City Drum Corp Gets Documentary Treatment With ‘River City Drumbeat’
“Everybody is a drummer,” said Albert Shumake, executive director of the River City Drum Corp, “because we are born into the world with this sound.” He tapped a rhythm on a snare drum, beating his hand over his heart. That’s a moment from the new documentary “River City Drumbeat,” which follows the River City Drum…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best And Most Absurd (6/16)
Rose: Louisville’s Known Hometown Hero Louisville needs to renew the Hometown Heroes program, at least to honor one more hero: Hannah Drake. Drake, who has been gracious to allow LEO to run much of her work over the past several years, was featured for her Project (Un)Known in the Arts section of The New York Times…
Hostile Work Environment: The Sexual Harassment of Political Aides
In 2019, Cara was ecstatic to be accepted as a legislative intern through her political science program at UofL. “I knew I wanted to pursue a career in politics as I loved discovering the role citizens can play in the political process,” said Cara, who is using an alias to protect her identity. The then…
The History Of Juneteenth And Kentucky
Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, has been celebrated by Black people in America since the 1860s. But in recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in America’s second freedom day. Perhaps, after so many murders of those like Breonna Taylor, national protests have encouraged new groups…
In Conclusion: Happy Father’s Day
How serendipitous that my last column as editor of LEO would be the week of Father’s Day. These personal narratives have, of course, always been meaningful to my dad and me — and hopefully will be, one day, for J.D. as well. Yet, more than any other topic or political issue, it was this annual…
