Cookin’ with steam: Welcome to Bonnaroo, where the heat will pick your bones clean and the music is a constant
I awoke suddenly to a sadistic burst of sunlight, rays lashing my face like a hundred tresses of a moose-hide whip, a dull pain in my stomach, pouring sweat through a white T-shirt flecked with mud. Briefly I considered my watch: 8:30 a.m. How? I wondered. When did this inferno begin? How long have I…
All the right moves: Louisville riders put the questions to the pros
BY NATHAN THACHER It seemed like a reasonable conceit: Head down to Louisville’s Extreme Park and ask some riders what questions they would pose to the pros if they could get a word to them. But it took all of 10 seconds to realize that the stalwart, freshly bruised kids there would just as soon…
Bye, bye Birdie?
Yes, the clichés about threats to Big Bird and friends at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are in the headlines again. But it’s no laughing matter for public broadcasting outlets. Behind them is a U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations subcommittee proposal to cut nearly $100 million from the CPB budget. (The CPB provides funding for…
What a Week
Rust limboTransportation officials dropped plans to paint the Kennedy Bridge three colors and instead decided to go with taupe (which is gay speak for “light brown”). The painting is scheduled to be completed sometime between now and 10 years after the rusty expanse finally crumbles into the Ohio River. Meanwhile, the Waterfront Development Corp. announced…
Your Weekly Reeder: A brain splattered on the road is so not cool
Let’s say that instead of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, it was UK basketball star Randolph Morris who wasn’t wearing a safety helmet when he cracked up his motorcycle. What would the Kentucky General Assembly do then? Your choices are (a) convene a special session to make safety helmets mandatory for all motorcycle riders; (b)…
Bluegrass Report: Most corrupt: Lambert
Last week, Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Lambert left no doubt that partisanship and his own personal interests are more important than living up to the ideals of the Roman goddess of justice. We have all seen the familiar symbol of Justitia — blindfolded and carrying a sword — which is often used to…
The Flipped Lid: Here’s a new columnist who’ll flip your lid
Forever hiding out in academia, I’m a redneck (disguised as a doctoral student), ex-stripper, outdoorsy, yard-sale/dog-loving fashionista. What currently defines me primarily involves shaking off a semester of Derrida, literacy studies, Virginia Woolf and having had my sorry academic wannabe ass worked to the ground by three very fine female scholars. I learned words like…
The Tear Sheet: Segregation redux?
Louisville’s official policy of keeping white and black students in separate schools ended 50 years ago this fall. The change, on the heels of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, put our city in national headlines, hailed by The New York Times and other outlets as a shining example for the rest of…
Erosia (Letters to the Editor)
LEO welcomes letters that are brief (250 words max) and thoughtful. Ad hominem attacks will be ignored, and we need your name and a daytime phone number. Send snail mail to EROSIA, 640 S. Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. 40202. Fax to 895-9779 or e-mail to leo@leoweekly.com. We may edit for length, grammar and clarity. So…
Man of Constant Color: Sam Gilliam’s Abstract Art Comes Home For A Retrospective
In 1983, galleries full of Sam Gilliam’s paintings were on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in a show called “Modern Painters at the Corcoran: Sam Gilliam.” I had seen works from Gilliam’s Draped series, which firmly established him in the art world after its debut in Washington’s Jefferson Place Gallery…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog with Louisville HotBytes: Finding a deal of a deli in Louisville
Here’s something I’ve never quite understood: The word delicatessen, from the German delikatessen, which the Teutons borrowed in turn from the Italian and French words delicatezza and delicatesse, means, well, delicacies or maybe delicate eats. Delicate? What in the heck is delicate about fatty meats like pastrami, corned beef, tongue and chopped chicken liver, piled…
Aftertastes
Quality of Meal: 3 = Good; 4 = Very good; 5 = Extraordinary. Price Range: $ = $10 or less; $$ = $20 or less; $$$ = $30 or less; $$$$ = more than $30. (Per person for a meal without tip or tax.) HA = Wheelchair accessible. Descriptions are summaries of previously published dining…
Moved by the mountain: A conversation with Erik Reece, author of “Lost Mountainâ€Â
Editor’s note: This is the second and final part of Stephen George’s conversation with author Erik Reece. Part I was published last week.LEO: What about mainstream media?ER: I talked to a producer of a show I won’t name the other day in New York. He really wanted to do something on mountaintop removal. And he…
Video TapeWorm Releases through Tuesday, June 27
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS:PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE1956; DVD $19.95, URA dream DVD for bad-movie junkies! Arguably the Worst Movie Ever Made, it is definitely one of the most entertaining, with clueless director Ed Wood Jr. sending Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson, the dead body of Bela Lugosi, a pissed-off Vampira and his usual stable of…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events ••Jazz & The Spoken Word — evening of readings and jazz improv at the Jazz Factory, honors the work of monk/poet Thomas Merton, June 21, 5pm, free, 815 W. Market St., 992-3242.Dew Action Sports Tour — events at the KY Fair Expo Center include skate/bmx/fmx competitions, concert by Hoobastank, June 22-25, four-day passes…
Community Listings
Special Events ‘Cook Up LIVE’ Kitchen Theater Fundraiser — evening of fine food and wine, $125 benefits GuardiaCare Services Inc., June 21, 5:30pm or 7:30pm, 3101 Bardstown Rd., 585-9949. ••Summer Solstice Blanket Night — bring a blanket and a late night picnic in celebration of the longest day of the year, June 21, 9pm-11pm,…
Club Directory
Club Directory 19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr., Jeffersonville (812) 284-9088 19th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858 717 Studios 717 Market St. 609-9317 1135 S. 7th St. 1135 S. 7th St. 589-4978 A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650 Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443 Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020 The Alternative…
Karaoke Korral
WED JUNE 21 Akiko’s Brewskees Creeker’s Bar & Grill Gaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’s Joker’s JT’s Variety Club Monon Station New View Phoenix Hill R Place Pub Ro-Joe’s Karaoke Bar Seidenfaden Cafe Shooters Skivvies Smyrna Inn Spectators Bar & Grill St. Andrew’s Pub Steinert’s T.K.’s Pub Union Station ZaZoo’s THU JUNE…
Down from the mountain: Doc Watson returns to Louisville
BY KEVIN M. WILSON Americana legend Arthel “Doc” Watson holds an honorary (though arguably hard-earned) doctorate in Folk Arts from the University of North Carolina, his home state. Interestingly enough, that distinction came long after the nickname was permanently affixed to his Christian name. Watson explains that the nickname was completely accidental. “Me and this…
Ready to ROMP: A weekend of bluegrass down by the museum
Owensboro, Ky., is most famous for its huge annual International Bar-B-Q Festival. It’s a lesser-known fact that Owensboro also celebrates its Kentucky bluegrass heritage as the home of the International Bluegrass Museum. The place not only boasts a series of exhibits about many legends of bluegrass music, but also puts a great deal of time…
Staff Picks
ARTJune 21-24Stained glass conference More glass artists are coming to town. The Stained Glass Association of America has a summer conference at the Galt House, and it’s open to the public. Several local artists are involved. The opening reception is at Glassworks, with Ken vonRoenn of Architectural Glass Art as the keynote speaker. “Finding your…
Theater Review – As You Like It
Who can argue with anything free? Better yet, who can argue with 46 seasons of summer nights spent in lovely Central Park, enjoying a picnic as a professional acting troupe presents a Shakespeare masterpiece? “Bringing the arts to everyone” is an admirable motto, and the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival’s “Free Will” summer season should be…
Theater Review – West Side Story
“West Side Story” made its debut on Broadway in 1957, brilliantly re-telling William Shakespeare’s tragic yet timeless tale of “Romeo & Juliet” for a newer, hipper generation. Based on the book by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the play quickly took the theater world by storm. …
