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Dining Guide 2018: The Food Triangles of Louisville
They are not like the Bermuda Triangle, or even those pesky isosceles triangles from geometry class, but The Food Triangles of Louisville offer a chance to view our rich culinary choices in a whimsical, if not elucidating way. Here is one odd triangle: Flora Kitchenette on Barret Avenue is the place to go for vegan…
A review of Brandi Carlile’s concert at the Palace
Last year, to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Brandi Carlile’s The Story, 14 bands/solo musicians each covered one of the record’s songs, forming a compilation to benefit War Child UK, an organization that helps children in areas torn by conflict. There’s Dolly Parton’s uplifting rendition of the title track. Jim James puts a psychedelic spin…
10 under $5 – What To Do This Week In Louisville (6/25)
MONDAY What’s up with Opioids? And other Addiction Related Concerns Louisville Urban League RSVP at lul.org | 6-7:30 p.m. Here’s a chance to learn what the city is doing to address this crisis, and what you can do to help. Join The Louisville Urban League for this town hall discussion with the Louisville Metro Department…
A Q&A with glass artist Steve Heine
You can see glass art by Steve Heine of Cranium Glass (craniumglass.squarespace.com) in the newly opened AC Hotel Louisville in NuLu. Or visit his studio in “a fine, old house” built in 1825 in Clifton Heights. LEO: What type of artist are you? Steve Heine: [As] a graduate of the University of Kentucky [School] of…
Aspiring journalists review ‘Newsies’
In June, a new arts journalism project got underway at the same time performers and crew for the musical “Newsies” by Floyd Central High Schools’ Theatre Arts program were in the last rehearsal weeks for a local run of their show. That run is intended, in part, to prime the cast and crew for its…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (6/22)
FRIDAY Friday Night Fights with the Louisville Polo Club Oxmoor Farm Free | 6 p.m. Watch the incredible sport of polo — people riding horses at full gallop while swinging sticks at a ball only slightly bigger than your fist. The Louisville Polo Club’s Friday Night Fights offers a chance to watch a polo match…
Ask a Restaurant: A Q&A with your favorite places to eat
Boombozz Taphouse Highlands Describe your restaurant in 5 words? Pizza Hand Crafted For You! BoomBozz Taphouse Highlands | 1448 Bardstown Road | 502-458-8889 | boombozz.com Cafe Mimosa With all of the choices in Louisville, why should a prospective diner choose yours? Being under new ownership, new changes are happening for us at Cafe Mimosa! Both…
Draft statue report finds nuances
Removal of controversial public statues “is no small matter” and may be resolved by adding “more nuanced historical context,” according to a city panel’s draft report on public monuments. That is one of city Public Arts and Monuments Advisory Committee’s findings in the recently released draft of guidelines and principles for existing and new public…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Mayor’s parties for sale? | Thorn It is bad enough, perhaps, that Mayor Greg Fischer spent $109,000 to party (officially) during Derby, but worse is that $10,000 of it came from a local law firm and another $10,000 came from a liquor company, as detailed by Courier Journal. His office’s poor excuse for not releasing…
How Brandi Carlile has changed as a songwriter
As her story goes, Brandi Carlile’s world was turned upside down when she became a parent a few years ago, fresh on the heels of same-sex marriage laws finally being changed and finding Carlile officially able to marry after years of fighting. It was all cause to take stock in her life and career, to…
Peter Wesley gets deep on his new record
At age 18, hip-hop artist Peter Wesley was shot during a robbery. His youthful ego also had taken a hit: How can you be seen as tough in the face of defeat? Wesley was embarrassed, and he felt like bringing it up would somehow deflect his success. On his latest album, Give Me The Ball…
Record Review: Planetary Overdrive – ‘Boneyard’
By mixing growling, fast-burning rock and roll and Southern-tinged alt-country, Planetary Overdrive’s sound falls somewhere in-between The Drive By Truckers’ layered, gritty blue-collar swagger and Motorhead’s raw power. Unlike either of those bands though, Planetary Overdrive doesn’t try to understand society and its overarching issues. Instead, the songs on Boneyard are singular, explosive moments, aimed…
Record Review: GRLwood – ‘Daddy’
After two EPs, a string of singles, a whole lot of buzz and a heavy concert schedule around town, the guitar-and-drums scream-pop duo GRLwood has released a full-length, which manages to effectively translate the raw power that the band was built on. Mixing together elements of punk and grunge, and establishing a sharp quiet-loud juxtaposition,…
Record Review: Eric Tyler – ‘Dark Diamond’
Borrowing equally from Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, Dark Diamond is incredibly well-crafted, thoughtful and energetic, homing in on solid grooves and atmospheric textures. There is a peculiar use of polyrhythms that figures not only in the supplemental percussion, but also the interplay between the guitar, bass, synth and drums, a tight tapestry that commands…
Record Review: Bathroom Laws – ‘Pyss in Peace’
For the last few years, Bathroom Laws has been quietly developing their sound from the lo-fi death rock of their earliest work, to the lean post-punk that’s on Pyss in Peace. There’s a no-wave nonchalance on the record, a grimy, garage rock-fueled style of punk cut from the same cloth as The Damned or even…
Kentucky Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’ has a superb ensemble
On St. Crispin’s Day in 1415, England’s King Henry V led an outnumbered force largely of peasants and yeomen into battle against an elite French army at the Battle of Agincourt. Henry V’s victory there is a foundational episode in European history and Shakespeare’s dramatization of the event in the play “Henry V” is among…
Comedian Katrina Brown isn’t dirty, she’s just honest
Comedian Katrina Brown doesn’t consider herself dirty. She’s just being honest. “No one is going to burst into flames because of a conversation,” she said. “I don’t want to piss anybody off with religion or politics — so dick jokes it is.” The Ohio native returns to Louisville this week to headline The Caravan. LEO:…
Eat the flan first?? It’s all good at Cancun
I’ve never had all that much of a sweet tooth. When it comes to the flan at Cancun Mexican Restaurant, though, that’s a whole ‘nother story: I might even eat dessert first. Yes, it’s that good. Cancun, an early 2017 arrival, has developed a good following for its food and service and, no doubt, for…
Slawsa is what you think it is (yet it’s not)
My friend Cameron randomly announced a couple of weeks back he was planning to grill bratwursts with his family that evening. That led to a riveting discussion about condiments, during which I told him about my beloved Ballpark Mustard, the Cleveland classic that is my favorite topping for any oblong object one might eat with…
How the Emerald Isle bar crawl came to be
My lifelong friend, Megan, and I were lucky enough to embark on a BFF trip to the beach at Emerald Isle, North Carolina, this past weekend. It could seem like a random location for some gals who like to partake in some partying from time to time, I know, but one of my dearest friends…
Savage Love: Blown Away
Q: I am a 24-year-old straight guy who recently broke up with my girlfriend of more than four years. One of the reasons we broke up was a general lack of sexually compatibility. She had a particular aversion to oral sex — both giving and receiving. I didn’t get a blowjob the whole time we…
West of Ninth: People, in their own words… (6/20)
May 30, 2018 Will, Chickasaw “I grew up around Cecil. Everything was good, growing up in the West. As I got older, I seen the difference. I seen how society can really hold people of color behind. It’s kind of hard, going through the motions in life, when you got things setting you back, such…
Which toad-eaters did mayor take to derby?
Miss me? Not particularly, although I did hear through the grapevine that your fishing trip to Minnesota was more like ‘Deliverance,’ minus the banjos and buggery. Which is a shame. That the banjos and buggery were missing, I mean. But it can’t have been that much of an endurance test if a toffee-nosed worm like…
I’d take Mitch over Matt
The reality I’ve known for over three decades is over: There is now a plausible scenario in which I would support U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. If Gov. Matt Bevin challenges McConnell in the 2020 Republican primary, it will be a race between a man who wants to rule the world (McConnell) and a man who…
