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If you moved away, what local food would you miss most? We asked food critics, business people and artists.
[photos by Nerissa Sparkman] As Louisville has changed, so have our tastes. Signature dishes such as the Hot Brown and Benedictine sandwich are being eclipsed by cuisines that new residents bring with them, or that they reinvent here. So if you moved away from Louisville, what local food or restaurant would you miss most? And…
Stream Iamis’ new album ‘Go Supernovae!’ early
The latest from pop-rock duo Iamis, Go Supernovae! — out on Gubbey Records on July 2 — is a catchy, smart and experimental album that equally balances hooks and big ideas, ranging from the straightforward and shiny to thick, soulful-leaning psychedelia. Iamis will play an album release show on Saturday, July 2 at Kaiju. But,…
LEO Podcast #33: Self Destruct Records, American Lesions
Mike Bucayu and John Toombs of Self Destruct Records stop by to chat with contributor Syd Bishop about the history of punk and indie in Louisville and the resurrection of their label. Stay tuned for a special appearance by drummer Eric McManus, whose band American Lesions just dropped their debut seven inch on Self Destruct.
8 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (6/27)
MONDAY ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Screening Iroquois Amphitheater Free; 7:30 p.m. For you millennials out there who read (or were read) “Where the Wild Things Are” as a kid, this movie is worth seeing just to see those character come to life. And for those who have never even heard of the book or…
A Q&A with Congressman John Yarmuth about the House sit-in, why it was wrong for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to try to raise money from it, and failure of the Senate leadership
After a 25-hour House Democratic sit-in, Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville, said he isn’t frustrated with only Republican leadership, which blocked bipartisan legislation meant to prevent people on the no-fly list from buying firearms. He’s also upset with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which, he said, tried to use the sit-in as a way to raise…
5 things to do in Louisville this weekend (6/24)
FRIDAY Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Gallery K Free; Noon-4 p.m. Gallery K coffee shop and art gallery has moved from Butchertown to The Highlands. So to celebrate, spread the word, and meet the new neighbors, Gallery K is hosting a neighborhood art show. SATURDAY Derby City Comic Con Kentucky International Convention Center $10-$35; 10…
Defining Five: Dylan Herre Feese, Edward Lutz, Joann Jene and Sam Wilkerson discuss songs that have had an impact on them
Defining Five is a series at Haymarket Whiskey Bar, where, each month, four people from the Louisville music community pick five songs that have moved, inspired or impacted them, and then they play them during a DJ set. After each event, LEO Weekly will publish an interview with all five to get some context as…
Dining Guide 2016 – Listings
Amici Cafe 316 W. Ormsby Ave., amicicafelouisville.com, 637-3167 Neighborhood: Old Louisville, UofL Cuisine: Italian Open: Lunch Mon.-Fri.; Dinner Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sun. Reservations: Yes Outdoor Seating: Yes Delivery: No Take Out: Yes Price Range: $$ Q: What makes your restaurant unique in Louisville? A: Amici is a quaint Italian restaurant located in the heart of Old…
Thorns & Roses: The Best & Worst (6/22)
The exodus of Pharaoh Ramsey and the trustees We are not sure whether this is good. Gov. Matt “Twitter-clown” Bevin said UofL President James Ramsey will offer his resignation, and he is appointing 10 members of a 13-member Board of Trustees. Given Bevin’s continued push to use of his executive powers to stack state boards,…
Consistency and change: ?A conversation with The Fervor
For more than a decade, The Fervor has made some of the best indie rock in the city, a sound dense with layers and ideas. At the core of the group are couple Ben and Natalie Felker. The pair started out in 2003 or so, as an outlet for Natalie’s songs. They took to the…
b-sides: Rob Collier
Anyone seeking a quiet reprieve from the summer madness should look no further than the work of Rob Collier. A musician with an impressive and lengthy resume, Collier has parlayed his passion for the form into a career as a professional educator. This Friday night, Collier is set to perform selections from his upcoming release,…
When politics ruin music
Sometimes it’s best not to meet your heroes. What if you caught them on a bad day? Would their temperament turn you off to the point of not being a fan anymore? It does happen. Maybe you really dug what a musician had been putting out, and one day you got an opportunity for some…
The new KMAC: more space, transparency and big ideas
“Pardon our progress. Exciting changes in the works.” Propped by a door, this sign belonging to BosseMattingly Constructors sums up perfectly what the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft wants us to know. The renovations on KMAC, at 715 W. Main St., began in September 2015. The New York architecture firm, Christoff:Finio, is leading the…
Dale Jones, ‘I miss The Highlands’
Dale Jones is one of the most absurdly-unique comedians you will ever see. And I mean: ever. High energy seems like an embarrassing understatement when you see him take off at his manic extreme. His rubber face contorts to instantaneously punctuate his rapid-fire delivery, with an unhinged level of insanity. You may recognize him from…
Come to Monnik for the beer, stay for the food
Welcome, Louisville newcomers, and by that I mean anyone who’s been here less than five years or so. First, a quick lesson in the way we give directions around here: Monnik Beer Co. is located where the old Zeppelin Café used to be. If that doesn’t nail it, then Zeppelin was where the old Heitzman’s…
Sometimes, it’s about the sauce
I’m the type who gets addicted to certain flavors, especially when they come bearing spice. For instance, I go through so much Pain is Good Batch #37 Garlic Habanero hot sauce that I have six bottles on reserve in my cupboard. It’s that important to me. But lately, I’ve not been dipping into my Batch…
‘The End of Plenty’ — When our food system crashes
What if there weren’t seven billion people on our planet but nine and a half billion by the year 2050? And it wasn’t just humans we needed to feed, but also livestock, and cars running on biofuels? Then, add in the following: floods, droughts and other types of severe weather, depleted soils and a diminishing…
Heroin, scare-oin
If currently you’re not living beneath the strangling, soul-devouring shadow of heroin’s brutal reign that has snaked its way through Bluegrass country, consider yourself super-dooper fuckin’ lucky, and allow me to put a word in your ear real quick. Heroin, like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, is a nightmare come true, writ large here in the state…
‘The Time has Come,’ the ?Walrus said
Again, Americans witnessed horrific violence in the Orlando mass shooting that left 49 victims dead. Many of us cried at the news. Some of us couldn’t cry. The violence happens too often, and it is hard to feel every time. It becomes routine to hear of such a tragedy. It is common to feel shocked…
Bevin, Ouster-in-Chief
So James Ramsey has offered to resign as president of UofL. Finally, the university and Louisville community may be able to close the book on the controversies surrounding the embattled president. And who do we have to thank? Gov. Matt Bevin. The Ouster-in-Chief. But this story is not finished. There still has been no word…
Your Voice
On Gay in louisville: a march toward acceptance I read and read through many paragraphs of this article, thinking why didn’t Michael interview Jack Kersey, who was still alive in Florida, as far as I knew … And finally there it was. His dear Charles is gone, but Jack was a bulwark in the gay…
