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LEO Weekly’s Hot Preview: Six ways to enjoy the summer
We all want to go a little crazy in summertime and escape the indoor grind. From diving off Kentucky Kingdom’s 12-story diving board to jumping ramps on the underground bike trails at Mega Cavern, LEO’s got some tips on where and how to free your mind. Tee off at Shawnee It doesn’t seem that long…
LEO Playlist 6/8
1) “Blogging” by Wire, who will be at Headliners on Wednesday, June 10. 2) “They Come in Gold” by Shabazz Palaces, who will be at Haymarket on Friday, June 12. 3) “What” by Broncho, who will be at Zanzabar on Sunday, June 14. 4) “Time Spent in Los Angeles” by Dawes, who will be at…
Visually Speaking: this week’s art news and events (6/8/15)
[The above image is “CoDependent Giver” by Keith Auerbach at PYRO Gallery.] Art news The Kentucky School of Art, the arts college within Spalding University, has recently had its first graduating class of nine students (kentuckyschoolofart.org). The museum store in Locust Grove Historic Home is holding an inventory reduction sale through June 28. Included in…
A Q&A with glass artist and academic Che Rhodes
[The above image is “Sphere” by Che Rhodes.] Che Rhodes (cherhodes.com) is the head of the glass program at the University of Louisville’s Hite Art Institute. LEO: Time certainly flies. It’s been ten years since you started the glass program at the University of Louisville. You and the students even built the ovens. How has…
Welcome to The Taylorverse: We sent three writers and a photographer to the Taylor Swift concert
[Photos by Nik Vechery] Michael: Not since news of the new FC league, or maybe the #LouisvillePurge, has Kentuckiana seen such a wide-reaching shared excitement as Taylor Swift returning to the Yum! Center. Teenagers wanted to be there, along with their parents. My tattooed late 20s/30-something friends wanted to be there. The ghost of Hunter…
Video Tapeworm
TWIN PEEKS SLEEPAWAY CAMP II: UNHAPPY CAMPERS 1988; $19.95; R It’s not a spoiler to say that sweet Angela, the surprise serial killer from the original “Sleepaway Camp” (now Pamela Springsteen, sis to Bruce), is back to his/her old tricks in this sequel — following some gender reassignment surgery and a bit of electroshock therapy,…
LEO Weekly’s Hot Preview: Oh, Kale Yeah! Farmers Markets
BUTCHERTOWN / NULU Gray Street Farmers Market 400 E Gray St. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. May 14 – Oct. 29 Phoenix Hill/NuLu Farmers Market Fresh Start Growers Supply, 1007 E. Market St. Tuesdays, 3 – 6 p.m. May 8 – Oct. 30 CRESCENT HILL Crescent Hill Farmers Market 201 S. Peterson Ave. Monday,…
LEO Weekly’s Hot Preview: Get festive!
JUNE 6 — Craft Beer Fest: Jeffersontown (10434 Watterson Trail), 2–6 p.m., 50+ beer, wine and cider tastings. live music, food trucks, jtownchamber.com 6 — Spin A Yarn Storytelling Festival: Little Loomhouse (328 Kenwood Hill Road), 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Lineup of storytellers, bluegrass music by Tammy Burke and Jeff Guernsey, children’s fair, tours of the…
American Pharoah speaks!
American Pharoah has won six races in a row and captured the imagination of horse racing fans with decisive victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. If he can add the Belmont Stakes this Saturday at Belmont Park (NBC, 5 p.m.) American Pharoah will take a special place in history as horse racing’s 12th Triple…
Beargrass Creek and the road to revitalization
Paddling a canoe down Beargrass Creek is at once serene and startling. Ducklings paddle madly out of the way of your boat here and there, and lush green treetops reach out over the creek to provide a canopy against the morning sun. The calm creek trickles slowly along as you pass familiar city landmarks like…
LEON: In cost-saving effort, the ‘Louisville Loop’ turned into ‘Up & Back Path’
Wednesday, city officials unveiled a new plan for the Louisville Loop, a 100-mile trail system linking parks, neighborhoods and civic attractions into one big walking and bike path that encompassed the entire city. The new plan calls for a 50-mile trail system that goes “up and back.” Lynn Brenton, previous spokesperson for the Louisville Loop,…
LEON: Mixed support for Mayor’s budget initiatives
Last week, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer addressed the city with his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. He highlighted several large projects from his $873 million plan. LEON took to the streets to see what people thought of the mayor’s proposals. Project #1 $10 million to replace snow plows and other emergency vehicles. Approve…
Second life: Talking with Seluah about their new album
A sinister blues permeates “Phase III,” the aptly-titled third full length from indie rockers Seluah. Sauntering and creeping slowly into your skull, Seluah’s sound seems plucked from a murky noir novel, like the soundtrack to a crime of passion, the weight of too many bad decisions crushing the protagonist in the back of a smoky…
b-sides
Coliseum This Friday is the record release show for “Anxiety’s Kiss,” the newest from local hardcore punk luminaries Coliseum. The band is celebrating its 12th year by releasing their fifth album, a sublimely dark record that sees the group exploring more traditional pop compositions without losing their hardcore roots. The resulting sound is a visceral…
Moonshiner’s daughter: Catching up with Elizabeth Cook
Elizabeth Cook is a country singer with the kind of life and background Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood only wish they could sing about. She’s the 11th child of 11 and the only one born to her parents. “Yeah, 10 half-brothers and sisters,” Cook says, you can almost hear her smirk through the phone. “Daddy…
Plugged In (June 3 – June 9)
WED Jun 3rd Bard’s Town: YPAL; 6 p.m. Baxter 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. El Nopal (Crestwood): Nick Nicholas Shenanigans: Mickey Clark, Dale Perry & Friends; 8 p.m. Gerstle’s Place: Kimmet & Doug; 9 p.m. Good Brewing: Open Mic Night; 7 p.m. Highland Taproom: Open Mic Night; 10:30 p.m. Jack Fry’s: Ray Johnson, Dave…
ART: ‘Beauty of a Block’: Women printmakers at Hite
The WPA saved lives. Artists, in particular, were in trouble during the Great Depression for lack of available jobs (even I would have chosen buying food over buying art at that time). The Works Progress Administration’s (also known as the Works Projects Administration) Federal Art Project was a government program that hired artists beginning in…
COMEDY: Dave Landau at Laughing Derby
Dave Landau is a Second-City-trained stand-up comic from Detroit. He’s appeared on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham,” and numerous times on the national morning radio show “Bob & Tom.” His dark, and sometimes dry, material has established him as one of the most original voices around. Landau took time to call…
CULTURE: Va Va Vortex
At this point, it’s redundant to spend time gushing about the indisputably talented group of artists and performers that make up the Va Va Vixens. Singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, aerials and so many more talents go into each and every performance. “Va Va Vortex” is no exception. It’s Sunday afternoon, and Headliners is filled with…
Our critic can’t hate on Mesh in spite of himself
First, let’s get one thing perfectly clear: No matter how much I think I might dislike a place, I bring an open mind to the dinner table. Sometimes this isn’t easy. Even if a restaurateur has responded to a review with veiled death threats or even mere front-yard TPing, it’s the critic’s job to swallow…
Yappy Hour
We all have that one friend. The friend that’s not going to judge us, no matter how asinine our bar behavior is, no matter how embarrassing a hook up, no matter how many times you’ve tipped up a bottle of chardonnay while crying over an episode of Gilmore Girls (these are all hypothetical examples, of…
The Omni is coming! ?The Omni is coming! ?The Omni … is … coming?
Including over 600 lavish hotel rooms, 225 high-end apartments, 70,000 square feet of meeting space, two restaurants and all sorts of amenities, it will be the third tallest building on the city’s skyline and bring over 300 permanent jobs. Here is the best part Louisville: It’s on a 90-percent-off sale! The highlight of Mayor Greg…
Inbox – June 3, 2015
Kentucky blue jean I’ve never smoked marijuana. Although I’ve undoubtedly inhaled second-hand smoke upon occasion, marijuana just never interested me. Besides, I always found it easier to win at poker when everyone else was smoking and I wasn’t. That in itself should tell you something. Having said that, there was a time when hemp was Kentucky’s…
