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Women of the resistance on the ballot
More than 500 women are running for U.S. House and Senate seats this year, an almost 70 percent increase over 2016. And in Kentucky, record numbers of women are running for state legislature seats this election year: Of the more than 200 candidates for state House positions, almost half of them are women. It took only…
Nine Inch Nails to headline Louder Than Life
Nine Inch Nails will headline this year’s Louder Than Life, which takes place Sept. 28-30 at Champions Park. The Trent Reznor-led band, which first came to light with 1989’s Pretty Hate Machine, is a solid get for the festival. Louder Than Life has announced only Nine Inch Nails so far, with the entire lineup expected…
10 under $5 – What To Do This Week In Louisville (5/21)
MONDAY The MixT&pe Cocktail Competition: Louisville Semifinals Copper & Kings Distillery No cover | 7-10 p.m. The MixT&pe Cocktail Competition is billed as “Eight bartenders. Five judges. One cocktail that rocks.” Local bartenders create an original drink based on their favorite songs, with a chance to win tickets to Forecastle Music Festival and move on…
DJ Duncan Cherry on the closing of The Cure Lounge, ‘the ultimate everyone bar’
When the news hit that Schnitzelburg venue and bar The Cure Lounge was closing, a lot of people, bands and artists realized they were about to be without a home base. That includes DJ Duncan Cherry. The Louisville native has been spinning at The Cure since its opening weekend. LEO caught up with Cherry to…
Recently Reviewed — 5 Restaurants You Need To Visit
Looking for a place to eat? Check out which restaurants Robin Garr recently recommended. Click the restaurant’s name to read a full review. Con Huevos – Holiday Manor “A quesadilla ($7.49) featured a creamy, savory mix of refried black beans — a flavorful spin on the usual pintos — and earthy Oaxaca cheese folded into…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (5/18)
FRIDAY Mystery at the Museum Kentucky Science Center $40 members, $45 nonmembers | 6-9 p.m. We love science. We love local food and booze. So we really love when Kentucky Science Center hosts its adults-only nights. This time, you and your 21-and-over friends get to eat and drink around the museum while trying to solve…
Why an LGBTQ endorsement should weigh all issues of social justice
No one can say Mayor Greg Fischer hasn’t been good for Louisville’s LGBTQ community. Compared to LGBTQ life in Kentucky outside the city, we have an embarrassment of riches: Under his leadership, Louisville is one of the only Southern cities to extend domestic partner benefits to city employees and ahead of the Supreme Court ruling…
Rockets’ Red Glare, the stink of patriotism
The evening sky lit up with fireworks during Thunder Over Louisville. Thousands of eyes watched stars and streams blast into existence in what has become the high-profile prelude to the Kentucky Derby. But was that same amazing display hazardous to the health of Thunder fans? The answer is as gray as the sky after a…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Oh, we will be fooled again | Thorn And, again, the sirens are calling out to the city and state, this time promising to bring professional basketball to Louisville… with no taxpayer support. The lead siren said in a Courier Journal story “he doesn’t envision” public financing would be involved. But in the same story,…
LEO’s Guide to Summer Festivals in 2018
MAY 31 — Kentucky Shakespeare Festival’s “The Comedy of Errors”: Central Park, 8 p.m., May 31, June 1–3, June 5–10, July 11, 14, 17, 20, 22 features live performances of Shakespeare’s plays for free, kyshakespeare.com. JUNE 2 — Kentucky Shakespeare Festival’s “Late Night Shakes”: Central Park, 10:30 p.m., June 2, 16, 30, August 4, features…
LEO’s Guide to Farmers Markets this Summer
LOUISVILLE BUTCHERTOWN / NULU Gray Street Farmers Market 400 E. Gray St. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. May 17–Oct. 25 Phoenix Hill NuLu Farmers Market Fresh Start Growers Supply, 1007 E. Jefferson St. Tuesdays, 3–6 p.m. May 22–Oct. 30 DOWNTOWN Fourth Street Live Farmers Market 400 S. Fourth St. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. May 9–Oct. 31 EAST END…
Amen Dunes on the subconscious spirituality behind Freedom
Damon McMahon admits his project Amen Dunes comes from a trance state, unsurprising for anyone who has followed his incandescent art-pop for the past decade. His bucolic freak-folk debut, DIA, was recorded in solitude in a Catskills, New York cabin. The follow-up, Through Donkey Jaw, retained all the psychedelic flourishes, vision-quest imagery and found-cassette production,…
Three concerts to catch this week
Sidewalk Chalk Friday, May 18 Jimmy Can’t Dance A fusion band that combines jazz, hip-hop and soul for a mash-up that bobs and weaves around those genres, Sidewalk Chalk has an incredible amount of versatility and moving parts. And they splice it all together seamlessly. Melvins Sunday, May 20 Headliners Music Hall As grunge godfathers…
Sonic Breakdown: PERM — ‘Stephen Hawking Take The Wheel’
[LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from a Louisville musician or band.] A veteran of the Louisville music scene, Atticus Coleman’s latest moniker, PERM, has a sharp, sensationalist, bombast, which is front and center in his song “Stephen Hawking Take The Wheel.” It’s a perfect showcase of his unorthodox pop appeal, and…
Young Shakespeare’s rigorous standards, ‘Die, Mommie, Die,’ a frenzied madcap
This year’s Young American Shakespeare Festival at the Commonwealth Theatre Center offers three plays: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (directed by Jennifer Pennington, and assisted by Meg Caudill); “Measure for Measure” (directed by Charlie Sexton); and “Richard III” (directed by Heather Burns). As always, this is a massive undertaking that involves 62 area performers from…
Speed Art Museum’s focus on women artists, chapter two: ‘Thoroughly Modern,’ women designers
Consider this part two. “Thoroughly Modern: Women in 20th Century Art and Design” dovetails nicely with the Speed Art Museum’s recently-closed “Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism,” which was an excellent, traveling exhibition about women painters who lived in Paris from 1850 to 1900. With “Thoroughly Modern,” viewers can see how the creativity of…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Action Comics’ No. 1,000 and ‘Batman: White Knight’
‘Action Comics’ No. 1,000 Various writers and artists Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville As big events in the world of comics go, this one is big. “Action Comics” No. 1 debuted in June of 1938, and now, 80 years later, we finally get to issue No. 1,000. This issue arrived a couple…
Naïve’s sustainable ethos yields delicious fare
It is so tempting to start with a joke about a restaurant named Naïve, but I’m just going to resist temptation and not even go there. Seriously, the ethos behind the name of this charming, new spot on the edge of Butchertown is so sweet that it deserves to stand on its own: “We see…
Days of the Screaming Chef are done
For four years, I had been in and out of many kitchens, but never one as “serious” as this. I was an arrogant, brash degenerate, barely out of high school and really just beginning what I didn’t know at the time would be a career in food. I’d heard, and partaken in, a lot of…
Gravely Brewing takes silver at World Beer Cup
Cory Buenning nearly had a drop-the-mic moment at the 2018 World Beer Cup in early May. His Gravely Brewing Sprockets pilsner claimed a silver medal in the German-Style Pilsener category. Buenning said he had told brewery co-owner Nathaniel Gravely that if he won a gold, he’d retire: “I told him I would step down, because…
Ask Minda Honey: Do you!
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life — send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach out to me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney Hey lovers, still over here waiting for more questions, so I turned to Facebook for ideas for this week’s column. My editor, who is also a Facebook friend, helpfully suggested I write…
Savage Love: Denver’s Oriental Theater
Savage Love Live at Denver’s Oriental Theater last week was epic. I fielded sex questions in front of a sold-out crowd, singer-songwriter Rachel Lark performed amazing news songs, comedian Elise Kerns absolutely killed it, and Tye — a token straight guy plucked at random from the audience — joined us onstage and gave some pretty…
Are you white? Are you shocked?
Black and white Americans live in two distinct countries. On the word of a white person with just a little power, two black guys were arrested for waiting for a friend at a Philadelphia Starbucks. Much less has been made of what happened to Chikesia Clemons at a Waffle House in a suburb of Mobile,…
Bevin’s servile toadies, McCain slur very GOP… NBA team snake oil
Have you been giving Matt Bevin legal advice? Look, I know we have to come up with convoluted openings into this “conversation,” but I expect better from someone who thinks of himself as Louisville’s answer to Edmund Burke. Why on Earth would you think that? It’s obvious. Bevin’s using precisely the same courtroom strategy you…
Vote Tuesday like it’s November
A friend of mine who was a Republican and then became an independent, recently told me he was considering registering as a Democrat. I thought he had seen the light and was a full convert. Not yet. He realized voting in the Democratic primary in his solidly Democratic neighborhood is the only way to make…
