FARMERS’ MARKETS
For more info on local farmers’ markets, go to www.kyagr.com (Kentucky Department of Agriculture) or www.localharvest.org. LOUISVILLEAnchorage Farmers’ Market — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1206 Maple Ln., Wed. 4-6pm, June-Oct.Bardstown Road/Highlands Farmers’ Market — Presbyterian Church parking lot, 1722 Bardstown Rd., Thu. 4-6:30pm, Sat. 8am-1pm, thru Sept. Harper’s Restaurant Market — in restaurant parking lot,…
Summer Guide Listings: Field trip!
Here’s a handy list for local and regional festivals. Time to get your favorite T-shirt air-brushed. Might we suggest a unicorn busting through a rainbow? GREATER LOUISVILLEMAY26-28 — Abbey Road on the River: Belvedere, Beatles tribute featuring 75 bands over nine stages, noon-11 p.m., prices vary, (216) 378-1980 or www.abbeyroadontheriver.com.27-28 — Kentucky Reggae Festival: Water…
Crop circles: Area farmers’ markets help sustain local communities
BY PENNY PEAVLER Visit many of Louisville’s farmers’ markets during the summer months and you’ll likely find homegrown fruits and vegetables and rows of freshly baked bread alongside handmade soaps, bouquets of summer blooms and even quilts. Often people fill these markets to select fresh produce from the growers’ harvest, which vendors display in boxes,…
Summer reading: Mysteries and histories
Is there such a thing as a “summer book”? Maybe not. It’s just as easy to schlep Mikhail Sholokov’s “And Quiet Flows the Don” to the beach or swimming pool as it is to bring along the newest Carl Hiassen (“Hoot,” Hiaasen’s ecological caper targeted at young readers, was released in paperback this spring, $6.50,…
Summer movies: Hope beyond the crap
Summer is traditionally the time when the crappy blockbusters are foisted upon us. Nevertheless, there are always some gems to be found if one is willing to dig below the surface. While there are noteworthy films in all categories, summer films are still mostly for kids, of course. In the mega-blockbusting-worldwide-hyped-to-heaven-action thriller-category, there are a…
Forward, ho: Holloway leads MTL to new heights
It’s hardly news that arts groups in Louisville and beyond have struggled to bring in audiences and meet budgets in recent years. And while there are no panaceas on the horizon, one organization has been making an upward climb in recent years. During the past year, Music Theatre Louisville has increased ticket sales by 20…
Hit, man: Sunny days ahead  new Bats ready to heat up
Something new for the Louisville Bats this summer — hitting! At least that’s what the team and fans have been expecting. It just hasn’t happened yet. The Triple-A baseball club has been mired in a long losing streak through the cool, rainy days of spring, with run production noticeably lacking. Kind of like the past…
Summer Game Faces
NAME: David, Melissa and Madison AllenAGE: 47, 29, and 2SPORT: Cycling (All are members of the Southern Indiana Wheelmen*)OCCUPATION: David, owner of a cabinet business; Melissa, senior actuarial analyst/underwriter.MOST IMPORTANT MUSCLE (to do what you do and why): The heart muscle. It helps with the hills.SHINING MOMENT: David and I completed the Ride Across Indiana…
The crux of the matter: As passions for rock climbing rise, so do concerns about nature in the Gorge
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ROSS GORDON As winter begins to recede and temperatures reach 40 degrees Fahrenheit, climbers from around the world begin their pilgrimage toward the Burt T. Combs Mountain Parkway east of Lexington to Slade, Ky. From there it’s a matter of minutes to the Eastern Kentucky hills that hold a plethora of…
Bluegrass Politics: ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ Kentucky-style
I’m often asked for my opinion about what will happen in the November election with all the scandal engulfing the Fletcher and Bush administrations, and whether we’ll see a Democratic Party landslide in response. I feel pretty good about the Democrats’ chances nationally, but Kentucky is an entirely different story. Just like those football games…
‘The Da Vinci Code’ inspires faith
by Tom Louderback Just about everyone on the planet knows “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown is a controversial novel, and now, a controversial movie. As you’ve heard, the story raises questions about fundamental Christian doctrines. What if Jesus were not actually God? What if Jesus married and had children? What if secretive Church…
Insight snafu left us quite unconnected and unsatisfied
Last week a group of relative strangers were standing around waiting to be let in a movie theater. The subject of Insight Broadband’s major problems came up. As it turned out, one was a guy who calls himself “The Computer Guru.” Of the others, most were Insight BB customers. Of those, all had experienced serious…
Your Weekly Reeder: Dancing with life like Bill Strode
We paid our last respects to Bill Strode on a spring Saturday morning lovely enough to catch a photographer’s eye and gladden his heart. Inside the sanctuary at St. Francis of the Field, sunlight streamed warm and soft through the clear glass windows, each framing a snapshot of blue skies and green trees and nature’s…
The Tear Sheet: Fletcher gets an axe  but a double-edged one
It’s too early to tell, of course, who Louisville voters will send as their representative on the Supreme Court in place of wild-haired Justice Martin Johnstone, who is retiring. But it is safe to say that either William McAnulty and Anne O’Malley Shake — the two top vote-getters in last week’s primary — will have…
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. Moving…
Barbaro: a living flame flickering
Right now, in the days just after Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro broke down in the opening strides of the Preakness Stakes, we don’t know if the horse will make it or not. Surgery performed at the New Bolton Center for Large Animals at the University of Pennsylvania was pronounced a success, but long months of…
Rumor & Innuendo: Rumblings From the World of Sports
Dynamic Duo.Together again after all these years for a tour of Japan are the hottest duo since Jordan and Pippen. I’m talkin’ NRBQ’s Terry Adams and Steve Ferguson. Uh, oh yeah, the tandem are rock and rollers, not ballers. My point — not that you feel my pain — is that this is the most…
Unbridled spirit of KY gun control
Some might say it’s ironic that a man was shot and killed last Sunday evening at a funeral home. The man, 33-year-old Kevin D. Carter, was attending the service of his future father-in-law when shots were fired into a crowd in front of A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home on West Chestnut Street. Five were…
What a Week
Democracy inactionLocal voters flocked to the malls on Election Day, and to the parks and to work and to bars and just about anywhere besides the polls, as Kentucky held primary voting for dozens of offices that were too much trouble for all but 20 percent of voters to think about. The low turnout —…
Club Directory
19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr., Jeffersonville (812) 284-908819th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858717 Studios 717 Market St. 609-93171135 S. 7th St. 1135 S. 7th St. 589-4978A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020The Alternative 1032 Story Ave. 561-7613Angelo’s 627 N. 34th St. 776-9127Artemisia 620…
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test: The Merry Pranksters, 1,000 Sundays and just keep keepin’ on
There is an old-time phrase: “I haven’t seen you in a month of Sundays.” The saying is used to describe a long time, literally 30 weeks. Single-handedly, the Merry Pranksters have rendered this phrase obsolete. This Sunday, the Pranksters will be appearing at Longshots Tavern and celebrating their 1,000th consecutive Sunday night show. For the…
Getting back: Louisville’s Beatles festival heads into year two with high hopes
Fifth Third Bank Abbey Road on the River is here to stay — at least if you ask founder and promoter Gary Jacob. “If we can deliver on all the promises we’ve made, there’s no reason the one-year, five-year and 10-year outlook shouldn’t be for everyone to say, ‘Hey, this is good for our community,’”…
Staff Picks
Wednesday, May 24Get noise Jon Mueller and Jim Schoenecker — both of the band Collections of Colonies of Bees — are the only members of Mouths. Mueller has been an active drummer since the early ’90s when he moved to Chicago and studied under the late jazz legend Hal Russell. Schoenecker is a fan of modular…
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…
LEO’s Eat ’n’ Blog with Louisville HotBytes: Fish story
It’s a long and winding trail, assuming you take the scenic route. Hike along a babbling brook, watching fish darting just beneath the surface (don’t throw in any coins, please … it’s not good for the fish). Hang a left near the waterfall, where a looming glass wall frames an aquarium significantly larger than the…
WonderFest for young and old geeks alike
Now in its 17th year, WonderFest, Louisville’s premier sci-fi/horror/fantasy expo, is still going strong. Initially just a collection of hobby modelers showing off their kits, it’s grown into one of the nation’s most revered memorabilia shows, highlighting artifacts, creators and actors from both behind and in front of the camera. This year’s show, running from…
Video Tapeworm Releases through Tuesday, May 30
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS:DRIVE-IN MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE:CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS/WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS2006; DVD $14.95, URA pair of talky drive-in haunters from The Golden Age. “Creation” is the better of the two — very cerebral with no real action. In a post-atomic apocalypse, Mankind turns to automated robots to help them rebuild, but the robots…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events ••African Music & Dance — featuring concert by Yaya Diallo from West Africa, May 26, 7-9pm, Wyatt Hall, Bellarmine U.; dance/drum workshops on May 27, various times, 2001 Newburg Rd., $10, $5 students/seniors, 459-0902.Kentucky Reggae Festival — Bisig Impact Group’s 15th annual fest celebrates reggae culture w/ music, food, arts/crafts and more, May…
Community Listings
Special Events Kentucky Flea Market — Memorial Day Spectacular, May 26-29, featuring over 1,000 booths, free, West Wing of KY Fair & Expo Center, www.kyfairexpo.com.••Dreams with Wings Yard Sale — benefits non-profit org that helps mentally retarded adults, May 26-27, 8am-3pm, Calvary Lutheran Church, 1838 Bardstown Rd., 459-4647.“Run for the L of It” — 5K…
Five Important Questions With Young Widows
There is a certain specific art to a band’s transformation when, say, it loses a crucial member. Some painful, embarrassing reinvention hacks like Van Halen (Hagar) and INXS (that disgraceful reality show) shine the international spotlight on just how bad it can be when your singer bails — or is chucked. And although it’s been…
