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2015 Winter Dining Guide: Mt. Everest View and Golden Key Grocery
In 1991, Hasta Rai, then just seven years old, his brother Harka and their family left their home in the idyllic Himalayan foothills of Bhutan. They were sent back as refugees to their ancestral home in Nepal, then moved on to India, then back to Nepal again. Hasta would earn a college degree and teach…
A Q&A with artist Gibbs Rounsavall
[The above image is “Sunshine and Shadow” by Gibbs Rounsavall at 1182 S. Shelby St.] After seeing one of Gibbs Rounsavall’s circular paintings, you know he is an artist who is precise and patient. And, as luck would have it, his work is easy to see right now, be it in a mural, exhibition or…
LEO Podcast #13: Good Folk Fest
Scott Scarboro, founder and organizer of Good Folk Fest — a music and art festival happening at the Tim Faulkner Gallery on Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22 — swung by to talk about why it’s back after a three year hiatus, the new location and what you can expect from this year’s event.…
Friday UofL Basketball Roundup: Measuring Expectations
Aaron: So here is the only truly important thing: Louisville is going to be good. How good? That is a more difficult question … but it will be a lot of fun and frustration finding out. For a team with only two seniors (both who transferred this season), as well as two other juniors (neither…
5 things to do in Louisville this weekend (11/13)
FRIDAY Do502 Hip Hop Birthday Party Mercury Ballroom Free with RSVP; 8 p.m. Celebrate Do502’s first year in business by checking out their hip-hop birthday bash in conjunction with Saving our Style (who is celebrating their 10 year anniversary). Drinks by Rhinegeist and live music from 1200, Jalin Roze, Kogan Dumb, Jordan Jetson, Touch AC,…
Best Of The Web 2015 — Into the mythic: A visit to the intricate and addictive world of ForgeHall, a local, live action role-playing game
Throughout history bards have sung of worlds where the heroic rise to face the machinations of villains in spectacular contests that alter the courses of history. This is not one of those tales. —ForgeHall Rulebook There are hidden worlds out there. Even in a medium-sized city like Louisville, things beyond your ken exist around every corner.…
2015 Winter Dining Guide: Mashallah!
Kadiatu Jalloh deftly moves from the kitchen carrying lunch orders through the aisles of Mashallah, her family’s restaurant and grocery on Old Bardstown Road. Three rows of shelves are full of fufu, rice, palm oil, kola nuts and other West African pantry staples. An open bin of peanuts in their shells sits in front of…
Buechel’s International Restaurant Row
Ready to head for Buechel with a hungry tummy and an open mind? Here’s a quick north-to-south tour of all the international food businesses that we could find. Golden Key International Grocery Grandpappy of all the international businesses along the Buechel strip, Alik Gold’s shop offers smoked fish, caviar, sausages and salami and specialty groceries…
2015 Winter Dining Guide: Restaurant 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 Louisville.…
A constant search: How a changing and patient Twin Limb moved in reverse to find the way forward
Sitting on a red L-shaped couch in the livingroom-area of La La Land Recording Studio — a massive, venerable one-floor maze of a flat that sits in between The Highlands and Downtown — the three members of Twin Limb are talking about Halloween costumes. It’s a mild late October day, and Kevin Ratterman, owner of…
An interactive evening with ?Ally Jane Grossan, editor ?of the 33 1/3 series
For more than a decade, the 33 1/3 series of books has been the gold standard for music writing, offering in-depth coverage on a variety of your favorite albums. Each book is a dive into a specific album by a prominent band — whether that is a cultural giant or a cult favorite — by…
Pop muzik
Why do we hate on some pop musicians? If it’s the bad music, I can get behind that. In the world of pop, being a songsmith isn’t always part of the resume. Take Maroon 5: Would they still be famous if it weren’t for Adam Levine’s Mark McGrath impersonation? They’ve had plenty of songs shoot to…
Plugged In
Wed Nov 11 8Up: High Sounds with DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m. Baxters 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. Bearno’s (Highlands): Ryan Conroy; 8 p.m. El Nopal (Crestwood): Nick Nichols; 6 p.m. Goodwood Brewing: Open Mic Night; 7 p.m. Highland Taproom: Karaoke; 11 p.m. Magnolia Bar: Vinyl Night with Clay Baker; 10 p.m. Manny &…
‘Prevailing Winds’ mandatory for all ?who live and breathe in Louisville
If you live and breathe anywhere in the Louisville region, you need to see “Prevailing Winds,” the newest production from Looking For Lilith Theatre Company. Two years in the making, and two hours in the running, “Prevailing Winds” is a splendid piece of documentary theater that gathers up the complex threads of Louisville’s vexed environmental…
New ‘Three Decembers’ has contemporary setting ?with classic operatic emotion
Opera fans are naturally interested in new operas succeeding. They’re interested in the growth of new composers who could possibly add to the repertoire of their favorite musical form. And they don’t mind paying for the production and premieres of new operas as part of their expensive season ticket packages. But the operas they really,…
Writer’s Block Fest to end with Literary Death Match
The Writer’s Block, Louisville’s home grown festival of writing, reading and print, returns for its fifth year this weekend. It comes with a Pulitzer Prize winner, a venue change and a fight to the death — metaphorically speaking. The festival kicks off Friday night with the InKY reading series at the Bard’s Town. Louisville word…
From Carnegie Hall to Horseshoe Casino, ?Griffin’s ‘Like a Boss’ tour
Everyone knows this sassy redhead who hails from the “D-List” (as she calls it). Kathy Griffin is a well of tell-all, behind-the-scenes celebrity anecdotes, as well as the holder of the Guiness Book of World Record for comedian with the most televised specials in history. Griffin will be returning to town this weekend on her…
A literary star working some odd corners
A plague brought to us by archeologists? Torture and identity as options on the spin cycle of life as a prominent North Korean? Welcome to the worlds of Adam Johnson. He has today’s self-destructive societies in his sights as surely as the aim of LAPD’s “Teen Sniper” from one of his prominent early stories. But…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS MCHALE’S NAVY: THE COMPLETE SERIES 1962; $124.98-169.98; UR Our buddy Ernest Borgnine will live forever as Navy Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale, carrying on the proud tradition of “Sgt. Bilko,” giving neither aid nor comfort to “the enemy” — his commanding officer! He leads a roguish crew of mad men, just happy…
Home-style comfort food with a twist ?at Cottage Inn
Can a person — well, this person, anyway — ever get tired of international food, the vast smorgasbord of culinary delights from all the world’s regions? I would say not. Give me Indian, Mexican, Thai, Argentine, African, Chinese, German, Korean, Yugoslavian, French or German cuisine, and I’ll bounce right back in pursuit of the next…
Why must the ?WHO hate on meat?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the recent proclamation by the World Health Organization (WHO) that red meat and processed meat are now in the same category as smoking and asbestos as cancer-causing agents. In fact, I sat musing on this announcement as I ate a Louisville Dog recently from Red Top Gourmet Hot Dogs.…
The mandate to vote
Kentucky elected a new governor. This was a shocking development in an unusual election climate. Or was it? The incoming governor, Matthew Griswold Bevin has promised to repeal Medicaid expansion, leaving 400,000 Kentuckians without health insurance. He wants to offer useless and expensive school vouchers and to defund women’s health initiatives run by Planned Parenthood.…
Disqualify Taint Elsewhere
Happy Veterans Day, when it’s less forgivable not to do something we should do throughout the year: thank them for their service and sacrifice. It warms my bypassed heart that our deep debt of gratitude is messaging more meaningfully. Businesses, seemingly in unprecedented numbers, are offering discounts to the selfless souls who protect the land…
‘Kynect’ the dots, Bevin
In recent years, Democrats have widely embraced the attack on the Grand Ol’ Party for wanting to take us back in time — specific era to be determined by particular issue. If newly-elected governor Matt Bevin delivers on his health care promises, he will indeed become the living embodiment of that backward-facing accusation, and Kentucky…
Your Voice
On “Betting on the anti-vote: Bevin defeats Conway” Nothing gets conservatives going more than a man who doesn’t know what he is doing. Matt Bevin ran on being a “political outsider,” which means he has no experience. Add on top of that cock fighting and tax evasion and you have the face of the GOP.…
