Cover Stories
Would ear X-tacy Survive in Today’s Vinyl Revolution?
For music lovers in Louisville, it’s almost a citywide shared memory: You carve out some time, head to ear X-tacy in The Highlands and get lost for the next two hours checking out new music on the many listening stations scattered around the store. The hope was you’d hear that next band or artist that…
Black-owned businesses: Why you should support them, how they’re supporting others
As a Black entrepreneur and nonprofit founder, Aaron Jordan has submitted grant proposals and pitched to investors before. And he’s experienced the feeling that comes when it is clear to him that those efforts aren’t taken seriously. But, that’s not what happened when he presented his latest idea, a co-working space focused on Black-owned businesses,…
Committee passes resolution to return King Louis XVI to city hall
A resolution to repair the King Louis XVI statue and reinstall it as quickly as possible outside of Metro Hall passed 6-4 out of a council committee Tuesday. The marble depiction of the French ruler for whom Louisville was named was damaged by graffiti and lost a hand during protests over the police killing of Breonna…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Week In Louisville (11/30)
TUESDAY, Dec. 1 Giving Tuesday: Metro United Way Online Donation based | All day For Giving Tuesday, Metro United Way is holding a friendly competition among five causes to see which can raise the highest percentage of its goal. The causes are Housing First, the Grace James Academy, Early Childhood Readiness, Farmers Feeding Families and…
Savage Love: Blocked
Q: My boyfriend and I were friends for a couple of years (we’re both 30-year-old gay men), then I stopped traveling around the world and pursued him. We’ve been boyfriends for a year and a half now. We were both happy and we had sex on a regular basis during the first year. I’m more…
All dads aren’t turkeys
Published Nov. 22, 1995 Father’s Day isn’t until June, and the Million Man March is weeks in the past, but it’s never a bad time to think about being dads. William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, raised the issue of fatherhood last week. His theme was how difficult it has become to figure out the…
Hundreds mourn death of passionate Black Lives Matter activist Travis Nagdy
Family, friends and fellow protesters gathered Monday to remember Hamza “Travis” Nagdy, 21, who was shot and killed on Crittenden Drive early Monday morning. The death of the prominent, energetic organizer and protest leader has devastated protesters who have been fighting for justice for Breonna Taylor since May 28. At 3 p.m. Monday, the group…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Weekend (11/20)
SATURDAY, Nov. 21 #clothethewest pajama party St. George’s Episcopal Church Free | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. St. George’s Episcopal Church and Clothe The West are getting in the holiday-giving spirit… in particular for the kids! Bring the kiddos (in pajamas or regular, day clothes) to pick up new pajamas, books, toothbrushes and toothpaste, bonnets, durags and…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Punchline Special’ & ‘Your Ride’s Here’
‘Punchline Special’ No. 1 Writer James Tynion IV and Sam Johns and Artists Mirka Andolfo and Romulo Fajardo Jr. Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville It all starts on a school field trip to a TV newsroom when the Joker picks Alexis Kaye from the group of high schoolers to read his message…
‘Glossary’: drama, layers
“Glossary for the End of Days” by Ian Stansel (Acre Books; 192 pages, $17) Some of the moments that change lives are sudden: a random act of violence, an unexpected reunion, a storm, a lover’s meeting. Such moments can and will throw crosswinds where there were already courses set, ambitions that had developed momentum, personal…
Savage Love: Add It Up
Q: I’ve always been excited by BDSM but I’ve only minimally explored this side of myself until very recently. I’m a straight woman and it was difficult to find men who wanted more monogamish relationships on the traditional apps and a challenge to be honest about what I am looking for where kink is concerned.…
Music instrument shops adapt to survive: Boredom, stimulus checks and technology helped
The pandemic has caused ups and downs for sales at the Doo Wop Shop, which rents and sells instruments, PA systems and other concert and event equipment. While in-store customer traffic went from nonexistent during the shutdown in the spring to currently extremely light, certain aspects of the business have thrived. For example, when everyone…
bar Vetti serves Italian veggie feast
Since the apocalypse started, my wife and I have taken advantage of carry-out mostly and gone to only a few restaurants we know well. Hope and I are trying to venture out, safely, again, so I asked her if she wanted to try bar Vetti Italian Restaurant. She told me I had her at “bar.”…
Emmy Squared brings Detroit pizza from Brooklyn
Pay attention, now, because what I’m about to tell you might not make sense if you hear it with only half an ear: A popular Brooklyn restaurant that features Detroit-style pizza has opened in Louisville. Yes, that’s right: Say hello to Emmy Squared, new in NuLu, where you can get fine square pizzas in the…
KDP elects first Black chair: with new ideas, is it enough?
For the first time in its history, a Black man will lead the Kentucky Democratic Party: Colmon Elridge was nominated by Gov. Andy Beshear to be the party’s chair and was voted in on Saturday by KDP’s State Central Executive Committee. His election comes after Democrats lost 13 seats in the state House and two…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best And Most Absurd (11/18)
Thorn: …But should we allow him? U.S. Sen. Mitch “Traitor” McConnell said tRump “is 100% within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options.” He also is within his rights to tweet out lies he hears on FOX, undermine our democracy to the brink of civil war, idolize dictators, pack…
Dear Black People, You Will Not ‘Good Person’ Your Way Out Of Racism
A few years ago, I wrote a blog titled, “The Inconvenient Victim,” about a young Black man named Stephon Clark. Stephon Clark was a 22-year-old Black man who was killed in the back of his grandmother’s home by the Sacramento police. Clark’s name instantly became yet another name in the long list of Black men,…
It’s the trust, stupid
A few days after this year’s election, House Democrats conducted a conference call to review the election results. To say that the mood was confused is an understatement. While we all were relieved and excited by Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump, a victory we think saved our democracy for the time being, most were…
