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The dining guide’s pairings: Four double takes on delicious
[All photos by Nerissa Sparkman] “Hey You Got Peanut Butter in My Chocolate!” Maybe this snippet from an ancient TV ad for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups crystallizes the philosophy of Pairings, our occasional column that marries unusual combinations, or the best selections, of food and drink. Susan Reigler, whose expertise spans food, drink and biology,…
Meet the choreographer behind Actors Theater’s ‘Skeleton Crew’
Out past Interstate 264, tucked away in an office park, is Safiyya Dance Company, where co-owner and founder Safiyyah Rasool is just finishing up class. Young dancers anywhere between teenagers and toddlers thank Rasool and give her hugs before they run out to meet their waiting parents. The walls are adorned with inspirational posters, and…
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (11/27)
MONDAY Monday Madness – Kung Fu Holsopple Brewing Free | 6:30-9 p.m. Are you a drunken master at video games? Then, join Holsopple Brewing for Monday Madness, a competition for the highest score in a chosen video game, with the winner going home with a growler full of Holsopple beer on the brewmaster’s tab! This…
Concert Review: St. Vincent has reached new heights
[Photos by Nik Vechery] “Do you wanna go faster?!” The illustrious performer known as St. Vincent (real name: Annie Clark), was deep into the second set of her show at The Kentucky Center’s Whitney Hall last night. Nobody was looking at their phones. Clark, standing center stage and holding her signature axe, a neon yellow…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (11/24)
FRIDAY Light Up Louisville Louisville Metro Hall Free | Noon-10 p.m. If you have kids, or a nostalgia for the holiday season, join Mayor Greg Fischer for the 37th annual Light Up Louisville. Santa arrives at 8 p.m. to flip the switch, but before that, you can skate on the ice rink at Fourth and…
Whom would you ask to dinner? Five takes from local food experts
We asked a select group of people in the foodie know two questions and set virtually no boundaries for their answers or how they could answer. I will let Decca Executive Chef and Owner Annie Pettry, start us off: LEO: If you could make dinner for one person, alive or dead… famous, infamous or not……
23 places to buy and see local art through the holidays
Here’s 23 places to find art gifts and 15 ways to celebrate the holidays. Included for the first time are performances of dance, classical music and theater. Please note this is not an exhaustive list (although I am exhausted putting it together). Included for the first time are performances of dance, classical music and theater.…
Comedian Donna Carter: ‘I drink too much, ?I smoke too much, I cuss too much’
Comedian Donna Carter didn’t make her stand-up debut until the age of 40, eventually taking the leap from full-time accountant to full-time road comic. That was 15 years ago. In the years since, the North Carolina native has been traveling the country telling tales of her former life. Carter has appeared on Xfinity’s stand-up series…
‘Skeleton Crew,’ unflinching reality with flashes of hope, inspiration
“Creative destruction” is the term economists use to describe the implacable forces that drive change in the worlds of business and industry. Cornfields are plowed under to make room for factories. Carriage makers give way to auto factories. Supermarkets replace corner groceries. Coal is replaced by natural gas. Firms move jobs to low-wage states and…
Ask Minda Honey: Pass the potatoes, hold the drama: Thanksgiving
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life by writing: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com. Are the holidays really the right time to reel in your racist uncle? Set your MAGA-hat-wearing-Migos-loving niece straight? I see a lot of posts on social media calling for white people to collect their family members over Thanksgiving turkey. But seeing as how Thanksgiving…
Savage Love: Public Players
Q: I’m a 20-something straight woman. About a month ago, I had a really vivid dream in which I was at a party and engaging with a guy I had just met. We were seriously flirting. Then my fiancé showed up — my real, flesh-and-blood, sleeping-next-to-me fiancé — who we’ll call G. In the dream,…
Caribbean Cafe, a taste of Haiti in Beechmont
As autumn marches toward winter and colder weather wraps the region in its frigid embrace, thoughts of the sunny Caribbean dance in our heads like visions of sugar-plums and other happy things. Mention the Caribbean and chances are you’ll think of white-sand beaches, cruise ships, sun-tans, strong drinks served in coconut shells and balmy relaxation.…
Mellwood Tavern chix… chick inn-esq
Remember Chick Inn? It was the place to go for fried chicken for years, until a fire gutted it, and it failed to recapture its magic after a rebuild. But the memory of that delicious, crispy, fried chicken lingers for many Louisvillians. Well, a guy who once worked at Chick Inn is now part owner…
Happy Thanksgiving, Headliners
The first show that I can remember seeing at Headliners was Smash Mouth. That’s definitely one of the least cool things I’ve ever admitted to, but it was 1999, and I was 17, just old enough to get into the show, and desperate for a live music experience. I never bought into “All Star,” but…
Carly Johnson talks about her forthcoming album, The Believer
Sometimes, there are people who come along, singing in such a familiar way that the spirit of a soul legend seems to have manifested within them. For Carly Johnson, that would be Etta James, as the two share the sort of voice that can rile listeners into fiery elation, or ease them into a blue…
Second Story Man talks about their new album and two decades together
Second Story Man formed in Louisville in 1998. Three founding members — Evan Bailey, Jeremy Irvin and Carrie Neumayer — are still performing in the band, with the addition of Drew Osborn (Old Baby/Your Black Star). In their nearly 20-year history, they have released three full-length albums, two EPs and an 18-song retrospective, as well…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
We believe the women… | Thorn …and there is also collateral damage in this mess with Haymarket Whiskey Bar’s owner: It seems we are losing another venue, a center for emerging scenes and ascending musicians. Hey, we knew you were an asshole, but you have created a whole new category. Downtown safe for lunch | …
An Eccentric time machine special
This year, we thought it would be fun to celebrate Thanksgiving by looking back at what LEO was thankful for in years past. This led us back to what was effectively LEO’s first Thanksgiving issue in 1991. The unsettling thing about going back in the Eccentric time machine is, while the world changes, you realize…
When internet justice is likely the only justice
The grapevine moves at the speed of data, and news spreads in seconds. Louisville got a taste of what can happen when the internet meets accusations of sex crimes. This time the allegations did not involve a member of Metro City Council, but a local bar owner. Internet justice was served swiftly and firmly. Last…
Stop making humans ?we don’t need!
Shelby and I live on the corner of Nah Street and We Ain’t About You Boulevard, and I’m here to tell ya, it’s a fantastic way to live! See, we got motherfuckers in this city living straight up heinous and spreading awful, like the bubonic plague, to such a twisted and beyond fucked degree I…
Franken’s hands over crumpets… baseball, basketball, second-rate sports
Dropping like flies. Mate, this is awkward enough as it is without you talking about dropping flies. I wasn’t referring to those flies, although I suppose I was. Just not mine. Men can’t keep it zipped up — have never been able to. Still, I wonder if the current movement is all for the good.…
