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V is for Vaping: What you don’t know about your teens’ new habit
A small puff of vapor escaped from the 17-year-old girl’s mouth as she walked with her friend, 16, along Bardstown Road. The two kids are a typical 3:15 p.m. sight for the stretch of restaurants and shops not far from several major high schools. But they weren’t just hanging out. She was on her way…
10 Concerts You Shouldn’t Miss In December
Parlour Friday, Dec. 7 Odeon A venerable Louisville instrumental band, Parlour builds rich, sonic textures with ominous guitars, swirling synths and a wide-ranging, continuously-changing series of ideas that create hypnotic atmospheres. Memory Gloss and Copiers open. Parlour by Parlour Stuyedeyed Saturday, Dec. 8 The Care Less Lounge With sludgy psych-rock that carries a punk undercurrent,…
Photos from Louisville Supercon
This past weekend, from Friday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, the Louisville Supercon brought celebrity guests, films, wrestling, video gaming, cosplay, contests, parties and more to the Kentucky International? Convention Center. We stopped by to take some photos.
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (12/03)
MONDAY – DEC. 3 Anime Monday: FLCL Kaiju Free | 7:30 p.m.-2 a.m. A Louisville group for anime enthusiasts, New Anime Collective, is celebrating its two year anniversary with a loooong evening of music, giveaways and anime (of course). The night will include marathoning the entirety of one of anime’s most celebrated series, “Fooly Cooly,”…
Our six favorite local songs from November
Trapkingkai. x Chris Carswell — “at least I tried (pam)” Emcee Trapkingkai has a plosive delivery that recalls the guttural spit of RZA — visceral, but commanding. The flow is a brilliant counterpoint to the blue-eyed soul of Chris Carswell, as well as the overall tension of the beat. Through the lens of the tense…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (11/30)
FRIDAY – NOV. 30 The MAMMOTH Collective’s ‘Holiday Pop-up Fair’ Pizza Bar Louisville in Fourth Street LIVE! No cover | 5-10 p.m. Buy some cool shit while supporting the resurrection of a Louisville art space. The MAMMOTH Collective is holding its first holiday art fair featuring wares from 15 local vendors.The group, which supports the…
Speak for the trees at these public meetings about developer requirements
Here’s your chance to tell the city how developers should contribute to and better protect Louisville’s tree canopy— or, you know, an opportunity to calmly, but firmly explain your point of view. The Louisville Metro Planning Commission has scheduled at least two more public meetings (it’s already held a couple) — one next Tuesday evening…
Lydia House, a neighborhood restaurant known for its ramen and concerts, is closing
Lydia House will be closing, ending nearly four years of serving up bowls of steaming ramen, offbeat sandwiches and concerts, its owner has announced. Owner Emily Ruff said in a Facebook post that the Lydia Street restaurant’s last shift will be Sunday Brunch, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 30. “The restaurant biz is really tough, and…
Louisville native and former Silver Jews bassist Cassie Berman joins Hotel Ten Eyes
When the renowned indie band Silver Jews decided to call it quits in 2009, their bassist, Louisville native Cassie Berman, pursued a career in pediatric therapy. But, now, she’s in her first band since, playing bass in singer-songwriter Joe Fletcher’s gothic, post-punk band Hotel Ten Eyes. “We were hanging out, and he was like, ‘I’m…
A Conversation With The Strokes Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.
The Strokes founding member Albert Hammond Jr. hits town this week for a full-band performance in support of his most recent solo album, Francis Trouble. The record is named for, and delivered through the lens of, Hammond’s shadowy alter ego. Hammond has a hunch that this fun-but-dangerous persona was actually imparted to him by his…
Sonic Breakdown: Analog Cannibal — ‘Arecibo Message’
[LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from a Louisville musician or band.] Analog Cannibal leader Patrick Hume is a self-proclaimed space buff. He’s even found a way to incorporate it into one of Analog Cannibal’s songs, “Arecibo Message.” The title is directly lifted from the name of an interstellar radio message sent…
A Q&A with music journalist Jessica Hopper on her new book, ‘Night Moves’
Jessica Hopper’s new book “Night Moves” is a fast-traveling, poetic memoir about a gritty and exciting pocket of Chicago that existed a decade ago. A music writer for more than 20 years, Hopper has worked for Pitchfork, MTV News, Rolling Stone and Spin, and has published her own fanzines. “Night Moves” is much different from…
Thorns & Roses: The worst, best and most absurd (11/28)
First, do no harm | Rose & Thorn A rose goes to the Kentucky Supreme Court and a thorn to the Kentucky Medical Association. The court found unconstitutional a 2017 state law that forced you to file medical malpractice cases with a panel before suing. The chief justice cited the state Constitution: “All courts shall…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Flavor’ and ‘Middlewest’
‘Flavor’ Writer Joseph Keatinge and artist Wook Jin Clark Review by Ashley Cornell, The Great Escape Louisville Writer Joseph Keatinge and artist Wook Jin Clark come together to create “Flavor,” the story of a girl fighting against a culinary arts-based system in an attempt to save her family’s restaurant. Xoo is a young, untrained chef…
Two plays, two sides of christmas, ho, ho, ho
With over four decades, Fifth Third Bank’s “A Christmas Carol” is easily the longest running annual show that Actors Theatre puts on. Every year as the holidays approach, posters go up showing a changed, smiling Scrooge with a beaming Tiny Tim on his shoulders, encouraging those in need of a heartwarming Christmas story to order…
Comedian Jonny Loquasto: ‘I’ll always be a fat kid’
Comedian Jonny Loquasto told LEO that, “In my head, I’ll always be a fat kid,” but that has made him a better adult. “It goes for anyone who was discriminated against as a kid,” he said. “Whether you’re fat, your race or religion, you deal with people looking at you in a different way.” He…
When holiday shopping this year, make it beer
Here are the three worst Christmas gifts I ever received: —Socks, and this happened multiple times. —A clothes brush. (What’s the message here?) —Cranberry-colored, paisley suspenders. (Apparently, my jeans were sagging.) Don’t be this person. I remember some time in the late 1990s being told by my then-wife that I was really tough to buy…
Knife Fight
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Family dynamics aside, how did it go for you, culinarily speaking? Typically, the time you devote to prep for a celebratory holiday meal is far longer than it actually takes for you and your guests to consume it. There’s a seemingly endless list of vegetables to trim, peel, dice,…
Women of Louisville: ?Beware The Catfish Texter
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 So, something weird happened to me, y’all. Last week, I was sitting at my dining table doing something on my laptop and enjoying the sunshine, when I received this text message from…
West Of Ninth: People, In Their Own Words…(11/28)
Nov. 16, 2018 Thalia, from Western High School “In this program, our school chose a handful of people for barista training with Heine Brothers’. In the beginning, we learned the basics about different types of coffee and where it came from. There’s actually a lot of different ways to wash coffee, which I was surprised…
Capitalist Overlords: We Demand Real Parental Leave
Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, gave birth while in office this year, becoming only the second elected leader in recorded world history to do so. The birth of her child coincided with an increase in paid maternity leave for all parents in the small island nation in two phases: 22 weeks by…
We ignore homelessness
One homeless person has died already while living on the streets as winter arrives. On Thanksgiving weekend, another homeless man died when someone allegedly set fire to his tent, which was part of a homeless camp where 15 to 20 people live in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood. Meanwhile, Louisville police issued citations to 21 homeless…
