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Serving In The Military Before ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Was Repealed: A Very Veterans Day Story
Editor’s Note: This story originally ran in LEO’s 2018 Veteran’s Day Issue. Janet Holliday is gay, but she married and divorced men twice, just to make sure she could continue to serve in her first love, the U.S. Army. Ginger Wallace is gay, served in the Air Force and also dated men, “just so people…
Yarmuth and Ziegler’s best debate yet
LEO founder and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth is riding the big blue wave back to Washington, D.C., where he will likely be the next chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee. But, before he left, he had to check in with his friend and conservative talk show host, John Ziegler, on his podcast “The World…
The inaugural Pride at the Museum raises funds, awareness for LGBTQ students
The theme of the night was gratitude. At the UofL LGBT Center’s inaugural Pride at the Museum event, emcee Keith McGill reminded a packed house at the Speed Art Museum how fortunate we are that Louisville has so many visionary artists, its own ballet company and, of course, the reason for the event: a community…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (11/12)
MONDAY – NOV. 12 ‘What Were You Wearing?’ A Survivors Art Installation UofL Swain Student Activities Center Free | now-11 p.m. An art installation, viewable any day this week and every week until Dec. 1. A chunky sweater and a modest, black skirt; a blue tank top and athletic shorts: These were the clothing items…
Power of Work program aims to break people out of poverty
In my early adolescence, my parents went through a troubling divorce. My mother was left to care for three children. I was rapidly approaching entering college, and my teenage brother had just had a baby — both his girlfriend and my niece living under our roof. My mother was making just over $700 every two…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (11/09)
SATURDAY – NOV. 10 Writer’s Block Festival Spalding University Free | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. For writers, and those who would like to be a writer but can’t seem to form the right words, the Writer’s Block Festival is a chance to step back from that computer screen and find inspiration. There will be workshops, a…
What we want Mayor Fischer to accomplish during his last term
Greg Fischer was elected to his third and final term as the mayor of Louisville. Six LEO writers each wrote about what they would like to see Fischer accomplish during his legacy tenure. Get a major development in The West End OK, Greg. You’ve got one last go at this. There’s no cushy Obama…
After Kroger shooting, ?gun reform unlikely
Two people dead. One gunman with a history of domestic violence. And still, Kentucky legislators couldn’t spare more than 16 minutes Friday to learn about a firearm regulation bill at the end of a two-hour hearing before the state House judiciary panel. To be fair, the bill, pre-filed for the next legislative session, would have…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd(11/7)
Too woke to vote? | Thorn So we woke Wednesday to find either the country has begun to recover from its orange-hued fever dream, or nothing has changed because we hate Democrats as much as you do Republicans… and the U.S. and Kentucky Houses remain under the GOP jackboot. In Louisville, either we re-elected Mayor…
The Other Years makes piercing old-time music
Multi-instrumentalists Heather Summers and Anna Krippenstapel have played supporting roles in Louisville folk acts such as Freakwater and Joan Shelley for a while now, but with The Other Years, the duo’s new project, they offer up a meditation on nature and its healing power. “Sometimes, for me, if I’m in a rough spot, and I…
Caroline Rose breaks new ground on ‘Loner’
Loner, Caroline Rose’s first album since 2014, is a staunch departure from her previous alt-country records. It reveals her musical evolution, although, to be fair, this is a point that Rose fundamentally disagrees with me on. “It seems like this drastic change, but it really wasn’t that big of a change for me,” she said,…
Record Review: Tomberlin — ‘At Weddings’
A searching, coming-of-age record, Tomberlin’s At Weddings is a striking and contemplative deep dive. On the opener, “Any Other Way,” Sarah Beth Tomberlin combs trough a turbulent piece of the past, singing, “There’s got to be a way / I’m tired of feeling like you only stay, out of guilt and out of shame /…
Record Review: The Phantom Family Halo? — ‘Reborn Animal Rides’
There is something always a little ominous about The Phantom Family Halo, a creepy vibe underneath their otherwise psych-pop bones. With Reborn Animal Rides, the band continues to create that sinister sound that lives just below the surface. While freak-out elements punctuate so much of their material, songs such as “Blackbird” and “I Believe In…
Record Review: Moon Bones — ‘Flower Crate’
An experimental dark carnival with enough Beatles-inspired sensibilities to pull it into the light from time to time, the album Flower Crate by Moon Bones is an ideas-packed and magnetically-chaotic noise-pop gem. It builds and falls, morphing from idea to idea with reckless abandon — always nimbly sticking the landing. For as purposefully subversive and…
Record Review: Various Artists —’The Fatal 5 Way’ (Produced by Dj Shaheed)
The greatest joy in The Fatal 5 Way is hearing the various directions that DJ Shaheed can move as a producer. Joined by a who’s who of local emcees, Shaheed constructs an epic EP where each of the five tracks is a collaboration with different hip-hop artists. The individual players operate at peak performance, from…
More than Monologues: ‘Solo Mio’ RoundUp
It’s one thing to be able to perform completely solo and make the work feel like a full story, not just a monologue. But what really makes these Actors Theatre of Louisvlle’s “Solo Mio” pieces stand out is that they’re created from scratch by the Professional Training Company members who act them out. The actors…
Remembering Hunter Thompson, Anti-Fascist
Does the legacy of Louisville native son Hunter S. Thompson need re-evaluation? In these days when the media is frequently accused of fakery, maybe his reputation is too far gone. After all, this is the man who said, “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”…
We eat spinach, ?and the hell with it…?at CoreLife Eatery
“I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.” This iconic New Yorker cartoon about a young girl’s reaction to her dinner established a simple truth that was as valid when it was published in 1928 as it remains in 2018: For most of us, food that is good for us doesn’t appeal…
Holiday drinks you need
There’s a golden hour enveloping our lovely town at the moment, as the leaves have turned, and the trees are holding strong to their last, precious strands of new growth. Louisville has a few weeks of stunning autumn glory this time of year, just before families and friends begin gathering in celebration of tradition. I…
A cornucopia of popcorn
When you were a kid, popcorn was the stuff you’d sometimes get at the movie theater (if you were good), or your mom would make on the stove. A little salt and a little butter, and you’re off and munching. But as the years have gone by, popcorn has gone gourmet. I remember thinking it…
Savage Love: What Ain’t Broke
Q: I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about myself and my sexuality and my romantic self. I can log on and easily find someone to fuck. I’m a bear-built top guy. There are ladies in my life who choose to share their beds with me. I can find subs to tie up…
Politics should be a pathway ?to empathy
A few days ago, I walked into Frontier Diner on Dixie Highway, and a table of four hailed me over. You never know what to anticipate when that happens, but this encounter surprised me. “Thank you for running positive ads,” one said, the others nodding in agreement. “We can’t stand all the negativity.” To be…
Klan-KKK cosplay, we forget mass shooters
So by the time anyone reads this, we’ll either be packing our bags and preparing to apply for Canadian residency and be cocking a snoot at Bevin, McConnell and all the other fascist nabobs we’ve had to endure since 2016, or the cavalry will have arrived. We need to have a word in Young Yarmuth’s…
Caravan to bring a cocaine paradise of ISIS gone wild
So what sort of cowardly bullshit are the chuds screaming about now? Well, if you’re a fuckin’ brain-dead chud, you’re probably filling your Depends with crippling Denny’s-based diarrhea out of fear that a caravan, south of the border, made up of so few people it barely matches the attendance of a Ja Rule concert, is…
Bevin got it right and wrong
We went to print as America was going to the polls, so election commentary will have to wait until next week. This week, we look at the next election. No, not the 2020 presidential election — the election of our next governor. Primaries are just six months away! And this one issue will dominate the…
