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Bad medicine: Gov. Bevin’s plan to cripple medicaid
The latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act has faltered, but Kentucky and other poor states still face a threat from conservative governors seeking to accomplish a big part of what Congress could not. For the past year, the Bluegrass State has worked on a plan to downsize its Medicaid program, an effort that…
Building by tearing: Unraveling the Confederate flag at the Speed Art Museum
Thread by thread, Sonya Clark began to pull apart a Confederate flag over the weekend at the Speed Art Museum. And she had help, as one by one people took turns with her after waiting in a line that snaked through the museum. It was part of “Unraveling,” her contribution to the museum’s exhibition “Southern…
10 things to do under $5 this week in Louisville (10/16)
MONDAY Run and Recover Great Flood Brewing Company Free | Run at 6:30 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. To help all you runners out there who feel a little tight after a run, The Derby City Run Club is hosting a run and yoga session for all levels. The run will begin at Great Flood Brewing Company…
UofL’s $100,000 recruit: Brian Bowen should be allowed to play
UofL should reinstate, and play freshman Brian Bowen. First, it must be said that the NCAA has no credibility as an organization. Its history of hypocritical actions — against its own stated mission, “… to be an integral part of higher education and to focus on the development of our student-athletes,” — demonstrates it is…
A Q&A with graphic designer Chris Nolen
Meet Chris Nolen (noleofantastico.com), a graphic designer who uses the sciences to fuel his imagination for his art. He’s the associate creative director at the ad agency Mightily with quite a following for his music poster art. LEO: What type of artist are you? Chris Nolen: I’m a graphic designer and illustrator, which by definition…
5 Things To Do This Weekend in Louisville (10/13)
FRIDAY ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Louisville Memorial Auditorium $10 donation | 7-9:30 p.m. Did you know Louisville is home to the oldest Pilcher Pipe Organ in the world? You can hear it during a showing of the 1925 silent motion picture “The Phantom of the Opera.” Cinephiles say the 1925 version is the greatest…
Pumpkin Spice? Sorry… try some cinnamaldehyde and zingiberene
Pumpkin spice everything — it’s all we see in the fall. Run to the nearest Starbucks to grab that first PSL… Pumpkin Spice Latte… of the season as soon as it hits stores. Over the last few years, we have somehow embraced this fall phenomenon, particularly in the form of food. But pumpkin-spice flavoring also…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd
Gov. Troll | Absurd Gov. Matt “Oblivious” Bevin trumpted a tweet last week of this meme. So much to unpack here. Let’s start with: Trump voters don’t like their moms? Bevin thinks it is funny to mock his constituents? What happened to that “together we stand …” quote you like to reel off, governor? Does…
Deer Tick is back and looking to make up for lost time
Boisterous indie-rockers Deer Tick are back after a break that almost broke up the band for good. It turns out that the separation may not have been such a bad thing for their collective muse, however. Upon regrouping last year, ostensibly to perform at the Newport Folk Festival, the guys quickly realized that they had…
Grails’ new chamber post-rock record, ‘Chalice Hymnal’
Portland, Oregon ex-pat Zak Riles, now a Louisvillian, is a cornerstone of the instrumental indie titans Grails, a band that builds atmosphere atop a lithe and often muscular frame. Started at the turn of the century, Grails has largely been a side project for most involved — a touring machine. Playing in Louisville this weekend…
You and I Will Meet Again
Tom Petty was everybody’s artist, and The Heartbreakers were America’s band. I don’t mean that in any kind of patriotic, nationalistic way. I mean that his music was the soundtrack of the American heartland, captured in a way no one else had been able to capture. With no disrespect to Springsteen, Mellencamp or Seger, Petty…
New take on iconic poster celebrates artist, ballet
A ballet pointe shoe resting atop an egg. How simple — and how odd. The two do not normally go together. And yet that vision by the late designer Julius Friedman became an iconic poster of international renown. “Toe on Egg,” as it became known, was created in 1980. Because of it and “Fresh Paint,”…
Immerse yourself in ‘Titus Andronicus,’ ‘Drood’
In the world of flat-screen entertainment, the zeitgeist is all about technological ways to give audiences an immersive experience. It’s all about 3D, high-def and even ultra high-def. But even the best technology is a weak substitute for being a few feet away from the action. And this year’s renewal of Kentucky Shakespeare’s production of…
Comedian Patrick Passafiume: ‘Now, I have to stay alive, which kind of sucks’
Patrick Passafiume was a fixture in the Louisville comedy scene for the better part of a decade, that is, until he became a father and went on hiatus. But this Saturday he will be back on stage, at The Bard’s Town. “I just need to get out of the house so my wife and baby…
Delicious food, and an idea for world peace at Jerusalem Kitchen
I don’t know anybody who thinks that the world is in great shape nowadays, and all the saber-rattling going on over Iran and North Korea is just the beginning. Things haven’t changed much since the 1960s, when the Kingston Trio famously sang in “The Merry Minuet,” “The whole world is festering with unhappy souls. The…
An enduring flavor of Chicago and hard work
Every so often, I settle in at the counter at Lonnie’s Best Taste of Chicago, usually for a Rush Street chili cheese dog. One thing I always get, though, is friendly service from owners Lonnie and Diane Edwards, the couple who own and operate the small business in St. Matthews. Usually, Diane will greet you…
Ask Minda Honey: Lonely in Louisville
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life. Send me a question at: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com. Hi Minda, I am 35 years old. I moved from my hometown to Louisville for a job last year. I am shy and introverted and it has been a struggle making new friends. I am not a club or…
Savage Love: Poly Wants
Q: I’m a 25-year-old woman currently in a poly relationship with a married man roughly 20 years my senior. This has by far been the best relationship I’ve ever had. However, something has me a bit on edge. We went on a trip with friends to a brewery with a great restaurant. It was an…
Welcome to Earth… now duck for cover
Dragon’s teeth tearing through the ligaments, in my circle no one spoke on what happened in Vegas, not one mention or frame of solidarity. We just walked on by, and you ain’t got enough God to blame or shame us. We got gun fatigue mixed with political shell shock and natural disaster syndrome. We’re sick…
Rick Pitino’s tears, Tyra’s lack of experience, America’s delusions…
Where to begin, eh? Well, you know me: a traditionalist to the core. So let me start this week’s chin-wag by preemptively calling you a feeble-minded, toffee-nosed toss-pot. Charming. However, one thing I do appreciate about our friendship is that, unlike the president and his secretary of state, at least we insult one another to…
I mean, really — This is America.
I’m sick of thinking about the problems of old, rich, white men. The problems of rich white guys leave the rest of us, regular folks of all colors, underwhelmed, underfunded and underrepresented. I woke up today, happy that it was Sunday and pleased that it was raining. I looked out the bedroom door that leads…
The Jurich lie
Whenever someone has questioned the exorbitant salaries made by coaches of major NCAA sports programs, the response was always: They do so much for the university! They bring in all of that TV money and advertising revenue, and that’s what attracts students to go here. They point to Forbes magazine articles about how Louisville basketball…
