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The Good River: What Lurks Below The Ohio
Part I: What lurks below Troublesome Creek, which flows through the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky, drains close to 160,000 acres of mountainous terrain before emptying into the North Fork of the Kentucky River. The Hindman Settlement School sits beside the Right Fork, and it was here that Wendell Berry spoke in the summer of 2017…
A Q&A with painter Debra Lott
Painter Debra Lott (debralott.com) has something important to say with her art, and she said she’s “often referred to as a social commentary artist.” Her latest commission is at the new Norton Cancer Institute on Brownsboro Road, with the opening ceremony on Oct. 24. LEO: What type of artist are you? Debra Lott: My paintings…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (10/22)
MONDAY — Oct. 22 Mammoth Cave’s Black Power UofL Bingham Humanities Building, Room 300 Free | 3-4:30 p.m. When Mammoth Cave opened to tourists in the 1840s, all of the guides were enslaved men. Their predicament was the impetus for much of the cave’s fame and the newspaper reports, guidebooks, poetry and speculative fiction that…
Landfill not disturbed by Bourbon & Beyond, results show
Toxic ash buried in Champions Park was not exposed by the Bourbon & Beyond Music Festival, according to state and city testing, and Edith Avenue has been reopened. A portion of the park that still needs to be restored remains gated. Officials were conducting the tests because RVs and other vehicles could have unearthed hazardous…
Watch Prayer Line’s new music video for ‘A Martyr’s Death’
Just in time for Halloween, the horror-themed garage rockers Prayer Line have released a well-shot, ominous video for ‘A Martyr’s Death’ — a punk-driven ode to the 1973 film “The Wicker Man.” The video stars Julie Streble as a woman on the run from a pagan cult, and it was directed by Mike Thompson. You…
Our favorite fall beers from local breweries this season
This quarter, we welcome the newest kid on the block. False Idol Independent Brewers, which brings to 20 the number of local breweries spread across Kentuckiana. While there are overlaps in interest from brewer to brewer, it’s remarkable how each place is unique and identifiable. From mild and breezy neighborhood bars to beer geek heaven…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (10/19)
SATURDAY — Oct. 20 Via Colori Waterfront Park Big Four Lawn Free | 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday Need a little color to brighten you day? Via Colori is for artists, musicians, cosplayers and superheroes… and a good cause. Around 100 artists will turn the sidewalks into a wonderland of art, amid…
Topgolf moves to council for consideration
It took three public meetings, lengthened by impassioned residents speaking on both sides of the issue, but Topgolf will now be moving to Metro Council members for consideration. Louisville’s plan commission members, who voted unanimously Thursday to favorably recommend the driving range, largely ignored a last-ditch alternative from opponents to move the Topgolf facility from…
Sherman Minton Closure Could Cut Lifeline For West Louisville
Amber Jones’ Saturday morning ritual is as follows: She and her husband pack up their twin infant daughters and drive over the Sherman Minton Bridge from their home in the Shawnee neighborhood to the Kroger in New Albany. The one on West Broadway does not have the fresh produce that she said her family eats.…
The missing LouMag notes on Angela Leet
Louisville Magazine published a profile this month of Republican mayoral candidate Councilwoman Angela Leet. It included extensive — and, we say, gratuitous — descriptions of her appearance (Her “blond, curled hair rests on a pink shirt, accented with a silver pendant necklace,” her “French-manicured hands on the wheel,” her “navy, chunky-heeled Tod’s sandals” and “[b]right…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd (10/17)
Talk about bombing | Absurd If Gov. Matt “Elected on the Bell Curve” Bevin couldn’t get more bizarre, he made national news with this: He shot a grenade launcher and threw smoke bombs for a Twitter video to illustrate his claim that he is blowing up corruption and government waste. “We’ve talked about blowing up…
Zerg Rush’s Zonny Mondo talks Devo, fruit and city’s underground punk scene
Before the Punk In General Fest, LEO caught up with one of the more than 20 bands performing, Zerg Rush, who describe themselves as a “party punk five piece” who “represent the angry young adults that just wanna have some fun yet encourage hard thinking.” Local punk luminary Sean Garrison (Kinghorse, I Have A Knife)…
Local musicians to perform poems by incarcerated women
Six years ago, singer-songwriter Tasha Golden’s indie-pop band Ellery was asked to perform at a youth detention center. It changed the course of her life. “I left that first experience with young people feeling like that was the coolest use of my time that I had ever experienced,” Golden said. Ever since, she’s been facilitating…
Sonic Breakdown: Batwizard — “Similar Tentacles”
[LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from a Louisville musician or band.] “I try to make inaccessible music accessible,” said Adam Colvin, drummer, songwriter and part-time singer of the metal band Batwizard. Indeed, metal music isn’t the most universally-palatable, but “Similar Tentacles,” as well as the rest of Batwizard’s new album, Medustrich,…
Kentucky Shakespeare’s ‘War of the Worlds’
On Halloween 80 years ago, one small radio program spurred a massive uproar. Despite four announcements from the Mercury Theatre on the Air that the reports of an alien invasion were part of a fictionalized radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds,” listeners all over the country fled their homes and called the…
Mommy Tonk — honky-tonk and funny
Imagine your mother as a vulgar, hard-drinking, sexually-empowered bluegrass singer. Got it? Now you have some idea of comedians Stacie Burrows and Shannon Noel, better known as Mommy Tonk, a musical comedy duo that is deeply rooted in the South, a fusion of honky-tonk music and funny. Noel is a Louisville native, and Burrows is…
Comic Book Review: ‘Blackbird No. 1’ & ‘Cold Spots No. 2’
‘Blackbird No. 1’ Writer Sam Humphries and artist Jen Bartel Review by Meredith Harris, The Great Escape Louisville “I became that girl. I talked about monsters and magic and wizards, like, all the time.” When Nina Rodriguez was 13, a magical creature saved her life before disappearing as quickly as it arrived. For the next…
Brunch at Le Moo starts our day right
Le Moo just celebrated its third anniversary — its grand opening happened on Sept. 19, 2015 — and if it’s not your favorite steakhouse by now, it surely makes that grade with a lot of people. Ask for the best steak in town, and Le Moo will certainly be in the conversation along with a…
Against the Grain wins gold in first try at GABF
Against the Grain Brewery has won its first-ever gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival, the world’s largest commercial beer competition. Perhaps even more astounding — it was also the first time AtG actually entered a beer into the competition since the brewery opened seven years ago. First time in, win a gold? Not…
Ask Minda Honey: What if my Future Lover has Trash Politics?
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 Hey Minda! Should I date people who I disagree with politically? How early should I venture into that topic and what should I consider a deal breaker? — Love Candidate Howdy Love…
Savage Love: Jacks
Q: I have a secret: For the past three months, I’ve been attending a local Jacks club (a men-only masturbation event). As someone recovering from sexual abuse, I find the party to be safe, therapeutic, and just sexy fun. I feel like I need this! Unfortunately, I spotted one of my employees at last week’s…
West Of Ninth: People, in their own words…(10/17)
Oct. 11, 2018 Corey, from Algonquin, co-owner of C & E Food Mart “I’ve been living here all my life. I’ve done a few years but other than that, I’ve been here all my life. West is the best end. I ain’t got no complaints. What inspired me to be an entrepreneur was going to…
Of the law, politics and our coming blindness
Much of my job has nothing to do with trials, courtroom drama, judges, murders, conference tables, the news media or the like. Much of it is telling people, “No.” No, you don’t have a case. No, I won’t represent you. No, this is a waste of time. The worst is telling someone “no,” even when…
Fix our sewage city
Louisville needs to get past this November’s election so the Metro City Council can approve a plan to fix the city’s sewers. Our sewers cannot be used for political posturing. Among the challenges facing the Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District are keeping our ancient sewers from collapsing, which is already happening, and keeping our sewage out…
