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Sex education: Why all JCPS students need comprehensive sex education and why only some of them are getting it
It’s not just about the sex When asked, “Why is this a popular class?” Kiana, a senior at Butler High School, responded, “Because it’s real. It’s real life.” London, another senior Bear said, “You can say whatever you want, and she’ll listen to you.” The “she” is health and wellness teacher, Mary Wurst, and she…
National Anti Police Brutality Day protest at ‘Merton’s Corner’
As part of National Anti Police Brutality Day (Oct. 22) over 50 local activists from groups like Showing Up for Racial Justice, Stand Up Sunday and the Fairness Campaign gathered at the corner of 4th Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard to call for “accountability and an end to police brutality,” as well as a “break…
Visually Speaking: This week’s art news and events (10/26)
[The above image is “Return of the Herd” by Martin Rollins at the Jewish Community Center’s Patio Gallery.] Art news Call for submissions: The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft is seeking entries for the fourth annual KMAC Couture Art Walks the Runway event which will take place on April 16, 2016. Deadline for submissions…
LEO Podcast #10: Drew Curtis
Independent Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Drew Curtis swung by the LEO office to talk with contributor Mick Parsons about the problem with debates, building tech opportunities in Kentucky, the plight of running as an independent in the mist of two-party polarization and Donald Trump. The LEO Podcast is weekly, with a new interview released every Friday,…
5 things to do in Louisville this weekend
Friday Howell Dawdy / Lydia Burrell split release Zanzabar $10; 9 p.m. Alex Smith brings together his two projects, celebrating a split featuring a track from both. The worlds of Lydia Burrell — his indie-rock band that deals in layers that mix oddball ambience and standard pop melodies, creating something that is both easily digestible…
Born Identities: A conversation with Alex Smith about Lydia Burrell and Howell Dawdy
Alex Smith has a schizophrenic music resume. For a while now, he has led the indie-pop trio Lydia Burrell, which features no one of that name — think Pink Floyd playing the kind of music that would make Wayne Coyne weep with joy. A few years ago, Smith started performing under Howell Dawdy, his unlikely,…
b-sides
Three shows to see this week: The Lone Bellow Making acoustic, singer-songwriter music drenched in alt-rock, The Lone Bellow produces exploratory and melancholy folk that’s big and atmospheric. Living in a space that’s as indie as it is rootsy — they describe themselves as “Brooklyn country music,” if that clarifies things — The Lone Bellow’s…
Plugged In
WED Oct 21st 8Up: High Sounds with DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m. Alley Theater: Evil Dead – The Musical; 7:30 p.m. Baxters 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. Brownies (All Locations): Karaoke with French Kiss Prod.; 8 p.m. Carnegie Center for Art & History: Jazz with Dick Sisto; 12 p.m. Clifton Center: Dave Liebman; 7:30…
Leffert directs, Drury stars, kids likely to steal the show!
The 1960 musical by Lionel Bart is based on Charles Dickens’ second novel, “Oliver Twist.” Dickens’ novel is the basis for multiple adaptations including an award-winning 1968 film version of Bart’s musical, and a more liberal adaptation of the source material, “Oliver and Company,” a Disney animated film from the 1980s. The story centers around…
White’s many colors
Life in black and white would not be fun. Our relationship to color is one of the things that makes us human. It catches our attention (red, yellow), hides our flaws (black) and soothes our souls (blue, green). So when glass artist Brook Forrest White Jr. decided to create a new series, he knew going…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS ARMY OF DARKNESS 1992; $29.94; R Surely by now everyone knows about AOD: Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi’s penultimate comic-horror sequel to the “Evil Dead” films, in which Bruce finds himself trapped in the Middle Ages, a chainsaw filling in for his missing hand, and the Army Of The Dead marching…
We’re finally starting to “get” Ramsi’s
I’ve spent a long time trying to really “get” Ramsi’s. There’s a lot to like about this fun, funky, multi-ethnic eatery on Bardstown Road, not least of which is that it’s, well, fun, funky and multi-ethnic. Those are some of my favorite things. Still, in many visits over many years, I’ve had a hard time…
A boozy tour of Derby City
Ah, October. When the leaves start to change, the knee-high boots are broken out and Louisville’s first brisk autumn air creeps through the oak trees faster than you can say pumpkin spiced latte. From the St. James Court Art Show to the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Iroquois Park, it seems as though there’s always something to…
The fearful, confused and cooperative worker
“I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they had known they were slaves.” —Harriet Tubman Last month’s column, “Why UofL is becoming a bad place to work,” yielded a level of response I haven’t seen in some time. Not surprisingly, many readers reached out with similar stories of…
‘Bama: Football, BBQ and sweet tea
There’s nothing like the smell of barbecue on a Saturday afternoon … hogs roasting on the street among a sea of crimson and cream. It was a breathtaking scene, coming from a culture that lives and breathes basketball to be immersed in a culture that lives and breathes football and Alabama football only. I travelled…
Sexy time
As the author of this week’s feature story (brilliantly) lays out, there is a tremendous need for a high standard of comprehensive sex education in Louisville, Kentucky and America. Unfortunately, there are too few states that require any sex education (22), and even among those, the standards and substance are embarrassingly low and varied. The…
Your Voice
On “Improv in the city” Now if we could just get a “Best Improv Troupe” category in the Reader’s Choice Awards! — Stefan Gearhart, Oct. 15 On “Improv in the city” Yo dawg, front of the LEO for ya boys! @DamGoodImprov ?@improvislaw @ParkerABowles —Rocky Williams, @rockthebear On “LEO Podcast #9: Johnny azari” Podcast, podcast, podcast!…
