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For A Different Kind Of Catholic: St. William’s Activism, Unorthodox Practices
Members of St. William Catholic Church stood shoulder to shoulder on the steps of their Park Hill church, holding signs and banners declaring: “Refugees and Immigrants Welcome.” “This morning, we reaffirm our long-standing commitment as a sanctuary parish,” Dawn Dones, the pastoral associate for St. William, told a huddle of TV cameras and reporters. With…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (10/28)
MONDAY, Oct. 28 Republic Bank Presents Halloween Downtown Big Four Station Park, Jeffersonville, Indiana Free | 6-8 p.m. Celebrate Halloween with the kiddos early (so you can attend the events for adults listed below) at “Kentuckiana’s largest party.” Food vendors, inflatables, trick-or-treating and more — how can you say no? Governor Debate Bingo Trouble Bar…
Often Seen Rarely Spoken Is Painting The Town Bold
If art is in the eye of the beholder, then graffiti art is sure to have its share of critics. The stealthy art form that marries speed, style, skill and statement has been transforming the urban landscape for decades. Sure, there are pockets of frustrated hellions that get their hands on a can of spray…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (10/25)
Friday, Oct. 25 Gridlock Art Show And Party Forest Giant Free | 6 p.m.-midnight Forest Giant’s second annual Gridlock Art Show promises to be a marvelous follow-up to last year’s inaugural show, with 30 talented, regional and national artists displaying diverse styles and creative flare on 12-inch-square wood panels. All art is available for purchase…
Watch Wombo’s new music video for ‘Sad World’
The local, post-punk band Wombo is one of the most strikingly original acts in town, piecing together ominous pop and experimental rock. The band is on tour with White Reaper and has released this new video for their song “Sad World.” Aesthetically the video looks part early MTV days, part Lynchian fever dream — a…
HalloScream offers a unique, spooky experience at Kentucky Kingdom
Honkers the Clown is dead, and you’re invited to the funeral. Services are being held at Kentucky Kingdom every weekend through October as part of the theme park’s HalloScream seasonal attraction that includes a pair of haunted house attractions, a Friday the 13th ride, plus Halloween-themed food items, beverages, bars and souvenirs. “Die Laughing: A…
Two Louisville Churches That Are Catholic Without The Pope
[This is a sidebar to “A Church Apart,” a profile of St. William Catholic Church.] Here’s a question: A church is not a part of the Roman Catholic Church, but it calls itself Catholic. Is it, though? “That’s an empirical question,” said Joseph Martos, a Catholic and a Louisville theologian who has worked at Bellarmine…
Black People Are Always Waiting For Justice
Trayvon Martin Mike Brown Sandra Bland Eric Garner Philando Castile Alton Sterling These names are burned into history. Names that caused many in this nation to mourn. Names that ignited a movement. Names that became the personification of Martin Luther King Jr.’s poignant statement, “A riot is the language of the unheard.” Each death, each…
What The Castleman Statue Symbolizes
Michael Jones’ article Oct. 9 in LEO, “Keep Castleman, Honor Others,” provided good examples of how challenging it is when considering removing historical markers, names or monuments, as well as, good suggestions for new public art that is positive and meaningful. While his points are well taken, he failed to note that the decisions to…
City Shootings Anti-Violence Program Lives Despite Budget Cuts
Three months ago, Eddie Woods lost all city funding for his grassroots violence-prevention team due to citywide budget cuts. City money made up $800,000 of his $840,000 budget last year. But now, three months later, Woods and his organization, No More Red Dots, are still going. “It’s been a struggle, but we knew it would…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd
Rose: An Enlightened Corner This righteous knit-bomb was seen near the corner of Barret and Rufer avenues where, coincidentally, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has a billboard that pokes at Kentucky’s new law requiring schools to post “In God we trust.” The billboard says: “In God, Allah, Buddah, Shiva, Yaweh, None of the Above We…
Life Moves Slow: Kentucky’s Kelsey Waldon On Songwriting, John Prine
Kelsey Waldon got in early on her family’s long-standing tradition of singing, songwriting and playing guitar. Since leaving her hometown of Monkey’s Eyebrow in Western Kentucky, over a decade ago, she’s been steadily building a following in Nashville and beyond with her classic country sensibilities and her progressive commentaries on life. Waldon’s profile suddenly grew…
Three Concerts To Catch This Week
Big K.R.I.T. Mercury Ballroom Wednesday, Oct. 23 With throwback, Southern hip-hop, Big K.R.I.T. uses bouncy, soulful production and slick vocal work to pay homage to the past, while looking toward the future. The Meridan, Mississippi native pulls from different decades of influences, but his skillful, versatile beats and big ideas keep his sound zigging and…
Sonic Breakdown: Carl Anthony Stuck — ‘If Someday Never Comes’
[LEO’s biweekly sonic breakdown column deconstructs a single song from an area musician or band.] It’s easy to succumb to the blues when your heart has just been broken. And while ordinary people might sit and wallow, songwriters like Carl Anthony Stuck pick themselves up and write a song about it. Stuck said his song…
‘Tartuffe,’ Rarely Staged But Done Deliciously
Saucy romantic comedies that bubble over with frisky dialogue, seductions, lovers’ spats and seditiously funny pokes at the hypocrisies of patriarchal authoritarian culture have long been staples of American community theater. But, oddly enough, one of the greatest such comedies is rarely staged anywhere outside of academic settings — let alone in community theaters. It’s…
A Lyrical Understanding: Photography of Walker Evans and Zed Saeed
The public, as it grapples to make sense of increasing homelessness and falling wages, is ripe to consider the parallel between time periods, especially the long fallout of contemporary recessions and the Great Depression. Photography, poised as it often is as a documentary art, can speak to these repetitions in history. The photographic print, especially…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Superman Smashes the Klan’ and ‘Cult Classic Creature Feature’
‘Superman Smashes the Klan’ No. 1 Writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Gurihiru Review by Krystal Moore, The Great Escape Louisville With a name like “Superman Smashes the Klan,” I couldn’t not pick up this book. It is No. 1 of a three-issue, limited series, inspired by the 1940s “Superman” radio serial, “Clan of the…
Ramsi’s Cafe On The World Menu Spans Globe For Unique Veggie Fare
Ramsi’s Cafe On The World has for decades been a perennial favorite for meat eaters and those opting for more of a plant-based diet. I vividly remember the desolate vegetarian landscape in Louisville back when I became a veggie almost 27 years ago. In the late ‘90s, I spied a sidewalk chalkboard advertising “eggplant lasagna,”…
Las Margaritas For Top-Tier Mexican
It came as no real surprise when I discovered that Las Margaritas Mexican Cuisine features margaritas at its well-stocked bar. After all, lots of Mexican restaurants do. But this place takes it to the next level, offering a choice of a dozen house margaritas, from traditional models built with tequila or mezcal to hibiscus, prickly…
Ask Minda Honey: Should I Have a Threesome with My Friend and her New Girlfriend?
In a relationship or life jam? Send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney. Dear Minda, I have a good friend and her girlfriend who have recently expressed that they want to have a threesome. I have always, always, always wanted to have a threesome, so it’s kind of a dream to me.…
Savage Love: Cheaters Club
Q: I am a guy in my 40s, handsome, more financially successful than most, and a classic sexual scoundrel. I cheated on my ex-wife and every girlfriend I’ve ever had. I’m currently dating a woman in her 20s. We are both each other’s ideal type. She has as scandalous a past as I do but…
