10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (10/14)
MONDAY, Oct. 14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Fourth Street Live! Entertainment District Free | 6-9 p.m. Instead of celebrating Columbus Day (an enslaver and colonizer), Louisville puts an emphasis on Indigenous People’s Day in recognition of those who, you know, actually lived here first. To showcase Native American culture and history, expect six performances and presentations,…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (10/11)
FRIDAY, Oct. 11 Wingtips / Scary Black / Vyva Melinkolya / Hypnagogue / THX1312 Art Sanctuary $10 | 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Art Sanctuary goes dark for this evening of music. Wingtips is electronic gothpop from Chicago, and they’ll be accompanied by local acts Vyva Melinkolya (“aggresively etheral”) and Scary Black (alternative, ‘80s inspired). Hypnagogue, experimental…
Metallica to headline Louder Than Life 2020
In a remarkably early announcement, Danny Wimmer Presents has announced that hard rock legends Metallica will headline five of the company’s festivals in 2020, including Louisville’s Louder Than Life. “Metallica isn’t just another headliner,” Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents said in a press release. “When Metallica takes the stage, it’s an event. It’s an experience. That’s the…
Ban Driver Cellphone Use
Washington state in 2007 became the first in the nation to ban texting while driving. At that time, 76% of American adults had a cellphone. This was also the year the first iPhone was released. Today, 96% of American adults have a cellphone, and over 80% have a smartphone. Now, 20 states, D.C., Puerto Rico,…
Keep Castleman, Honor Others
When I was 16, I had a job at a restaurant on Theater Square. I was always curious about the loop next to the Brown Hotel where the trolleys turned around on Fourth Street. In the center of the loop was a small storefront with a huge vertical sign that spelled out “Ohio” in red…
Climate is Changing: Why Aren’t We?
Historic. Unprecedented. How often must we hear those words about storms, floods, heat waves and fires, before we get it? We are in a climate crisis that is escalating. In fact, scientists tell us that we have only about 10 years to prevent climate disruption so massive that our actions will no longer be able…
To Our Homeless Citizens and Panhandlers
No, I do not have a dollar, 50 cents or a sticky dime in the bottom of the cup holder in my Al Bundy Wagon for you to have. Really, Mr. Panhandler, did you see the chipping paint on the back bumper of that rolling wagon of shit whose engine light only turns off in…
Bardstown Road: Maybe Not As Bad As You Think
“Is Bardstown Road Hurting?” LEO Executive Editor Aaron Yarmuth asked in his column last week. Many readers who responded sounded like Bradley Neil Moser. “I lived there for years and the decline is evident,” he said in a Facebook comment. “Cool local record shops and retail gone in place of chain restaurants and vacancies. The…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd
Rose: Getting Under Mitch’s Shell Typically, U.S. Sen. Mitch “Moscow Mule” McConnell is as reticent and hard-shelled as a tortoise when he is criticized, especially by the press. But he recently issued a red hot rebuttal of InsideClimate News reporter James Bruggers’ story in the Courier Journal: “McConnell says he’s a friend to coal. But…
Lyle Lovett On His Acoustic Group, New Record And Guy Clark
Celebrated singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett has been flirting for years with a number of genres, including folk, blues, jazz, country and swing, without ever fully committing to any one of them. That sort of musical meandering has led to four Grammy Awards, and tons of other accolades for this tale-telling Texan. We recently caught up with…
Tall Squares Set To Drop Second Album
It’s been nearly five years since their last album — as the band’s principle members have been dipping their toes into other projects — but Tall Squares will celebrate the release of its second effort, {fig. 2}, this Saturday, Oct. 12. In addition to founders Adam Crowhorn (guitar, vocals) and Ryan Bohr (drums, vocals), the…
Sonic Breakdown: Hot Prowlers — ‘Heaven’s A Lie’
[LEO’s biweekly sonic breakdown column deconstructs a single song from an area musician or band.] If you’re a band looking to make smooth, danceable new-wave, it’s hard to go wrong by borrowing some style from the legendary ‘80s musician Pete Godwin. And that’s exactly what Mandi Meadows, lead singer of Hot Prowlers, did when the…
Waterfront Botanical Gardens: This is Where We Grow
In the beginning — long before all the fountains and flowers — there was the elegantly named Ohio Street Dump. It was first created near what is now River Road and Frankfort Avenue with bulldozed debris from the Great Flood of 1937 that buried nearby houses and stores in an area called “The Point” under 30…
KY Shakes’ ‘Night Of The Living Dead,’ Performed As Radio Play, A Spooky Success
Following on last year’s “The War of the Worlds” broadcast, it seems that Kentucky Shakespeare has found a way to deliver chilling Halloween productions that stand out from the season — radio plays. This year, it returned to Louisville Public Media’s studios with not a recreation but its an adaptation of the 1968 movie “Night…
Felonious Munk: ‘Casket, Ashtray — I Don’t Care’
Go to the Define American Summit at The Galt House on Thursday, Oct. 10-13 for workshops, plenaries, “difficult conversations” and hands-on training with “media makers, new Americans, activists, students, religious leaders, and creative influencers from across the political spectrum to fight for more accurate media narratives in their local communities.” But when the serious issues…
“The Giver of Stars” Is A Kentucky Depression-Era Novel With Romance
“The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes (Pamela Dorman/Viking; 390 pages, $28) The richness of Kentucky’s history is no secret: characters colorful and charismatic, events big and small. So, how do you want to read the stories? If you’ve decided that you want fiction as opposed to nonfiction, that still leaves a wide range of…
District 6 Brings A Taste Of Vietnam To St. Matthews
If you think “District 6” is an odd name for a Vietnamese restaurant, think again. This moniker honors the heritage of its owners, Hanh Duong and Vinh Thai, whose parents hail originally from the District 6 neighborhood in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly known as Saigon. Ho Chi Minh City’s District 6 is part…
Varanese For Great Veggie Dishes And Drinks, Paired With Smooth Jazz
My wife and I have a few restaurants for which we like to dress up and go have a fancy night out (meaning I am required to wear socks). Varanese is a favorite. In addition to high-end food and service, it is also one of the few restaurants that boasts jazz seven nights a week…
Ask Minda Honey: He’s Cool, But Is Not Cute: How Important Are Looks?
Louisville (and beyond!), this month marks three years of “Ask Minda Honey.” Thank you for reading, sharing and sending me your questions, which by the way, I need more of! You can email your questions to me at askmindahoney@leoweekly.com reach me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney. All writers are anonymous. I want to thank all of the guest…
Savage Love: Three City Swing
We brought Savage Love Live to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, and the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis over three nights. As is always the case at live shows, the crowd had more questions than I could possibly answer in a single night. So in this week’s column, I’m going…
