City Strobe
Strange bedfellows don’t mind sharing the remote Mark McKinley: of the Save the Internet Coalition speaks during last Thursday’s event in front of the Mazzoli Federal Building in Louisville, where he was joined by about 20 other supporters and small business-owners from Kentucky. They were there to urge U.S. Sen. Mitc Members of the Save…
Another way to mark 9/11: Public invited to join Gandhi/Merton peace pilgrimage
Just about everyone knows that Sept. 11, 2006, is the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. But few people seem to realize that Sept. 11 marks another major milestone. It’s the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Mahatma Gandhi’s first non-violent campaign that began on Sept. 11, 1906. To mark this…
Are we feeling too good about ourselves?: George Soros would like the world to wake up and handle the truth
Over the past 20 years, financier and philanthropist George Soros has become an influential and controversial force in finance, international development and, more recently, in American politics. George Soros: immigrated to the United States 40 years ago and built a fortune through an international investment fund. He’s long been involved in philanthropy, but lately he’s…
Rumor & Innuendo
An issue of Caracter. Info on the Derek Caracter situation has been difficult to come by. Of course, mum’s the word from folks involved with the program. It apparently has something to do with the player’s connections, if any, to a guy named Eddie Lau. He’s one of those scumbags who befriends prepsters with potential…
Dig a little deeper: Louisville filmmaker’s doc expands WTO’s micro issues
still from ‘Down to the Wire’: South Korean farmers protest during the WTO’s Hong Kong ministerial conference. Fanfare for a civil society. Safe, controlled, antisepticised versions of events, lacking the context to hint at truth. The kind of tripe you’d expect a Mary Kay-peddling handbag jockey to find revolutionary. A way to absolve yourself of…
Erosia
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Guest Commentary: CODEPINK women want to stop warrior madness
Trudi Kubik Conjure an image of Arnold Schwarzenegger arrested by four women in pink police uniforms, while other women in pink chant, “Build friendships, not fences,” and a tiny blonde shouts, “Our National Guard shouldn’t be off fighting an illegal war! They should be over here, fighting forest fires and hurricanes — lifting people up…
On Media: Nice sports columnists finish last
For The Courier-Journal’s newest sports columnist, nice ain’t gonna cut it. Today there’s too much media competition, too many tough stories to cover, too many Terrell Owens and Barry Bonds, too many situations where politics (see: Louisville Arena story) play a part for a local sports columnist to play nice. If Eric Crawford is going…
Culture Maven: Punctuation and politics out the door
So the first e-mail I got the other morning was from our Anne Northrup whom I guess is possibly related to congresswoman Anne Northup and she’s talking about how exciting the world of the Internet is and how so much information can be communicated electronically and how she’d love to correspond with me now and…
Bluegrass Politics: Election 2006 – the long road to the finish line
With just 62 days until the November election, campaigns around the state are in full gear for the stretch drive, which traditionally kicks off on Labor Day. With dismal job ratings plaguing both President Bush and Gov. Ernie Fletcher, Democrats are upbeat about their chances across the board while Republicans are playing defense. That means…
Your Weekly Reeder: Jurich 101 – The governor should enroll post haste
When Ernie Fletcher got to Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium for the Governor’s Cup football game between Kentucky and Louisville, I hope the first thing he did was look up Tom Jurich. The governor should ask the U of L vice president for athletics to let him spend a week following him around and picking his…
Bedroom Secrets of Irvine Welsh: ‘Trainspotting’ author discusses his latest novel and an interest in coming to Lou
Irvine Welsh‘s latest novel,: “The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs,†depicts a clash between two public health inspectors with daddy issues. Irvine Welsh hit the literary scene way back in 1993 with the publication of his novel “Trainspotting,” which told a series of interconnected tales of squalor among a group of junkies, conmen and…
The Bar Belle: 3rd annual No Cover Walk!
Listen. Can you hear it? That buzz you’re hearing all over town is for the annual “Gettin’ Drunky in Kentucky” pub crawl your mama warned you about. (Mark your calendars: Saturday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m., Outlook Inn.) Many start, few finish this 12-bar stagger through the Highlands in the name of not paying cover charges.…
Aftertastes
QUEEN OF SHEBA ETHIOPIAN, 3315 Bardstown Road, 459-6301, www.queenofshebalouisville.com. Expansive Ethiopian lunch buffet ($6.49, Sunday-Friday), featuring the finest of the African country’s hot and cold dishes, is the highlight. (Reviewed 7/26; Rating: N/R) RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS & SPIRITS, Brownsboro Crossing, 339-8616, www.redrobin.com. The buzz surrounding this corporate restaurant chain is warranted. More than two…
LEO’s Eat ‘n’ Blog: We chow down (and pig out) at WorldFeast
Hungry festival-goers: congregated in the Kentucky Center lobby last Thursday for WorldFeast. Photo by robin garr It’s not every weekend that you can enjoy the fine fare of a few dozen of the city’s most interesting eateries and wash it all down with an enticing selection of beverages from around the world, for not much…
Bluegrass International Film Fest gets it together
From “Refuseniks†—: Shimri Tzameret, Adam Ma’or, Noam Bahat and Matan Kaminer (left to right) served almost two years in prison for refusing to serve in the IDF. This year’s Bluegrass International Film Fest promises a much more serious and relevant program than last year, with a number of important debuts and lucky imports. There…
Video Tapeworm Releases through Tuesday, Sept. 12
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKSGALAXINA1980; DVD $24.95, RMuch of the humor got lost amid the rush to promote this sci-fi spoof as Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten’s last movie before being murdered by her husband. A pity, because her portrayal as the gorgeous, caring android aboard a silly starship is a lot of fun. (You may also…
Arts & Entertainment Listings
Special Events Corn Island Storytelling Festival — three days of storytelling performances at multiple venues, Sept 7-9, $10 adults, $5 children 6-12, children under 6 free, www.cornislandstorytellingfestival.org.••Quitumbe Andean Ballet — first of 10 performances aimed at area school children, Sept 7-8, 10am, noon, free, reservations required, Ogle Center, 4201 Grant Line Rd., New Albany, (812)…
Community Listings
Special Events Full Moon Ghost Tours — tours of Old Louisville’s Victorian neighborhood: Sept. 7, Oct. 7, Nov. 5, Dec. 5, every tour departs from the Visitors Center at 9pm, 218 West Oak St., 637-2922.Gandhi-Merton Pilgrimage for Peace and Non-Violence — Friar John Dear and author Phil Cousineau lead five-day walking pilgrimage (53 miles) to…
Club Directory
19th Green 1740 Williamsburg Dr. Jeffersonville (812) 284-9088 19th Hole Pub 5603 Greenwood Rd. 933-4858 717 Studios 717 Market St. 609-9317 A Little Peace Café 1860 Mellwood Ave. 895-3650 Air Devil’s Inn 2802 Taylorsville Rd. 454-4443 Akiko’s 1123 Bardstown Rd. 459-8020 The Alternative 1032 Story Ave. 561-7613 Angelo’s 627 N. 34th St. 776-9127 Artemisia 620…
Karaoke Korral
WED SEPT 6 Akiko’s Boozseller Lounge Brewskees Brickyard Sports Bar Creeker’s Bar & Grill Gaslite Tavern Good Times Pub Jim Porter’s Joker’s JT’s Variety Club Monon Station New View Phoenix Hill R Place Pub Ro-Joe’s Karaoke Bar Seidenfaden Cafe Shooters Skivvies Smyrna Inn Spectators Bar & Grill St. Andrew’s Pub Steinert’s T.K.’s Pub Union…
Five Important Questions with Depoyster
Depoyster The first thing I thought when I discovered Depoyster was obvious: What is a Depoyster? Turns out Depoyster is the last name of one of the band’s members. OK. Think Van Halen or Bon Jovi.Depoyster’s music is a gumbo of influences mixed haphazardly, but with pleasant results. Band members say they take everything they’ve…
Into town loaded comes Tim Easton
Tim Easton Tim Easton proclaims on his latest album that he is getting older and just now learning who he is. Anyone with ears can recognize what Easton is — a folk singer with rock ’n’ roll sensibilities in the tradition of Bob Dylan. It is also obvious from his recordings that Easton is something…
Party in the Highlands! Original Highlands Festival adds art and music to the mix
The Shinerunners will perform at the Original Highlands Festival. Well, they’ve gone and done it again. The Original Highlands Neighborhood is once again proving that it is the coolest neighborhood ever. You know that neighborhood-wide yard sale your neighborhood did that one time? Or that Fourth of July barbeque? Yeah, those were really awesome, weren’t…
Staff Picks
Sept. 7-9Corn Island Storytelling Festival This venerable festival turns 32 this year, so happy birthday to the tellers of tall tales and flame keepers of folklore who make this event a historical — and often hysterical — tradition. This year’s collection of mysteries, legends and songs span hundreds of years and thousands of miles with…
Theater Review – My Fair Lady
Michael Hance, Rachael Warren (center) and Katherine Harber: in Actors Theatre’s “My Fair Lady.†Photo by Harlan Taylor Actors Theatre put its best spat forward in its season opener, “My Fair Lady.” This adaptation of the musical about the transformation of Eliza Doolittle from guttersnipe to princess is playful, imaginative and infused with unexpected freshness…
A&E: Spotlights 11-15
Spotlight on: Thrown Together pottery centerMeet Louisville’s ‘Martha Stewart of pottery’ Rand Heazlitt is owner-director of Thrown Together pottery center, which is expanding.: photo by Kelly Mackey The centuries-old craft of making wood-fired ceramics just got a major boost in Louisville — expansion of the unique Thrown Together pottery center is in the works. Thrown…
A&E: Spotlights 6-10
Spotlight on: Clarksville Little TheatreClarksville Little Theatre: 60 years and counting Director Alan Weller: goes over musical notes with Jennifer Poliskie during a rehearsal for CLT’s production of “Oklahoma.†Poliskie plays Lauren; David Borgelt (left) plays Curly, and Lauren Morris plays Aunt Eller. Photo by Cary Stemle It was one of those scorching July afternoons…
A&E: Spotlights 1-5
Spotlight on: Looking for LilithTheater group tells stories from women’s perspective Photo courtesy of Looking for Lilith: Charity Thompson (far left) of Looking for Lilith rehearses a play with members of the K’anjob’al Presbytery in San Jaun Ixcoy, Huehuetengo, Guatemala. Sure, we all know Eve’s story: made from Adam’s rib, succumbed to temptation, exiled from…
A&E: Back from the brink – Artist Billy Hertz survives his own private ‘Siberian winter’
Billy Hertz: had a benign brain tumor removed in May. After a slow start to recovery, his sense of humor and creative impulses have come back. Photo by Kelly Mackey “I realize something is happening to my body. I was freezing in position, and I had turned to concrete. So I started to call out…
A&E: It’s all in the footwork – Dance in Louisville shows encouraging signs, but challenges abound
[img_assist|nid=2476|title=Photo by Victor Simon/Warren Lynch & Associates|desc=Louisville Ballet artistic director Bruce Simpson with dancers Helen Daigle and Joseph Nygren Cox during a photo shoot for “Nine Sinatra Songs†by Twyla Tharp, which the ballet will perform this season.|link=|align=left|width=150|height=200]Children sway to music almost as soon as they can stand on their feet, which says dance must…
A&E: A place to shine – Studio2000 apprenticeship program helps high school artists connect with the art world
Clayton Lambert: a Studio2000 apprentice during the summer of 2005, graduated from Eastern High School and now studies archeology at Western Kentucky University. Photo by Julie Morris I was a deer among wolves, too slow for my own good. As I strolled past more than 300 works of art during the seventh annual Studio2000 summer…
A&E: The mother tongue – Keith Cook teaches the language of music to kids
Keith Cook: a violinist with the Louisville Orchestra, established the West Louisville Talent Education Center in 1997 Here he plays with Kevin Porter, a former student at the center who now mentors other students. photo by Kelly Mackey He set up shop in the little blue house on 28th Street, just around the corner from…
A&E: A hand up for arts and culture-Next step in Cultural Blueprint: boost public funding for strapped organizations
Words come from Tom Noland’s mouth in rapid-fire succession as he describes current plans being pieced together by area arts and business leaders. He emphasizes certain words and repeats them several times: “Special value.” “Laser focus.” And “sustainable/reliable stream of public funding.” Over lunch, above the din of cutlery clinking on plates and a soundtrack…
A&E: Tech-ing, tech-ing, 1-2-3 – High tech or low, the meaning still trumps the medium
“All Is Full of Love,â€: a 1999 DVD video projection by Chris Cunningham, is a high-tech art piece that Julien Robson, curator of contemporary art at The Speed Art Museum, included in the museum’s Presence exhibition in 2004. Photo courtesy The Speed Museum As story ideas for this Arts Guide began to take shape, and…
