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16 photos from the 2019 Photo Biennial
This story is part of a package on the 2019 Louisville Photo Biennial. For more, click here. The 2019 Louisville Photo Biennial is upon us, with nearly 70 exhibitions across the Louisville region (and Frankfort). Here is a small sampling of the range of photography you will find.
Surprise! Louisville Photo Biennial Evolves — Again
This story is part of a package on the 2019 Louisville Photo Biennial. For more, click here. After 11 years, Louisville’s Photo Biennial is still changing. Its basic premise is a series of photo exhibitions and workshops set up throughout the Louisville region (and Frankfort). But, as Biennial Director Paul Paletti, owner of Paul Paletti…
Coach Denny Crum Gives Back with Class Act’s Support
Story by Class Act Federal Credit Union If you’re from Louisville, Kentucky, you’ve most likely heard of Denny Crum, the Basketball Hall of Fame local legend who coached men’s basketball at the University of Louisville for 30 years. Under his leadership, the Cardinals won two national championships and made it to six final fours. After…
Photos from Bourbon & Beyond 2019
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10 Thoughts About Bourbon & Beyond 2019
Bourbon & Beyond 2019, the classic-rock-leaning music festival, took place Friday through Sunday last weekend. Here are a few takeaways. 1) Punk innovator Joan Jett played a few Runaways songs and her solo hits in a well-balanced set that was one of the best from the entire festival. Any time you have a chance to…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (9/23)
MONDAY, Sept. 23 Hip Hop at Mag Bar Mag Bar $5 | 8 p.m.-midnight Five hip-hop artists play: CHii ENT, Sinumatic, King Black, M Beast and Shortie Hustler. TUESDAY, Sept. 24 Thunderdome: Television and Joe Fernandez / Alex Ptak / David Spector Kaiju Free | 9 p.m.-midnight It’s an evening of comedy at Kaiju with…
LEO Podcast #82: 99 Bottles, Oktoberfest from Apocalypse
On this episode of 99 Bottles, a deep dive into one beer from one local brewery, host Syd Bishop talks to Leah Dienes from Apocalypse Brew Works about the company’s Oktoberfest.
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (9/20)
Friday, Sept. 20 Louisville Photo Biennial Opening Party 21c Museum Hotel 8–11 p.m. Help kick off the Louisville Photo Biennial at this, the official opening party . The Biennial includes nearly 70 photography exhibitions across the Louisville region (including Frankfort). The 21c’s exhibit it: “Labor&Materials” and “De / Tension / Past: Landscapes of American Incarceration.”…
Kentucky Kick Down is about more than just motorcycles
No, you don’t need a studded leather vest to enjoy Kentucky Kick Down, the annual festival orchestrated by local vintage motorcycle enthusiasts. Heck, you don’t even need to have a motorcycle or know how to ride one. Festival’s founder Scott Halbleib stressed that while vintage and custom bikes certainly are key to Kick Down, the…
A Comprehensive List Of 2019 Louisville Photo Biennial Venues And Events
This story is part of a package on the 2019 Louisville Photo Biennial. For more, click here. 1619 Flux Through the Latin Lens, Sandro Fajardo, Guillermo A. Sollano Sept. 21-Nov. 8 21c Museum Hotel Labor&Materials Group Show Through Feb. 29 De/Tension/Past:Landscapes of American Incarceration, Emily Hanako Momohara Sept. 20-Feb. 29 The Archaeology of Self Group…
Have Digital Cameras Changed Photography?
This story is part of a package on the 2019 Louisville Photo Biennial. For more, click here. In an age in which most everyone has a digital camera in their pocket or purse — one that occasionally doubles as a telephone — the art of photography would seem to be in a boom period. That’s…
Keep Golf For All Of Us
Finally, we get to talk about golf in LEO. The game of golf is widely considered to be a leisure activity for the wealthy. That is certainly the case for members of golf and country clubs, where it costs tens of thousands of dollars just to get into the club and thousands more every year…
KY Journos Tweet Out PR In Race To Not Get Beat…
Bloody hell. Hot, innit? It must be at least a month since you last used that enervated chestnut. Which presumably is itself an enervated chestnut. But yes, hotter than all-balls. I might have said this before, but… Hang on. Before you prattle on any further, at least be honest: Whatever you’re about to say, you‘ve…
Put A Roundabout Where?
Have an idea for how to improve Eastern Parkway? If so, you’d join more than 200 people who attended the first public meeting in July to discuss the Eastern Parkway improvement study, which includes the roadway from Cherokee Park to Crittenden Drive. More public comments are available to read on the project’s interactive website: louisvilleparkways.org.…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd
Thorn: ‘Bardstown Road Is Hurting’ Finally, the dirty truth we all knew about Bardstown Road in The Highlands has been put into words and by a Metro Council member, no less. Councilman Brandon Coan, whose district includes The Highlands, proclaimed in his latest newsletter that “Bardstown Road is hurting,” despite his efforts to “reverse —…
White Reaper Does It Again With ‘You Deserve Love’
White Reaper has spent the last half decade moving in subtle shifts. Their distinct hook-heavy, high-energy rock with splashes of punk and pop is still immediately identifiable, but they have moved past the straight-forward minimalist fury that defined their early records, embracing something with more breathability and complexity. On Oct. 18, the band releases their…
Record Review: The Happy Yew — Sweet Clyde vs. The Goblin Army
During the first three songs of Sweet Clyde vs. The Goblin Army, it seems like you’re strapped into a horror-punk concept album, but then the album veers in multiple directions. What follows is praise for Betty White, deals with the devil and “Bobby Streets,” an evocative, emotionally-heavy song about a loved one gone too soon.…
Record Review: PAKG — The Kids Are Watching
PAKG’s debut album The Kids Are Watching builds a duality between darkness and light in society and within yourself. There’s doubt and hope. Clouds of frustration with rays of positivity sporadically breaking through. Sonically, the record contains a sometimes breezy, sometimes stormy indie atmosphere with subtle shades of post-punk and classic rock guitar heroics. With…
Record Review: The Sleeping Bag — Volume
The Sleeping Bag, the brainchild of Doug Campbell, is often unpredictable — a reflection of his willingness to evolve and take risks as an artist. You can hear that confidence in his performance and production on Volume, his newest record. Campbell builds on his repertoire of slacker rock and alt-folk tropes, bringing in shoegaze elements…
Record Review: Two Ghosts — Void
Bit-crushed noise turns into four-on-the floor 808 beats midway through Void’s opening track “Ghost-Tro,” marking a shift from fuzzed-out ambient to a boom bap style of production. Each of those components is given the space and time to breathe. The sub-bass throughout the album booms, a heavy throb that sets and holds the tone. This…
‘Hype Man,’ The Friction Between Art And Politics ‘Ten-Tucky,’ 10 Smart, Witty Plays You Must See
2019 has been a big year for playwright and poet Idris Goodwin. It’s his first full year as artistic director at StageOne. His new break beat poetry book “Can I Kick It?” releases in October. And right now, two of his plays are being performed concurrently: “Ghost” at StageOne and “Hype Man: A Break Beat…
Comedian Zach Martina: ‘Not The Worst Dad’?
Whatever you do, don’t make small talk with comedian Zach Martina because he hates it. “I don’t care where someone I’ve just met at a party, and will probably never see again, works. Or how many times you go to Target in a week. Unfortunately, to not be considered a degenerate in modern society, we’re…
A Memoirist Taken By Surprise
After publishing four memoirs and teaching writing at institutions such as Columbia and Wesleyan universities, you’d think that Dani Shapiro knows herself thoroughly. And yet… just a little moment with what seems little more than a novelty of our times — giving some saliva to a genetic testing kit — quickly tumbled into a challenge…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Coffin Bound’ and ‘Something is Killing the Children’
‘Coffin Bound’ No. 1 (Second printing) Writer Dan Watters and artist Dani Review by Ashley Cornell, The Great Escape Louisville She is a woman on a mission. There’s a ruthless killer on her trail, and if the world doesn’t want her, then it doesn’t deserve her. She’s out to un-live her life, and we’re along…
Six Forks: Simple, Affordable Quality
A restaurant doesn’t have to be expensive to be good, and it doesn’t have to be elegant to be pleasing. I present in evidence Six Forks Burger Co., an amiable, little eatery that specializes in hamburgers, hot dogs and more. Six Forks recently arrived in a Shelby Park street corner storefront that, in years past,…
Spice Up Ya Life
Does anyone else always go for the spicy concoction on a menu? Do you seek out that little pepper logo as you peruse a bar’s selections? Is your palate always in search of that delectable kick that sets your tongue ablaze? I’m a huge fan of spice in food and libations, and while there’s always…
Savage Love: Boundaries
Q: My son has always liked handcuffs and tying people up as a form of play. He is 12 now, and the delight he finds in cuffing has not faded along with his love of Legos. He lobbied hard to be allowed to buy a hefty pair of handcuffs. We cautioned him strongly about consent—he…
