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Strike city: Louisville’s labor legacy and future
Drive through the streets of Louisville’s West End, past row after row of abandoned homes. The windows are boarded up, and “NO COPPER” is spray painted across their clapboard sides. Or meander, if you will, through the little roads that crisscross just south of Broadway near downtown, and you will see them. Sometimes, just an…
LEO Podcast #3: Tim Faulkner/Margaret Archambault
For the third edition of our weekly podcast, Tim Faulkner and Margaret Archambault spoke with LEO contributor Nik Vechery about the Tim Faulkner Gallery’s upcoming season and their move to the Portland neighborhood last year. The LEO Podcast will be weekly, with a new interview released every Friday, until we end the first season sometime…
A Q&A with STOMP organizer Ray Barker
The West Louisville FoodPort recently announced that they were no longer planning on building an anaerobic digester on their property, citing the growing community opposition. But Heaven Hill Distilleries plans on moving forward with their plan to build three digesters on their property, outraging the West Louisville community. LEO spoke with Ray Barker (aka Sir…
5 things to do in Louisville this weekend
FRIDAY Flea Off Market Fresh Start Growers Supply, 1007 E. Jefferson St. Free; 4 p.m. The Flea Off Market is back, providing all the local clothing and vintage things you love, as well as some delicious food trucks, all in one convenient place. And even though it lasts all weekend, Friday is the day to…
Grievances against The Clown: A conversation with Mac Sabbath
It almost makes sense that McDonaldland and heavy metal finally amalgamated into one form, equally grotesque and beautiful. Both worlds come steeped in fantasy, replete with heroes and villains doing battle in resplendent imaginary vistas. Both ignite that child-like node in the brain that evokes unadulterated awesomeness — guitar solos are awesome, as are ball…
Q&A with Caroline Heine, project director of the ?West Louisville FoodPort
The planned FoodPort in West Louisville, originally touted by Mayor Fischer and some Metro council members as a pivotal revitalization project for West Louisville, quickly became a controversial project when it was announced that Nature’s Methane would be building an anaerobic digester on the premises to process Louisville’s food waste and capture the resulting methane…
The past, present and future of PRFBBQ
Maybe it’s the humidity, or the fact that Louisville is just a little outside of all of the major markets in the Midwest, but for one reason or another our city has a long and robust tradition of noisy, stormy rock music. In the early days of the punk scene, that dedication to big sounds…
b-sides: Marbin, Teddy Abrams, Java Men, Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner
If you like fusion and collaboration, this is not a show to miss, as there will be plenty of improvisation and blending of styles, when Louisville Orchestra Music Director Teddy Abrams joins the progressive jazz-rock Chicago band Marbin as well as local favorites Java Men and Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner onstage at the Tim…
5 bands not to miss at ?Outsized Influence Festival
Now in its second year, the Outsized Influence Festival — a display of Bellarmine student and alumni talent — returns this Saturday. A free event, the festival serves as a showcase of the varied artistic skills of the constituent student body of the university, manifested here by some of the best, most refreshing bands to…
Natalie Boeyink returns to Louisville for WorldFest
Bassist Natalie Boeyink has deep Louisville roots, as she worked for public radio and attained her master’s at University of Louisville. Now a jazz faculty member at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Boeyink recently earned her doctorate at Indiana University in Bloomington. During her years in Louisville, she was a frequent headliner and supporting…
Plugged-In (Sep. 2 – Sep. 8)
WED Sept 2nd 4th Street Live!: Lunchtime Live!; 11 a.m. 8Up: DJ Matt Anthony; 7:30 p.m. Bard’s Town: Storefront Congregation; 7 p.m. Baxter 942: Full Contact Karaoke; 10 p.m. Bearno’s (Bardstown): Petar Mandic; 7 p.m. Brownies The Shed (Hurstbourne): Karaoke; 10 p.m. dREAMLAND: Chris Kincaid, 25 Antlers; 8:30 p.m., $10 El Nopal (Crestwood): Nick Nichols;…
Detox mansion
Back in the ’80s, you almost saw it as a death knell when you heard that an artist had become sober — that they were now clean and working on a new record. It was almost as bad of a sign as if they had recently had a baby and you knew their next album…
‘From City to Country’ etchings at Local Speed
There are many reasons to see an art exhibition. For example, an artist is one of your favorites, such as Frida Kahlo. The subject appeals to you, like teapots or portraits. Or it could be a historic time period of interest, covering years of art and culture. Go see the Speed Art Museum’s latest exhibition,…
24 down and 2 to go
X by Sue Grafton Putnam/Marian Wood; 403 pgs., $28.95 Respectfully submitted by private investigator Kinsey Millhone: “The meeting with Taryn Sizemore had been promising, but she’d have to decide how far she could trust me before we could continue our conversation. I didn’t object to her wrestling with her conscience as long as she ponied…
Chi-town comedians at Kaiju’s Comedy Attack
Dave Losso and Alex Kumin are young comedians working their way up the ranks of the legendary Chicago comedy scene. The two friends are staples who can regularly be seen on stage, at open mics or in other alternative venues around the Windy City. Losso is the co-founder of “The Yeah Buddy Awesome Time Comedy…
Ember the Fire Bender and Jecek the Strange embark on a ‘Forever Tour’
The idea of running away to join the circus is so prevalent in our shared culture that it may as well be wired into our DNA. Local performers Ember the Fire Bender (Laurel Fleury), and Jacek the Strange (Jack Wojciechowski) have the circus part down through their work with local group Blue Moon Circus. Now…
Video Tapeworm
THIS WEEK’S TWIN PEEKS BLUE BLOODS: THE FIFTH SEASON 2014; $44.98-55.98; UR The best cop-family drama on the tube today finds patriarch Tom “Magnum PI” Selleck under attacked from his church when he speaks out about departmental gay-bashing. Meanwhile daughter/prosecutor Bridget Moynahan becomes frustrated by her inability to work on internal police cases due to…
America. The Diner. Funky, fun and open almost 24 hours
Today let us celebrate the noble hamburger, an iconic confection that’s easier to eat than it is to research. Aka “hamburg steak,” this ubiquitous ground-meat patty on a bun has been known by that name only since around the 1890s, the usually reliable Online Etymology Dictionary tells us. The hamburger’s historic connection to Hamburg, Germany,…
What defines a chicken tender?
It dawned on me recently that on several occasions in this space I have waxed flavorful about chicken tenders. This tells me that either I am an 8-year-old child, or there really are defining levels of chicken tender quality. The latter possibility intrigued me. If you think about it, a chicken tender is a beautiful…
Rage against expectations of violence
While Walmart’s sloganeers (who sued the mega-retailer) caution us to “Watch out for falling prices,” there’s a far more insidious decline that warrants wariness: declining expectations of nonviolence. No longer do I harbor high expectations for the lowest prices at Walmart — especially since Ollie’s Bargain Outlet came to Rolling Hills Plaza on Westport Road.…
Once Upon an Internet Troll
The Internet is an ocean of fear and desktop critics. Being informed is optional. The only weapons needed are anger, a computer and an issue at which fire can be spit. I’m not uninitiated when it comes to being trolled by folks who tend to view life very differently from myself. Sometimes my reaction is…
Green Eggs and Hate
Green eggs and hate The Kentucky Farm Bureau actively advocates for policies that discriminate against gays, teachers and undermine women’s health privacy. This is like the National Rifle Association campaigning against environmental regulations. The two are, or at least should be, unrelated. Last Tuesday, Chris Hartman had no intention of being arrested when he attended…
Your Voice
On “The generation lacking ‘soft skills’” As an HR professional, the survey and the pointing out of lack of soft skills is on point. I put the accountability of teaching the youth these skills to the community as a whole, starting with the parents, the schools, churches and any other local outreach program. Kids need…
