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Illegal Vapes Hit City: Be Careful With What You Smoke
As federal investigators continue studying how THC vaping is tied to a nationwide outbreak of serious lung illnesses, Louisville police seized 53 vape cartridges in a Shively home last week. The cartridges, which police say contain THC, are labeled with the brand name “Super-G” and descriptions such as D’oh! Si Dos” and “Grandaddy Purple.” They…
Six of our favorite local songs from September
Zach Longoria Project — ‘Standin’ Still’ Big country chops open up the western saunter of “Standin’ Still,” the latest by the Zach Longoria Project. You can easily imagine this song blaring out of a jukebox in a neon-soaked bar, the soundtrack to smoke and bad decisions. Beyond that general atmosphere, the vocals are a trade…
Jerry Lotz collection, long a staple of Frankfort Avenue, auctioned off
The gray-haired man who lived in the fairy tale house at the corner of Frankfort Avenue and William Street in Clifton was a neighborhood fixture for decades. That man was Jerry Lotz, the enigmatic collector whose property was packed with oddball antiques and keepsakes, ranging from vintage advertising signs to figurines to a train car.…
Photos from Louder Than Life 2019
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10 Thoughts About Louder Than Life 2019
Louder Than Life, the heavy rock festival, took place Friday through Sunday last weekend. Here are a few takeaways. 1) GWAR concerts are wildly violent, heavy metal theater shows. They cultivate an aura of depravity that commands attention. Nobody walks out their shows clean. Be prepared to be covered in fake blood. —Nik Vechery 2) Staind…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week In Louisville (9/30)
TUESDAY, Oct. 1 Art Taking Place: New Directions and Inclusion in Public Art Main Library Free | 6:30-8 p.m. As the debate rages over the John B. Castleman statue, the city will hold this talk on the history and future of public art in the country. Activist, writer and LEO contributor Hannah L Drake, Louisville…
5 Things To Do In Louisville This Weekend (9/27)
SATURDAY, Sept. 28 NuLu Fest NuLu neighborhood Free | 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Three full blocks of local food, microbrews, shopping and vendors. Now in its 11th year, NuLu Fest has eight live music performances on two stages, headlined by Frederick The Younger, plus four DJs spinning for two hours each. If 12 hours of Fest…
Gov. Bevin hosts Southern State Energy meeting, celebrating Fossil Fuels as World Raises Climate Alarm
[This article is from InsideClimate News.] The contrast could not have been greater between the political and economic conversations at the Southern States Energy Board meeting in Louisville on Tuesday and Wednesday and the global chorus of urgent calls for action on climate change at the United Nations in New York. While dozens of world…
AG Must Have Experience
A lawsuit challenging the eligibility of Republican candidate for attorney general Daniel Cameron asserts that he fails to meet the constitutional requirement that the attorney general of Kentucky “shall have been a practicing lawyer eight years before his election.” The lawsuit may not amount to much, but the issue brings deserved attention to Cameron’s experience…
Holding Our Boys Accountable — Two Views
Don’t Jump On Hate Bandwagon Over Boys In AOC Photo, Use It As A Teachable Moment By Sibby Serreno Duff | leo@leoweekly.com I, like many of your readers, recently viewed a photo of some local school boys trending on social media. I find myself disheartened this morning not only by the contents of the photo,…
We Forget How To Fight And End Up Taking Too Much
It’s been a little over a month since ICE rounded up about 700 immigrants in Mississippi, most of whom were engaged in the reprehensible act of working jobs that will never be filled again and putting food in bellies that might not be filled again for a long while. The workers were put on the…
And C-Fair Endorses…
Our commonwealth is at a crucible moment. We could continue four more years of unpredictably malicious “leadership” from Matt Bevin — whose attacks on reproductive rights, organized labor, and education have irreparably damaged our state — or we could turn the tide towards fairness for all Kentuckians by electing Attorney General Andy Beshear our next…
Is That Dragon Sword Yours? Speed Art Museum Looking for Owners of Loaned Objects
The Speed Art Museum had 13,000 objects in its collection as of 2018, many of which were on-loan. But from whom, it’s not always clear. For the past three years, Chuck Pittenger, the museum’s chief registrar, has been actively looking for the owners of a little over 1,000 of these objects. The current batch, which…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd
Thorn: Hijacking the Message The Resist 45 group told LEO it painted “Capitalism Is Killing Us All” on Friday on the Alta Vista overpass of Interstate 64. By Saturday, “Kill Cops” was written next to it. The group denied writing that second message. “Some asshole wrote kill cops. My thinking is they wanted the cops to…
Ian Noe Delivers Sharp Stories On Between The Country
The wisdom in songwriter Ian Noe’s Between the Country, his first full-length, is in his ability to listen and process experiences of the people he is surrounded by. His subject matter is often bleak, reflecting the desperation of small-town Appalachia, where he grew up, and he’s backed by a band that channels the Americana spirit…
Four bands to see before 6 p.m. at Louder Than Life
Unless you’ve avoided all forms of pop culture and communication for the last three decades or so, you probably have formed opinions on Guns ’N’ Roses and Ice Cube, and you know whether you’re going to see them at this year’s Louder Than Life, the heavy rock and metal festival that takes place this weekend,…
Sonic Breakdown: Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen — ‘Fear, Love, And Greed’
LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from an area musician or band. Nature can often have an effect on humans that’s like nothing else. For Rebecca Rego (and her backing band The Trainmen), the 2017 solar eclipse was nothing short of revelatory. Rego wrote “Fear, Love, And Greed” during a return trip…
‘King Hedley II,’ The Most Haunting Piece Of Theater, ‘She Kills Monsters’ Finds Nuance In Role-Playing Game
The UofL Theatre Arts Department devoted its 2017-2018 season to producing plays written by women — and it was an extraordinary season. This season, the Theatre Arts Department is collaborating with the university’s African American Theatre Program to produce A Season of Black Plays. Seven plays are on the schedule: “King Hedley II” by August…
KMAC Triennial, Radiates Impressive Light
The installation piece entitled “gentle platinum antibacterial pure essential botanical escapes” is composed of two, dark, wooden rectangular cases arranged in an L shape. The internal areas of the cases are open, revealing shelving and stairs. Placed neatly on the shelves are mason jars containing colorful liquids analogously arranged. On the white counter space created…
Talking Politics With Lewis Black
Lewis Black grew up in Washington, D.C. and recalls when politicians knew how to compromise to get things done. Not any more, he told LEO: “I believe it went off the rails when these people stopped drinking.” Black is one of the more recognizable faces in comedy. He is in town for a one-night only…
The Keto Mosquito
While I was dining out recently, there was a table of folks nearby. One member of the party was a new adopter of the ketogenic diet. He was pretty animated as he discussed it, so we could overhear a lot of the conversation. And he didn’t settle for boring his companions with a constant stream…
Where And How To Raise Your Steins To Oktoberfest
If you’re a Louisvillian — and haven’t been hiding under a knockwurst — then you’re doubtlessly familiar with Germantown, Schnitzelburg, Heitzman Bakery, Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Nanz & Kraft Florists and at least two thoroughfares named Blankenbaker. Louisville has been significantly shaped by German immigration. In fact, 15.5% of Louisville’s population boasts German ancestry — the largest…
Seviche Offers Veggies Latin Flair
My wife Hope said she would cook one recent summer night, which meant she had already picked a restaurant for us. She had been craving Seviche for a few weeks, so we journeyed to the middle Highlands for fine dining. Seviche describes itself as a fusion of Latin traditions and classic Southern ingredients. Note for…
Ask Minda Honey: He Has Herpes and Didn’t Tell Me — Should I Forgive Him?
In a relationship or life jam? Send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney Dear Minda, I’ve been spending a lot of time with this guy. I’ve spent the night with him three days a week for the past year. We were rarely intimate, but I had found out last week that he…
Savage Love: Crossed Off
Q: I’m a 35-year-old bisexual man in a LTR with a man. My question, however, has to do with my parents. As an adolescent/teen, I was a snoop (as I think most of us are, looking for dad’s porn stash, etc.). I was probably 12 or so when I found evidence of my dad being…
